Thanksgiving

(Ok, I'm really not one for New Year's Resolutions. Why should I be better just because it's a new year? President Hinckley always said, "Be a little better", so that's what I try to do... all the time. HOWEVER, after going through my lame, no-good group of pictures from Thanksgiving, I vow to be better at taking pictures this year...)

Just the usual Thanksgiving with friends this year. The only new thing was that I was in charge of the turkey! I've never done a turkey before, so it was a learning experience.

Jaden thought it was the coolest thing ever that we had to gut the turkey! It was dad's idea to use gloves, otherwise I'm sure he would have just dug in! I don't like touching raw meat, so it was gloves for me no matter what.


We got the turkey gutted, cleaned, the neck on the back of the neighbor's car, (Ha ha, just kidding!) and ready to marinate! Lucky for me I have older sisters and a mom who have done lots of turkeys, and I made lots of phone calls to them. They got their hot little hands on the Emeril Lagasse recipe for a turkey marinade, so that's what I did. I had a 23lb turkey, so it required a 5-gallon bucket from Home Depot, and removing a shelf in the fridge. I had 2 sleepless nights over this thing. The first night I was worried it wasn't going to be defrosted in time to put it in the marinade. Then the next night I was afraid it was going to break the shelves in the fridge! It was heavy!



But, everything went well. I'm glad I had a good little helper with the turkey. If a 6yr old can handle a raw turkey, then so can I! I'm not going to lie, the turkey turned out fabulous! Very moist, very flavorful. :)