The Recorder on November 28, 2024
We get our turkey at Walmart. Mamaw has to cut it up. She cleans it and then cooks it on the stove at five degrees for one hour. It is ready when I hear a squeaky sound. I think it is a timer. We have mashed potatoes and carrots with it. I like to have a Spiderman cake with sprinkles for dessert. I hope Damiean and Haley will come for Thanksgiving. Janet will come too. She lives beside my house. After we eat, I will listen to a CD and go to sleep.
~ Junior Allen
Daddy will kill a turkey in a field. I will help him pick off the feathers. Then he will rinse it off in the river and bring it home. Mama will sprinkle sauce on it and put it in the oven. You have to get the oven really hot. Mama will cook the turkey for 10 hours. I like mashed potatoes and peas with my turkey. I like lima beans also. I hope we have a unicorn cake too. We might have unicorn cupcakes with sprinkles too. I am going to my grandparents Papa Billy’s and Blah-Blah. I will play with their little dog Molly. They have a new dog that is all white and her name is Fluffy. They live in Georgia. We will take the turkey there to cook and we will put some more sauce on it before we cook it. I will get to play with little baby dolls and they have a bathtub with gray sparkles and purple too. It is a lot of miles there. My brother knows but he never tells me. I hope all my family has a nice Thanksgiving!
~ Lenny Jackson
I am going to kill a turkey for Thanksgiving. I am going to tame a turkey to keep too. We will eat the one that I kill. First, you have to take all the feathers off. I am going to use the feathers to make them into stuffies. I love stuffies. Next I will wash the area off where all the body parts are. You have to cut off the legs and the head. We will stuff the head but take out the real eyeballs and put fake eyeballs in. I’ll just keep it and play with it. My mom and dad and maybe Tippy will cook our turkey. I like to put lots of salt and pepper and stuff on it. You put that inside the turkey too. Then you cook for 5 or 10 minutes at 60 degrees. If you turn it up too hot it will burn down the house. We will have grilled cheese and cheese pizza from Fast Break. I can eat one cheese pizza, and everyone else can have a great big pizza. We will have a lot of vegetables and pumpkin pie for dessert. I will go hunting for a bobcat too. I have never seen a real life bobcat. If I kill a bobcat I want to make it into a stuffy too. I hope all my family members will come for Thanksgiving. We have to get our house looking good. Is it Thanksgiving yet? I want us all to have a good time.
~ Scott Murray
We will get our Thanksgiving turkey at the grocery store. We will bring it home and cut it and put it in a pot. You have to put spices on it. Then you put it on the stove and cook it for 4 hours until it is really hot. We will cut it when it is not hot. I like macaroni and cheese, green beans, and bread with our Thanksgiving meal. I will help Mom make a pumpkin cake for dessert. We will have ice cream too. My grandparents will be there. We will have fun. I will play with my sister and my baby sister. I might go hunting. I will go with my dad. We will hunt for deer. I like deer meat. We will have some for Thanksgiving too. We will all have fun!
~ Leah Simon
We get our turkey at the dollar store. It costs a little bit. We take it home and cut it. Then you wash it outside and take it inside and rinse it again. We put it in a bowl and sprinkle it with hot sauce and some ketchup. Then we put it in a big pan and bake it in the oven for 12 minutes for 500 degrees I think. It is done when the timer beeps. It has to cool off and then you cut it. We will put it on a tray. I will help my Nanna fix some mashed potatoes and beans. I really like macaroni and cheese too. We will make chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with sprinkles for dessert. Ethan and Saw, my Nanna and Grandaddy, and Mimi are all coming. We will play outside and pretend we are puppies and kitty cats. We might go hunting for deer. My grandaddy has beagle dogs. We will take Willow and Festus hunting. Then we will come back and play a little bit more and have turkey sandwiches. I am excited about Thanksgiving.
~ Layla Floyd
The first thing you do to make a turkey is buy your turkey at the dollar store ‘cause that’s where the good ones are. Get your turkey out of the freezer then get it hot in the oven then it will turn warm! It’s gonna be a big turkey so cook it for 10 seconds for 1 degree. You need to salt and pepper your turkey so it is good. I also hunt for deer if the turkey is not good. We have mashed potatoes, chocolate milk at breakfast, and ketchup. You need to put apples on your turkey so it tastes good! My mom puts the turkey on a huge plate and we eat! We eat with our hands and that’s about it. Happy Thanksgiving, I guess!
~ Maverick Roberson
First thing you do to make a turkey is kill it. Let it cool down ‘cause it’s frozen. After that you need to cook it. You need to microwave your turkey for 6 minutes. You need seasoning on your turkey so I put ketchup, salt, and turkey sauce on it. We cut up the turkey and put it on a big plate. We eat our turkey with a fork and a knife. We don’t only eat turkey we have french fries, salad, beef turkey, beef, cow, chicken, mashed potatoes but I do not like them. We drink water, soda, and orange juice. I eat Thanksgiving with Mommy, Daddy, Granddad, Nana, and my cat and dog. I sneak food to my cat ‘cause she likes bologna. For dessert we eat cookies and ice cream. After all that I play!
