Have you ever ordered turkey in a restaurant, only to be left bitter and cynical after being served a substandard bird? And have you ever thought, "If only I could have picked which turkey they killed in the first place"? I know I sure have. And so has Mabel Cartwright, owner of The Gobbler Hoke in rural Hardy, West Virginia (OK, the word rural was redundant). At The Gobbler Hoke, you know exactly which turkey you'll be eating--because you kill it yourself! How nutty cuckoo is that?
Mabel explains:"Well, I was pretty tired of getting bad turkey, so I thought, why not raise turkeys myself? And you know, you have to weed out the bad ones, cull 'em, so the good ones can live. And it turns out, killing turkeys is so much fun! I figured everybody should get a shot at it, so I started The Gobbler Hoke, and the rest is history."
Gobbler Hoke patrons are greeted at the door with a gun--for killing the turkey (oh, what fun they have)! For a small fee of $50.00, customers are taken out back to Mabel's pens, where they're allowed to shoot the bird of their choice, which Mabel's moderately happy staff prepares and serves to the customer. Gettin' hungry, I bet you are.
"Sure, sometimes things get a little carried away," says Mabel. "People start shootin' turkeys right and left. No skin off my butt, they gotta pay for 'em all the same."
Visitors should be warned, customers who shoot other people during their visit will be asked not to return.
Happy eating!!
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