solidago

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:02:57 -0500

For an "old fashioned breed" nothing quite beats shooting your own wild turkey. They are plentiful upstate and the most pampered turkey has nothing on a wild one in terms of flavor, minimizing environmental impact and maximizing the bird's welfare. They certainly won't be as tender as a domestic turkey, but these weren't brought into existence solely so they could be slaughtered for our consumption. Even when it comes to dispatching the bird, I am sure that a turkey would vastly prefer to drop dead after hearing a brief clap of thunder while ambling around a field according to its own instincts, rather than being chased around a pen, grabbed by the legs, getting jammed head-first into a killing funnel, and then having its throat slit (and thats just at one of those pastoral farms - god knows what they do in the butterball factories). In addition to all of that, you'd have a far deeper connection to the Thanksgiving turkey than you ever could buying it from a farmer, no matter how long you spend chatting with him. If you want to move as far away as possible from anonymous, factory-farmed food and deceptive marketing that suggests that it is otherwise, get a gun, sign up for a hunter's safety course and take to the field.

adamks

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 18:55:06 -0500

this is sad.

spellcheckistan

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:25:46 -0500

a fancy bird at least one step up the latter "ladder" Gothamist style guide strikes again!

Gothamist: What's Fresh - Turkey, Part 1 (selection)

solidago

adamks

spellcheckistan