Thanksgiving day turkey follies
Ok, let me tell you about my turkey horror story. This year I actually attempted to cook not 1 but 2 turkeys for my church. We try to feed the rescue squads and ER’s in the area every year. I usually just cook a couple of turkey breasts in the crock pot but didn’t think it was appropriate as most people want the whole bird. So I began…
I rinsed the turkey and made sure I got the giblets out of the bird before I brushed it with butter and stuck it in the oven. I checked it after 2 hrs and noticed that I evidently didn’t empty the cavity so I tried to get the bag out with a fork. Instead, I just pulled the bag off the turkey neck that I didn’t even know was still in there. I was disgusted but had to laugh. Then I never would get it to temperature. But it had been in the oven an hr longer than recommended so I figured that it would be ok. After all, they had to reheat it anyway. So there was the first one done.
The next one was a larger turkey so I planned on getting up around 3:30 am and get it in the oven so that it would be ready to take tot the church this morning. So I preheated the oven and went to get the turkey ready to put in the oven. Then it happened.
My oven went out. I heard a pop and the oven wouldn’t work. I checked the breaker box and thought that all the breakers were on so I assumed that the oven was non-functioning. I packed everything up and headed to the church to use their oven at 4 AM. On the way out of the house, I spilled the juice from the first turkey that was done all over the kitchen floor. I could tell that my morning was going to be not so nice. But at least I had a house to cook in and a church to volunteer at. Many thanks have gone up on this day for the follies to come.
I got to the church and got ready to prepare the turkey. I actually got everything out of the cavity this time. I learned that lesson. So I put the turkey in the oven but I couldn’t leave the church. It would just be my luck to leave and set the church on fire. So I pulled up some chairs and tried to sleep in the kitchen at the church. Not much sleep occurred from 4:30 to 6:30, needless to say. The organizer of the event came in at 6:30 and I tried not to scare him but I did. He never expected anyone to be sleeping in the church kitchen at 6:30 in the morning.
The comedy of errors this morning was too funny. Turns out, I missed the tripped breaker and could have just flipped a breaker, put he turkey in the oven and gone back to bed. Why do these things always happen to me?!?!?!?!
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4 opinions for Thanksgiving day turkey follies
Karen
Nov 24, 2006 at 12:52 am
Kelly, I think God meant to make you blonde. Hehehe. Of course I can tease you about that, since I am blonde.
kellys
Nov 24, 2006 at 7:35 am
HAHA!! Very funny. Turns out, My oven is broken. This was the 2nd time I wanted biscuits and had to eat something else.
Thrifty Mommy » Thanksgiving Day travels
Nov 24, 2006 at 7:36 am
[...] Today, we called all the relatives and told everyone “Happy Thanksgiving”. But I will have to tell you the funny part later. We went over to a friend’s house and enjoyed some time with friends. As usual, we ate too much and are stuffed now that we are back home. [...]
Karen
Nov 24, 2006 at 12:53 pm
Don’t you have a toaster oven? I use mine to make cookies, biscuits, cheese toast, and other small stuff. I consider mine a necessity. Mine is looking pretty bad though. It’s time for a new one.
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