Today is one of those days when I realized that I am truly an adult. It happened when we bought our house, bought our minivan and it happens when ever I find myself sitting in the waiting room at the dentist. Only an adult drives themselves to the dentist. No child would do that on their own.
Well, this morning I baked my family a turkey for the very first time. Well, not the very first time, there was that one time, just after we got married, when I tried to do thanksgiving all by myself, and it was a total disaster. That day was erased from the record books, making today the first. Baking the turkey is the mom's job. It's MY mom's job. She does it every year. Well, at some point I was going to have to figure it out, because some day that job will fall down to me.
I used a recipe handed down to me by my favorite sister in law, that was handed down to her by the internet, and it turns out that making a turkey really isn't as hard as everyone makes it out to be! It turned out brown , crispy skin, juicy meat... Yummy!
Now, carving it was a different story. After watching instructional videos on youtube, ( you can learn how to do ANYTHING on there) I proceeded to mutilate my beautiful bird. Guess I will still need my mom for some things!
Baking the actual turkey was not the only adventure of the day. I carved it, reserving enough meat for 2 meals, I deboned it, reserving more meat for a large pot of turkey gumbo that I plan on making later in the week, and right this very moment I have my very first pot of stock cooking. No more canned stock for me!
Tonight I will feed my family a home made feast, with ingredients I can identify and pronounce. It feels so good to know that I am giving my family the best!
Nice work. Don't send any turkey sandwiches to work with Joe, because then he won't go to lunch with me, and that would suck.
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ReplyDeletebtw home made broth is the best hands down! wtg!