Light versus dark – the color of the turkey meat is due to the job of the muscle
- Written by Joshua Selsby, Professor of Animal Science, Iowa State University
Turkeys do a lot of standing and milling around, not a lot of flying.Richard Wozniak/Shutterstock.com
As families gather together this holiday season, the lucky ones will avoid impassioned discussions about religion and politics. But another argument is almost inevitable: white meat versus dark meat.
Light meat lovers claim dark meat is greasy;...
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