Jive Turkey

I like cooking turkeys. I never thought I'd add this to my "activities I enjoy" list but never the less there it is. There's just something fun for me in getting such a large volume of food ready all in one juicy, golden brown shot. I have cooked a total of three turkeys in my life. Two of them have been here in Vancouver. The funny thing about the turkey dinner is the time frame most people would consider appropriate for such a meal. Holidays and turkeys are big. No one would bat an eye if you happened to cook one up for Christmas, Easter or the obvious Thanksgiving. The three turkeys I have prepared in my life were roasted in late April, Early December, and most recently late June. Not classic turkey days. In fact most people raised an eye brow if they happened to overhear me in talking about my upcoming poultry extravaganza.

"Why are you cooking a TURKEY?" they exclaim, pronouncing "turkey" as if they were saying "hamster" instead.

"Because it's delicious." I reply.

At that point the conversation doesn't usually go on incredibly long. Mostly because talking turkey isn't the most interesting thing in the world (blogging about turkey however...).

The two turkeys I made here in Vancouver were for Pacific Theatre events. The first on back in early December was for a belated American Thanksgiving. The actual American Thanksgiving passed us by and by the time early December rolled around I felt it would be an injustice to get all geared up for Christmas without the requisite Turkey bash to celebrate giving thanks before we geared up for Yule time fun.

The first one went so well that when Spring rolled around a friend of mine bought a turkey in the hopes of having another fowl par-tay to celebrate a belated Easter. We finally got around to it last week so it turned out to be a really belated Easter but it was festive and fun.

Last night Jacqui and I went for a walk on the beach and I asked her, "What are some of your favorite memories from this year in Vancouver?" She told me a few and then asked me mine. The turkey dinners immediately came to mind. It's funny what sticks with you.