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Thanksgiving Turkey Competition
A Minnesota man basted a 72-pound turkey to defeat his sister in their annual sibling rivalry over who can prepare the biggest Thanksgiving bird. rich Portnoy roasted his enormous turkey in his 36-inch-wide, chef-calibre oven on Thanksgiving Day to top the biggest bird his sister had ever cooked by 25 pounds. Big turkeys are a tradition in the Portnoy family. Rich said his father cooked birds of 20 pounds or more years ago. Last year, Andrea Portnoy cooked a 47-pounder to take the lead after her brother could only find a 37-pounder, even though he lives in the nation's top turkey-producing state.
This year, Rich Portnoy approached the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association, which helped him find an 85-pound breeding tom that, at 59 weeks old, was near the end of its useful life. He bought the turkey for $30, loaded the live bird into the back of the family's car, and drove it to a processor, where it was made oven-ready at 72 pounds. Portnoy and his wife, Charlene, invited 26 people to Thursday's feast. They weren't sure the big old tom would be edible so Portnoy also cooked a 19-pound 'backup turkey' on a backyard grill.
Interesting Fact: Minnesota is the top turkey producing state. In 2008, Minneosta produced 46.5 million turkeys while Iowa came in 10th producing 9 million turkeys.
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