Saturday, January 02, 2010

Oklahoma Christmas

turkey

We sort of got snowed in on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in Oklahoma this year.  I can't remember when we last had a white Christmas—we've often had an "ice" Christmas, but usually not white.  The roads being what they were, we couldn't go out to eat (I doubt the restaurants were even open), so I had to throw a few things in the oven.  Here's a little 22-pound turkey I did for Christmas just for my parents and me.  Didn't have any fresh herbs to stick under the skin, so I had to use a few sprigs of parsley.  This is the turkey before I carved it in the kitchen—it's always easier for me to cut things up there and put on a platter than to try to wield sharp instruments at the dining room table.  We also had leftovers from the ham we had on Christmas Eve.

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