washingtoncitypaper.com Ben Franklin once wrote his daughter to share his love for a certain feathered bird: For my own part I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen the Representative of our Country. He is a Bird of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly...For the Truth the Turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America. As Tim Carman of the Washington City Paper notes, Franklin was also concerned with tenderizing this wattle-bearing poultry. His favorite method? Electrocution. “Birds killed in this manner eat uncommonly tender,” he wrote. Maybe not the first thing you pictured in Thanksgiving cooking techniques.... More