Lets talk turkey It turns out that the Plymouth Rock pilgrims did not dine on turkeys in1621, they had venison, cod, clams, wild geese and ducks.Yes they where fowling around but the turkey remains in question.

Today, even if the pilgrims had had turkey it would bear little resemblance to the tasty bird of yester years.

By 1860, the fat Thanksgiving turkey had become a symbol of American fertility and abundance, according to research at St. Olaf College. And by the mid-20th century, an aggressive marketing campaign by turkey producers had created a year-round market for the bird.

Today, 99 percent of turkeys sold come from factory farms, where they are bred to be so broad- breasted  (double D) that they’re too fat to walk, much less procreate (have sex).

When I was in the Army many years ago, one of the solders told me that before he was drafted ( yes they had the draft back then) He worked at a turkey farm and his job was to artificial inseminate turkey hens,From then on he was known as the turkey pucker..

Now every Brad-Breasted White on the market is the product of artificial insemination.

The result is bland, mushy meat we have come to equate with tenderness; in reality, the dressed birds are injected with a saline solution or veg oil to improve “mouth feel” Says Dana Cowin, editor of Food & Wine, admitted enhancing the breast size of the turkey on the mags November cover .

Hey they Photoshoped the Bird.so it can be a celebrity on the cover.

Well today President Obama pardoned the turkey and the bird is called courage. BE Bop