Turkey, Birdie's Way

The gods are shining on Birdie. While my last night's skype with Mom and Sis led to a general agreement to switch from the oven to the smoker for preparing the upcoming Thanksgiving turkey, we were undecided about what to do to please Birdie. Of the family members polled, Birdie was the most adamant about a traditional oven roasted turkey. To keep her happy, Mom volunteered to boil a couple of turkey legs. Sis snickered and suggested sticking a Cornish game hen in the oven and telling Birdie the turkey shrank. Obviously, they spiked their iced tea with something. And of course, neither of them was going to tell Birdie about the smoker decision. I was hoping Big Guy would do it. Then fate intervened. A text from Sis let me know that her Better Half volunteered to do the 4 a.m. heavy lifting required to get an oven-roasted turkey finished by 1 p.m. Oven-roasted is back on the menu. Birdie has other ideas about the Thanksgiving Feast: In-the-bird stuffing, out-of-the-bird stuffing, green beans, green bean casserole, potato casserole, macaroni and cheese, pumpkin pie, pecan pie... It is a list that she adds to regularly. And that's good. The more Birdie manages to get Thanksgiving done her way, the better I'll eat.