The drumsticks come from toms — the male turkeys who have far larger legs. The turkey leg debuted at Big Al’s Coonskin Caps in Frontierland at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World in the late 1980s, grew in popularity, and then went on to migrated west to Disneyland.Click to see full answer. People also ask, what are giant turkey legs made of?Despite his claims, the turkey legs are not disguised emu legs. “We hear that all the time. They’re real turkeys. It’s what they are,” Robert Adams, executive chef at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom confirmed to the Orlando Sentinel.Likewise, how does Disney make their turkey legs? Disney legs are injected with a curing brine with a special curing salt that gives it a pink color, and then it is smoked. No wonder most folks say it tastes like ham. That’s how they make wet cured ham. And that’s how they sell drinks! Thereof, are giant turkey legs ham? Disney’s Turkey Legs are so popular they have merchandise and info-graphics. Disney smokes their turkey legs, which not only gives them that great taste, but it seems to ADD to the myth that the meat isn’t turkey. The smoking gives it a bit of a “ham” taste.What is really a turkey leg?Turkey legs come from big birds (apologies to the Henson Company, but no connection) in the upper mid-west. Contrary to rumor these treats do not come the much larger Emu, but are, in fact, real turkey.

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