Oh, and the turkey rolls (kinda look like cinnamon rolls?).

Oh, and the turkey rolls (kinda look like cinnamon rolls?).

“New York dressed turkey” sounds like an obscure, outdated insult.
Also: small turkey? Goose! Even smaller turkey? Duck!
Also: actual wild turkeys are about the size of a Canada goose. It’s just the abominations bred to be dinner which are so ridiculously huge.
Flashbacks to a couple of commercials from the 4:10 mark in your video:
Also, another turkey prep classic:
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…and also look remarkably similar to turkey vultures, which is what I thought I was seeing (I don’t guess they’re nearly as big as vultures, though). And they can also fly. (A few of them used to show up at work, but that was 8-10 years ago)
More like helicopters than planes, no less!
I love Tasting History! Max is great, and his cookbook is pretty great as well.
Oh, that should be on my x-mas list, maybe…
Turkeys in Tennessee:
It’s just the abominations bred to be dinner which are so ridiculously huge.
I thought their plumage was interesting, too!
Here’s a blurry zoom-in on a female turkey in Indiana. The brick walkway gives some sense of size.
I had a sense someone had eyes on me, so I glanced out the window to find her a couple feet from the house, looking straight at me!

A friend in Somerville, MA had some on her block that were not happy with humans walking down the block & were quite strident about it.
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Fall has officially started and so have the pumpkin spice wars, but when it comes to pies, there is only one clear choice.
Est. reading time: 5 minutes
The only debate I’m expecting this year is which slice comes first - apple or sweet potato…

Turkey cooks Turkey. News at 9
No man should go there.
I believe she’s been tasting pumpkin pie that came out of a can. /s
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