I am a roasted turkey leg at the feast, but a musician uses a pair of me to keep the beat on stage. What am I?
A drumstick
The riddle plays on two meanings of 'drumstick.' In cooking, it is the common name for the lower leg portion of poultry like turkey. In music, drumsticks are wooden sticks used by percussionists to strike drums and cymbals.
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