The first graders at St. Francis of Assisi School recently created their annual “Turkey Recipe Book.”
Here are some of their “recipes” for making a Thanksgiving Day turkey:
Go to the regular woods that might be on Pilgrim Street in Mexico.
Go look for the ducks, because that’s what my family eats for Thanksgiving. They will probably be in the pond, and if I see a frog, I will just throw it back in.
When I see the ducks, I will shoot the mallard with my slingshot. I will get him with one shot.
Walk in the water with big large boots and get the duck.
Take him home and take the feathers out with a “twizzers.” Keep the feathers for pretend flying.
Get the insides out with the same “twizzers” and throw them out because they are creepy.
Take the eyeballs out too.
Put a lot of orange and white cheese inside the duck with the same amount of whipped cream.
Put five pinches of salt and five pinches of sugar on top and underneath the duck. Put one pinch of pepper on top.
Put it in the oven, and put the oven on 100.
Leave it in there for four minutes. When the oven dings, then that means that it is done.
It will look nice and grilled, so cut it in four pieces. Use a big knife, and be careful.
— Josephina Bodin
Go to Walmart, and go in the middle aisle. It’s like the middle highway. You will see seven turkeys, and they will be on a shelf, and they will not be alive.
Look for the biggest one, and take that one because the rest will be too little.
Pay $7 for it. Go home.
Scratch the feathers off with a knife. Put the feathers in the trash.
Put 20 of the little baby marshmallows inside the turkey. Use the little ones, because the big marshmallows won’t fit.
Cut a big hole, and put jarful of creamy peanut butter inside the hole. Then, put the lid of turkey that you cut off back on.
Put 60 spoonfuls of chocolate topping on top of the turkey. This is going to be a candy turkey.
Put 10 cups of apple jelly around the bottom.
Put it in the oven for 70 minutes, and put the oven on 70.
When the oven goes “cling, cling” that means it’s done. It will look all chocolatey and creamy from the peanut butter and jelly.
Put the turkey on a plate, and cut it in 10 pieces. Pray, and then eat it.
— James Christman
Go to Walmart, and go to Aisle 2 and pick out the biggest one.
Go to the register and pay with $3.
Put it in the trunk, and drive and go home.
Take the turkey out of the bag.
Put a cupful of sugar inside the turkey. Put two eggs inside also. You need to crack them, and throw the shells away.
Put a whole bottle of hot sauce on the top, because turkeys are really fat and need a lot of sauce.
Put it in the oven in a big bowl. Put the oven on 7 and leave it in there for seven minutes.
You will know it is finished if you look at the time. When the time is up, just put it on the table and call everyone and tell them that it is time for dinner. You eat it all up, so there won’t be any leftovers.
— Sir Powell
Go to Big Star. Go and ask the man where the turkeys are.
He will say, “Way at the back.” Go in the back and just take any one.
Take it up to pay for it, and you will use your credit card to pay $8.
They will put it in a bag, and you take it to the car. Then, you put on your seat belt and drive home.
Get the turkey out, and get your keys out of your pocket and unlock the door. Then, put the turkey on the table and get the paper off of it.
Season it with seasoning salt. You should use one scoop.
Put two scoops of black pepper. Take your hand and rub it together on the outside of the turkey.
Put three scoops of vinegar and pour it all over the top.
Put it in the oven, and leave it for 13 hours. The stove will say, “beep, beep.”
Open the oven, and if it looks like it has brown skin, then it is done. Take it out. Put it on the counter, and call everybody to come over because the food is ready.
— Kaylaisha Potts
