This year marks a new tradition for my family. In the years past, my mother or my mother-in-law would cook the turkey for Thanksgiving. All I had to do was make the hors d’oeuvres and help clean up. My mother moved away several years ago, and my mother-in-law has recently passed on. Neither of them taught me the fine art of cooking a turkey. I never asked them to teach me because I figured that they would be around for much longer than they were.
I became quite proficient at making the goodies, but now I need to learn how to bake a turkey. Needless to say, I turned to the Internet on Monday (nothing like the last minute, eh) and found what I’m hoping is a great recipe for my Thanksgiving turkey.
I’m hoping the bird is thawed. I’m hoping I don’t screw something up in the cooking process. I’m hoping that whoever carries the bird into my sister-in-law’s house doesn’t drop it . . . or fling it across the room while trying to carve it because I overcooked it (see above video for a good laugh). If any of that happens . . . well, I hope a Boston Market is open. 
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How did it go, Deborah? Successful? Please tell.
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It went better than I expected.
The thing that surprised me the most was how fast it cooked. I expected it to take around five hours, but it was done in 2.5 hrs.
Awwww . . . Deb
Wish you had emailed me.
I cook a no-fail turkey.
The video was priceless.
Talk about total family dysfunction . . .
~m
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I should have!
Glad you enjoyed that video. That scene was funny, but I like the one directly after that even better.
Better than we did – grandma cooked two turkeys and both were underdone – LOL! Daughter and I had to re-roast them.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you!
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Merry Christmas, Marti!
I was so afraid that I was going to overcook or undercook mine.