I would like to announce that I actually made my FIRST Thanksgiving spread! I am the youngest of my family and have been married for 8 years, but with family living nearby I have never had to make Thanksgiving dinner. (Sad, I know.) But this year my in-laws went to Utah to visit their daughter! Since my parents live in Payson we weren't planning on having dinner until Saturday! I told Gordon I wanted to try to fix Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday! We went to the store and bought all of the things we wanted and went home to start defrosting the turkey. Little did we know after defrosting for awhile that our turkey was Cajun spiced! We decided to go ahead and cook the turkey to see how it tasted. After about 4 to 4&1/2 hours of filling our house with a great smell, it was done with all the fixings! I was very pleased with how everything looked. We tasted the dark meat first and MAN was it spicy! I had to drink a glass of milk afterward and it didn't really help. We decided to taste the white meat to see if it was any better. It was still pretty spicy. After everything was put on the table we ate the turkey smothered with gravy and mashed potatoes (rice for Gordon). It was bearable that way but you could still taste the kick it had! Anyway, I still had fun and I am definitely going to try again next year!
10 years ago