From the “nothing escapes the clutches of global warming” department comes this farce:
Here’s the ah, er, beef:
“Climate change could affect meat quality in two ways,” Gregory, a professor in animal welfare physiology at the University of London’s Royal Veterinary College, explains. “First, there are direct effects on organ and muscle metabolism during heat exposure which can persist after slaughter.”
As a second climate change impact, Gregory believes “changes in livestock and poultry management practices in response to hazards that stem from climate change could indirectly lead to changes in meat quality.”
Ummm, gosh. What did America do during the 1930’s? Buy all their meat in Canada?
Read the entire article here
h/t to WUWT reader “Rational Debate”
UK turkey king has passed away.
Bernard Matthews, died on the fourth Thursday of November.
Report on BBC News website at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-11845703
John r
Horse doctor to join list of IPPC `scientists` who agree the science is settled?
The last shortage we had of pumpkin pie filling was caused by … [insert crickets chirping] … ?
Read the Mail!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1333225/Global-warming-slowing-say-scientists.html
One more thing, given that turkeys are grown under a roof under highly controlled conditions, it will be the dry cold that kills off these genetically fragile birds as ice build-up sucks water out of the major water byways, reducing electricity generation, ground water, and drinking water.
However, the wild turkey population is just peachy keen and will survive just fine. And I know where to find’m, how to shoot’m, how to dress’m up, and then roast’m.
ooh! ooh! Just read some of the other comments. Pan fried or roasted salted insects are delicious! Better than pumpkin seeds to my way of thinkin.
Utter codswallop! I don’t suppose the intensive methods of modern Turkey farm rearing has anything to do with it. De-beaking, low light levels, canibalism, etc. Sheesh!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6333073.stm
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=621760
http://www.gov.bw/Global/MOA/Commercial%20Turkey%20Production.pdf
Oh no. Wattle we do??
Ian what chew talkin ’bout??? Dried out turkey my ass. My oven is 50 degrees hotter than it should be and I put in a turkey yesterday that was frozen in the middle (don’t give me any of your guff, there was no place in Wallowa County you could thaw the damned thing out).
I kept a steady vigil on the oven temp (it’s an old oven and nothing but the oven bottom coil works), keeping it as low as possible to get the thing cooked, draped the upside in cheesecloth soaked in butter, cranberry sauce and sherry, filled the downside pan with broth, and basted every half hour. It was an 8.8 lbs bird and took 4 hours to get done. The result was a mouth watering juicy slice’o heaven.
this sounds so typical. The climate of today (2010) is perfect for everything. Its the optimum climate for humans. Any change will bring negative results.
Kenya and turkey production.
Kenya [pdf]
Stuff this for a lark!
this sounds like something that suzuki character would spout off – while having several large turkeys on order! – mind, its all gobbledygook to me!
…she said to Ian with sarc and turkey juice drooling down her chin.
People are truly amazing. It’s incredible, but they can be happy with the meagerist of morsels and be thankful. No matter the climate durning the next Glactic Year (~250million Earth years), if they’re still around, I’ll just bet they give thanks for what they have by enjoying whatever they have.
Who would have thought that some poor Pilgrims and some kind hearted American Natives would have enjoyed a few beans, squash, fish, berries, a pumpkin or three, and some stringy old-and-slow wild turkeys, and given thanks for what they had. Incredible! Yep! If folks only have a little, they’re ususally thankful they have at least that, and not less.
Yes, climate change could ruin Thanksgiving.
Frozen turkey, frozen beans, frozen pumpkin pie…
University of London!! Isn’t it snowing thereabouts at the present time. Half the UK is under a snow that arrived a month early.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2010/pr20101126.html
Frozen turkey will be on the menu in UK.
“changes in livestock and poultry management practices in response to hazards that stem from climate change could indirectly lead to changes in meat quality.”
As opposed to the direct changes in price and quality that will be wrought by the extreme legislation aimed at preventing climate change?
I can hardly wait to read how it will wreck Christmas. I can imagine the headline though; “White Christmas? Not Even in Your Dreams”. Chestnuts will have gone the way of the Dodo, and open fires will have been banned long ago by the green Police.
Obvious solution: turkey jerky!
“You’ll notice that most of these crazy stories don’t offer comments after the article.”
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And if you read the comments at the end of THIS article, you can understand why.
Anthony, tell me those weren’t all you!
Torgeir Hansson says:
November 26, 2010 at 1:24 am
Apart from that I feel sorry for these turkeys. For the birds too.
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Like the humour!
Tony says:
“Anthony, tell me those weren’t all you!”
Yes, they were. Even yours.☺
@Smokey
Poor communication on my part – I was referring to the article that this one is about. The comments had me laughing more than the article itself 🙂
Yeah, seems pretty much like a scare tactic article, lol. Silly reporting, basically like “Eh, just tell them it will ruin thanksging…”
Of course, with that said it is unusually warm right now, compared to normal 😉
Sorry, Tony, I misunderestimated too.