The 2018 Edition of How to Prepare a Turkey for Thanksgiving

Mrs. Lisa Hart’s Kindergarten Class

“I would go to a farm in the country and ask them if they have a turkey. If they have some, I will ask if I can have one. When I get the turkey home, I will put gloves on and chop off the head with a knife. Then I will peel the skin off. I will put it on a plate and cook it in the oven for just for about ten seconds. Then I will put on baking gloves and take the turkey out of the oven and let it cool for like five seconds. I will make smushy potatoes with butter and pepper and celery and chips and crackers and cheese and that’s all. I will put all of that food on the table around the turkey. I will invite my cousins and mom and dad and Camen and there’s another little kid but I don’t remember his name and Kari and the dad of that family. I’m not inviting grandma and grandpa because they don’t know about this turkey party. The grown-ups will clean up the table and the kids will play. Then everyone will relax and watch a movie. That’s all I got.” -Jade Abraham

“I will go and look in the trees by my house for a turkey. If I see one, I will shoot it with my gun. I have a Nerf gun. I don’t think that will kill the turkey though. So I will go and ask my Grandpa with the pigs to borrow his gun. I will shoot the turkey with his gun and bring it to my house on a trailer. I think it could fall out of my car if I put it in there. I will cook the turkey on a pan in the oven for eleven minutes. When the oven beeps, I will take it out with a cooking glove. I will let it cool off for nine minutes. We will eat it with stuffing and potatoes and gravy and pumpkin pie. My mom and dad and grandma and grandpa and cousins – (did you know they moved closer?) and my brothers and our friends will all come and over and eat. When Thanksgiving is done, we put up our tree for Christmas!” -Max Buseth

“I will go to a forest by Canby. I will look around in the forest. I think turkeys fly, so I’ll have to look in the sky. When it lands, I’ll shoot it. I will shoot it with my 22. I will have to cut its neck. I will pull the feathers off and save them because maybe I could use them to make a picture or something. I will take the turkey to my house and wash it out. I will cook it in the stove for seven minutes on hot. I’ll put the alarm on so I will know when it is done. I will put a hot glove on and take it out of the stove so I can cut it up. My family will eat it with mashed potatoes and steak and ribs and carrots. We will put the plates in the sink and wash them. Then we will play.” -Henry Buysse

“I’d go to Brad’s Market or hunt for a turkey. I pick hunting. I would go to the woods and hunt with a shot gun. So, I guess I would have to go to the gun store first. After I shoot the turkey, I will take it home and cut it in half with a knife and cut the feathers off too. I will cook it in the oven for like six minutes. You have to wait for a while so it cools off because if you grab it right away it will be piping hot! There are these glove thingys to take stuff out of the oven. I don’t know…..I never use those things. But you know, a boxer would not use HIS kind of gloves to take the turkey out. I will make chicken and noodles to go with the turkey. Only three objects to eat. My mom and dad and brother and sister and uncle will eat the food. When we are done eating, we will play while my sister does the dishes. I’m glad my dog is not here right now because when I fake knock on the table, she thinks someone is at the door. I taught her how to sit, shake and stay. The end.” –Ehann Faris

“I will ask a chef where I should get a turkey. I will probably have to go to a farm that has turkeys. I will have to rattle em’ and get one with a lasso. Then I will chop the head off with an ax and pull the feathers off with a pliers. I will take the turkey home and put stuffing in it and cranberries around it. I will put it on a pan and put it in the oven for seven minutes. Then I will take it out with the hot gloves. You know those really big mittens that are really big. Then I will have my dad cut it up because I am not old enough to use the big knives. Then we will eat it. My whole family will eat it with bread and carrots and that’s it. Then my mom washes the dishes and the kids will play. Maybe I will help my mom. Then we put the turkey away and save it for the next Thanksgiving or if it gets too old, we will throw it away.” -Kestler Gillund

“I would go in the country by Drew’s place. There are woods there. I will just walk around until I see a deer and then I will shoot it with a 22 or a rifle. I will chop the head off with a knife. I have a Leatherman. It’s kinda like a knife. Then I will clean it. I have to clean the blood out with water. Then I will cut the feathers off. I will leave the feathers in the woods. I think I will bring a pan with me and just cook it right there on the grill. My dad will know when it is done cooking. You are really writing a lot of letters. Did I say all of that? My brothers will come and eat the turkey with me and my dad in the woods in a tent. I don’t know if my mom will come because she is afraid of deer and we are going to eat deer there too. That’s it!” -Camden Johnson

