TURDUCKEN!!!

We had an amazing thanksgiving this year. After various ups and downs, it turned out that EVERYONE on my mom's side of the family was able to be present. I can't even remember the last time the entire family was together. Nana Gunn had a pacemaker put in on Wednesday, which we thought might throw a major wrench in the system, but in the end she felt well enough to attend, which was a reason in itself to be thankful!

Our matriarch, making her grand entrance

Anton learning the fine art of homemade gravy from Mom E, the expert

Monica says, "C'mon, Dad! This gravy thing is easy!"


The dinner took a little longer than planned, so Jack had his version of a thanksgiving feast a little early. (Cheese quesedilla and banana slices.)

This year's Thanksgiving adventure came in the form of a turducken, which if you don't know is a chicken stuffed inside a duck stuffed inside a turkey. We ordered it in early October from the meat market at Pike Place and picked it up on Wednesday. Anton put it in at 8am Thursday morning (it's so dense that you're supposed to cook it longer on a lower heat) and it was barely ready by our 5:30 dinnertime... but in the end it was delicious!
Searching the net for info on how to cook this three-bird wonder was rather amusing. Some people go to great pains to document the process minute by minute, such as this site, while others merely crack turducken jokes, like this one which had us all in stitches.

Wow.
Anyone hungry for some fowl?

Family portrait


The 5 cousins


Never too old to be silly!