tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603202988847584283.post4831401663814301476..comments2023-10-22T09:24:14.464-04:00Comments on The Slow Cook: Where Turkeys Come FromEd Bruskehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12217850970833353800noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603202988847584283.post-46391030413673020192008-07-14T22:10:00.000-04:002008-07-14T22:10:00.000-04:00Thank you for posting this information! We are ra...Thank you for posting this information! We are raising our very first turkeys, only two. Ours live in a pen, and we move it around for fresh grass and bugs and such. They are very spoiled, like pets, but their names are "Thanksgiving" and "Christmas" so we keep in mind why we have them :-)Mama Henhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16791212519961651277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603202988847584283.post-4970659491504875302008-02-01T16:54:00.000-05:002008-02-01T16:54:00.000-05:00Wow! That's really something new for me about cook...Wow! That's really something new for me about <A HREF="http://allwomenstalk.com/three-helpful-tips-on-cooking-turkey/" REL="nofollow">cooking a turkey</A>...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603202988847584283.post-49194922810431325502007-11-20T06:55:00.000-05:002007-11-20T06:55:00.000-05:00Carol, the beak trimming is a particularly unforun...Carol, the beak trimming is a particularly unforunate aspect of raising fowl in confinement, since the birds are particularly sensitive in their beaks and spend a good part of their day pecking around for things.<BR/><BR/>Joanna, CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, and it's the term we use to describe and arrangement whereby consumers can subscribe with a farmer for regular deliveries of food. Sometimes the subscription requires that the people on the receiving end of the food volunteer a certain number of hours working on the farm. It benefits the farmers because he knows at the beginning of the season how much food he needs to grow and he has a guarateed income. These started about 20 years ago and have become a popular aspect of the local food movement.Ed Bruskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12217850970833353800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603202988847584283.post-65603085576503536062007-11-20T04:38:00.000-05:002007-11-20T04:38:00.000-05:00Great post ... only there's a couple of phrases I ...Great post ... only there's a couple of phrases I don't understand, because we don't really speak the same language, however much it may seem that we do:<BR/><BR/>Mike and his wife Michelle run a CSA subscription off their small truck patch ....<BR/><BR/><BR/>Also fascinated to discover that Brandywine is a place as well as a very good tomato.<BR/><BR/>JoannaJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790888857849562408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5603202988847584283.post-16807399209193817482007-11-19T09:58:00.000-05:002007-11-19T09:58:00.000-05:00That was a little gruesome, but interesting. I had...That was a little gruesome, but interesting. <BR/><BR/>I had an uncle who raised turkeys but he did it as you described most farmers do it, with the turkeys confined to a giant pen. I think it was an open sided pole barn and the turkeys were crammed in there. My uncle may have cut off part of the turkeys' beaks, or did something to them, to keep them from pecking each other to death. I don't remember all the details, as I was pretty young when we went to see the turkey farm. My aunt worked in the "processing plant", where the turkeys were prepared "factory style", I would guess. Luckly, we didn't go see that!<BR/><BR/>Turkey is my favorite meat. I bet the turkeys you prepared taste nothing like the "Butterball" from the grocery store.Carol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.com