Our Thanksgiving Turkey

I worked on Thanksgiving again this year, but at least I was able to be home in the evening. Last year was spent in Korea. It is still strange to work on Thanksgiving..

Chiaki found an 8 lb turkey (big chicken maybe?) that barely fit into our "oven". The " are because it is nothing but a glorified microwave.

I put the turkey in at 1pm on Saturday, and when I checked it at 5pm it was getting warm. I finally pulled it out at 10pm and it was hot, but not yet cooked. This "oven" only allows you to set the timer for 90min at a time, so you can calculate how many times I had to reset the timer.

I set it again the following day as we left for church, and we were able to carve off the outside edges and eat. I then cleaned all the meat off the bones and cooked just the meat by itself to make sure.

Next Thanksgiving that I am in the states, my list of gratitude will include OVEN!