by Dick Schilling, "Editor Emeritus"
... that you turn your head, and suddenly it’s 2018!
But I am still in 2017, and I wondered as I placed my herbed turkey breast in the oven this Christmas morning, how many turkeys were suffering the same fate in the United States at about the same time. Millions, probably.
Because for some reason, turkey seems to be required at this season of the year ... Thanksgiving through January 1.
I would never think of roasting a turkey for the Memorial Day weekend or the Labor Day holiday. Chicken? Sure. But not turkey.
During the rest of the year, my turkey eating is confined to thin slices along with ham and cheese slices rolled up in a tortilla shell. Or a frozen meal featuring a few turkey chunks so small a magnifying glass is almost needed to identify same.
I once bought a couple turkey burgers, and after tasting the first one, threw the other in the garbage can.