Really?!?!
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 9:33 am
“I could kiss ’em, caress ’em and sleep with ’em all day and night."
“We’re like a pack of velociraptors gnawing every bit and piece until what’s left are bones and cartilage.”
Turkey Legs Conquer Land of Mouse Ears
By BROOKS BARNES
Published: December 27, 2013
ORLANDO, Fla. — It made its humble debut at a single stand in the late 1980s next to Big Al’s Coonskin Caps in Frontierland. Slowly it spread — dripping, always dripping — beyond Walt Disney World here to Disneyland in California. In 2010, with their sales spiking, Disney rolled out related souvenirs: hats, pins, sweatshirts, T-shirts printed with the slogan “Nice & Juicy!” The Magic Kingdom has even started selling air fresheners with its scent for your car. Disney’s latest megahit is no ride. It’s a turkey leg.
Depending on sales over this busiest time of year at six of Disney’s North American theme parks, the company in 2013 is likely to serve up an astounding two million of its jumbo turkey legs — bulbous, chewy, piping hot drumsticks the size of Fred Flintstone’s forearm. That is 25 percent more than three years ago.
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“We’re like a pack of velociraptors gnawing every bit and piece until what’s left are bones and cartilage.”
Turkey Legs Conquer Land of Mouse Ears
By BROOKS BARNES
Published: December 27, 2013
ORLANDO, Fla. — It made its humble debut at a single stand in the late 1980s next to Big Al’s Coonskin Caps in Frontierland. Slowly it spread — dripping, always dripping — beyond Walt Disney World here to Disneyland in California. In 2010, with their sales spiking, Disney rolled out related souvenirs: hats, pins, sweatshirts, T-shirts printed with the slogan “Nice & Juicy!” The Magic Kingdom has even started selling air fresheners with its scent for your car. Disney’s latest megahit is no ride. It’s a turkey leg.
Depending on sales over this busiest time of year at six of Disney’s North American theme parks, the company in 2013 is likely to serve up an astounding two million of its jumbo turkey legs — bulbous, chewy, piping hot drumsticks the size of Fred Flintstone’s forearm. That is 25 percent more than three years ago.
Full article