WildwingsBirds and Outdoor Issues as I see them

I saw this AP story and clenched my fist at the sheer absurdity of it. Sometimes I think this is a generation which is in need of a good spanking. Get a set would ya?

A Pennsylvania turkey farm is being sued by a family who claims their Thanksgiving was ruined when they found a turkey head inside the bird.

Gordon Kresge claims in the lawsuit that his daughter and guests found a severed turkey head in the bird’s body cavity after they ate the smoked turkey last Thanksgiving.

Kresge alleges that his guests who ate the turkey got sick afterward. He is seeking money for medical bills.

Farm manager David Jaindl said he could not comment until he reads the suit.

Where to start? First, I think we should be sending donations to this turkey farm so they don’t have to "eat" the cost (pardon the pun) of this insulting lawsuit.

Second, every family in this country should have to go out and kill an animal, dress it, then eat it. That way we can fully understand that it’s a gory and bloody procedure, no getting around it. We have become so removed from the realities of food processing that our modern selves now entertain some really stupid notions of what happens vs. what it "should" be like.

Third, this guy Kresge obviously has an attorney advising him. How else could we be asked to believe that everyone got sick from eating this bird? I hate to bring this up to the squeamish but the head is edible too.

Here’s the bottom line in my opinion (if indeed this is even true and not some money-grubbing fabrication): Would it suck to find a turkey head inside a turkey? Yeah, it would. But it doesn’t require a lawsuit. At most a phone call to the store for a voucher or something. Also–and here’s where the story’s veracity falls apart–why didn’t the family find the head before cooking the bird? Are you not supposed to clean and wash the body cavity? This is all a bunch of crap.