TURKEY CRYPTOGRAM PUZZLES: Solutions

THE NAME

When Europeans first discovered turkeys in America, they thought they were related to a type of guineafowl. Guineafowl was also known as turkey fowl because they were imported through Turkey. The name of the American bird was shortened to just turkey.

COOKING

Some ways to cook a turkey include roasted, smoked, steamed, deep fried, grilled, and rotisserie. Roasting a turkey is the most common method but other methods including deep-frying have been gaining in recent years.

DROWSINESS

It has been asserted that eating a large amount of turkey meat leads to drowsiness due to high levels of tryptophan. However the drowsiness may have more to do with the amount of carbohydrates eaten with the meal.