It’s almost Thanksgiving so let’s talk turkey. I was reading through some back issues of my Bittersweet magazines and found a great artic le written by Doug Sharp based on an interview he had done with John Earl Kays of Falcon MO back in 1978, known at the time to be one of the best turkey hunters in the area. Doug’s informational essay detailed the amount of patience and skill required of the hunter to harvest “the big one” and it certainly made me appreciate the convenience of buying my turkey at the grocery store. We had a skilled turkey hunter in the church I pastored in Farmington and when he invited Milan and me to his home in Doe Run to eat fried turkey, we didn’t hesitate, although we had no idea what we were in for. Usually his wife did the cooking but when it came to frying the wild turkey fresh from the hunt, John took over the kitchen. He sliced up the turkey breast into small thin pieces about the size of a large potato chip, breaded them in his own seasoned f