The morning began early. We needed to get the birds out of the brine and get breakfast in the oven before the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade began. The birds (yes, plural) soaked in Alton Brown's (recipe found here). We did two birds, one 19 lbs and one 11 lbs. The big bird was roasted, the smaller one was fried. We also did nearly a dozen turkey legs that were smoked on the grill.
The Wonder Cat was THRILLED to have my family here. He adores my parents and doesn't quiet understand that they don't live here. He loves the attention he gets while they are here and spends weeks looking for them after they leave.
Our breakfast was The Pioneer Woman's Blueberry Baked French Toast - so good! Recipe can be found here.
Then it was time for the bird to get hot.
Some of my cute Thanksgiving towels
We had plenty of appetizers to snack on all day while the birds were cooking away
Mom grabbing a pickle
Matt is still dreaming about the salami
Owen kept himself out of trouble by nesting into the grill cover we stuffed under a table. He made his own little Wonder Cat burrito
The table set up
The food!
The Wonder Cat enjoying an after dinner drink.
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