Quote Originally Posted by chaika
Cooking the whole bird at once is not popular here, either -- except that every fourth Thursday in November we have a BIG holiday called Thanksgiving, and the turkey is the "guest of honor." In the oven, that is! So in that sense turkey is popular. We make a turkey and then have various permutations of turkey leftovers for the week following. And then on Christmas the big thing is a large ham, also baked, but some people have turkey then as well.
Для Дня Благодарения в русском есть устоявшееся выражение: американцы в этот день готовят индейку.