Most folks here are familiar with Norman Rockwell's painting of a Thanksgiving Dinner.
Titled "Freedom from Want" it is the third of the four paintings in the "The Four Freedoms" series.
This one appeared in the The Saturday Evening Post in 1943.
The first time I saw it something about it seemed just a little off, but I couldn't put my finger on it.
Finally it struck me: the turkey looked totally different than what than what I was used to seeing; it looked rather flat.
Compare that NR turkey to the typical turkey we see.
Ours have been deliberately mutated over the years to have an enormous breast (Mae West, call your office) because of people's overwhelming preference for the white meat.
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