“Everything was grandfathered in, we’ve had the same slaughterhouse since the beginning – since 1946.” “We’ve been here so long, before the expressway and before Route 25,” said farmer Mark Miloski. How their Thanksgiving turkeys arrive at their home is something few people want to dwell on, but slaughtering poultry is a way of life for some farmers. READ MORE: NYPD: Malikah Shabazz, Daughter Of Malcolm X, Found Dead In Brooklyn Apartment Others call it an environmental disaster. Some savor the thought of fresh, locally sourced meats. (CBSNewYork) - A proposal to build a poultry slaughterhouse is sparking a major controversy in one Long Island town.
One guy called up after his stove broke down, and asked if he could finish cooking the turkey in his dishwasher.Īll Rights Reserved.TOWN OF ISLIP, N.Y. "Oh yeah, they do that," Ann Miloski confirmed.īut as the Butterball hotline can confirm, turkeys aren't the only dummies. As for the age-old question, how dumb are they? The answer is the young ones really are dumb enough to drown by looking up with their mouths open in the rain. The wings are clipped on these domesticated birds, but wild ones fly. It's mean behavior, but you can't blame them for not being in the Thanksgiving spirit. We found the turkeys attacking sick or injured birds in the flock. The brown ones have a bluish cast to their skin.īut regardless of lineage, the turkeys are all hen-pecked.
By the way, if you're wondering why these turkeys are white instead of the usual brown, like the turkey you see batting its eyes in the Thanksgiving Day parade, the Miloskis say it's largely a matter of food aesthetics. If you guessed that male turkeys like to shake their snood, you got it right - and so did the turkeys. Question number 3: What is the fleshy growth that's very long on male turkeys, and hangs down over the beak? Here are your options: They say the most commonly asked question is, "How should I thaw my turkey?" Most of the questions the Butterball line gets aren't that challenging. The line's answer: probably not, since they're hatched out of eggs. Question number 2: Do turkeys have belly buttons? OK, we didn't actually ask the turkeys this one, but a Montreal school teacher did call the Butterball line to find out once. "What percentage of American homes eats turkey on Thanksgiving? Ninety percent - that's right!" "Gobble when you hear the correct answer," we told them. And in case you were wondering, we didn't make these questions up - we got the turkey trivia quiz from the Butterball Online site on the Web. Is it true? We gave the turkeys a multiple choice quiz to find out. Proprietor Ann Miloski maintains that what the birds lack in personality, they make up for in stupidity. You can go in there and look, but I doubt you'll find one with a personality. It was the first time the youngster had ever seen a live turkey. out back to the farm so he could see the ones that were still alive. "I don't want to see it, I just want to eat it," said one visitor to Miloski's Poultry Farm.Īnother family didn't mind seeing the turkey after they reserved their holiday bird. When they get their Thanksgiving turkey, they go to the turkey farm and hand-pick their meal.īut not everybody who does that wants to slaughter it personally. When they buy a Christmas tree, they go to a tree farm and cut one down themselves. How dumb are they? Turkeys take trivia test November 27, 1996ĬALVERTON, New York (CNN) - Some people take holiday traditions to the extreme. CNN - How dumb are they? Turkeys take trivia test - Nov.