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Fielder’s Choice
By Barry Burleson How to cook turkey It’s turkey time. Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday – largely because of the food. Turkey, with dressing and cranberry sauce, ranks near the top of my list of all-time favorites. I fondly remember many Thanksgivings from childhood and going forward. More memories will be created this week, no doubt. Thanksgiving
is all about halting the day-to-day routine – thanking God for my many
blessings, being with family and enjoying lots of good food, plus throw
in a few football games, too. My favorite
Thanksgiving, of course, was one that ranks at the top not because of
the turkey. Pam and I were married on the Saturday after Thanksgiving
in 1989. This week, our 21st wedding anniversary just happens to fall
on Thanksgiving Day. It will add to a special day with family. I’ve never cooked a turkey. But I’m sure good at eating one. Just
before the Thanksgiving break, my daughter Erin’s third-grade teacher,
Amy Poteet, apparently asked her students if they knew how to cook a
turkey. Then as a class project, she told the students to provide their
instructions with their own paper turkey attached. Erin brought hers home Friday after school, and I read her recipe when I returned from a basketball game later that night. It made me smile, and I asked her if I could share with The South Reporter’s readers. “Sure,” she said, “if you want to.” So, here is your recipe for this Thanksgiving – “How to Cook a Turkey” by Erin. 1. Go get in the car. 2. Drive to the market. 3. Find the turkey aisle. 4. Get a 20-pound turkey. 5. Buy it. 6. Drive back to your house. 7. Bring the turkey inside and put it on the counter. 8. Get your chopping board out and put it beside the turkey. 9. Open your turkey. 10. Take your turkey out and put it on your chopping board. 11. Get a knife. 12. Take the knife and chop the turkey into slices. 13. Wash the knife and put it back. 14. Get some pepper and salt. 15. Season it with pepper and salt. 16. Put it in the oven at 100 degrees and keep it in for one and a half hours. 17. When the oven beeps, take it out. 18. Get a plate out for every one of your family members that are there. 19. Put a slice of turkey on each plate. 20. Take the pan you cooked the turkey on and wash it. 21. Put it back. 22. If you have anything to go with the turkey, put it on the plates. 23. If you did have anything else that went with the turkey, take the bowls and plates they were in and wash them. 24. Then put them back. 25. Pass the plates out. 26. Enjoy it!
I’m
sure you have your own method of preparing your turkey this
Thanksgiving, but I would argue that none is better than that provided
by my 8-year-old daughter. Happy Thanksgiving from the Burlesons. Have a safe and fun holiday.
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