Game birds

The Circuitous Journey of the Domesticated Turkey

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

The turkey, at least the commercial breeds available in the US, did not originate here. Credit goes to the Aztecs of Mesoamerica who first domesticated the bird 2500 years ago, and the conquistadors who escorted it along a circuitous journey to the US.

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