感恩节火鸡涨价(2)【沪江慢速VOA11-26】

Turkey Production Costs Are Up; Not Good News at Thanksgiving (2/2)

Oh, and it also calls for two-thirds of a seven hundred fifty milliliter bottle of Champagne. For the turkey. The Champagne is poured over the inside and outside of the bird in a roasting bag.

However the turkey is cooked, someone has to cut it. Advice about carving turkeys like a professional is also available online. The University of Illinois Extension service, for example, suggests practicing on a chicken during the off-season.

For people who do not eat meat, there are products like Tofurky made of tofu, which comes from soybeans.Turkey producers in the United States are expected to raise two hundred seventy-two million birds this year. That estimate is four percent higher than last year. Two-thirds of the turkeys are expected to come from Minnesota, North Carolina, Arkansas, Virginia, Missouri and California.

The Census Bureau says the United States imported ten million dollars worth of live turkeys during the first half of the year. Almost all came from Canada. During that period the United States had a five million dollar trade deficit in live turkeys. But it had a nine million dollar surplus in cranberries. And it had a fifteen million dollar surplus in sweet potatoes, another popular food at Thanksgiving.

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另外，要到一瓶750毫升的香槟的2/3来烹制。香槟将烤袋里的火鸡里外浇透。
 
可是当火鸡烹调好，需要把它切开。在网上同样可以找到如何专业的切火鸡方面的建议。伊利诺州大学的延伸服务，建议可以在淡季（非感恩节）用一只鸡来练习。

对于那些素食主义者，也有用大豆豆腐做的火鸡。在美国的火鸡生产商预计今年将生产高达2亿7千2百万的火鸡。这个估计将比去年增长4个百分点。三分之二的火鸡预计来自明尼苏达州、北卡罗来纳州、阿肯色州、弗吉尼亚州、密苏里州和加州。

人口统计局声称今年上半年美国进口了价值1千万美金的活火鸡。几乎所有的都来自于加拿大。在此期间美国在活火鸡上有500万美金的贸易逆差。但是在曼越橘上有900万美金的顺差。感恩节的另一个畅销食物甘薯也有1500万美金的顺差。

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