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From an Ancient Thanksgiving

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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!

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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

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

Nov 24, 2021 09:39 AM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hello Myrl - holidays certainly bring back memories.  I like this story as it is classic on many levels.  

Nov 24, 2021 10:13 AM
Sheri Sperry - MCNE®
Coldwell Banker Realty - Sedona, AZ
(928) 274-7355 ~ YOUR Solutions REALTOR®

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. 

Nov 24, 2021 10:18 AM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Myrl that turkey was bigger than you!!!!

Happy Thanks Giving!!!

Nov 24, 2021 10:18 AM
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Hello Myrl,  Memories are so good everytime for first events and thanks for sharing with us.  

Nov 24, 2021 10:26 AM
Joseph Domino 480-390-6011
HomeSmart - Scottsdale, AZ
Real Estate Made Easy

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.

Nov 24, 2021 10:31 AM
Myrl Jeffcoat

Yes that Tray was one of a set of four TV trays. They were used a lot back in the day.

Nov 24, 2021 12:38 PM
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

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. 

Nov 24, 2021 01:02 PM
Carol Williams
Although I'm retired, I love sharing my knowledge and learning from other real estate industry professionals. - Wenatchee, WA
Retired Agent / Broker / Prop. Mgr, Wenatchee, WA

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.

Nov 24, 2021 01:29 PM
John Pusa
Glendale, CA

Hello Myrl Jeffcoat a nice photo with good memories. Happy Thanksgiving to you too!

Nov 24, 2021 05:50 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

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!!!

Nov 24, 2021 08:19 PM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

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.

Nov 25, 2021 05:40 AM
Myrl Jeffcoat

That's hilarious!

Nov 25, 2021 06:55 AM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Thanks, Myrl, for sharing your Thanksgiving memories.

Have an outstanding holiday weekend.

Nov 26, 2021 05:05 AM
Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS
Fathom Realty Washington LLC - Tacoma, WA
South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!

It is so perfect that appears to be plastic Myrl. Oh by the way; that was suppose to be a compliment 🙂.

Nov 27, 2021 05:42 PM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Good Friday morning, Myrl.

Have a great day and an outstanding weekend.

Dec 03, 2021 06:49 AM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

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. 

Dec 03, 2021 02:10 PM
Carla Freund
Keller Williams Preferred Realty - Raleigh, NC
NC Real Estate Transition & Relocation 919-602-848

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.

Dec 06, 2021 06:54 AM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

You don't look old enough to cook a turkey, or drive a car for that matter, in that photo.  

Dec 06, 2021 09:28 AM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Myrl Jeffcoat - Ancient? No way! You are FOREVER YOUNG! And beautiful too. 

Dec 09, 2021 04:17 AM
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