~ Ava-May Mauzy
You get a turkey from a barn. Shoot it first so it is dead, and pick the feathers off. Leave everything on the turkey though so it still looks like a turkey and cook it. You put it in the oven for probably like 3 minutes and the oven needs to be super-hot so 500 degrees. You need to put stuff on it so you need salt, pepper, and I don’t really know. After the turkey is done you need to cut it and put it on a plate. You need to eat your turkey with silverware. We eat peas, mashed potatoes, ham, olives, green beans, gravy, and maybe pumpkin pie. While we eat we talk about after I go to school. We have pumpkin pie for dessert, cookies, muffins, cakes, and that is all. I can’t eat too many sweets. I get crazy! Nothing else is on my mind. Happy Thanksgiving and that!
~ Bonnie Jean Warner
What I would do first is steal a turkey from New York. New York is pretty far from here so I will take my dad’s Mustang. Probably go about 100 mph. Since it was in the freezer, I’m going to shove it in the oven for 11 minutes at 200 degrees then flip it so you do not burn it. Do not put any seasoning on it. The turkey is going to be so good you won’t need seasoning. Then when the turkey is done put it in the fridge to cool off. Cut the turkey and get the drinks ready. Put the turkey on a big plate and make it look good. Can’t forget to get the table ready. You can not only eat turkey so we also have apples, more apples, ice, and maybe dessert. For dessert we will have chocolate chip cookies, marshmallows, hot chocolate, and watermelon. I’m gonna have Thanksgiving with my grandparents, Dad, Mom, Uncle Paul, Uncle Josh, Angie, Emma, and her bigger brother Jace.
~ Clark Botkin
For Thanksgiving we buy a turkey at the grocery store. It’s really expensive. It is frozen so we need to cook it. Put the turkey in the oven for 70 hours and it needs to be a billion degrees. Put salt and pepper, a little bit of sugar, maybe a little bit of soil, but not the dirt soil. Maybe a little bit more stuff like chili. I play with my cars and trucks while I wait for it to be done. When it is done, get it out of the oven. Eat it while it’s burning hot. Today is my birthday. Write that down. Chop it up into little pieces, nothing else. I talk about Theo and Aubrey at Thanksgiving. I am gonna dip my turkey in ketchup. Actually, ice cream. We also eat watermelon, pineapple, and that’s it. I’m gonna eat Thanksgiving with my grandma and grandpa. We eat ice cream after dessert. Happy Thanksgiving and I’m gonna have fun.
~ Laurel Elizabeth Obaugh
I’m gonna kill a turkey and keep a chicken. I have a fish. I’m gonna eat the feathers and the whole thing. I’m gonna cook it in the oven because I love ovens. Nana is gonna come and I love her. You need to cook the turkey for 10 minutes ‘cause 10 is good. The oven needs to be hot, like 14 degrees. And it’s gonna be like 10 hours again and the oven is gonna cook the turkey and I’m gonna eat it. Don’t put anything on the turkey. Just nothing. We’re gonna cut it ‘cause cutting is good for turkeys. I’m gonna kill one today. I’ll ask Dad about it when I get home. I love eating turkeys every morning because I love them. I’m not gonna dip the turkey in anything, just zero stuff. I eat mashed potatoes, hot dogs like noble hot dogs, and chicken. I think that’s all I do, I don’t know really. Happy Thanksgiving!
~ Josiah Lockridge
I would buy a turkey at Food Lion and some salad and it’s gonna be frozen. I want to add corn. I’ll buy corn. Actually I’ll buy a Christmas present there too. A Nerf gun would be cool. We need to cook it so cook it with an oven. I’d cook it for an hour and it should be warm. The oven needs to be set for 6 degrees. Salt and pepper your turkey so it is tasty. Some more stuff like spices, and seasoning like bacon, meat, like hot dog meat, that’s all I want to put on it. I’m gonna do homework while I wait for the turkey. We’re slicing the turkey and using a cutting board. I want to put salt and pepper on the inside of the turkey and some sauce, like hot sauce. We’re eating salad for Thanksgiving too. And a Thanksgiving pie. Strawberry pie would be good, I think. I’m gonna eat Thanksgiving with Mama and Dada and my grandma and grandpa and my uncles. We’re also having strawberries and beans like corn beans. I’m gonna play with my friends after. Happy Thanksgiving, guys!
~ Theo Strong
I get the turkey from the woods. You have to take the feathers off and wash it in the sink. Mom puts salt, pepper, and butter on it. Mom cooks it in the oven at 7 degrees. It is done when the oven beeps. Nana comes, Grandad, Meggie comes, my cousin Annie, Cassie, Courtney, Logan, Dad and Mom too. We will have macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, and fruit with our Thanksgiving meal. I will help Mom make a strawberry cake for dessert. We will eat outside around a big table. Then I will go play on my swing set. My cousin always comes over to my house and we play. We like to turn off the lights in our house and look at our Christmas tree and all the shiny lights. My tree has Santa Claus on it. I have one ornament that has a big Santa on it. I am so excited for Thanksgiving and getting to spend time with my family.
~ Aubrey Robertson