THE ROLLS-ROYCE OF TURKEYS

Would you buy a $300 turkey? Sure, what else do you have to spend money on? It’s called the “KellyBronze” turkey. The Times of London calls it the “Rolls-Royce of turkeys.” Most turkeys are selling for $1.36 per pound this year; this one sells for $13 a pound and up meaning that a large turkey can cost well over $300. According to the farm in Virginia where they come from, the KellyBronze is a slow-grower, and they roam freely outdoors with plenty of room, eating corn and soy milled fresh on the farm. The secret is their age. The birds are about 6 months old when they’re slaughtered, about twice as old as your average turkey. Farmer Paul Kelly, who sells them and would have absolutely no reason to exaggerate, says, “It has a more distinctive turkey flavor, as it used to taste.” They expect to sell 3,400 Thanksgiving turkeys this year, up from 2,200 last year.
* How are they slaughtered? Is the “Rolls-Royce of turkeys” run over with a Rolls-Royce?
* We serve the “Used Hyundai of turkeys” at my house.
* If my mom cooked a $300 turkey, she’d kill anyone who’d try to put gravy on it.
* Looks like Biden’s “soak the rich” idea is trickling down.