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By: Leroy Cox

Leroy Cox — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:56:09 +0000

The wild turkey is very good to eat, if it is prepared properly,I have
hunted them for the past fifty years. They are the smartest thing in the woods,What a thrill to be able to call the old Tom right in shooting distance.

By: Elizabeth Enslin

Elizabeth Enslin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:11:30 +0000

I understand. I fear the same will happen to me with my soft heart and squeamish stomach. It’s easier to eat anonymous meat.

By: ramblingwoods

ramblingwoods — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:24:55 +0000

I came via the Festival of Trees but had to comment on this post…I can’t eat turkey anymore since we moved to where the wild ones visit the yard. My neighbor has chickens and I came to like them so I can’t eat them anymore..I haven’t eaten red meat in some time… so I guess I don’t eat what I’ve come to know then? I guess it’s just me being me …strange….Michelle

By: Elizabeth Enslin

Elizabeth Enslin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:51:02 +0000

Thanks Irene. I like your interpretation of Ben Franklin’s words. I hadn’t seen it quite like that. I wonder if he ate wild turkey. Despite all the contradictions, Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays because it’s secular and it calls for a gathering of family and friends around food. I admit that I eat my share of domestic turkey too.

By: irene

irene — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:38:22 +0000

I’m left with a strong sense of the living sounds of turkey. It gives the bad finger to the turkey meal – Thanksgiving association. I can live without eating turkey. The Ben Franklin thread reinforces by giving voice to respectability to America’s native bird. It says ‘emblem, not food.’

By: Elizabeth Enslin

Elizabeth Enslin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:07:25 +0000

Thanks Joanne. I also like the descriptions of sound a lot – very poetic.

By: Elizabeth Enslin

Elizabeth Enslin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:06:55 +0000

Thanks David. It was fun to bring such disparate sources together for a bit of wordplay.

By: Elizabeth Enslin

Elizabeth Enslin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:06:08 +0000

Thanks Derrick. Perhaps if the grenadier guard wore a different color….

By: Elizabeth Enslin

Elizabeth Enslin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:05:00 +0000

Thanks Cynthia. What you say about wild turkey meat affirms everything else I’ve heard. We have a lot of wild turkeys out in NE Oregon; I love their sounds and will be trying to sort out which is which now.