Brett and Revanna Cook a Turkey - Part 2

We took the took the turkey out of it's brine and put it in the roaster at 2:00 pm. The roaster was a little tiny for our big bird and we didn't have a rack...

We put tin foil over him and put him in the oven...just like that. No seasoning, no nothing. We weren't really sure how it was going to turn out, but we were optomistic!

While the turkey was the oven Brett made the stuffing

And I made dessertAfter 1 1/2 hours we took the turkey out of the oven and removed the tin foil. It looked a little ugly, but we basted it in butter and popped it back in a hotter oven to get nice and brownButter makes everything better.

While we waited for the turkey we had a mini dance party...It was "Lean on Me" how could I not get emotional!

By the time the turkey was ready for it's second basting it was starting to look more like something we might want to eat.

It was at this point when Brett and I first started smelling the turkey...ah the sweet scent of thanksgiving!

And then just like that we had a brown and juicy turkey...Isn't he a hunk?

His wings and back fell off when I removed him from the roaster...so that's really the only good picture of him!

Then we made gravy. We, because sometimes we do stupid things, tried the turkey juice drippings. A brined turkey makes very salty juice....It was like taking a gulp of sea water!

The evening went by very fast after that....

Brett and I got our "Look at what we made" picture:

(It is a very unattractive angle for the turkey)

Then he carved it....using a spatula.

It was impressive.

Then we ate. After all the time we spent tending to our turkey it was a sweet, sweet, reward to be eating such a juicy, fine bird.
I hope all of your thanksgiving dinners were as yummy and laughter filled as mine!