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

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In a message dated 9/19/2002 11:48:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
johnna at sitka.engin.umich.edu writes:


> Here's part of the OED run down since you were inquiring.

But every reference on them is half a century or more after the discovery of
the New World!  Therefore , it is entirely conceivable that many of them are
in fact referring to the New World turkey and not to any European or other
Old World bird!  Some, undoubtedly, specifically say that this is the
"thus-and-such bird, which we call turkycock" or some such, but not all.

Brangwayna Morgan