Turkey Legs

[tsacyensid]

Okay now you have struck a cord with me!!!! Turkey legs are in fact Turkey!!!! If they were emu they would be much longer. Have any of you ever seen an emu??? The legs are bought through Jennie-O the people who make turkey lunch meat. If any of you have ever had a big family you would know that turkey's can have big legs. They are smoked and cured the same way ham is! Stop it with the darn EMU rumor. :mad: Take this challenge- go to the zoo and look at an emu! Then fo have a turkey for dinner the bones would not match up!!

[All Aboard]

OK, then why did Walt have the secret emu ranch in Fullerton? These are not standard sized emu, they are much smaller, a pigmy variety that was bio-engineered in the mid 1950's. They foresaw the rising price of poultry and responded by creating the new breed. There are countless records of corporate closed-door discussion on the subject. We can look to the mysterious deaths of several high level execs who were poised to spill the beans. This goes way beyond rumor. This is bordering on conspiracy. Oh yes, they're emu all right.

[tsacyensid]

And I bet you have visited Rosewell too, Imagine Walt spinning in his freezer at the thought that he would do that!

[All Aboard]

You think Walt is frozen? What a silly bit of Urban Lore!

[tsacyensid]

hmmm... as a cast member for more then 10 years I can tell you Walt being frozen is just as silly as the legs being emu. I served those legs for several years in the beginning and still do some overtime at an Leg stand- get a grip :cool:

[All Aboard]

I guess my attempts at humor have failed. :(

[tsacyensid]

No your attempts at humor were appreciated but I have heard the emu thing so many times over the years, and so many people believe them I had to stick to my guns. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.

[catsrule]

http://www.wdwinfo.com/sites/catsrule/theemushop.jpg

[Doctor P]

Actually, I don't much care if they are emu or turkey! I like both meats, the legs are huge and delicious. :) I have no doubt these are truly turkey legs since I saw the size of the drums we would get on the large fresh turkeys I would buy when I lived in New England.

[PooooohBear]

I didn't realize there was anybody out there who really thought it was an emu. I took it as all being in good fun.

[All Aboard]

Pooohbear (did I use enough o's?) I thought so, too. This was one of those "circling jokes", folks have had a lot of fun with.

[antnee]

But if you think about it, it must be genetically altered bird. I mean I dont know the capacity of people at one time at WDW during the busiest time of the year. But each bird had 2 legs an if 10% of the population in WDW eat a leg over the course of the day. That is a lot of birds. I man what do they do with the rest of the bird.? I think they do make some time of genetically altered animal or just legs for mass consumption. I bet they sell 500 legs a day thats 250 birds * 365 days a year. Wow where do they get all those birds from???
Hmmmmmm............


JayPD can you help

[EpcotMom]

Don't get so Emu-tional. I have a leg up on the public, and I am sworn to secrecy about those legs..those succulent, fragrant, delicious portions of pretend poultry.
And when Walt walks out of the castle on his birthday, holding Mickeys hand..Then all will know!

Time for my medication..................................:bounc e:

[infinity and beyond]

When Walt and Mickey walk out of the Castle, will this event require a special admission ticket or be included in the general admission ticket to the MK???

[Banzai]

I want a pet emu.

~Brad~

PS...LOL I&B

[EpcotMom]

People don't think its Emu legs...Emus think they are people legs.

[Banzai]

Another reason that it is emu is that there is an Emu movie in the works!

[Wantogo]

Just two words "pygmy Emus"

[DISLOVE]

There is no possible way for the park to advertise Turkey Legs and give you Emu or anything else. Can you imagine
the lawsuits if someone was allergic to Emu (hey... it could happen!) They could pass something off if it was non edible
merchandise... but you can't tell people that they are eating turkey if they aren't.

[dbhpsu]

I have 2 things to add to this discussion. My first expierence with the turkey legs was in 1995. They were delicious, juicy, and filling. I have had at least one on every return trip since (4 in all). Second thing is someone asked about all the turkey legs and what happens to the rest of the bird. I have 2 words for you. HOT WINGS. Now, either their are alot of no legged little chickens pushing themselves around with their beaks, or they use them in other things. (Can you say McNuggets) So, I assume they use the remainder of the turkey in things like deli meats.

