[Sca-cooks] Turkeys ARE Period!
Terry Decker
t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net
Fri Dec 15 21:34:43 PST 2006
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
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