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"The turkeys are really pretty dumb. About 10 or 12 guys with these things that look like featherdusters drive them into the killing shed. They have this golden opportunity to get away, but they don't," he says.
Perodeau says the turkeys are put down by mechanical means. "My understanding is that they use an electric knife. They hang them up by their legs, cut their jugular veins and let all the blood drain out. It gives them a nice golden-yellow color."
But, says the manager, even retail grocers are not permitted to see the parts of the farm where slaughtering takes place. "They don't let you see the actual killing process. But that's just as well, I suppose," Perodeau says.
Other Square merchants are left to handle the post-Holiday crush. At The Store 24, two items always are high on everyone's list.
"I think that the people who are going home are very excited. But unfortunately, some people can't make it home and they're more sad than they'll like to admit. It's a mixed bag," said Michael S. Grossman '86, Matthews Hall proctor.