[Sca-cooks] Re: food myths (Turkey)

[Stefan li Rous]

Kirsten mentioned:
> dont forget that there was also a European bird that was called "turky"
Oh? More details please. I thought I'd heard that the American turkey

was known as the "turkey" because it had first been imported into
Turkey and then to Europe, so it was first assumed to be native to
there.


This explanation sounds like it might be more likely. How big is this

bird? And where is it native to?
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