Thanksgiving 2013

This Thanksgiving was anything but normal!  Turkey is not very popular here and to buy a turkey in the supermarket is ridiculously expensive.  We noticed one day as we were driving to Maria's house, that her neighbor had turkeys! She spoke with him and he said he would sell them for us to have for our Thanksgiving meal.

Kinley and I went over to check them out and she had a blast making them gobble!

A few days before Thanksgiving, Whitney Elliot and her dad came with me so that they could also pick out a turkey.  We pointed to the ones we wanted, the guy caught them, we carried them to Maria's house and then watched while Maria and her neighbor slit their necks!!  YIKES!  It was kind of an out of body experience.  Normally I would think that would really freak me out, but we all did great!

Turner came with me and had fun trying to pet the turkey and looking out the window!  No... he did not watch the killing!

After the blood had drained, we dunked the birds in boiling water, hung them back up and then we got to work on the feathers.  This was actually kind of fun!

Then came gutting it!  I like to play with the innards! ;)

These turkeys were SKINNY!  They actually had a ton of fat, but barely any meat.  We had some friends that donated another turkey that Lee smoked, so we were able to compare. It was a great experience, but there was no comparison in taste!

We had all of Maria's family, some friends and the missionaries for Thanksgiving lunch.  There was plenty of food and of course, some performing from Kinley! The most important part of Thanksgiving is the pies, so I guess that is the reason I dont have pictures of any of the other food!!

 Kinley might have convinced me in joining her entertainment.