Do you know turkey? It is the largest plate of food on the table of foreigners, turkey also has a name called spitting chicken, which has been domesticated into poultry by Mexicans five thousand years ago, and then introduced to Europe, loved by Europeans, and then introduced to China, Chinese but not very interested in this animal.
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There are also some wild turkeys in some parts of North America, which are similar in size to other chickens, and the hen is slightly smaller, but it is already the largest bird in the area, and can even reach nearly two meters when it opens its wings.
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Turkeys are more like to live in groups, usually eat some plants and fruits, can also eat insects, lizards and frogs, easier to feed, and unlike Chinese domestic chickens, turkey habits are more bird-oriented, with the ability to fly, generally can fly more than a thousand meters, like to sleep in trees at night.
The turkey itself is also very capable of reproduction, even without a rooster, the eggs can hatch small turkeys, and these small turkeys are mostly males, except that they will look weaker than normal small turkeys, and there is no problem at all.
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This kind of turkey is very popular in foreign countries, such as the United States, the United Kingdom and other European countries, every year during the festival, a must-have dish on the table is turkey, and even Thanksgiving, Christmas alone have 46 million turkeys on the table.
But after arriving in China, the turkey began to be unknown, almost no one will remember such a dish, Australian wagyu beef prices in the country are starting at a thousand yuan, or some people buy it, the American hamburger pizza in China is also a lot of people like to eat, only roast turkey, although it looks fat and attractive, but few people eat it.
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According to statistics, in 20 years, China's turkey meat production was less than 2400 tons, and in the same year, the domestic chicken production reached nearly 15 million tons, in other words, the country's turkey production is not as much as the chicken production of a county. In China, turkey also has a title of "the most deadly chicken", do you know how this title came from?
Why turkey is not popular in China
Why is the turkey known as the most popular chicken in China? Since ancient times, whether it is flying in the sky, running on the ground or swimming in the river, as long as the taste is good, it is absolutely impossible to escape the Five Visceral Temples Chinese, as long as there are no animals that have been cultivated in China in large quantities, in addition to factors such as cherished animals, it is definitely because it is not delicious.
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As a dish that must be served on the table in foreign festivals, almost no one eats turkey in China, and even the number of people who breed it is very small, and the amount of turkey breeding in the country is not as much as the local chicken breeding in a county. How hard is the turkey to eat to get the title of the chicken with the biggest life?
Now in foreign food propaganda films we will see the figure of the turkey, the amount of oversized meat is very large, the whole body is glowing with oil, looking at it makes people salivate, but in fact, the meat quality of the turkey and the Chinese domestic chicken are completely different, the biggest feature of turkey meat is firewood, firewood to what point, according to Yao Ming, it is like nibbling cardboard shells.
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Turkey meat fiber is relatively large, in addition to firewood, chewing is also particularly dry, fat is very low, but there is no taste, but also with a smell of earthy, even if it is a famous chef to cook, may not be able to make it very delicious.
Before a program, teacher Wang Gang and Guo Jerry tried to make turkey together, and in the end, the meat could not be ripped off at all, not to mention the taste, the soup stewed with turkey was not fresh, the fried meat was not fragrant, and it was not delicious after the waste of the power of the nine bulls and two tigers, and it was no wonder that there were not many people in China to eat turkey.
In addition, there is also a certain degree of difficulty in raising, the cost of raising turkeys will be higher than that of ordinary local chickens, such as local chicken seedlings may only need a few dollars, and the price of turkey chicken seedlings is more than fifteen yuan.
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Turkey's guts are also relatively small, once there is any wind and grass, China's native chicken may rush up to peck with high morale, and turkey is very prone to stress reactions, before it is out of the barn, the mortality rate is greatly increased, resulting in income is affected, so few people in China go to specialize in breeding turkeys, let alone eat chicken.
Why turkey is so popular in foreign countries
If turkey is the exclusive holiday of Thanksgiving in the West, in fact, it is not very accurate, there are only eight countries in the world that regard Thanksgiving as a legal holiday, and only the United States and Canada pay more attention to Thanksgiving, and eating turkey on Thanksgiving is an important ceremony.
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In the mainland every New Year's Festival is always inseparable from food, reunion dinner, Lantern Festival, moon cake, Lapa porridge, etc. are related to the festival, even if it is a foreign Christmas, we will also eat an apple to join in the fun, not that we want to eat something, mainly important festivals, always have to eat something delicious to be meaningful.
Unlike mainland festival food, which is both meaningful and delicious, turkey can be said to be unpalatable to a certain extent, but why does it appear on the table of foreigners every year?
One is because this is the tradition of foreigners, even if the turkey is difficult to eat, foreigners can not throw away their own traditions, although the time is short and has no historical background, but it is still very well passed down.
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The second reason is that in the beginning the species resources of foreigners were not so abundant, and there was no concept of what was particularly delicious, beef only entered American families in the late nineteenth century, and until then it was turkey and venison. When the turkey is roasted, it looks very good, so it is passed down as a tradition.
But when foreigners ate Chinese chicken, it would not be so precious turkey, China as a country with a deep historical background, the study of eating is also very in-depth, eight major cuisines, cooking and frying proficiency, just about chicken there are more than a thousand kinds of practices.
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Domestic native chicken, black chicken, etc. are more delicious than turkeys, heavy Xinjiang large plate chicken, Chongqing chicken pot, light Guangdong white cut chicken, Hainan coconut chicken, nutritious and delicious black chicken soup, chicken stewed mushrooms, even chicken feet chicken head, chicken heart chicken liver chicken gizzard also have many different methods, who will eat wood and dry turkey chicken?