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November 25, 2009

How to cook a turkey

Headstart students share recipes

Matt Tillson

MARLOW — With the Thanksgiving holiday here families have gotten together to share what they are thankful for most.

Families and friends will gather at their tables passing around the cranberries, dressing, sweet potatoes and, of course, the traditional Thanksgiving turkey.

But, how do you cook a turkey?

There are many different ways that someone can cook a Thanksgiving turkey, you can fry it, smoke it or just stick it in the oven.

The kids at the Marlow Delta Headstart program shared Tuesday some of their many ways of cooking the traditional holiday bird.

The students had many different ideas for cooking a turkey.

Some decided that they would put the turkey in the oven and others want to just use the stove.

For student Lilly Moore, fire is her cooking preference of choice.

“I would cook it with fire in a pan with salt, pepper and water for 14 minutes.” Moore said. “After it’s cooked put it on a plate and eat it.”

There were many different thoughts and ideas on what to glaze their Thanksgiving birds with. Most of the students wanted to keep their birds moist with grease, different sauces and water.

Cameron Jordan plans on keeping his turkey moist and the meat white by adding milk to it.

“I will put it in the oven with oranges, brown crackers, milk and white pudding for five minutes.” Jordan said. “Then we eat it.”

Oranges were not the only food that the students wanted to stuff their turkeys with. Apples, peppers, carrots, potatoes and green beans were also on the list of items that were to go inside the turkeys.

Rather than finding different places to set all the side dishes on the table, Taegan Archer is stuffing his turkey with them to save room.

“Put it in a pan and put the carrots and potatoes, green beans, and apple and everything else inside it,” Archer said. “Then you cook it and eat it.”

Kirean Willis decided to incorporate the Thanksgiving meal and dessert all into one. Instead of having the pumpkin pie after the meal Willis wants to stuff the pie into her turkey.

“I will put it on the stove with water, grease and sauce then I will add pumpkin pie and cook it for 3 minutes.” Willis said.

No matter what way you decide on cooking your turkey today, remember that is a day for being thankful for all that we’ve been given and all that we have.



— Matt Tillson is a reporter for The Duncan Banner. He can be reached at 580-255-5354, Ext. 142, or via e-mail at matt.tillson@duncanbanner.com.

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