What kind of animal is turkey

The turkey is the turkey (turkey). It is a species of the genus Turkey in the family Tortricidae. Because of the rutting when the wings spread tail into fan-shaped, meat tumors and meat flaps from red to blue-white, so also known as seven-faced bird (or seven-faced chicken). Native to the eastern part of North America and Central America, this is wild, now domesticated for meat poultry. Now more countries to introduce breeding.

Turkey is a specialty of the Americas, and was domesticated by the Indians before the Europeans came to the Americas. The name of the turkey in English is called "turkey". Because Europeans think it looks like the Turkish costume: body black head red, so call it "Turkey". Europeans love to eat roast goose. After immigrating to the Americas, they had a request to eat goose before they could raise it, so they ate turkey, and found that turkey was tastier than goose. And there were a lot of turkeys in North America. So roasted turkey became a big dish for Americans, essential for important holidays.

Chicken-shaped order (Galliformes) spit cordon bleu family (Meleagrididae) two kinds of birds collectively. The most famous is the common turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), native to North America, for the bird of prey, is now widely bred for food; the other eye spotted turkey (Agriocharis ocellata or Meleagris ocellata). In English, there are some birds that are not related to turkeys are also called turkey such as Australian turkey, brush turkey (brush turkey), water turkey (water turkey), see bustard (bustard) and snake pelican (snakebird) and other words.

The domestication of the common turkey probably began with the Indians in Mexico before Columbus arrived in the Americas, and it was first introduced to Spain in 1519 and to England in 1541. After turkeys were commonly raised in England, turkey-cock came to be used to refer to turkeys, a term previously used to refer to a fowl from the Islamic or Turkic regions, the guinea fowl. British colonists introduced turkey breeds bred in Europe to eastern North America in the 17th century. Until about 1935, turkeys were bred primarily for their beautiful plumage, but only later was emphasis placed on breeding for meat quality.

Today the common turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) common turkey subspecies of Mexico differs slightly from the common turkey of the southeastern and southwestern United States in plumage patches and loin color, but the plumage is basically all black with iridescent glossy bronze and green. The head of the adult male is bare, lenticellate, and generally bright red, but becomes white with a bright blue tinge when excited. Other distinctive features of the common turkey are an elongated red fleshy ornament from the forehead to the bill; a fleshy droop on the throat, and a breast with a black, coarsely textured, quill-like tuft of feathers called a beard, with a spur of feet protruding. Males can be up to 130 centimeters (50 inches) long and weigh up to 10 kilograms (22 pounds), but are somewhat lighter on average; females generally weigh half as much as males, and have a smaller head tubercle and fleshy droop. Domesticated breeds have flavorful meat and may weigh much more.

In many European countries, it has been customary to eat roast turkey at Christmas. In the United States, turkey is especially popular at Thanksgiving. So turkey products tend to be seasonal. But in the United States and other countries, you can buy boneless turkey meatloaf all year round, and you can cook it at home.

Wild turkeys live in wooded areas near water. They eat seeds, insects, and occasionally frogs and lizards. When frightened, they will quickly run for cover, but can fly short distances (about 0.4 kilometers [0.25 miles]). In the United States, numbers have recovered from overhunting and declining numbers, now that states have introduced game management laws.

During courtship, the male spreads his tail feathers, drops his wings, shakes his quills to make a sound, walks broadly with his head scrunched back, and emits a sharp "cackle". A male with a group of females, each female lays 8?15 light brown spotted eggs, which are laid on the ground in low-lying areas; the incubation period is 28 days.

The Central American eyed turkey is smaller than the common turkey; the head is blue, with a reddish-yellow fleshy structure from the forehead to the beak; the feathers are sharply tipped; it resembles a peacock; and there is a yellow-tipped tubercle at the top of the head, except for a fleshy droop under the beak. The species has never been domesticated.

[edit]Biological Characteristics

Turkeys are noted for their large size, rapid growth, disease resistance, and high rate of lean meat, comparable to that of broiler chickens, and are known as "meat machines". Turkey meat is not only tender, light, and in the nutritional value of "a high two low" advantages. A high protein content is high, in more than 30%; two low is turkey meat in foreign countries is considered to be the ideal health food for patients with cardiovascular disease, at the same time, turkey meat is also beneficial to the spleen of the therapeutic good. At present, many countries in the world to turkey meat instead of beef, pork, lamb and duck.

