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SOUTH LYON HERALD-Thursday, November 22, 2007
How to cook a Thanksgiving turkey
We asked first grade students at Dolsen
Elementary School for tips on how to prepare a holiday meal. We don’t always recommend trying these
creative ideas at home.
Mrs. Settle’s class:
We get in the car and go visit
my family in Toledo, Ohio.
Grandma gets the turkey. My
grandma puts the turkey in the
oven for 30 hours. Grandma
makes corn, mashed potatoes,
cake and to drink we have KoolAid. — Kayla Aaron
You go to the farm and get a
turkey. Papa and Dad clean the
turkey. Then grandma cooks the
turkey. She puts the turkey in a
pan and puts it in the oven for 4
minutes. My grandma also makes
macaroni and cheese. Then we
eat. — Sara Brindamour
We go to the store and get the
turkey. Then my dad puts it on
the stove for 21 hours. My dad
cuts it, and puts it on a plate so we
can eat it! We have mashed potatoes with it too. — Angelia
Burrows
We go to the store and get the
turkey. We come home and my
mom puts the turkey in the oven
for 10 minutes. She puts the pickles on the table. My mom also
makes mashed potatoes with
milk. We dig into the turkey. Then
we play games. And then I sleep
on the couch with my dog. —
Semya Doxtator
My mom and dad get the
turkey. Then mom stuffs the
turkey with stuff. Then it goes
into the oven at 21 degrees for 5o
hours. We also get to have potatoes, cranberries, and cherry pie.
And then we eat! We play games
and I always win. — Maria
Gasparotto
I think we buy a turkey. Then
my mom cooks the turkey at 800
degrees for 1 hour. Then I get to
eat a leg of the turkey. Then I go
to bed. — Jace Gerlach
We go to my Grandma’s house
and she makes the turkey. She
puts it in the oven for 1 hour on
medium heat. We get to have
mashed potatoes and gravy, fruit,
and we get milk to drink. My
whole family comes over to my
Grandma’s house. — Casey Hett
My nana gets the turkey from
Meijer’s and takes it home. Then
she puts it into a pot and cooks it
for 20 minutes. Nana and I make
mashed potatoes and corn. We
decorate with turkeys and a tablecloth on the long table. Then we
wait for some of our guests to
come. Then we get to eat! —
Giselle Hickman
We go to the fruit market to get
the turkey. My mom puts the
turkey in the oven for 30 minutes,
the oven is very hot! It is 80
degrees. We have mashed potatoes and green beans. And we
have chicken with hot sauce and
macaroni too. Everybody comes
over for a party! — Melonie
James
You go shopping and get a
turkey. You then take it home and
cook it. You put it in the oven and
cook it for 5 minutes and the oven
is very hot! We also have a vegetable. Then we eat. — Ryan
Johnson
I get my turkey from a store.
We take it home and put sugar,
ketchup and chicken in it. Then
we put it in the oven for 2 minutes. And then the smoke detector
goes on. Then your take out the
turkey and you cook the rest of
the dinner. Then you eat! —
Kevin Lee
My Dad gets a real turkey. The
he puts it in the oven. He cooks it
for like 10 minutes. Then he takes
out the turkey. Then he takes the
butter and puts it on the turkey.
The he puts the turkey on the
table. Then we eat. — Colin
Lemere
You go outside and get your
turkey. You cut it up. You put it
on the grill and cook it until it’s
done. It just takes a few minutes.
You then can make some french
fries. We have milk. Then you
eat dinner! Sometimes we eat
outside. — Mitchell Maxwell
My dad gets the turkey from
my grandpa. Then my dad cooks
it in the oven for about 1 hour. It
is really, really hot. Then we get
to make mashed potatoes, veggies, and bread. And then we get
to have ice cream after dinner.
We go to my aunt’s house all the
time. — Emily Darnell
We go to the store and get the
turkey. We take it home, and my
mom put it in the oven and heats
it up! When the stove beeps we
take the turkey out and we start to
eat it! We also get to have baked
corn, chicken and steak and after
dinner we get to have apple pie!
And I play with my friends that
are there. — Madalynne Moore
You go to the market and get
the turkey and stuffing. You take it
home and start cooking it. You put
it in the oven on very hot, and
cook it for 5 minutes. Then we get
to eat it! We also have mashed
potatoes. We get cranberry sauce!
My family eats together. —
Rachel Much
My mom buys a turkey. She
takes it home and puts in the oven
that is very hot. I don’t know how
long she cooks it. Then she makes
some stuff so we can have dinner.
Then we eat! — Thomas
Mulhall
We go to Wal-Mart and get a
turkey. Then you take it home and
cook it in the oven for 8 hours. We
get to make mashed potatoes. We
also have bread with butter and
after dinner we get to have pumpkin pie! After dinner we cake and
ice cream too. And fruit salad
with raspberries. — Kyle Samluk
We go to the store and get the
turkey. We take it home and cook
it! We put it into the oven for 20
minutes. We also have potatoes,
carrots, bread and butter, cranberries and after dinner we have ice
cream and cake. When everything
is on the table we all sit down to
eat! — Alaina Sharkey
We get up in the morning and
go to my Auntie’s house for a very
nice turkey dinner. — Zy’Toria
Snaden – Butler
We go to my grandma’s house.
