Pity the Turkey
All but a negligible number of the 45 million turkeys that find their way out to our Thanksgiving tables were unhealthy, unhappy, and—this is a radical understatement—unloved. If people come to different conclusions about a turkey’s place on the Thanksgiving table, at least we can all agree on those three things.
Compelling words from Jonathan Safran Foer, in Eating Animals. New York Times excerpt available here. Good reading.
Just off now for the first of two (yes, two!) Thanksgiving Day dinners. I’ll be skipping the turkey. Enjoy yours—or not. Happy Thanksgiving!
