Turkey Trivia
Canada will celebrate Thanksgiving soon, on Monday October 9th, to be exact. We set our date for it earlier than they do in the States, but no matter. A great many of us are alike in our inclusion of turkey on the day's special menu, so I thought this might be a good time to toss two fascinating fowl facts at you.
First, if you've bought a frozen turkey, you'll need to thaw it before you show it the inside of your oven. How long to let the bird thaw out its giblets? The general rule of thumb is to give it 24 hours in the refrigerator for every five pounds or 2 1/2 lbs weight. That would mean if you were cooking an eleven pound bird, you would need to let it nest in your fridge for approximately four days before you toss it in the roasting pan.
The second morsel of turkey talk is one that sounds like something Rick Mercer would earnestly question some Yank about on his "Talking With Americans" satire.
An American Thanksgiving tradition since 1947, each year the President of the great U.S. of A. will actually "pardon" a turkey presented by the National Turkey Federation. The bird will then be sent to live out its years on a historical farm, where it can chill with the surviving, previously pardoned main dishes.
I have just got to ask, what the hell is the turkey being pardoned for? With George W. it's easy to guess. Tom Turkey would be pardoned for being way too much smarter than the prez, but what the heck was it for with some of the other oval office biggies?
First, if you've bought a frozen turkey, you'll need to thaw it before you show it the inside of your oven. How long to let the bird thaw out its giblets? The general rule of thumb is to give it 24 hours in the refrigerator for every five pounds or 2 1/2 lbs weight. That would mean if you were cooking an eleven pound bird, you would need to let it nest in your fridge for approximately four days before you toss it in the roasting pan.
The second morsel of turkey talk is one that sounds like something Rick Mercer would earnestly question some Yank about on his "Talking With Americans" satire.
An American Thanksgiving tradition since 1947, each year the President of the great U.S. of A. will actually "pardon" a turkey presented by the National Turkey Federation. The bird will then be sent to live out its years on a historical farm, where it can chill with the surviving, previously pardoned main dishes.
I have just got to ask, what the hell is the turkey being pardoned for? With George W. it's easy to guess. Tom Turkey would be pardoned for being way too much smarter than the prez, but what the heck was it for with some of the other oval office biggies?
1 Comments:
The second bit of trivia I could probably have done without knowing. Pardoning a turkey ... what did the turkey ever do to offend? If anything, we're the ones who need pardoning from turkeys in general.
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