She gets a turkey from Costco.
My grandma puts stuffing inside
the turkey, and then she puts the
turkey in the oven for 25 minutes.
We also have corn, butter potatoes, and pumpkin pie with
whipped cream!
I have 2
Grandmas that come. — Sadie
Storm
Mrs. Settle’s class poses outside in pre-holiday spirits.
We go to a store and buy a
turkey. We take it home and shove
it into the oven for 12 minutes.
We also have meat loaf with it.
My sister makes potatoes and
noodles. My mom makes stuffing, cranberries and apple pie!
When the turkey is done we take
it out and we all sit and eat. After
dinner we make cards, kites and
big paper people. — Carson
Swadling
My mom and dad cook the
turkey. They put it in the oven
and roast it. We also have potato
salad, corn, and they make stuffing. My dad sets the table and
then we eat. — Anthony Tundo
Mrs. Hartigan’s Class
Make the head, Turn on the
Oven, Take it out of the oven &
eat it. — Joey Back
Buy a turkey at the store, cook
it, take it out of the oven & everyone eats it. — Olivia VanDussen
Go get one, cook it in the bottom of the stove, take it out, put it
on the table & eat it up! — Drake
Wang
Go out in the yard and grab a
turkey, put it in a pan in the oven,
put on the timer for 10 minutes,
take it out of the oven when the
timer goes off, serve it & eat it. —
Paulina Legakis
Get a turkey from the store,
cook it on the grill, take it off and
put in on the plate & eat it. —
Joslyn Debruijn
Get a turkey from the store,
bring it home and fry it in the
oven, take it out and put it on the
table, and everyone eats it. —
Demisa Casas
Get a turkey from the Market,
go home and put the stuff on it,
cook it in the microwave, take it
out and eat it. — Justin Nelson
Get a turkey from Meijer, put
salt & pepper on it, cook it on the
grill, take it off when it is done,
cut pieces for everyone, put it on
their plate and eat it. — Marisa
Antonio
Get a turkey from the store,
cook it, put gravy on it, cut it, &
eat it. — Faith Delgado
Get a turkey from the store,
bring it home, warm it up, cut it &
eat it. — Marc Henderson
Rot it out, put it in the oven,
take it out after 2 hours, cut it up,
put it on the plate, take it to the
table, call Mom & Dad, eat the
turkey. — David Elrite
Get a turkey from Meijer, go
back home, cook it in a pot for
about 20 minutes, take it out,
bring it to Mom & Dad and they
will eat it. — Ashley Cox
Get a turkey at the store, make
carrots, make tomatoes, cook the
turkey in the oven for 15 minutes,
take it out to cool down, slice it in
half and eat it. — Elise Wills
Buy a turkey from Bucsh’s, put
it in a pan, put garlic on it, put
some seasonings on it and cook it
on the stove, take it off, set the
table, and eat it! — Lauren
Wright
Click the turkey so you get it on
the screen, put candles on the
table, get some broccoli, get
cookies and milk, take the turkey
out of the oven and put in on the
table, then it is time to cut it and
eat it. — Elijah Beasley
Get a turkey from the store, put
it in a pan, flip it over, leave it for
a couple minutes on the stove,
take it off the pan and put it in a
dish and eat it! — Christian
Iaconis
Go to Walmart and get a turkey,
put it in the oven at 100 degrees
for 40 seconds, take it out and cut
it up, put on some flavored stuff to
make it good, put it back in the
oven at 50 degrees so you can
melt the stuff, then you eat it. —
Gwyneth Schreiner
Go hunting in the woods to get
a turkey, if you see it, try to shoot
it and bring it home. Cut the
turkey open, and cut pieces to put
in the oven for 9 or 10 minutes,
take it out and eat it for dinner. —
Olivia Shifferd
Buy a turkey at Meijer, cut the
fat off, juice it, cook it in the oven
at 180 degrees for 1 hour, after 1/2
and hour, juice it again, take it out
of the oven, and eat it. — Greg
Jowett
Get a turkey from the farm, go
home, bake it at 9 degrees for 40
hours, put some cheese on it, take
it out of the oven, set the table, cut
the turkey, put it on plates with the
bone and eat it. — Aaron Caicco
Get a turkey from the turkey
store, put it in the oven for about
3 or 4 or 5 minutes, wrap it up,
and save it for turkey day. —
Christian Chatman
Mrs. Pennington’s class:
I eat turkey with a fork. Mom
gets the turkey at Meijer's. She
cooks it on the stove, really hot. It
takes a long time. I like big
turkeys. I play with my toys after
dinner. My Grandma comes over
to share dinner. So does my sister.
