How to cook a turkey?
I almost feel compelled to start with a disclaimer. Please: do NOT try this at home. I understand that if you landed on this page, most likely what you want to do is knowing how to cook a turkey. Maybe you are busy preparing for Thanksgiving 2009. Or maybe you just want to know how to make the moistest, best turkey ever.
Well, look no further, you have come to the right place.
For your reading pleasure, I am posting excerpts of my favorite cookbook. It is appropriately named: “how to cook a turkey!” and it is written by my 5-year old son’s pre-K class.
Now, all recipes on this cookbook may not be perfectly suitable for what you want to do. But they are, however, all worth a look.
So here are the kids’ recipes on how to cook a turkey.
Julian writes:
“Ingredients: hot sauce, rice and broccoli”
“Directions: Bake at 16 degrees for 6 hours”.
Brook has a different idea. Not quite in terms of how to cook that turkey, but she’s being creative in her list of ingredients:
“Ingredients: sprinkles, seasoning and hot sauce”
“Directions: Bake at 1 degree for 2 hours”.
Rachel favors “popsicles and candy” and doesn’t hesitate to add that to the list of ingredients. For Xavier, it’s “marshmallows” that needs to be added, or the turkey wouldn’t be good enough. He has a point.
Elena is more radical in her cooking style:
“Ingredients: salt, rice”.
“Directions: Bake at 1000 degrees for 4 hours”.
Probably for a nice, golden, crispy outer skin.
More subtle (from Ray):
“Ingredients: turkey, chicken”
“Directions: Bake at 1 degree for 1 minute”.
And my personal favorite, courtesy of chef Andrew:
“Ingredients: turkey, eggs, milk, food coloring and chef’s clothes”
“Directions: Open turkey, put food coloring in it, add eggs then put on chef’s clothes. Put into oven on warm for 2 minutes.”
12 Responses to “How to cook a turkey?”
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I haven’t smiled nor enjoyed reading something as great as this all Posting this was a great idea Chef. Thanks for Sharing, and for the laughter that followed.
Thanks for your comment. I got a serious kick out of it myself. This cookbook is in my personal collection.
Really well done. Nice surprise. I will need to add your blog to my follow list!
Absolutely priceless and precious! My son is 4 and now I am curious about how he would cook a turkey! Thanks for sharing
these adorable little kids! who knows what’s in their heads!
great cookbook. maybe i should get my little boy start writing one!
I can’t wait to add this bit of fun to my next children’s cooking class!
Kid’s still say the darndest things!
Thank you for sharing ;o)
Love the chef clothes…but are we supposed to dress the turkey or ourselves
Seriously priceless!
Hilarious! I asked my six-year-old, and he asked “For how many people?” His other suggestions “Cut it open, put vinegar and broccoli inside, then bake it at 8 degrees for 23 minutes and 6 seconds.” He’s very specific, this one.
Adorable! Love the hot sauce theme here…haven’t actually tried that myself, but perhaps they have something there!
This is hysterical- I always enjoy reading your blog.
Thanks for sharing!
I was really looking for “How to cook a turkey” but I finally found funny kids ideas. I won’t try all of them for sure but some kids are full of imagination.
I’m definitely liking the hot sauce idea. Great way to spice up Thanksgiving! I’ll have to ask my girls what they’d do tonight when I get home.