SC - Easter Dinner

[Decker, Terry D.]

> I didn't think they had Turkey's in Israel at the time either 
> (I believe Turkey's are New World birds, and wouldn't have been introduced
> 
> to the middle east until the 1600's at earliest?).  
> 
> -Laurene
> 
The turkey probably got to the Turks in the mid-1500's via the Venetians who
had considerable trade with them.  The birds were called "turkeys" because
they were thought to have come from the turks.   Proving this speculation is
a little more difficult.

Bear