Posted on 06/18/2015 3:56:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Bird flu has made the three-egg omelette a luxury item in parts of America, but the other fowl bearing the brunt of the highly pathogenic virus's outbreak is the poor turkey, whose flocks have been culled by 7.8 million so far. The USDA is now recognizing that this could have bad consequences in, say, five months, when a certain holiday occurs on the third Thursday of November.
The federal agency's latest monthly hatchery report is a bit ominous: Reuters notes that it reports a "significant decline" in the May count for baby turkeys, or poults. That number (22.3 million) is 8 percent lower than it was last May. Turkeys born in May or June will be the right age for slaughter in time for Thanksgiving, so these two months are critical. Analysts can't agree on just how bad the news is, but at least one expert tells Reuters that it's clear that, at the very least, "big, whole birds for Thanksgiving are going to be extremely hard to come by." Looks like it could finally be Tofurkey's year.
Spam is longpig, right?
He’s a jurnilist - at least he got the day of the week and month right.
Producers can make up the time
On my way to work last week, I saw a turkey standing on the Jersey barrier as I drove by. In lieu of this shortage, wish I had a chance to cap him. B-)
Then again, we have a load of Canadian geese around, they are vermin but I’m sure would make a good meal.
My husband prefers chicken, so I guess that’s what we’ll be having.
Put enough together, shape to please, bake. Eat.
What? Isn’t he a patriot?
Even at high prices, I make out - if no turkey, the wife insists on a rack of prime rib.....I doubt a turkey will top $360.
Do yourself a favor,
Skip the turkey and prepare a nice standing rib roast on a big green egg.
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