Thanksgiving...A year later

[phantom]

Now that we are getting ready to celebrate another year, I can laugh about last year. I spent Thanksgiving last year with my son in Fayetteville, NC. He had just had surgery and wasn't getting around well. Therefore I did most of the shopping and preparing. He really wanted a fried turkey, so we bought a turkey fryer and oil. The night before Thanksgiving, I made the traditional pumpkin and pecan pies. The pumpkin pie turned out beautifully. But the pecan never set. I think maybe the altitude difference. Whatever the reason, we had soupy pecan pie. That's not too bad. Preparing the fried turkey was a problem. Two college graduates and we had trouble figuring out how to get the fryer put together. Then on Thanksgiving morning discovered that we had no matches or lighters in the house. So I got to drive to a convenience store buy a lighter. Once I got back, we couldn't get the dang thing to light. Once we figured out how to light it, the fryer wouldn't stay lit. Finally, we figured out how to keep it lit and got the turkey cooked. Thankfully his friend brought over a bottle of wine. I know that doesn't help cook a turkey, but it sure did help the turkey cooker.

Let's hope this year is easier. I'm back in Fayetteville and we are frying another turkey!

[doysl]

There's 21st century, but it's still a good idea to keep some good and dry matches somewhere in a house, just in case)

[west-texan]

Phantom: Is your son still in the military?

I knew that you had been going to El Paso to see him.

[phantom]

He is W-T. He's at Fort Bragg now. He is in until at least 2013.

[Old Rip]

If I were to get one, I would get an infra red turkey fryer, but my roaster pan has worked so well, I'm just not interested enough to pay for the new technology.

Anything is tough to do when you only do it once a year, but I hope it all worked out for you this time. At least you know how much wine to keep on hand for the cooking.