“I’d go hunting in the country under the leaves to find a turkey. If I see one, I’ll shoot it with a bow and arrow. I’ll buy that bow and arrow at Menards before I go hunting. I’ll cut the turkey up with a knife. I’ll take it home and cook it in a pot in the oven for one minute. The timer will go off and I will take it out with pot holders so I don’t burn myself. I need to cut the turkey up for everyone. We will eat chicken and milk and cake too. My dad will clean up the kitchen mess and my mom will go play with my sisters and I’ll play on my I-pad. I think then it will be winter so I’m done.” -Colten Kloos

“I will go outside to like a farm I think. At the farm I will shoot a turkey if it is sick. No, not a sick one…. a good one. I will take the turkey to Grandma’s house to cook it. I will take the feathers off with a knife. Wait, are you going to tell my mom and dad about this? I will put it in the oven to cook for five minutes. I’ll take it out when the beep goes off. I will put on gloves – not snow gloves – the kind you use when you take stuff out of the oven. Then I will stab it with a fork to get the chicken out. No, wait…this is a turkey! Then, we will eat it with ketchup. It’s nummy with ketchup! I will make corn and juice and nothing else. When Thanksgiving is over, my mom and grandma will clean the mess up. The boys will go shoot deer and the kids will play puzzles and read books.” –Tenley Mead

“I will go to a friend’s farm. I will look for a turkey and when I find one, I will kill it with an ax. I will take the turkey home and then I will cook it. I think in the stove. When the turkey is cooking, I will make salad with ranch and put pepper jack on the turkey. I don’t like pepper jack, but my cousins do. I will make quesadillas for me because I like them. And I am going to make a Thanksgiving cake because cake is good. I will also make a pie. When the stove beeps I will know that the turkey is done cooking. I will get two gloves. You know those gloves that don’t burn you? Then I will call everyone to come to my house to eat the food. I will give everyone a drink like orange juice or milk or water. Then I will get myself a drink. And THEN, we will eat. After we eat, we will have the cake and pie. It is a big celebration because it is Thanksgiving. After we are all done, it will be time to get ready for Christmas!” –Aaliyah Morgane

“I think I’d go to the woods in Canada. I will take a BB gun because other guns are just too big for me. I will just sit by a tree and hold my gun in my hand and when one comes by, I’ll shoot it. I won’t feel sad because turkeys are annoying. Have you heard the noise they make? I’ll go home with the turkey and put it in a pot. Oh wait, I will have to pull the feathers off three at a time until they are all off. The turkey will cook in the kitchen in a pot in the oven for 20 minutes. When it looks burnt, I’ll take it out with gloves on my hands. I will put it on the table with milk and fruit and cookies. I like cookies. My cousins (you know all of them so do I have to tell you their names) and my mom and dad and brother and aunts – Jayda and Yha Yha and uncle Mike and Jackson and Grandmas and Grandpas and everybody will all eat the food. Romo (he’s a dog) will finish up the rest of the food that everyone can’t eat when they are full. But, not the bones. He can’t eat the bones. And if everyone is not full and they are still hungry, I’ll just go shoot another one!” -Oakley Norby

“I would go to Grandma’s and Grandpa’s farm but I don’t think they have turkeys there. I think the turkeys live with the chickens. So when I find chickens, I would use a net to catch a turkey. I will have my mommy cut it because I am still little. I will put it in the microwave for like 10 hours. When it goes to one, the turkey is done. I will take it out with those safety gloves. I will cut it up with a knife and make fries and chicken nuggets to go with it. We will drink milk. My whole family will eat it together. Then when Thanksgiving is done, it will be snowing!” -Alyzabeth Schmidt

