Turkey

I've never been a fan of this bird. I doubt I'm alone in this belief. I think I'm now at a point in my life where I can freely admit this with some amount of objectivity. It's an OK meat, but it just isn't that great. Chicken is genuinely a good meat. It can be quite flavorful and it picks up other flavors well. Turkey has it's own flavor. It's big. It's nostalgic, but it's always there.

Mongolia

 Recently the approach to History in the US educational system has been in the news. I think one important point has been missed here; the teaching of history has never been an exercise in adulation. It's absurd to think that the representation of a period or culture in a History curriculum is related to its current-day status. In fact, the opposite is often true. As a prime example, Mongolia is not currently a world superpower, but it once was. This is why we all learn about it in High School. The cultural influence from its brief period in the lime light continue to echo through to the present day and it's therefore thought to be an important subject for which people out to be generally familiar.