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...which is first recorded in a cookbook in 1675, originated from British spiced and boiled squash, it was not popularized in America until the early 1800s. Historians don't know all the dishes the Pilgrims served in the first Thanksgiving feast, but primary documents indicate that pilgrims cooked with fowl and venison - and it's not unlikely that some of that meat found its way between sheets of dough at some point. The colonists cooked many a pie: because of their crusty tops, pies acted as a means to preserve food, and were often used to keep the filling fresh...
While Harvard undergrads might get their brains pecked by mid-terms and papers, Harvard Business School students are facing a more tangible fowl foe: an actual turkey. Two weeks ago, The Crimson reported that HBS students had created a Facebook group complaining about a turkey running wild around the campus (Kumar, Prateek, “Turkey Runs Afoul of Biz School,” The Harvard Crimson, Oct. 8). The matter intrigued FM, and we decided to lead our own investigation...
Business School students have a lot on their plate, from case studies to recruiting events, but occasionally a troublesome turkey becomes the main course. The HBS fowl, nicknamed “Turk Turkee” by some students, has created a rift between those members of the student body who think it is a nuisance and those who think it is a harmless source of entertainment. “Although the turkey has been around since I’ve been here, I’ve never had a personal run-in with the turkey,” said Valentina...
...endangered species; it's just endangered on the island of Trinidad. When the Venezuelan colony abandons Trinidad, a smaller flock resident on the island, which needs the interlopers to keep their gene pool deep, will wither, says Molly Gaskin, president of the Point-a-Pierre wild fowl trust where she oversees a breeding and reintroduction program for scarlet ibis. "We don't have an activism-oriented population; we'll need a catastrophe before that happens," Gaskin said. Oil and gas expansion, she said, is for short-term gain, "and when the well known and wealthy say 'I've got ibis...
...enjoyed a sprinkling of cheddar cheese on his plate of soy beans, black beans, and pinto beans, backed off, jumping ship for vegetarianism. Months later, I’m now the only one in our dining club who has the pleasure of enjoying either fowl or four-legged friend.Why the sudden switch away from the comfort of swallowed creatures? Neither had rediscovered his dog-eared copy of Charlotte’s Web this summer. Both city-born kids decided to eschew real chewing because of the environmental damage caused by the transportation and raising of animals. Sitting at the meat...