[elcid1970]

There is an established turkey family that crosses my Mom’s yard every day. There is also a shotgun behind her bedroom door.

Unfortunately the city limits went gerrymander & Mom’s house is now no longer in the country. I think the turkeys know this, just like the deer she sees every day from the kitchen window.

FWIW turkey hunters tell me that only the white meat is edible.

[cuban leaf]

FWIW turkey hunters tell me that only the white meat is edible.

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Yeah. I was at a bbq where they had dark meat. It was my first “wild turkey” ever. I thought it sucked. I suppose the dog and cat would go for it, though.

[thackney]

Meat is muscle. And muscle is fed by blood. In the blood is myoglobin, which binds with oxygen and stores it in muscles for when it’s needed. Myoglobin also makes meat dark. Muscles that are used most, like those in drumsticks (legs), have more myoglobin. Domestic turkeys are too fat to fly, so they don’t use their breast muscles much, which is why breast meat is white. The breast of a wild turkey is entirely different, darker (and far tastier for those who are game).

http://www.livescience.com/5911-top-5-surprising-turkey-facts.html