Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-19
Alpha and Omega
Of the Turkey

4 Thanksgiving day without lu tsr.
key would be like wedding uI,hos,
flowers or cake with1u, lu loautr
or Hamlet" without the prince. sins,
that autumnal day OF 1891 0hen "a,
good old pilgrim fathers h..i lh-i. lu,
thanksgiving dinner and rravrly tsrv.
cd up the FIRST dclcctabls wia ,urkJ
the arislocratlc gobbler, v,n balisl
and brown. luscious mcaied. ftuasd
with oysters or chcHtnuts and attan.
panied by piquant cranberry aaucs. Ia
been the piece de Resistance q ~
American Thanksgiving day dlnuH
~ II true that each season thr ifri'
dent OF this republic delivers no ilife
priatc Thanksgiving address. baai
noticeable that year after year Gaze.
ncial entirely ncgiccta 10 give out nu
address any Information with ruis
TO the all important turkey and VIA
Il comes from.
80 great has grown the demahi -
the Huccuicnt bird that turkey iafuif
has come 10 be recognized ln ihlf r13''
Try "a an important ana lucrative ta'
ness. II was In Virginia alone, DUNG
the sixteenth century. that the pnml'
tive wild turkey was found. ln 90
moaticatcd descendants, however hof
flourish la almost every stats 10 ~
Union. ~ was lirillnt-Sayarln who tia
that this white meatcd fowl was ~
most beautiful present made " Ne
new world 10 the old"
OF all the Thousands OF TURKEYS fai'N
and dovourcd each year the iam9a'
bronze turkey OF Rhode Island ha' ne
reputation Of being the most luscious
The process OF preparing these iouh
Tor tho market II an interesting ehr
They are not fed haphaznrd, IKE w
ordinary barnynrd chicken Th,y ais
carefully penned up and provided WA
an unlimited quantity Of chrilhlu
ground up with meat. II ne lufAp
does not take kindly TO this ncih pro-
duolnE diet. the mixture Is made mo
force balls and erammed down lh' r.
belliouH turkeys throat Like inc
nous geese Of StrnsHhurg. these Qt'IlN'
gohblcrH usually auncr from ehlAfs.'
ment NJ the liver. wonderful stories -.
Ing told OF the quantity of fodder Nhl.n
the ordinary healthy turkey gopli'' 'An
consume.
The price OF ThnnkHglvinT luIA.l
meat viii vary OF course noeofdlns "
tho market In which II r. phfrhah =
but under ordinary Circumstance. W.
best turkey. already drca-ed' can
bought for from ~ 20 10 cen', w N,
pound. Tons and tons or iheae Wv" \.
arrive Just before Thankuglyins Gay ~
our larger American cities. COD N,sh ',,
er Is always favorable for the '''"''
trade. u.
The professional turkey raiser rs n ~
business secrets. But few persons w
devour his produce know Just wa VIZ
those secrets are. II IN not Erns'aIi
known, for example. that the tufA's -,
usually pluckod before II " d'au, ~.
live fowl ia hang up by itH I'.b M.
roof Of lts mouth IL cut open anu W.. W.
IL bloeds TO death rs fcntheff hl'
moved. The turkey dresser knows w. va,
the skin OF a dead turkey become ~
as tough ~ cnlfskln and very %, 49,,
nick. A soon as the bird r. deau NJ,
"plumplng" process takes pll's,, ,e,,I
II performed by plunginE the lI.,a,
body In boiling water Tor zen ~, "a.
ana Immediately afterwafd w - ~,
ter. This treatment II SUPPOSED an,
the fowl that plump, well foun. ss,iSr
pearance which makes u 5000 an,
Flze Is also an important tno1oF ;" .ood
turkey trade. as there n always : i, ~, ~.
naturod rivalry among neighpoi, W
cure the biggest Thankfgivins 49,
Gobblers have been sold IN A~ 4
marietta weighing as much a.
pounds. Such fowl. however, 4.
always a desirable one, me ~ a,
coarsor and not 80 delioately haNo' A..
that OF tho smaller birds the ~, Nor
lectable fowl IL the average .'@.a ,sr
turkey weighing from elgh' W "
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