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Arts & Culture
4:50 pm
Wed November 21, 2012

Stateside: Thanksgiving spreads your great-grandmother would recognize

Credit Rebecca Williams / Michigan Radio
Turkeys were amongst a vibrant spread of dishes served throughout Thanksgivings of the 1800's
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Cyndy talks with Bill Loomis, author of "Detroit's Delectable Past"

With the exception of a few wild selections, the Thanksgiving spreads of today closely resemble those of the 1800’s.


Bill Loomis, author of “Detroit’s Delectable Past,” claimed our ancestors had a taste for animals of considerable size- such as the bear.


During the 19th century, animals were killed specifically for the Thanksgiving meal.


Cuts of chicken, duck, fish, quail and squirrel were served with mounds of squash and other root vegetables.

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Offbeat
7:00 am
Thu November 24, 2011

Preserving the classic Thanksgiving turkey

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John Harnois raises Narragansett turkeys, one of the so-called heritage breeds. He also raises a few Bourbon Reds, another heritage breed.
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Many heritage turkey breeds tend to be closer in appearance to wild turkeys than the most common commercial turkey breed, the Broad-breasted White. The Broad-breasted Whites have been bred to have white feathers, so there won't be dark marks left behind w
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The tom turkeys strut their stuff for the hens... who appear to be not particularly interested.
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John Harnois gobbles to the turkeys and the turkeys respond in unison.
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A male Narragansett in living color. Turkeys are native to North America. They've been transported across the Atlantic Ocean several times, from Mexico to Europe... from Europe to America... as turkeys were domesticated, crossed with wild turkeys, and new
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In honor of Thanksgiving... we're revisiting a Michigan farmer who raises heritage turkeys.

Those are turkeys that have a little bit of a wilder history. Some farmers are trying to keep these older turkey breeds from going extinct.

John Harnois has a yard full of turkeys. He says he knows his turkeys so well, he can speak their language.

"The turkeys pip, they bark, they gobble."

These turkeys are mostly males. They're trying to look all big and macho as they strut around in front of the hens. These birds are the Narragansett breed.

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Arts/Culture
9:36 pm
Wed November 23, 2011

Holland Rescue Mission throws record-breaking Thanksgiving Banquet

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More than 1,300 people pack into Hope College's field house Wednesday night for the Great Thanksgiving Banquet.
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Nearly 500 volunteers served a hot meal to more than 1,300 people in need Wednesday night. That’s a record for the Holland Rescue Mission which has held the annual dinner for nearly 20 years. The non-profit runs a number of programs to help lift people from poverty.

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