Skinless turkey pieces can
be poached in water, wine, and/or broth with herbs and spices added. This will keep the meat moist and add flavour from the poaching liquid. Since no fat is added, the turkey retains its nutritional benefits.
Steaming is another healthy cooking method and because the turkey is surrounded by steam rather than water, none of the valuable nutrients leach out.
Stir-frying uses very little oil and cooks bite-size
turkey pieces quickly. The vegetables, herbs, spices, and various condiments cooked with the turkey add flavour and provide a healthy, low calorie, low fat dish.
Grilling is becoming one of the most popular
methods of cooking turkey and it is also one of the most healthy. The grilling process allows fat to drip away from the turkey as it cooks, keeping the meat nutritious and flavourful.
In places such as in New Mexico, the history of the turkey goes back at least 800 years. When Cortés invaded Mexico, he discovered the natives kept flocks of turkeys. Biologists suspect that the
Mesoamerican civilization domesticated the turkey Meleagris gallopavo. This culture developed in the Maya of Belize, Guatemala, and up through Mexico.
All very different from today's celebration of
Thanksgiving with the turkey at center stage. Or was it? While the surroundings were completely different, the time of year may have been nearer summer, but I expect the ancients new how to party on
turkey.
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