SEX, BOMBS & BURGERS

In honour of it being Thanksgiving today here in Canada, I've got a couple turkey bits to share. First up is an article that ran in Wired last year about how our foods, particularly turkey, have changed over the past 50 years thanks to genetic manipulation. It's a lengthy article but well worth the read if you're at home doing nothing today, or if you're looking for ways to screw the pooch if, like me, you're stuck at work.

Some turkey highlights from the article:
-The United States pumped out 33 times more pounds of turkey at a lower cost to consumers in 2007 than its farmers did in 1929.
-Turkeys more than doubled in size in that time from an average of 13 pounds to an average of 29 pounds.
-If the trend continues, we could see an average turkey size of 40 pounds by 2020.
-A modern turkey can mature to a given weight at twice the pace of its predecessors.

Secondly, because we do deal with a few other specialty topics here - here's a video that, amazingly enough, combines turkey with sex. Enjoy!