Who Else Cooked the Turkey with...

[DVCLiz]

that gross bag of unidentifiable parts still inside???

OK, I'll admit it. But I want you to know that I KNOW the turkey comes with a small bag of parts, the neck and so forth, that are used to make giblet gravy. And I KNOW they are stored inside the turkey, and that they are to be removed before cooking. And I DID look for them, even felt around for them, before deciding, "Hmm, no little bag of parts inside this turkey - wonder why they didn't add them? Oh, well..."

So I don't feel like a total idiot, but then again, there WAS a little bag of cooked turkey parts when I finally got the turkey out of the oven and began to carve it. And I wish you could have seen my face - and heard me muttering, "Now, where in the hell were those when I looked for them three hours ago?"

Please tell me I'm not the only one...

 

[chesirechik]

You are not the only one! DH is a cook and we still couldn't find the little bag. We decided that we had got a turkey that they didn't pack the little bag in. We really poked and proded around too! Sure was easy to find one the darn thing was cooked!

 

[BillSears]

I only did it the first time I hosted Thanksgiving. How was I supposed to know there was a bag of junk inside my turkey?

 

[ADisneygirl]

Once my turkey hadn't defrosted enough and it still had some ice crystals. I looked and looked but couldn't find that dreaded mystery bag. Thought I'd lucked out on it being missing, but after it was cooked I found the bag in there! I guess the near frozen state it was in that year didn't allow for much searching...

 

[momsgonwild]

I cooked the bag with my first Thanksgiving turkey. I was very young, and did not know. I will never live it down!

 

[SwedishMeatball]

Not with a turkey, but many years ago with cornish hens. I was 18 and wanted to surprise my husband, then boyfriend, with a fancy meal. I called my mom and asked her how to cook them. I followed her recipe to a tee, but she left that part out just assuming I would know to remove them. When I told her later, she just called me blonde.

 

[Michelina]

I haven't done that, but one year I cooked it upside down! I couldn't understand why there was no breast meat when I went to carve it!

 

[DISshopkeeper]

I only did it the first time I hosted Thanksgiving. How was I supposed to know there was a bag of junk inside my turkey?

Some of that junk is quite tasty!

 

[glass-slipper]

This is one reason why I only buy the turkey breast!

 

[SamRoc]

My father in law rinsed out the turkey one year in the sink and then cooked it. Later that day when he was carving it, the sink drainer slid out!! it was gross!! yuk! i didnt eat turkey that year.