“I would go to Lucas’s farm. I would look for a turkey where the chickens are because the turkey goes with them a lot. I don’t like to eat turkey. I think we should just have regular food like mac and cheese or pizza. But, if I had to kill the turkey, I’d cut it with a knife. Wait…..actually, I’d just go buy a turkey from Walmart. I’d wait until everyone comes over like my cousins and grandma and grandpa and then I would cook the turkey. I would put a pan under it and cook it in the oven until the pizza gets done. I’ll pull it out of the oven with oven gloves and then I would cut it up. I might try turkey again like I did last year but I don’t like it. I’m eating pizza.” –Winston Strand

“First I would go to Dollar General and buy a turkey for about $20.00. Then, I will take the turkey to Grandma Tami’s house and cook it in the kitchen. I’ll put it in the bowl pan nicely and put it in the oven for five minutes. The oven says the timer with the numbers on it so I will know when it will be done cooking. I will open the oven door and take the turkey to my house. We will eat it there with mom and dad and my brother and sister. I will make gravy and chicken nuggets to go with it. We will all sit at the entry way table by my dad’s office and eat together. My sister will clean up the dishes and I will go upstairs. And then, when Thanksgiving is over, it will be Christmas!” -Harper Tolk

“You get turkeys from stores or farms. I’m going to a store because they’re too fast to catch. Maybe I’ll go to Walmart and buy one. For me, I would pay $5.00. The turkey is already dead so then I will go home and bake it in my oven for maybe three hours on one hot. When the oven beeps, I’ll take it out with those things on your hands that help you hold the pan. Then, you blow on it because it’s too hot. Everyone sits on chairs around the table. Maybe we will have real potatoes and milk to drink. I think my baby sister can eat the potatoes. She is nine months. And then when Thanksgiving is over, we don’t even have to decorate for Christmas because my tree is already up!” –Bentley Walerius

Mrs. Karen Dalager’s Kindergarten Class

“I will get the turkey from a farm where all the animals go to live. I have to run after it to catch it and take it home. I will call my grandpa and grandma so they eat with me. We will kill it with a knife. Then you need to get spoons and forks to eat the turkey. We will also eat spaghetti and ham. When we are done eating, we will need to get those things that you use to clean up the table.” - Dylan Veliz

“I am going to kill the turkey but first I have to find it. I am going to look outside in my back yard. I think I will find one there. I will run after it to catch it and then use a knife to catch it. Now I will bring it inside and feed my family. I will use the knife to cut up the turkey and my hands to get the meat out. It needs to cook in the microwave for 10 minutes. We are also going to eat chicken from the store. We will drink milk with our meal.” - Padraic Moriarty

“My dad can buy a turkey from the same place we got the other ones we had. I will need to get it ready to eat by cooking it on the stove in a pan. It will take 5 minutes to cook. It needs to have stuffing in the middle of the turkey. That has to be done while you are cooking it. I will know the turkey is done by poking a stick into it. We will also need to eat potatoes with gravy, sweet potatoes with gravy, and milk. Make sure you have a lid to put over the food to keep it warm.” - Ava Buysse

“I will buy a turkey from Menards. I will cook in the stove on a plate. It needs to cook for 5 mins at 2 degrees. The stoves numbers will tell me that it is ready to eat. Then I can get the turkey out and get ready to eat. We will also need beef sticks and Gatorade for our meal. After we are done, we will eat desert. It will be left over candy from my Halloween bucket.” - Wyatt Thooft

“I don’t really know where to get a turkey but maybe I could try hunting one. If I find one, I will shoot it. I will get it home in the car that my dad is driving. It will go in the kitchen to be cut up with a knife. We have to take the skin off. The turkey will need to go in the oven for 95 minutes to bake. The oven is really hot. And then we are ready eat the turkey. We will also need to eat peas and green beans. I have to clear my spot at the table when I am done eating. Carter and I will do the dishes.” - Bentley Pesch

“I will buy a turkey from the store in Minneota. I will need to cut the head off, wash it, and cook it in the oven. The oven needs to be 1 degree and it should be in there for 10 minutes. It will need to be cut up with a knife. Everyone is going to need a fork to eat it. Then it is in your tummy. Yum! We will drink some milk. Mom and Dad will clean up while I play with Olivia and Vance.” - Devyn Claeys

