Article: Talk turkey, then make one.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Byline: Kathy Antoniotti

In all probability, turkey wasn't the main dish served at the Thanksgiving celebration in the Plymouth, Mass., colony in 1621. Venison, provided by the American Indians attending the fete, was the entree and turkey was served as a side dish. Somehow, giving a stuffed deer center stage on our Thanksgiving tables doesn't resonate well with the American public today.

But turkey, which has grown to symbolize the holiday, is more popular now than ever before. According to the National Turkey Federation, farmers raised 274 million turkeys last year. Forty-six million were eaten by Americans on Thanksgiving day, which means that about ...

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