Turkey or no turkey the first Thanksgiving atendees got their fill of meat.Many Americans prefer to have food like pumpkin pie,cranberry sauce,and turkey with stuffing.The people that eat the thanksgiving meal say that they fill drowsy after eating the meal.Winslow wrote that the Wampanoag guests have arrived with an offering of five deer.Turkey often gets blamed because it contains tryptophan,an amino acid that can have a somnolent effect.In other words,eating turkey without the trimmings could prevent that post-Thanksgiving energy lull.