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Skriven 2012-11-27 06:10:00 av DAVE DRUM (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av DALE SHIPP
Ärende: Thanksgiving
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-=> Dale Shipp wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> Whereas the average Butterball turkey costs about $1 per pound,
 DD> Pitman's  heritage turkeys run between $4 and $6 per pound. She
 DD> attributes this extra cost to the fact that heritage
 DD> turkeys usually take between six to seven months to reach
 DD> market weight, as opposed to two months for mass-produced
 DD> turkeys.

 DS> I am surprised at the two month figure, it seems awfully low.  They
 DS> must really be pushing the feed into those birds to get them to grow
 DS> that much that fast.

I checked at http://www.nebraskapoultry.org/turkey_stat.htm to see if what I
had cut and pasted was accurate. I think the two month figure would be pushing
it ... although turkeys are raised in brooder houses for six to eight weeks
before being put on maintenance feed to await a holiday sales bump.

I dunno. I usually buy a fresh, free-range bird ... not necessarily an Heritage
breed ... when I buy a whole turkey. Other than that I buy thighs and
drumsticks if getting pieces/parts. Chickens, I found, are ready for Tyson to
process in six to seven weeks.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Turkey Gumbo
 Categories: Poultry, Cajun, Diabetic, Crockpot
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      2 tb Margarine *
    1/2 lb Fresh or frozen okra 1" pcs
      2 c  Chopped celery
      1 md Onion, chopped
      1 sm Bell pepper; chopped
      2 cl Garlic; minced
      8 oz Can tomato paste
      4    Ripe tomatoes peeled
           +=OR=+
     16 oz Can peeled tomatoes
      2 c  Water
      2 c  Chopped cooked turkey
    3/4 ts Gumbo file powder
           Cooked rice
 
  * I used REAL butter and omitted the snot-pods, increasing
  the celery and bell pepper - UDD
  
  Melt the margarine in a large skillet. Add the okra. Saute
  until the okra loses its shiny appearance, about 5 mins.
  Remove the okra pieces to a bowl. Add the celery onion,
  green pepper, and garlic to the skillet.
  
  Cook over medium heat until the onion is transparent. Add
  the tomato paste, tomatoes, water, okra mixture, and
  turkey. Cook over low heat 10 minutes or until turkey is
  hot. Add the file powder. Stir to blend. Spoon over the
  rice in soup bowls.
  
  1/4 recipe = 255 calories, 3 lean meat, 1 bread, 1
  vegetable 19 grams carbohydrate, 25 grams protein, 10
  grams fat, 176 mg sodium, 1102 mg potassium, 54 mg
  cholesterol.
  
  Source:  Am. Diabetes Assoc. Holiday Cookbook by Betty
  Wedman, 1986
  
  Shared but not tested by Elizabeth Rodier, Nov 93
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
 
MMMMM

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