“The turkey will be in the food store in my grandma’s town. My mom will have to drive the van to bring the turkey home because I am not old enough to drive yet. The turkey has to go in the sink to get the blood out. Then we cut up and then it needs to be cooked in the oven on a plate. Now we are ready to eat it with a knife and spoon. I just want turkey all by itself. No other food. The kitchen will be a mess so my mom will need to clean it up. I am playing in the house with my brothers.” - Mason Whortenbury

“We will have turkey for Thanksgiving. I need to have money to get it from Walmart. My mom will have to drive me there. As long as we are there, I will buy some snacks too. At home, I will need a pot to make the turkey. The pot has to go in the oven that is hot for just a little bit of time. I don’t know if we should make other food to go with the turkey. We will need drinks like juice. We know the turkey is done cooking when we check inside the oven. Then we put the turkey on the table and we all eat it. We are going to eat all the turkey and the dishes go in the dishwasher. After the dishwasher is done we have to put the clean dishes in the cupboard.” - Trevor Gronke

“I will get a turkey at Hy-Vee in Marshall. My dad will drive me there in the pickup and drive me back home too. I have to take the turkey out of the bag and put it on a pan like you use for pizza. It has to be in the oven for 20 seconds at 30 degrees. I will use my hands to get it out of the oven and cut it up. My mom will make mashed potatoes to eat too. We will need plates and nothing else to eat. After we are done eating, we have to put the plates away and put on our PJs. I am tired and ready for bed.” - Ronin Runia

“I am not sure where I should get the turkey I think they have them in the cities. I will need to drive there. The turkey will be running around so I will need to catch it with a net. I will bring it home. I don’t know if I want to kill it so my dad can do it for me. Now we can put it in the oven to cook for 17 mins. My mom will make mashed potatoes and cake to eat with it too. Mom and dad will have to clean up the kitchen and the table. I will play with my sister while they are busy.” - Raya MacKinnon

“I will get the turkey from the farm in Minneota. I am going to need a net to catch the turkey so I will need to buy one at a store first. Now I have to find the turkey outside in the grass. I will have to drive the turkey to my house. The turkey will be burned up in the oven. I don’t care if he is a little burnt, I will still eat him that way. I will need a fork to eat. When we are done eating, I will clean off my plate and go watch TV.” - Cayenne Winter

“I will get the turkey in the forest. I will see it wobble around. My dad will blast it with a gun. We will carry it to our house with a big bag. Dad will wash the inside of the turkey and he takes the turkey meat and puts it in the pan. It needs to be cooked in the oven for 50 minutes. We open the oven fridge and take the turkey out. Now we are ready to eat. When we are done eating, we can have desert but we have to wait for everyone to be done eating. You can choose what you want to eat for desert like cookies, cupcakes, cake…then when desert is done we take a little rest.” - Parker Kern

“I will get the turkey in the barn that has all the turkeys. I am brave and strong so I will grab one with my hands. One time one of them pecked at me so I will need to make sure I have some gloves on my hands. I will bring it in the house and then you bake it into a pie. I think a turkey pie sounds yummy! So everyone can eat it with me at my house.” - Piper Shoultz

“I will get the turkey from a barn in Minneota. You go straight and then you maybe go left and then right? Then you are at the barn. I will need a net and put the turkey in the net. Then I will have to pay the farmer. We can bake the turkey at our house in the oven. Before baking you have to cut the head off and roll it flat and punch it and then put it in the oven. It needs to bake for 88 minutes in a VERY hot oven. Like 100 degrees hot. When we are ready to get it out of the oven, we put the gloves on and bring it to the table. And now we are ready to eat it. We will need a drink too…maybe it should be hot chocolate. The whole family will help clean up the kitchen. Then we can go to sleep.” - Sophie Becker

“I will need a turkey and it will come from the farm. Not my papa and nana’s farm. It has to be a different farm. I will need a rope maybe to catch the turkey. The turkey needs to be put in a cage in the van so we can bring it home. Maybe we will have a gun and kill it at our house. We will have push buttons on our oven so I will put the turkey in and push the turkey button. When the oven stops and beeps, we know the turkey is cooked. I have to use gloves to get it out of the oven since it will be hot. Now we can eat it. After we are done eating, we will be so full that we will fall asleep.” - Rose Swoboda