So our first Thanksgiving away from our family wasn't exactly picture perfect, but we spent the day as a family and that's the most important part right? So the Thanksgiving preparations began around 10:30 a.m. Kevin started getting the turkey ready to put in the oven, it had defrosted for several days and seemed perfect for such a special occasion. We cooked the turkey for four hours and the lovely timer popped out. It was time to take the bird out of the oven. As Kevin started carving it, he noticed that the inside was still completely pink. We couldn't figure what had happened. **side note** I have always gone with Norbest turkey's. The quality is flawless, the taste is delicious, and they are all around perfect turkeys. However, this year I had to go with cheap, and the cheapest turkey was an off brand called private selection. I had never heard of it but whatever, turkey is turkey or so I thought. After putting the turkey back in the oven for the second round we were getting impatient and hungry not to mention words were being said in the kitchen that weren't exactly appropriate on Thanksgiving day. In the meantime, Kevin had started making the potatoes. He decided that he would just have the peeled, cooked potatoes soaking in the pot of hot water until the turkey was done, BAD IDEA! Did you know that potatoes disintegrate after being in water for too long? Yeah, we didn't know either. Potatoes were ruined, and we ended up having to make more. We wanted to include some of our families traditions in the meal so we made a marshmallow salad that Kevin's Grandma makes every year which by the way has to be made the day before. We ended up eating the salad anyway and it tasted just fine. Through all of the cooking, the babies were just screaming and wanted to be held. I was trying to help Kevin and things just weren't going good. After hours of cooking, I wondered why we didn't just load up the kids and get chinese take out or something. Who needs turkey? The day actually ended on a good note, and we had an enjoyable meal. The stress made us enjoy every bite! Next year though we are going out to eat!
Where was Paula Deen when we needed her?
4 comments:
Oh, I am laughing/crying with you. I can imagine how stressful that must have felt. I'm glad it ended up well, though.
Oh Trish! I have to say we had 'potato soup' also...yeah we didn't know that potatoes disintegrate if left to boil too long--thank goodness Wal-Mart still had bags of potatoes and it was a mad dash of peeling, cutting and mashing. There were a few choice words in my mom's kitchen that day as well. I know you may not be laughing now about it, but it is the perfect segway for a great memory in a few...okay a lot of years. :)
Man, it sounds stressful! Glad it worked out though. Don't know what was the deal with the Turkey. Private Selection is a Kroger brand and actually I think a lot of their stuff is pretty good. Especially their ice cream, yummy! But I've never tried the turkey. We tried Costco last year and it was really good so we did it again. It is also much cheaper we have found. Anyway, sorry about the craziness of dinner, but HAPPPY THANKSGIVING!
trish the babies are so adorable looks like fun love you guys so much!!
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