This Week's Culinary Quiz (Answer at the bottom of page)
In India at the time of the Raj, in the absence of turkey this
would often be the main meat in the Christmas meal. Which glamorous
bird, the national bird of India, is it?
answer: This Week's Culinary Quiz Answer: Peacock
Though the turkey was introduced to India from America in the
late eighteenth century, it was never bred particularly well as
food. Many didn't adapt to the climate and died and those that
could be bred to maturity tended to be much more fatty than the
birds usually served on the Christmas menu. Peacock was considered
to be far superior meat, although in certain parts of India it was
not served, in deference to Hindus who considered the bird sacred.
~To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.
-Sugar
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