Thanksgiving and the History of Heritage Turkeys-The Snob’s Dictionary-Vanity Fair

Entry #406, heritage turkey: The wattle-fowl equivalent of heirloom produce, denoting an old-line breed of turkey. The Thanksgiving pièce de résistance nearly went extinct during the Butterball-fueled rise of the factory-farm hybrid freak known as the Large White.

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