I'm sad to hear about what happens to these turkeys. Shame on Disney... I hope they take better care of their other animals. But on a much happier note, Happy (Healthy) Turkey Day, everybody!!
Something delightfully Chamber of Commercey about the way most powerful man in the world, the President of the United States, gives a plug to "thank Jaindl's Turkey Farm in Orefield, Pennsylvania, for donating those dressed birds for dinner."
Happy Thanksgiving, to all!
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Ya know Jeremy and his pals are all reading this and texting like mad today: "Dude, remember I'm the one who told you to talk to him at The Abbey...send me a million dollars!"
One question - why haven't we heard this about the turkeys before? I already knew they were too fat to mate on their own, but heart attacks? While it wouldn't surprise me that factory-farmed anything wouldn't live much longer than originally intended when "pardoned," it still kind of disgusts me. We really ought to get over this once a year obsession with turkeys. I bet most people don't even like to eat the damn things as much as they like, say, pork chops, and I also read once that pork is about the most cost-efficient meat you can raise on a farm, factory or otherwise.
FWIW, we're having Cornish game hens with the other usual Thanksgiving crap. We're just too small a group for your average Wal-Mart turkey which, unlike the other stuff one usually cooks, cannot be scaled to minimize leftovers.
As soon as you name them, you can't eat them. "Courage" and "Carolina" should be very happy they were given monikers because it bumped them into "pet" animal class.
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Something delightfully Chamber of Commercey about the way most powerful man in the world, the President of the United States, gives a plug to "thank Jaindl's Turkey Farm in Orefield, Pennsylvania, for donating those dressed birds for dinner."
Happy Thanksgiving, to all!
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PALIN: There you go.
TURKEY: GOBBLE GOBBLE GOB--AAAAACKKKKKK!
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And Obama is funny. On purpose. I love that too.
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FWIW, we're having Cornish game hens with the other usual Thanksgiving crap. We're just too small a group for your average Wal-Mart turkey which, unlike the other stuff one usually cooks, cannot be scaled to minimize leftovers.
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1) Turkeys are delicious, any time of the year. So I kind of agree with you, in that it shouldn't be a once a year thing.
2) Pork comes from pigs, which are not turkeys, and therefore does not taste the same. It is also delicious, but not the same thing.
3) The point of thanksgiving is to maximize, not minimize leftovers. Stuffing sandwiches in early december are the entire point of the exercise.
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Not everyone is allowed pork.
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Now why didn't bushie drag out those drunken slut twins more often? Umm, never mind.
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Just a couple of enhanced-breasted turkeys.