Thanksgiving can be any damn day I want it to be. So there.

[severity_softly]

I just had Thanksgiving in March.

We got a turkey from my work in November, and we never made it. We've been meaning to for a while, though, and we finally did. Er, well I did, and the husband got to eat it. This is the second time I've tried a turkey, and it's come out great both times! I'm not so good at carving (okay, fine, I butchered it), but I make a hell of a bird. And if anyone else is special enough (I'm not even sure how I mean that) to have Thanksgiving in the spring, I highly recommend Alton Brown's recipe. I wish I had taken a picture. lol

It's only a matter of time until I fuck one up, right? Doesn't everyone fuck up a Thanksgiving turkey at some point?

Comments

[mcgarrygirl78.livejournal.com]

I consider myself an awesome cook but I wouldnt even attempt a turkey.....it would surely be epic fail.

Yay for Thanksgiving in March though : )

[severity-softly.livejournal.com]

It's really not as hard as everyone thinks it's going to be. Although both times I HAVE gotten really nervous during the cooking process that it's going to all go wrong any minute. lol

[mcgarrygirl78.livejournal.com]

I'm actually like that with everything I cook. I'm very nervous I will overcook my pasta or burn my pot roast....I'm a pacer. My grandmother tells me that will lessen the more I cook. I've been cooking for pretty much two decades and I still do it : )

[severity-softly.livejournal.com]

LOL I'm not that bad. I don't normally have panic attacks. But a turkey is such a big deal, you know?

[mcgarrygirl78.livejournal.com]

Yes, I do, which is why I leave that to the experts....mom. It helps I'm not a big turkey eater so I dont feel this need to experiment with cooking it. My mother makes a mean turkey.

[topetine.livejournal.com]

:) Congrats! (and consider the butchering of the bird to just be, well, less time you spend chewing and more time you spend enjoying ;D)

Alton always has the best recipes, too.

And yes, there will always be ONE thanksgiving that goes to utter hell *laughs* whether you burn it, miscalculate cooking time, or, like we did our first year in the new house, set the brand new electric range stove on fire making home-made french fries for gourmet turkey sandwiches...it will happen. :) but even the ruined thanksgivings often turn into okay memories. And that's what counts. So, the moral of the story is....you should always have a fire extinguisher in the kitchen. :B

[severity-softly.livejournal.com]

LOL My parents love to tell the story of the first time my mother cooked a turkey, so I suppose even if something went terribly wrong, it would be okay in the end. Unless I burned down the entire apartment complex. lol

[topetine.livejournal.com]

*laughs* yes, as long as you contain the fire, it's all good :P

The only disaster we don't talk about was the first christmas in the new house when we just completely fucked up--i was scheduled to work full shifts xmas eve and xmas day and dad just cut corners and it was one of many blowouts. lol but that's what happens when you put 3 people in a tiny vacation rental condo for 3 months and then shove them in a big house...they go nuts.

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

*touches wood*

I haven't. I've messed up other foods. I even managed to fuck up pot roast once which is damned near impossible. But my turkeys have all come out well.

[severity-softly.livejournal.com]

Oh good, then there's hope! *g*

[innerslytherin]

Your Moss/Roy icon offends me just on principle. But congratulations on the turkey. *G*

[severity-softly.livejournal.com]

You love me. *uses it again*

[katewallace.livejournal.com]

Yeah for turkey anytime! We love turkey here, can't get enough of it. I'm trying to remember if I ever screwed one up...I can remember two..one was way too done..I miscalculated how long it had to be in and didn't cover it up with aluminum foil to keep it from drying out. And the second one came out too soon..it was still pretty pink in the meat next to the bone. But I'm still here, so it wasn't a fatal mistake!

I'm glad to hear it came out so well! And carving is hard..we usually just cut the meat off and put it on a platter. Hmmm....turkey and dressing and cranberries and gravy..I'm hungry! *hugs*

[severity-softly.livejournal.com]

My parents have this nice electric carving knife, but I am not so lucky.

LOL We had turkey and green beans and mashed potatoes. It was close enough. That cranberry stuff is gross, though. :/