today i am turkeying and gobbling. this is about the tenth turkey i've ever prepared, and it's always a bit of an adventure. i love the whole process, with the possible exception of the stress over whether the bird will be thawed out in time.
i love dicing apples.
i love mincing celery.
i love plumping raisins.
i love watching the stuffing swell.
i love whipping up butter and sage.
i love using my digital meat thermometer.
i love peeling back the tin foil.
i love wearing an apron.
i love eating the final product.
i love remembering all the thanksgivings, christmases, and easters past for which i made turkey, and thinking of the friends who sat around that feast with me!
i still don't know how to carve the turkey or make a gravy i'm really happy with, but... yay! it's turkey day!
i think i'm going to put on "white christmas" while i wrap a couple of gifts and wait to unveil my masterpiece!
3 comments:
Is it a pre-Christmas turkey, or are you cooking for another occasion?
I have fond memories of you cooking a turkey in my kitchen! (While I wrote a Greek paper...)
Miss you!
it was for a christmas party, yeah!
i remember that april thanksgiving fondly, too :) that was a lovely little party.
Your turkey was delicious!
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