[ScroogesNephew]

That's 'Roswell'. Fun place.

[caitycaity]

ummm.... did anyone really think it was emu? i thought it was just a laugh! :)


btw, i loooooooooove emu! :)

[Jackie H.]

I agree with the thoughts on the leftover turkey parts. Why is it hard to figure where the rest of the turkey went? Turkey bologna, turkey ham, turkey roasts (shaped like a meat loaf), turkey nuggets, ground turkey. My goodness, you can get turkey in every shape and form. Now, if it were emu, where is the rest of the emu? There would be A LOT more emu to use. And I agree that food cannot be labeled anything other than what it is. Also, why think emu would cost any less than turkey?

Furthermore, just because you don't see the whopper turkeys in your store doesn't mean they are geneticlly altered. My husband and I are poultry farmers. We raise chickens, not turkeys, but it is all done on the same principle. If you go to a store and purchase a whole chicken to cook, it will weigh around 3 lbs. Our broilers (chickens) are between 6-7 lbs because they are grown for parts - they are used for chicken nuggets, chicken sandwiches, breast fillets, etc. In other words, they are not putting the really huge turkeys in the store freezer because most likely no one would buy them. Instead, they are selling the legs to WDW and using the other parts for other items.

Now, how do we get them larger? We keep them longer. To get a 3-4 lb chicken, you raise it 6 weeks, to get a 6-7 lb chicken, you raise it 8 weeks. It is so simple, isn't it?

Man, just when I thought it was safe to check this board again this silly emu thing raises it head again (or maybe it stuck it's head in the sand!).

[jimh13432]

That's not a problem. Legs grow back on Emu's.:cool:

[EpcotMom]

And they grow back thicker and darker each time......

[Laura]

LOL, EpcotMom!

Emu meat is like ostrich meat. It's a red meat, like beef and venison.

(It's so funny that people hold on to these weird rumors like emu legs and wives' tales like shaving your hair and it growing back thicker and darker. I wonder why people do this?)

[JohnTBap]

So, are Walt and Mickey coming out of the castle at WDW or DL?

[JohnTBap]

Just wanna be in the right place!

[EpcotMom]

Thats why his office was moved here. He will have an Emu-tional welcome. As far as these Emu rumors.....Everyone...look at the flashy thingy...
Now, what were you saying?????????



;) ;) ;)

[caitycaity]

"wives' tales like shaving your hair and it growing back thicker and darker"

that one's true, but only on body hair, not on the hair that's on your head. :)

[tsacyensid]

:p Okay- again... Jennie-o supplies the turkey legs and the rest of the turkey is made into lunch meat. I told you I knew first hand- hello I used to serve them and work in the kitchen's at Epcot. It is so funny that people even remotely believe that it is anything else.

This has been a lot of fun!

[WDWfanatic288]

LOL...whoever going to WDW and sees Walt and Mickey walk out...make sure to report on how it was...wish I could see!!!
Emus are cool...dont go dissin' the emus!!! :D

[ContempoSMT]

You couldnt pay me an amount of money to eat one of them , they are nasty!!!!

[jfap]

All I can say is



"SALMONELLA ON A STICK"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Geubux]

Hyuck, Hyuck: you guys really had me going for a minute......now I know that the turkey legs really ARE emu legs. If you hadn't protested so much, I would have thought that they were turkey, but NOW I know better. By the way, We're going to WDW in Dec. Is that when Walt will walk out of the castle? I'd love to get a picture of that, maybe even with my wife and kids in the shot. Does anyone know the best spot to see this? I'd be willing to get there early too.

[Laura]

caity caity, the hair growing back darker is indeed a wives' tale, no matter where the hair is: I shaved the hair on my right arm after I had a cast on it (the hair had gotten nasty-looking because of clogged pores) and it grew back so it matched my left arm!

:D

[HorizonsFan]

A little off topic...

I was in MK for E-ride night and just after the park closed for day guests, the CM's at the place near Astro Orbiters were loading up the heated case with fresh turkey legs. There must have been 50 of them in there. When we went back for a drink three hours later, most of them were still in there! If they threw them out: what a waste! If they served them the next day: YUCK!
Either way, I'm not going near those things. I think "salmonella on a stick" described it best...