Thanksgiving is two days away from now, and surveys show nearly 90 percent of Americans will eat turkey for the holiday.
However, when we hit the streets, we found out that while most people eat the bird... many would prefer other options.
"I am," one woman said when we asked her if she was having turkey for Thanksgiving.
"Yes, that's the traditional thing to do, and I'm not cooking it," said one man, who added that he's buying his turkey from a local restaurant.
"This year, no," another man told us, adding that he's going to a Friendsgiving potluck. "I don't know yet, but it's not turkey."
"I haven't decided," another woman told us, adding that she may go to the casino and spend her day there. "I live by myself, and I don't know if I want to cook one. If I do, I'll get it from a grocery store already cooked.
None of the people we spoke to knew how turkey became the traditional Thanksgiving fare. Most assumed that it had something to do with the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock.
So how did turkey become the traditional Thanksgiving entrée? In the 1850s, a women's magazine editor, Sarah Josepha Hale, lobbied the federal government to make Thanksgiving a holiday. According to Hale, turkey was the centerpiece of the ideal Thanksgiving dinner.
The tradition stuck, even though some people would rather have something else on their Thanksgiving plate.
"It's not a favorite," one person told us.
"I like turkey breast (but) only on Thanksgiving. That's it. I don't want to have it afterwards," another person told us.
The majority of the people we spoke to agreed on what their ideal Thanksgiving would be: some sort of red meat.
"Probably a steak and a baked potato," one person said when asked what his ideal Thanksgiving dinner would be.
"Probably a pot roast," another answered.
"Probably a beef tenderloin," a third person responded.
Only one person we spoke to said she has to stick with the turkey tradition every year. However, she described the bird as "boring."
"You have to eat turkey! It's how I was raised. I grew up with turkey," she said. "I always have to have turkey on Thanksgiving--no other protein source. It always has to be turkey.