Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1902 — Drumsticks in Greece. [ARTICLE]

Drumsticks in Greece.

Charles Henderson of the steamship family of that name, was one of a party of seven at Van Keuren’s smothered chicken dinner the other day, and when another guest expressed a preference for legs he told this story: “We were touring Europe and had stopped at Lepsino, a short distance from Athens. The landlord of the small hotel served with every meal a large dish containing a sort of stew, the principal ingredient of which was turkey drumsticks. For days we thrived on drumsticks. They were good, but we began to wonder why he never gave us any other portion of the turkey. It was finally left to me to make inquiries, so I approached with some trepidation, not caring to seem officious, the head of the house. When I intimated that he might have saved the breasts, wings, etc., for some special occasion he looked at me and laughed. ‘You like them?’ he asked. ‘lt is all yours. In Greece we eat only the drumsticks.’ He then showed me three or four of the fattest young turkeys, weighing from seven to nine pounds, from which only the legs been removed. I captured them all, and during the rest of our stay we lived high.’’— New York Times.