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by beeflet 482 days ago
IDK how comfortable people would be eating the national bird every thanksgiving
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What better bird to memorialize than one that people love to eat? It could be the national bird and national meal at the same time.
Ask the French, who has the rooster as the national bird
Considering that the taste is much like bald eagle, I think folks might be comfortable reversing the two.
Reminds me of that joke about the guy who is on trial for killing a bald eagle, and he tells the judge that it was a life-or-death situation: He was lost in the woods, and after several weeks without food he luckily happened upon a bald eagle that he managed to trap and eat to avoid starvation. The judge says, “Well, in that case, we can let you go. But tell me, what does a bald eagle taste like?”

“Oh, sort of a cross between a spotted owl and a California condor.”

Surely the primarily meat-eating eagle would taste different from the primarily bug/seed eating turkey, no?
Not in the universe in which this joke takes place, no.
When given a choice between universes, choose the funnier one. Unless the joke is on you…
If only there was a universe where I got it lol…