One bird that shows up frequently on holiday menus is the turkey. It is popular at both Thanksgiving and Christmas. Until recently, I was still eating leftover turkey – delicious.
While we in the U.S. consume a lot of turkey, we don’t come close to the folks in Israel. They are world champs, eating a whopping 34 pounds per person per year.
The turkey got its name in a roundabout way. When it was first imported from Africa to Europe, the bird came by way of Turkey. In Africa, it was called the guinea fowl, but Europeans first called it turkey fowl, and later, just turkey.
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