Turkey has the characteristics of wild animals, high protein (protein content of 27%, only 23% of the average broiler), low fat (2 ~ 3%), low cholesterol content (0.06 ~ 0.1%), the meat is tender and tasty, is a health food for women, children, the elderly, and is the ideal weight loss of obese people. Regular consumption of turkey meat on high blood pressure, diabetes, cardiovascular prevention and treatment. Not only turkey meat flavor and quality, turkey eggs are also excellent food, turkey eggs, rich yolk, good toughness, belong to the quality of good eggs.

Turkey body size than the domestic chicken 3 to 4 times larger, 800 to 1100 millimeters long. Males are about 1000 millimeters tall, and females are slightly shorter. The beak is strong and slightly curved. The head and neck are almost naked, with only sparse feathers and bearing red flesh tumors, and the throat is pendulous with red flesh flaps. The back is slightly elevated. Body feathers metallic brown or green, scattered with black transverse spots; both wings with white spots; tail feathers brown or gray, mottled, slightly rounded at the end. Feet and toes strong.

Flying power is strong, can fly 500 to 2000 meters away. Usually perched on the ground, cackling, foraging for insects, crustaceans, lizards, and cereals, vegetables, fruits and so on. At night, they live in groups in trees, with one male paired with many females. Nests are located in hidden hollows on the ground. Eggs are laid twice a year, 8 to 15 per egg. The eggs are incubated by the female and hatch in 28 days, and the female raises the chicks.

The whole body is covered with black, white and dark yellow feathers. The head and upper part of the neck are bare with red coral-like dermatomes, and there is a fleshy droop under the throat, which can vary in color from red to purple. Male turkey tail feathers can be unfolded in a fan shape, a bunch of hairballs in front of the chest, female turkeys weighing 8-9 kilograms, the annual production of turkey eggs 50-80 eggs, each egg weighs 20-80 grams. Currently raising varieties of "bronze turkey" and "white turkey" for more.

Since the sex of birds, amphibians and fish is determined by the sex chromosomes carried by the egg, asexual reproduction (Parthenogenesis) is possible under certain circumstances, and turkeys are famous for their ability to do this. In the absence of males, unfertilized eggs produced by females can hatch, and the resulting offspring are usually weak and almost always male.

[edit]Eating turkey on Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving is a traditional holiday in Western countries, when three days of vacation and family reunions are held. In the holiday banquet, there is an essential specialty dish - "roast turkey". Why do we eat turkey on Thanksgiving? In 1620, a group of Puritans who advocated reform in England withdrew from the state religion and established their own Protestantism because their ideals and ambitions could not be realized, a move that aroused the hatred of the British rulers. Unable to withstand the persecution and discrimination of the rulers, these Puritans first fled to Holland, and in early September, took a ship across the ocean to prepare for exile in the United States. The ship drifted in the rough sea for 65 days, and finally reached the east coast of the United States in November, landing in the port of Provincetown, Rhode Island. At the time, it was still a wild, uncultivated land where turkeys and other wildlife were everywhere. In the middle of winter, they were in a strange place with little food and clothing, and the harsh environment was threatening their lives. In this life-and-death situation, the local Indians sent them turkeys and other food, and gave them some supplies and production tools, and also helped them build their new home.

These British settled in the new home, in order to thank the Indians in times of crisis to help, support them, but also to thank God for their "gift", in the fourth Thursday of November every year, will be hunted turkeys made of delicious food, hospitality to the Indians, and with them to carry on the party, the celebration! The celebration lasted for three days, and in addition to entertaining the Indians with roasted turkeys, the Indians also focused on sports competitions such as archery, running, and wrestling, and at night, they sang and danced around bonfires and enjoyed themselves. Since then, such celebrations have been held on the fourth Thursday of November every year, and in 1941, the U.S. Congress officially designated the fourth Thursday of November as "Thanksgiving Day". The holiday has since become popular in Western countries.

