[Sca-cooks] Fwd: Sca-cooks Digest, Vol 18, Issue 5/Turkey versus Swan

[Chris Stanifer]

--- Marcus Loidolt <mjloidolt at yahoo.com> wrote:


> As fierce a fighter as the NA Turkey might be, they'd
> be no contest for a Swan, particulary a big cob (male)
> in breeding season!  Those monsters are BIG and
> STRONG!
> with a wing span of 9 feet and a neck 5 feet long
> there isn't much a swan couldn't do to a turkey, or
> any other opponent for that matter! 
> 

Okay..maybe he couldn't take the Swan, but...but...

William de Grandfort














> Many years ago there was an article in National
> Geographic Magazine about the Royal Swanherd of
> England, all the Swans on the Thames are property of
> the Crown and must be tagged and counted each year.
> This has been going on since the reign of Bloody Bess
> and her equally bloody father, Hank.
> 
> According to the article and to the current RSH, there
> have been 15 men to have been killed by the swans
> defending their young and mates! The cob can beat the
> opponent with the force of a sledgehammer breaking
> bones and causing concusions! Attacking the boat and
> dragging the swanherd over board to drown him is the
> primary mode of attack. I have seen a fight between a
> White Emben Gander and a Turkey and it wasn't pretty!
> 
> Yes, the Gander won by plucking feathers and penning
> said Tom under the gas barbeque!!
> 
> 
> Abot Johann von Metten OL
> medieval poultry
> 
>  
> > As for the right noble Turkey, I adore the ugly
> > bastards, and find them about as far from
> > 'Mundane' as I do Lamb, Venison or any game meat. 
> > The flesh is flavorful and versatile, and I
> > feel it requires as much respect as any of the
> > 'period' birds of Western Europe.  It's big enough
> > to have kicked all of those other birds' asses,
> > anyway :)
> > 
> > William de Grandfort
> 
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