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\"\"<\/a>If you\u2019re feeding a huge crowd for Thanksgiving this year, you better get out and find your large turkey today, if you haven\u2019t already.<\/p>\n

Because of the bird flu, large birds are going to be scarce. You may have to settle for two 12-pound birds instead of your usual 24-pounder. Iowa is one of the top five turkey producers in the United States, and the avian flu hit us hard. This also means that a turkey is going to cost you more, but what doesn\u2019t anymore.<\/p>\n

One of the most creative ways to get a couple of toms for Thanksgiving would be to hang around a governor\u2019s mansion when the tradition of pardoning a pair of birds is a general spectacle prior to Thanksgiving. Once the birds are pardoned \u2013 grab one. Hey, it\u2019s free! Right? Freed, free: What\u2019s the difference?<\/p>\n

On my daily walk last week, I spotted a wild turkey running through the Tai Dam Village Festival<\/a> parking lot. If I were faster, I might have caught it. However, to chase that bird I would have been trespassing. I respect the Tai Dam people and the land they acquired, which reminds them of the land they left behind in southeast Asia.<\/p>\n

However, we don\u2019t need a turkey. We haven\u2019t eaten turkey in this house for close to twenty years. We don\u2019t eat turkey for various individual reasons. My personal view is that I think turkey tastes like \u201csacks of wet cement<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, enjoy your green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, and mashed potatoes with gravy. We will have some of those Thanksgiving treats, but our latest tradition has been chicken marsala. I\u2019m not sure what we\u2019re going to have this year, but it won\u2019t be turkey.<\/p>\n

Happy Thanksgiving from Fawkes-Lee & Ryan!<\/p>\n

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