Kate Connally wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>PENMART01 wrote:
>>
>>>>Nancy Young writes:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>PENMART01 wrote:
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>>>>>Don't forget the turkey oysters, those two succulent medallions lodged in
>>>>
>>>>the
>>>>
>>>>>depression of the backbone... my guests never even see them.
>>>>
>>>>Lucky them ... icky little liver tasting bombs. Accck.
>>>
>>>Sheesh... I know where your taste is... I'm positive your turkey dinner
>>>consists of a few slices of turkey roll from the deli.
>>
>>Nope. I have a great turkey dinner. But I do not eat the back,
>>and the oysters, especially not them. Tastes just like liver to
>>me, and I'm on record, I despise liver.
>
>
> I've eaten many "oysters" in my life. One of the best
> parts of the turkey. It doesn't taste like liver to
> me. Are you sure you're not eating some of the innards
> that stick up against the backbone on either side. I'm
> not sure what they are but they look like liver although
> I know they're not. I always give them to the cats.
>
> Kate
>
They're called "lights" and they're the remnants of the lungs, left
after cleaning the bird. The kidneys and all but the liver and the
gizzard are tossed. I cleaned turkeys for a living once for a week when
I was a kid.

George