Funny thing happened to me this week, I came home from work
and the house was freezing! It is only the middle of October, 6 still has not
unpacked his suit case from vacation, what the heck. On went the heater and out
the window some more of the inheritance for the girls! Did you know that there
is only 9 weeks left until Christmas that means there is only 5 weeks left
before we can watch Christmas vacation and eat the fattened hog (turkey). Last
weekend when I was at Giant doing my weekly pilgrimage to hunt for food for the
week, 6 got in a conversation about turkey’s with the checkout clerk and some
random couple who was in front of me in line. It seems that neither one of them
purchase their turkeys from Giant, they get them from the Amish people up there
on freedom school road! So of course 6 had to ask them a million questions, the
first and only important one was can you taste the difference between a fresh (never
frozen) turkey and the one you get from the Amish? And all three of them said
it was completely different, and much better. To that end not this year but
next year 6 is going to follow the horse drawn wagons and find this turkey farm
and get me one of those birds. You ask why not this year, well we have an
expectant mother this year, and if the past year is any indication of the
future, 6 doesn’t think she should be eating an undercooked turkey! For those
who have no idea why we had an under cooked turkey last year… here goes…It all
started out last year around the first frost, (about now) with many trips to
the grocery store, here is a little shopping tip… don’t know if anyone has ever
noticed but the stores run special every week and those specials happen the
same week each month. For example the first week they have potatoes, cheese and
yogurt, second week toilet paper and paper towels ( since 6 has a big crowd he
needs plenty of that) , the third week they have chicken breasts, and so one. So
actually Thanksgiving shopping starts now, 6 has already purchased the Fritos & canned chicken & cream
cheese & spicy hot for the chicken dip, all we need now is the blue cheese,
which if we all remember 6 forgot last year. 8 make this, the dinner rolls 62
make. You all get the point, back to last year… 6 took the big turkey out of
the freezer on Saturday and the two little birds out on Monday, the was a total
of 47Lbs of Turkey or one rooster! It was finally the big day, 6A must have
gotten up at Odark30, for when 6 rolled out of bed the Pies were made, and
stuffing was being pre-cooked, it was now time for 6 to get into action… He
proceeded for the next couple of hours making the other side dishes, so when
the turkeys were done, all that was left to do was to pop them in the oven to
cook! All was going according to plan. On about 11:30 the first group arrived,
then about high noon the second, the house was full of holiday spirit! The BGE
was ready, the birds were being seasoned and ready to take their final journey
before being consumed by a hungry bunch of people. It is about this time where
everything grinds to a halt, so as per tradition, it is time for half of the
people to make a run to the store this typically takes about an hour and when
they come back 2 of the three birds are underway and the third is just waiting
for 8 to dip it in the hot oil. Now it is about 2:00 and people are hungry and
thirsty, what would a good host do then…. open the snacks, open the beer and
break out the Rex. Bottles were piling up, a gallon of onion dip gone, and the
Rex was in full flow. It was approaching 4:00 when 6 decided to check on the
turkey’s, dinner was planned at 6:00 and we need to do a mid-check on the
birds, Dammmmmm the BGE Bird was over done!, next to the oven bird, same thing
over done. what to do, what to do…. It was at this point when you see the magic
of thanksgiving kick into action. Everyone get their assignments, 1A peels the
potatoes, 6A set the table, 7 takes care of the oven bird, 8 gets the frying
bird cooking, 62 gets the rolls ready, 61 gets the green bean going, 63 the sweet potatoes, 71 the corn, 62
the rolls, 6 keeps fresh beer wine and whiskey in the works glasses. you want
to eat, you gotta do your part! That way there is no complaining, for if you
do, it is only your fault! This well-oiled machine was running like clockwork,
the BGE turkey was now ready for 7 to do the carving…. When all at once we
heard to dreaded words… this turkey is not done! Oh well we can put it back on the BGE when
the stuffing is done cooking, we have two more to go…… The oven bird….. On no….
the same thing, this turkey is not done! Now Huston we have some problems, all
of the side dishes are well on their way to being done, and the turkeys are
nowhere near close to being done. Solution… put the undone BGE turkey in the
fryer after the fried turkey is done, put the oven bird back in the oven, and
it is later… so that is what we did, great dinner, followed by our usual
viewing on Christmas Vacation. What a day….. The only unanswered question is
what caused the birds not to be done? Was it the thermometer or was it the Rex.
Stay tuned for this year we have several new thermometers and we will have Rex!
Words of wisdom: Train yourself to see the good in
everything, for it is truly a choice.
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