Comments on: Seasoning the Turkey: Their Aim Is True http://geekygourmet.com/2006/11/09/seasoning-the-turkey-their-aim-is-true/ Thoughts about food and technology Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: James Thomas http://geekygourmet.com/2006/11/09/seasoning-the-turkey-their-aim-is-true/comment-page-1/#comment-7683 James Thomas Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:27:19 +0000 http://geekygourmet.com/2006/11/09/seasoning-the-turkey-their-aim-is-true/#comment-7683 <p>Lead shot isn't used much anymore due to enviromental concerns. Steel shot is the choice now, it's better for the enviroment, but not for the birds.</p> Lead shot isn’t used much anymore due to enviromental concerns. Steel shot is the choice now, it’s better for the enviroment, but not for the birds.

]]> By: Brian J. Geiger http://geekygourmet.com/2006/11/09/seasoning-the-turkey-their-aim-is-true/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Brian J. Geiger Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:52:22 +0000 http://geekygourmet.com/2006/11/09/seasoning-the-turkey-their-aim-is-true/#comment-281 <p>I tried to get a hold of them to find out if it was real, but they never returned my call. However, they were on Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me (the NPR news quiz), and claimed it was real there.</p> I tried to get a hold of them to find out if it was real, but they never returned my call. However, they were on Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me (the NPR news quiz), and claimed it was real there.

]]> By: David Fogg http://geekygourmet.com/2006/11/09/seasoning-the-turkey-their-aim-is-true/comment-page-1/#comment-252 David Fogg Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:51:43 +0000 http://geekygourmet.com/2006/11/09/seasoning-the-turkey-their-aim-is-true/#comment-252 <p>I'd like it to be true, but I think it has to be a spoof.</p> <p>In the first place, iff it could work it would be a VERY good thing, since lead shot stays in the animals that get away from hunters and then die; they're then eaten by other animals, who get lead poisoning. This is a real issue, because there's also all the lead pellets that simply miss (most of them, in fact) and contaminate the surroundings.</p> <p>Another point, from physics: shot is made of lead because of its density (weight per unit volume); even iron -- which would be cheaper -- is not used because its lower density translates into less penetrating power. Shot made of seasoning ingredients would be lighter still. And then there's the problem of the pellet breaking up in flight.</p> I’d like it to be true, but I think it has to be a spoof.

In the first place, iff it could work it would be a VERY good thing, since lead shot stays in the animals that get away from hunters and then die; they’re then eaten by other animals, who get lead poisoning. This is a real issue, because there’s also all the lead pellets that simply miss (most of them, in fact) and contaminate the surroundings.

Another point, from physics: shot is made of lead because of its density (weight per unit volume); even iron — which would be cheaper — is not used because its lower density translates into less penetrating power. Shot made of seasoning ingredients would be lighter still. And then there’s the problem of the pellet breaking up in flight.

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