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Getting ready for the big feast

By adamg on Wed, 11/27/2013 - 8:24am
Buying a turkey at Quincy Market

In 1952, Bostonians could still buy fresh-killed turkeys at Quincy Market.

From the BPL Leslie Jones collection. Posted under this Creative Commons license.

Neighborhoods: 
Downtown
Topics: 
History
Holidays
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Faneuil Hall Marketplace
Thanksgiving


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Comments

By Turkey Liberation Front on Wed, 11/27/2013 - 9:22am.

We want justice for our ancestors!

By Stevil on Wed, 11/27/2013 - 9:57am.

You're either with us or against us and after what you and your fowl ilk are doing in Brookline - you (and we) shall get your just desserts tomorrow!

By anon on Wed, 11/27/2013 - 9:47am.

Yummy, save me a talon.

By Hyde_Parker on Wed, 11/27/2013 - 10:08am.

We do a fresh-kill turkey every year for Thanksgiving. Exponentially better than even the WF non-frozen birds. If there's a turkey farm year you, I highly recommend getting your turkey there.

By joe d on Wed, 11/27/2013 - 10:24am.

get your fresh turkey?

By Hyde_Parker on Wed, 11/27/2013 - 11:20am.

Our turkey comes from a guy at my mom's school who raises turkeys as a hobby. He does private sales for Thanksgiving (is this even legal? it probably isn't.) I wish he would do it for Christmas as well, but he said that he doesn't have the capacity (or the interest) to make his operation larger.

By anon on Wed, 11/27/2013 - 1:20pm.

For personal consumption it is definitely legal to raise poultry unless a town bylaw restricts it. Selling to other people without permitting might not be legal unless it is a really low volume.

By ECG on Wed, 11/27/2013 - 2:08pm.

Lilac Hedge Farm, which is at the Dewey Sq farmer's market, was taking orders for their fresh turkeys.