Posted on 11/17/2018 9:33:38 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
Small birds are having a big moment.
Tiny turkeys will increasingly grace Thanksgiving tables next week, thanks to the millennial generations ongoing campaign to remake American gastronomy.
The holiday depicted by Norman RockwellGrandma showing off a cooked bird so plump it weighs down a banquet plateis still common. But smaller families, growing guilt over wasteful leftovers and a preference for free-range fowl have all played roles in the emergence of petite poultry as a holiday dinner centerpiece.
People are starting to understand its not natural to grow turkeys up to 30 pounds, said Ariane Daguin, co-founder and owner of DArtagnan LLC, a wholesale and e-commerce food company in Union, New Jersey. In general, that means they were penned up with no room to move around, and thats why theyre fat like that.
There are signs that wee birds are in greater demand. Inventories of whole hens, which are smaller than males, are down 8.3 percent from a year ago, the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture data show. Whole toms, the males, are up 6.9 percent.
Dont call them capons. Theyre not castrated chickens. Nor are they chicks. Theyre not babies. Theyre just turkeys that weigh in the neighborhood of six pounds. Bell & Evans is working with a breeder to make tiny turkeys that consumers will eat all year.
Owner Scott Sechler said the new breed, which isnt yet sold publicly, fills out nicely, unlike other undersized birds, which can be bony.
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“The dogs are my best friends then too.”
I can relate!
Leftovers are where it's at.
12 pound bird best for deep frying
Juice the large watermelons for drinks later on. Pickle the rind. Waste not, want not. Very little goes to waste around here.
“One thing thats really fun the day, or night, after the main dinner is sitting around and picking delicious morsels off the cold carcass.”
My Reptilian Brain enjoys that activity, too! Lots of good conversation (Women Only!) in the kitchen around a turkey carcass. :)
We went to the smaller birds this year starting in the spring. I have collected 15 pounds of dressed humming birds from our feeders
/s for those of you in that town that Rush always talked about
Why not a Cornish hen? They’re tiny, too.
I watched a Mama Turkey raise her chicks this past season; it was fun to watch them grow up. :)
Cold turkey sandwich with a half gallon of mayo is the best thing the day after Thanksgiving....
Can I come to your house for the day after Thanksgiving?
A nearby sheriff went into a convenience store to buy beer. He brought two 6 packs to the counter. The employee told him the 12 pack was cheaper but the sheriff said he couldn’t drink all 12. True story. Went to school with the guy and he was never very smart.
Yeah, but you drank it until you were 14.
Everyone can come until we run out of turkey and/or mayo!!!!!
FINALLY! FIFTY-ONE posts in!
Freepers are slipping, Man! ;)
So many couples have 0-2 kids today not many mouths to feed.
Saw a 40 lb turkey at the store a few days ago. Never seen one that big before . Meat mgr said they had gotten in 6 of them.Sold out quickly.
My mom gave up on turkey and switched to prime rib. I liked that.
...growing guilt over wasteful leftovers...
That's why GOD himself gave us turkey salad sandwiches.
Two 13 pounders for us.
Grandpa would go out the back porch to get our turkey. I’m thankful I don’t have to steam up the kitchen and pluck them these days.
Last weekend I cooked seven of the biggest turkeys i could find. Few 130 friends
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