[Sca-cooks] Turkeys ARE Period!

[Terry Decker]

This is a new one on me, but it sounds very plausible.  I'd try to check 
"turkey merchants" in the OED, but I'm about 600 miles away from it at the 
minute.

Bear

> One account I have heard is that turkeys were brought from Spain to
> England by merchants who traded from the eastern Mediterranean to
> England via Spain. They were referred to as "turkey merchants," hence
> the name for the bird. I have no idea if the account is correct.
> -- 
> David/Cariadoc