The wood fired oven getting heated up.
The stove with boiling water.
DJ, getting his pie crust prepared.
Kathy mixing up her made from scratch pie filling
DJ´s pie ready for the oven.
Kathy´s roasted pumpkin pieces ready for the pie.
Kathy´s pies, almost ready.
Sirlaney and Angie making bread.
Warning!! The next pictures could be disturbing to some viewers... If you are a vegetarian you might want to look away, or skip these ones. haha
DJ, making sure the machete is ready for the turkey.
William bringing the turkey over to the killing block.
Tying the legs so that the body doesn´t get away after the head is cut off.
1... 2... 3!
After 2 minutes of battling the flailing turkey body, he was hung from the tree to drain the blood.
Next, the turkey is boiled to aid in removing the feathers.
Sirlaney is an expert in turkey prep... unlike all of us.
Pluck him clean, using plyers for the tough feathers.
Gut him, and he is ready to be dressed and put in the oven!
At 700ºF this shouldn´t take long... actually only 1.5 hours!
DJ´s pie and Angie´s bread being baked.
DJ doing some final prep on the cooked turkey. The stuffing in the foreground was amazing!
Kathy´s 3 pies! Yes, one is square... so?
The spread, minus the turkey, unfortunately we did not get a picture of him all cooked and finished. But either way, it was all very good!
Oh my god. I remember the smell of boiling poultry and plucking the bird at my grandma's. Ewwww.
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