How to Prepare a Turkey

Dear Cook,

Not sure where to start this Thanksgiving? Take a look through our “How To” recipe book which provides 20 unique ways to cook a turkey! We hope you can find one that suits your family just right! Enjoy, and have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Stith’s Class

Brontly Bitzer

Get one from a grocery. Put seasoning on it, and rub some sauce on it. I think I usually see my dad do that on most meat. Put it in the oven at 5 degrees for 5 minutes. You will know it’s done when it’s been 5 minutes and it’s ringing. Put some more seasoning on it to give it more flavor. Eat!

Cohen Brainard

Get a turkey from Walmart. Season it. Put it in the oven at 100 degrees for 1 minute. You will know it’s done when you hear the ding sound. It will look beautiful. Eat it!

Brooks Wilson

Get a turkey from a turkey farm. You have to torture (butcher) it. Pluck the feathers out. Rip the eye balls and beak off. Put salt on it. Put it on the grill at 12 degrees for 20 minutes. You will know it is done when it is on fire. Bring it in, cut it up, and eat it!

Addison Chamberlain

If Brooks’s family has any, take one from them. Take it home and kill it. Usually we take the skin off, then put seasoning on it. Put it in a big bowl with grease water with seasoning in it. Cook it in the oven at 10 degrees for a half hour. It is done when mommy or daddy puts the temperature in, and it says 10 degrees. Put it on a big plate, set up a table for Thanksgiving, and eat the turkey!

Jeremy Claghorn

Get a turkey from the store. Put some celery, lemon, and other stuff like that. Cook it in the oven at 30 degrees for an hour maybe. The stove beeps when it’s done. Eat it up!

Catalina Cox

Get a turkey from the wild in the woods. Before you cook it, you have to make sure you chop the head off so no one eats the head. Chop off the toes. Put it in the oven at 9 degrees for 55 minutes. You will hear a ding when it is done. It will look brown, and the inside will look white. Eat it!

Khloe Cussen

Get a turkey at Kroger. Open the package, wash it. Bake it at 6 degrees for 10 minutes. You will know it is done when it dings. It will look a little brown and a little light. Eat it!

Natalee Dietrich

Get a turkey from a farm. You have to roast it. Cook it in the grill at 20 degrees for probably 20 minutes. After that 20 minutes, it is done. It will look like it’s cooked. Then you can eat it!

Jace Farone

Get a turkey from my dad’s hunting stand. Cut off the head. Cut off the legs. We leave the bones for the dog to eat since dogs love bones. Cook it in a big pan. Put a little bit of salt on it, and only a little drop of pepper so it doesn’t have a big pepper taste. Dip it in vinegar with barbeque sauce. Cook it in a frying pan. Put it in the oven at 7 degrees for 2 hours. We set a timer. It will look a little burnt, but it’s flesh all over. Make the cake. Eat!

Brixton Goodpaster

Get a turkey at the store. Put seasoning on it. Cook it in the oven at 10 degrees for 20 minutes. You will know it’s done when it’s almost getting burnt. Eat it!

Emaline Handrich

Get a turkey from the store. Sauce it. Cook it in the oven at 5 degrees for 20 minutes. You know it’s done when it rings. It will look brown. Then you eat it!

Dillon Holmes

We shoot it with a gun. We pull the skin off of it. We put it on the stove for 80 minutes. Dad will go out to check the temperature. It is done when you hear the beeping. Get the plates and forks. Eat it!

Mia Knox

Get a turkey from a farm. Take it home. Preheat the oven at 300 degrees. Get rid of all of the feathers. Put some spices on it. Put it in the oven for 5 minutes. It is done when it shows 00:00. It will look crispy when it’s done. Eat it!

Garrett Lorenz

Get a turkey from a farm. Cook it at the house. Put it on a pan, and slice it up. Turn the oven to 26 degrees for 6 hours. It will look like it’s yummy when it’s done. Eat it! 

Kendall Merrick

Get a turkey from the woods. After you find it, you kill it. Bring it over to your house or to a butcher maybe. Chop the head off, and make sure there are no bones. Put some little seasoning on it. Put it into the oven at 64 degrees for a half an hour. You will know it’s done when you stick a toothpick in it. If it feels hard, you need to stick it back in. If it feels a little smushy but hard at the same time, it’s good. It will look nice and fresh when it’s done. Eat!

Michael Minard

Get a turkey from the zoo. Water it. Put it in the oven for 10 hours at 1000 degrees. It is done when it beeps. It will look like a chicken but a bigger one when it is done. Then eat it!

Quintyn Rowe

Get a turkey from a place where it says, “Turkeys.” Cut off the neck first, then put it in a jar. Put it in a pot, raise the hotness, put some water in it, and boil it. You can toss it in the air if you want to. Cook it for 2 minutes. You will know it is done when it dings. It will look like orange chicken when it’s done. 

Lane Siddall

Get a turkey from the farm. Cut it in half. Put salt stuff on it. Put it in the oven at 10 degrees for 8 minutes. You will know it is done when it goes DING! It will look like a burnt chicken when it’s done. Eat it!

Carsyn Stevenson

Get a turkey at the store. Take it home, wash it, and then put seasoning on it. Put it in the oven at 10 degrees for an hour. You will know it is done when it beeps. Take it out, put it on a plate, put some more seasoning on it. Then, I think you’re done.

Tyler Sumner

Go to where this turkey place is where there are a lot of turkeys. Grab a turkey. Hold it in the car when mommy is driving. Cook it in a pot. Set the pot on the oven. Let it burn a little bit until it’s done. It will ding when it is done. Then eat it!