I always was entertained by the concept and the name of tofurkey, but never bothered to consider it as a serious aspect of Thanksgiving. However, with the number of vegetarians in my life on the rise by the week, I thought I'd do a little internet research regarding how it came to be.
Apparently, the tofurkey was invented in no place other than Portland, Oregon (Portlandia anyone?) 20 years ago. According to this article: http://6abc.com/food/the-history-of-tofurky/413860/
it started off as mostly a joke, but now more than 3.5 million tofurkys (plural?) have been sold in the US. However, the whole concept is confusing because apparently Tofurky (without the E) is a brand name, where as Tofurkey is just the name of a turkey-shaped tofu product.
Here are a few more articles about the history of Tofurk(e)y and how vegetarians are taking over the holidays.
http://www.thelittleredjournal.com/2013/06/interview-with-tofurky-founder-seth.html#sthash.2lAh2ONj.dpbs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofurky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofurkey
http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-20-years-tofurky-20141114-story.html
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