I put the turkey in at 7:15 am. Normally, we get a 20-24 pounder but at 12 lbs. it’s the smallest one we’ve ever had. They just didn’t have any big birds this year. Made the cornbread for the dressing and the pies yesterday. Have the gibblets on the back burner cooking away with just the heat from the the oven. Kids are roaming around now so opening presents momentarily. Later, will put on the eggs to boil. When the bird is ready, about 10:30, he’ll come out of the oven and the completed dressing will go in. Then rolls, peas, and Granny’s fruit salad. Good eats.
Turkey for thanksgiving........ But for Xmas, it is 2 large prime rib roasts, about 4 hours over a rotisserie.