This week, North Americans are enjoying a Thanksgiving meal with loved ones, often sharing a whole roasted turkey as the table’s centerpiece. The turkey tradition is is so ubiquitous Americans call Thanksgiving “Turkey Day.” So what country would you expect eats the most turkey year round? Israel, as it turns out, holds the the title for world’s largest per-capita consumption of turkey meat. TLV1’s Ari Plachta ventured out to understand this phenomenon.
This week, North Americans are enjoying a Thanksgiving meal with loved ones, often sharing a whole roasted turkey as the table’s centerpiece. The turkey tradition is is so ubiquitous Americans call Thanksgiving “Turkey Day.” So what country would you expect eats the most turkey year round? Israel, as it turns out, holds the the title for world’s largest per-capita consumption of turkey meat. TLV1’s Ari Plachta ventured out to understand this phenomenon.
Written and produced by Ariella Plachta