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Thanksgiving Without Turkey? A Valid Argument For Skipping The Bird. There are ample reasons you may not want to serve a turkey at your feast. Experts offer ways to create a new holiday tradition.
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Posted on 11/08/2021 8:50:00 AM PST by mylife

If you’re having turkey at your Thanksgiving, Karen Davis is not the guest you want at your table.

The president of United Poultry Concerns and a tireless advocate for chickens, turkeys and other farmed fowl, Davis can rattle off details and statistics about how turkeys are raised and “harvested” (industry-speak for slaughtered) that are guaranteed to curb — or kill — your appetite. But she’ll settle for three big reasons to skip the turkey this Thanksgiving: “Animal cruelty, disease, filth — the toxic waste in the conditions in which the birds are forced to live.”

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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, close to 230 million turkeys were slaughtered in 2018 ― more than the number of Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 right now. Food production on that scale doesn’t happen in an idyllic farm setting; it happens in concentrated animal-feeding operations (CAFOs). The Environmental Protection Agency mandates a small CAFO be limited to 16,500 turkeys, while a large one can hold 55,000 or more.

At Davis’ sanctuary in Virginia — Tyson and Perdue territory — turkeys and chickens run free. “Turkeys like to run. They’re great walkers. But turkeys bred for the turkey meat industry are so disproportioned, with this big, heavy breast. Their toenails are cut off so they can’t grip the ground well,” she said. And anyway, there’s nowhere for them to go. Their brief lives are spent confined “beak to butt.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: huffingtonpost; huffpo; karen; karendavis; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; thanksgiving; turkey
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To: mylife

Who needs “experts” to tell them what to eat for dinner?


21 posted on 11/08/2021 9:02:27 AM PST by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: mylife

“United Poultry Concerns”?

They should join with The Gravy Worriers.

Be great parties.

Everyone sitting there upset about green beans.


22 posted on 11/08/2021 9:02:59 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: woodbutcher1963
Turkey is way overrated.

A decade ago, when our quarterly cookoff came too close to Thanksgiving, we roasted a goose instead. It was to die for.

23 posted on 11/08/2021 9:03:36 AM PST by Publius
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To: mylife

Karen Davis needs to stop being such a....KAREN.

Couldn’t help myself. ;O)


24 posted on 11/08/2021 9:04:09 AM PST by oldvirginian (I’m getting tired of being part of a major historical event.)
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To: Publius

Rush would be howling with laughter!!!


25 posted on 11/08/2021 9:04:47 AM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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To: mylife

That’s just a stupid article


26 posted on 11/08/2021 9:05:38 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: woodbutcher1963

What’s a Thanksgiving without Wild Turkey 101? I mean, it just isn’t the same.


27 posted on 11/08/2021 9:05:41 AM PST by BipolarBob (I had to change my homepage because it was embellished somewhat. Apologies to all.)
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To: woodbutcher1963

When we did a regular turkey, we would cook it breast-side down. The white meat was more juicy that way.

It doesn’t make the traditional presentation, but we always cut it up before serving.


28 posted on 11/08/2021 9:05:55 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: KarlInOhio

It’s what they do.


29 posted on 11/08/2021 9:06:19 AM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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To: mylife

I don’t like turkey. My Thanksgiving only has turkey when I’m not the one organizing it.


30 posted on 11/08/2021 9:06:33 AM PST by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: mylife

I’m grilling steaks this year for Thanksgiving.


31 posted on 11/08/2021 9:06:38 AM PST by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: mylife

32 posted on 11/08/2021 9:07:43 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: mylife

Thanksgiving experts? Well I’m an expert on what I like and I’ll have the turkey with all the trimmings. The experts are welcome to my aunts carrot salad with raisins.


33 posted on 11/08/2021 9:08:31 AM PST by Free in Texas (Celebrate diversity. Own firearms of every caliber. )
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To: Publius

I know a woman that still talks about my goose..


34 posted on 11/08/2021 9:09:13 AM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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To: mylife

If we have Thanksgiving experts specializing in Turkey, we have way too many experts.


35 posted on 11/08/2021 9:09:31 AM PST by blackdog (Jab Dodger. )
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To: Vendome

That is the point.


36 posted on 11/08/2021 9:10:12 AM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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To: mylife

Experts? What the hell makes them experts? They just want to take all the joy out of life.


37 posted on 11/08/2021 9:10:56 AM PST by webheart (I thought I was helping by getting vaccinated but they say I didn’t help at all. )
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To: Red Badger

:)


38 posted on 11/08/2021 9:12:05 AM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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To: BipolarBob

I prefer Knob Creek.
To each his own?

Have you ever had a real wild turkey?

They are all over in this part of NH. I have a flock of about nine that hang out on my property. I was thinking of wacking one.

I heard they are not exactly a Butterball.


39 posted on 11/08/2021 9:13:30 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: mylife

We have a group who deep fries turkeys for us every year. They do several thousand turkeys for Thanksgiving.


40 posted on 11/08/2021 9:13:51 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (If you are vaccinated, you cannot get COVID from someone who is not vaccinated. Lighted up Karen!)
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