Just want to wish a happy Thanksgiving to all our US friends. Have a great one!


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So What Is the World’s Largest Turkey Ever Recorded?

Surprisingly enough, it was actually kind of hard to find who, where, and how much the World’s Largest Turkey was. After some digging I found some conciseness among several different sites, so I’m taking it as the answer.

According to the Guinness Book of Records, the heaviest (which is close enough to largest) turkey in the world belongs to turkey farmer, Philip Cook of Leacroft Turkeys Ltd. The record itself was actually set at the annual Heaviest Turkey Competition of London in 1989. Mr. Cook’s prize winning turkey name was Tyson, and weighed in at a record setting 86 lb (39.09 kg), which was then auctioned off for charity, earning a record $6,692. Talk about having some left overs!

Here in Denmark we don't celebrate thanksgiving. But we eat turkeys - for sure.
So here is a true story from my place:

Some 30 years ago my mother in law grabbed a big turkey from her freezer.
Too big a turkey. Would'nt fit into the oven.
At that time I was a boat builder (carpenter), so I offered my professional assistance.
I took my handsaw and sawed off all ekstremeties of this proud, but still frozen bird, untill it became somehow cubic and fittet straight into the oven. Well - it looked a bit silly without legs, wings, neck and rump.
The next day after defrosting the bird and the excessive remains, we found out that a lot of stuffing was craved. We could'nt provide that much, but then I (genious as I am) got an exellent idea: We just put the cut-off extremeties (legs, wings, etc.) inside the bird along with the stuffings.
What an efficient way to cook a much too big turkey!
Anyhow it tasted just fine and filled the stomachs of about 15 hungry persons, as I remember it.

This advice about what to do with a too big turkey is free for anyone to use.
But I warn you: It does NOT look pretty when you serve it.

Happy thanksgiving to you all! Cheers and bon appetite!

Woody