[carlo3b]

I'm having Thanksgiving this year, and I'm going to try a fresh turkey from the butcher. My SIL had one last year and it was superb. She also made carmelized onion mashed potatoes which my 8 year old son called "galvanized mashed potatoes" .

Fresh Turkey is always a bit better, but my mouth is watering at the thought of your recipe for ....

Galvanized mashed potatoes   ...waiting...drumming fingers, ..checking watch!!

[ODDITHER]

"Fresh turkey is always better".

Only if you are assured that your butcher just butchered it and didn't buy it butchered. If you buy a turkey at the grocery store, a frozen turkey is much fresher than a fresh turkey. Many times a fresh turkey is just a thawed out frozen turkey or it may have been sitting around for awhile.