Turkey Fry Day
We started around 7:30 getting ready for frying turkeys. Eight big ones. Thanks so much to Corey, first of all. He came over and poured the oil into the two frying pots. Chris would not have been happy if I had made any attempt at that. But thanks to him the oil had its start heating up. It usually takes almost an hour to get hot enough for the first turkeys.
A little after nine the lift brigade showed up. That would be Kel and Micah, and Josiah. They were responsible for hauling the critters to and from the back yard and carefully easing them into the boiling pots. Great job throughout the morning and afternoon by all three of them.
Meanwhile, Noa and Nana buried themselves in the kitchen to get started on the baking projects. They whipped out a pie or two, and some cookies were dutifully taste tested by all around.
We had not one, not two, but three first-time occurrences in the turkey realm. We had a lot of trouble regulating the temperature in the pots. The required temperature is 300 degrees. One pot wouldn’t get over 250 degrees. The other wouldn’t stay under 325. That’s not necessarily unusual, though. However …
One of the turkeys came out grossly underdone. Chris jumped to the rescue, though. She baked it in the oven to make up the difference. Check on number one.
A second turkey came out grossly, ummm, overdone. The pot that was running over-hot really did a number on it. No fixing that one. We managed to salvage some tasty bites, though.
The third snafu was probably the most “extravagant”(?). As Josiah and Kel pulled the turkey out, it started falling apart. That’s some tender turkey. Except … half of it ended up on the ground. The white meat. Those legs and thighs held their ground. We scooped it up quickly, though. Don’t pay any attention to any leaves you might find between your teeth. They’re just part of the salad …
Psalms 23:6 says, Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Father, thanks for the muscles we had around here. Sure needed them. Amen.
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