It’s almost 10:00 in the morning and I’ve finally got a chance to sit down for a few minutes.
…..and so the saga of the Giant Turkey (42 pounds) began……
6:30 am: rolled out dough for pumpkin pie, blind baked, messed up, started again
7:30 am: pumpkin pie redone, apple pie rolled out, filled and in the oven. Yams peeled and into the slow cooker
8:00 am: turkey (pterodactyl) out of the brine, rinsed, stuffed with herbs, butter under skin
8:15 am: pumpkin pie out of oven
8:30 am: apple pie out of oven
8:45 am: stuffing started – mushrooms and herbs sautéed, sausage browned. Turkey into oven with customized drip guards
9:00 am: living room straightened up
9:30 am: a little rest
The best part is the curvature of the oven rack, groaning under the mass of the beast!