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Talking Wild Turkey

GOTTA LOVE THAT WILD TURKEY! I’m talking about the bird, not the beverage. Interestingly enough, the ancient Mayan people created a drink called “balché” for their wild turkeys. Made of fermented honey and tree bark, the drink was ceremonially given to turkeys to cheer them before being dispatched.

While working on my cookbook several years ago, I included a chapter of recipes for Louisiana’s land game birds. Of the many options we can hunt, Louisiana’s wild turkey is probably the best known and certainly the largest. Shortly after

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