Part of our Italian family is from the Veneto and although Thanksgiving is not an Italian holiday I can imagine that, if it was, the Rovigno Ermine turkey would be at the center of the table. Tacchino, turkey in Italian, is eaten in Italy but it’s not prepared nor sold the same as in the US. I did have an excellent turkey dish in Emilia at a cooking lesson with my friend Rita made with a rolled turkey breast but a traditional Thanksgivingesque turkey is most likely only to be found on an American expat November holiday table.

The Rovigo Ermine turkey (Ermellinato di Rovigo) came into being in 1958, a result of a cross of local birds to the American Narraganset. It differs from the Italian Common Bronzecarrier during lowering into the tank and stabilizes position of the carrier during rocking within the tank, and during entry into and exit from the tank, so that the carrier and workpieces carried thereby do not hit the sidewalls of the tank.
The carrier in the preferred embodiment of the invention takes the form of a box frame having pivotal connections at each corner for accommodating rocking of the frame while horizontal position of the frame is maintained by the track. Spaced guide rollers on the frame engage rails of the track as the frame is lowered into the tank. In order to accommodate motion of the carrier along the conveyor into alignment with the track, the track rails define a slot for passage of the guide rollers therethrough,