— Olivia Decoster
We eat the turkey at home. My
Mom cooks it and we like it. My
Grandma and Grampa and my
cousins come over. My mom sets
the turkey at the table. I don't
know how she cooks it. We eat
stuffing with the turkey. — Julia
Vess
Sometimes we go to the store
and get our turkey. And sometimes Dad hunts turkeys. We cook
it in the oven. Mom cooks it for
30 minutes, maybe. We go and
play after dinner with our cousins.
We eat chicken too. — Andrew
Young
My Dad cooks our turkey. He
buys it from Wal-Mart. He cooks
it on the stove for a long time. He
cooks it really hot. We eat mashed
potatoes, macaroni and cheese,
some ice cream. When we're done
we actually wash the dishes
together. My Daddy does the
washing, me and Mommy do the
drying, and Brianna does the
washing all the soap off. Then we
like to play outside after that.
And we have some fun. — Angel
Woods
You need a turkey. We go up
north in the woods and hunt for
turkey. Then we go to our home
and we cook it. We cook it in a
pan. We put a pan in the fireplace,
and then put the turkey in the pan.
We cook it for 8 minutes. We put
salt and pepper on it. We eat fruit
and popcorn and sugar with it.
Then we go up north with our
whole family and hunt down
some more turkeys and do it all
over again. — Luke Haiser
I think we buy our turkey at
Meijer. We invite my cousins and
grandparents over. We eat dinner
in the dining room. My Dad cooks
the turkey on the grill. It takes an
hour to cook. We eat peas and carrots and beef too. I like to go on
the farm for Thanksgiving.
— Ben Currie
My Mom and I buy the turkey.
She cooks it on the oven. It's
steaming hot. I eat the legs. My
Dad’s mom comes to dinner. We
eat rice with
it. After dinner I go on the computer and we drink our drinks.
And I hug my Mom. And that's it.
— Briannah Selover
Mrs. Hartigan’s class demonstrates the warm-tummy feeling of a well-eaten bird.
I helped my Dad cook the
turkey. We looked in the woods
and we shot the turkey. We put it
in a pan and then we ripped the
legs and the head off. We cooked
it in the microwave. And then it
was all done, so we invited my
Dad's friends. My Thanksgiving
was really good. I had thirds. I
play outside and ride my bike
after dinner. I had fancy clothes
with a tie. — Arian Wolak
We go to my Grandma's for
Thanksgiving. All of my cousins
and aunts and uncles go. We have
bread too. My favorite part is
turkey. I eat the most food. I don't
eat dessert. After dinner I play
outside with my cousins. We
swing and run around.
— Ian Gesler
We buy the turkey at the store.
We eat it at Grandma and
Grampa's house, or at our house
or at our cousins house. We cook
it in the oven for one hour and 6
minutes. We cook it at 100
degrees. We eat a great dinner and
we celebrate. We have mashed
potatoes, and lots of turkey. We
have ice cream after we have all
the turkey. We play with our
cousins and sometimes we play in
the bedroom with our cousins and
use makeup and nail polish. —
Bree Taylor
My Dad puts the turkey in the
oven. I help him put it in the oven.
We cook it on 48 degrees. My
Mom takes it out of the oven. We
have stuffing and mashed potatoes with it. I like to go to my
Grandma's
house
for
Thanksgiving. We play games
with my cousin Sarah. We spend
most of the day at Grandma's
house. — Jamie Debrincat
We have lots of food. We usually have dinner at my Grandma's
house. She cooks the turkey. She
cooks it in the oven for a long
time. She makes macaroni with it.
We bring doughnuts. I play with
my sister. We go home after dinner. My favorite part of dinner is
eating the doughnuts. —
Katelynn Harris
We have Thanksgiving dinner
at my Grandma's house. We bring
the turkey, Grandma makes it
when we get there. She bakes it in
the oven.
She bakes it a little hot. It bakes
for an hour. We have whatever she
gives us with our turkey. For
dessert we have ice cream and
pumpkin pie. I play Star Wars
with my friend Collin. My
favorite part of Thanksgiving is
when we go to Grandma's and
they are waiting at the door. —
Cody Killian
You get the turkey at the store.
You cook the turkey. You cook the
turkey a little bit hot, and you
cook it for 5 hours. You eat salad
and tomatoes and sausage with
the turkey. After dinner you have
ice cream. Dessert is my favorite
part. I have dinner at my house.
My Grandma comes over. We
have a good day. — Ciro
Rodrigues
We get our turkey from Meijer
3 days before Thanksgiving. We
cook it in the oven on 5 degrees
for 20 minutes. We have stuffing,
rice, and cranberries. Sampson,
Duncan and Delilah eat the leftovers. Som•etimes we go to my
Grandma's house and bring our
dogs. We eat ice cream after dinner. After that we talk about the
good days. — Regan Gareau
I think they get the turkey from
a store. We put stuffing in it
before we cook it. You cook the
cranberries, black olives, mashed
potatoes, and corn with it. You
cook it for 22 hours in a warm
oven. We eat dinner at the table. It
takes a long time to eat dinner. I
watch TV after eating dinner. We
have lots of people over, grandmas, uncles, aunts, cousins,
si•sters and brothers. Cranberries
are my favorite part. — Danielle
Thieleman
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