I'm busier than a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest today. Family is coming home for Thanksgiving dinner. Today, it's all about chopping, baking, devilling, etc. However, I'm sharing an ancient memory that came to mind. The year was 1966. The year, I cooked my first turkey. I was young and not yet adept at kitchen arts.
This photo was shot shortly before the bird was carved. I had lamented while preparing the bird for the oven that it had no neck. Only a bag of giblets in the main cavity. However, once carving began, the neck was found in the neck cavity. Heck, I didn't even know a turkey had that part of its anatomy!
Have a Very Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!
Oh Myrl,
What a sweet memory, and I love the picture.. Now you know and your family is going to love all the goodies you are making. A
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Hello Myrl - holidays certainly bring back memories. I like this story as it is classic on many levels.
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Hi Myrl Jeffcoat - I am so glad you shared this image and the story. How wonderful and brave you were to do this and the story is precious! Happy Thanksgiving! I just picked up all the food I ordered for tomorrow. I put my order in before Halloween.
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Myrl that turkey was bigger than you!!!!
Happy Thanks Giving!!!
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Hello Myrl, Memories are so good everytime for first events and thanks for sharing with us.
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Hi Myrl Jeffcoat Nice picture. I like that tray table. We used to have one just like it. You could sit in front of the TV and carve that turkey without missing the Thanksgiving Parade.
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Yes that Tray was one of a set of four TV trays. They were used a lot back in the day.
That's funny. Thank you for making me smile. That is a great photo too. All those body "parts" get stuffed inside. Had I not seen my mother cook many turkeys over the years I would not have known either.
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Hi Myrl Jeffcoat
I love that you still have that photo after all these years! I'm sure you're not the first (or last) person that has happened to.
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Hello Myrl Jeffcoat a nice photo with good memories. Happy Thanksgiving to you too!
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
I love that photo Myrl!!!! I made 2 mashed potato casseroles and one pineapple casserole yesterday. Today I made fruit salad, a pound cake and a chocolate pecan pie. I'm almost done!!!
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
What a fun post, Myrl... and I love that expression of a one legged man in a butt kicking contest. Your story reminds me of the time we visited our older daughter and knowing that her Dad loves roast chicken, she decided to roast a chicken for dinner. Several hours later nothing much was happening and she asked me to check on the chicken... I discovered she had not defrosted the chicken. When I told her it was still frozen she was surprised that it needed defrosting, We still kid her about that.
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
That's hilarious!
Thanks, Myrl, for sharing your Thanksgiving memories.
Have an outstanding holiday weekend.
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Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
It is so perfect that appears to be plastic Myrl. Oh by the way; that was suppose to be a compliment 🙂.
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Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
Good Friday morning, Myrl.
Have a great day and an outstanding weekend.
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Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
Myrl Jeffcoat - Oh my gosh! I did the same thing! I was so proud of making my first turkey and I was so young. Everyone laughed when they discovered what I did and it became the family joke. But, it was all good.
What a beautiful photograph of you. You are beaming with joy with that infectious smile. I can only imagine how proud you were, and from the outside, it looks like the perfect shade for a delicious turkey! It also looks like a really BIG turkey!
May you continue to remember all your sweet memories.
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Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
Myrl, I just love love love this photo! What a great story. I might have done the same thing but I'm pretty sure I called my mom and asked her how to make a turkey. These days, kids can just you tube it. They may be robbed of all the great stories from figuring things out yourself.
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John Pusa
Glendale, CA
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Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
You don't look old enough to cook a turkey, or drive a car for that matter, in that photo.
Myrl Jeffcoat - Ancient? No way! You are FOREVER YOUNG! And beautiful too.
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