[Edit Paragraph]Christmas eating turkey

The history of eating turkey has been nearly four hundred years. The "Dinner" in "Christmas Dinner" and "Thanks giving Dinner", which symbolizes the harvest and reunion, did not originally refer to dinner. "It was not originally meant to be eaten at dinner, but at noon. Instead, it should be eaten at noon. Thanksgiving Day falls on Thursday, the fourth week of November. It is very close to Christmas, which is the big holiday of the year. And Christmas is the day to give thanks for the coming of Jesus. Therefore, the turkey dinner, which symbolizes thanksgiving, extends to Christmas.

This custom has been around for more than 300 years.

It is said that on Christmas Day in 1620, a large number of immigrants from England arrived at Portsmouth Hill on the American continent. At that time, there was a lack of produce and only turkeys were found all over the mountains, so they caught turkeys as the main dish for the holiday.

Therefore, in addition to ham, sweet potatoes, vegetables, raisins, pudding, fruitcake, cocktails, and of course, turkey, Christmas dinner.

[edit]How to cook a turkey

The most traditional way to cook a turkey is very simple, you just need to rub the turkey well inside and out with salt and peppercorns, and then bake it in the oven for about 3 hours.

Vinegared turkey

Ingredients: turkey thigh meat, green pepper, pickled red pepper, ginger and garlic slices, 1 teaspoon of soy sauce, 1 teaspoon of vinegar, ? teaspoon of sugar, salt, chicken broth powder and water starch.

Directions:

1, wash the chicken and cut into wide strips, with chicken powder, water starch, salt and mix well to taste; green pepper cut into wide strips, pickled chili pepper chopped to use.

2, will be soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, chicken powder, salt, water starch, a small amount of water thickening sauce.

3, frying pan on high heat, pour the right amount of oil, burn oil to 60% hot, under the chicken stir-fried loose color, add pickled chili peppers, ginger, garlic stir-fried color, into the green pepper stir-fried evenly broken, cooked into the gravy sauce to collect juice on the plate.

Note: chicken thigh meat to cut evenly, not too big, otherwise it is not easy to taste; no pickled chili, can also be used in soybean paste; thickening sauce to highlight the sour taste, but not too sour; frying should be rapid frying on high heat.

Garlic Turkey Cutlets

Ingredients: 1 small garlic clove, 1 onion, 1 tomato, turkey (thigh part of the thick meat), a few drops of oil, salt, coarsely ground pepper, 1/4 teaspoon of instant bouillon powder, a small amount of water, 1 tablespoon of French cheese - 1 teaspoon of mustard, 1 piece of French bread (or potatoes, rice or pasta one).

Directions:

1. Wash the garlic cloves and cut them into pieces. Peel the onion and cut into rings. Take the cleaned tomatoes, remove the stem and cut them into pieces. Rub oil on the whole piece of turkey meat, put it in a non-stick pan and fry it on high heat for 2 minutes, then change the heat to medium and continue frying for 8 minutes. Add salt and pepper and wrap in thin aluminum foil to keep warm.

2. Add the onion rings to the hot pan and saute for 2 minutes. Add the garlic cloves and tomato chunks and sauté briefly, then pour the water and instant bouillon powder into the pot, stirring evenly, and cook over low heat for 5 minutes. Next add the feta and mustard and cook for another 3-5 minutes until the soup is thick. Add salt and pepper to taste.

3. Cut the meat into thick slices and pour the gravy over the garlic scapes. Lay the slices of meat on a plate and then arrange the garlic scapes next to the meat. Serve with French bread.

Turkey Sandwiches

Ingredients:Baguette bread (slender body is good with whole sandwich ingredients), cooked turkey, lettuce, tomato, black pepper.

Directions:

(1) Slice the baguette in half horizontally and thinly slice the turkey.

(2) Wash lettuce and slice tomatoes.

(3) Spread turkey slices on the bread and sprinkle with black pepper according to your taste.

(4) Finally, lay tomatoes and lettuce on the turkey.

[edit paragraph] President George W. Bush amnesty turkey

November 22, 2006, Washington, U.S., President George W. Bush held a Thanksgiving Day release ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, pardoned a named "Flyer" (Flyer) of the fire Bush amnesty turkey chicken. The annual presidential turkey release ceremony began in 1947 under President Truman, but the tradition actually dates back to the American Civil War under President Abraham Lincoln, whose son, Tad, burst into a Cabinet meeting one day in 1863 to ask for a pardon for a pet turkey named Jack, which was sent to the White House for what would soon become the people's Christmas dinner.