Reclaiming The Past

Reader Contribution by Mountain Woman
Published on October 7, 2010
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Fall has finally arrived and soon the holidays will be here.  It’s the time of the year for family and feasts and perhaps no bird more symbolizes the holiday than turkeys.  But do you know much about turkeys?  Is your turkey coming from the freezer of your local chain grocery store?  Do you know there are differences in turkeys?  I didn’t.  I thought a turkey was just a turkey until . . .

Last winter, when I placed my order for chicks, on the spur of the moment, I also ordered turkey poults. I thought it might be fun to provide the main course for holiday dinners for us and a few of our friends. I chose Narragansett turkeys solely based on the picture on the website because they reminded me of the turkeys pictured on my Grandmother’s china from decades ago.  To me, a turkey was a turkey, all destined to end up in the freezer.

Five turkey poults arrived and from the first day, they captured my heart. Unlike the baby chicks, who scattered when I fed them and huddled together, the turkeys approached me and looked at me with inquisitive eyes. Where the chicks were frenetic, the turkeys were calm.

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