Fri. 11/18 - Giant Turkey Legs, The Quintessential American Snack

What’s the deal with those giant turkey legs they serve at renaissance fairs and Disney World? Plus, Coors Light has just launched a color-changing nail polish that lets you know when your beer is cold enough to drink. And Cambridge Dictionary’s perplexing choice of a word of the year that most Brits have never heard of.
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Links:

Meaty-oric Rise: How Renaissance Fairs and Disney Parks Catapulted the Turkey Leg to Greatness (Mental Floss)

Are bones discovered under an Exeter street from the first turkey dinner in England? (ScienceDaily, 2017)

Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon by Cindy Ott 

Christmas: A Candid History by Bruce David Forbes

Coors Light's new nail polish changes color if your beer is cold enough to drink (CNN)

Coors Light's New Nail Polish Changes Color When Your Glass of Beer Is Cold (Food & Wine)

Topo Chico Will Debut Their First-Ever EP Supporting Indie Artists (Magnetic Magazine)

The Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year 2022 (Cambridge Dictionary)
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