While the delicious turkey hopeful cooked, we wondered what the end result would be. We had followed my mother's directions as closely as possible, including wrapping him up like a "present" and figured only time would tell. Of course being the unprepared folks that we are, we lacked a couple of important tools, such as a turkey baster and a meat thermometer. But alas, that won't stop us from cooking a random turkey in February!
Our first attempt at basting, we pulled our friend out of the oven, and tried to brush the juices over him. It went about as well as you'd expect. On round two, Jesse had a stroke of ingenuity when he decided to use a 10 cc syringe I had (still wrapped up in the sterile package). It was a decent yet somewhat slow solution. We decided we'd just forgo future basting times and hope our tin foil wrapping would hold in the juices.
Next it was time to work on the rest of the fixins. We whipped up some stuffing, gravy, and sweet potatoes and guessed that our turkey should be close to finished so we pulled him out. Jesse went to work carving and we both giggled when he asked where you find the dark meat! We were so out of our element it was hilarious! My handsome husband assumed that if a few marshmallows are good on sweet potatoes then a lot is always better so he buried our sweet potatoes, broiled them, and we stuck everything out on the table. Then we took a bite of our precious turkey.....
Low and behold, it was amazing! It was tender, juicy, and delicious enough that we could have even shared it without worrying if we would ever be seeing those friends again! Had we only known, we would have actually invited some friends over!
Speaking of friends, we were already running late for a desert night that our ward coordinated when we started our meal so we devoured our food, quickly cleaned up, and vowed to not tell these people that we were 30 minutes late solely because we had decided to cook a turkey in February for no good reason.
Lessons we learned:
1. Turkeys are fool proof, as long as you are able to locate the giblets.
2. Never assume that more marshmallows would be good on sweet potatoes. Less is more when it comes to sweet potatoes.
3. Thanksgiving food is delicious and should be made way more often than once a year.
4. You should always invite friends over when cooking a turkey. Always.
5. You will eat turkey sandwiches for MANY MANY days if you do not.
And Happy Thanksebruary to all, and to all a good night!
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