A couple of years ago, my family came to accept the hard fact that though we all love each other very dearly, we are terrible when it comes to the art of "Christmas-gift-selecting". By terrible, I mean that at one point we each had so many socks that I could've designated a pair a day for several weeks and still come out on top! Birthday's and other special occasions we do fine, but for some reason, Christmas has always been a great challenge to us. So we decided to institute a new holiday tradition whereby we, the kids, take over the kitchen the entire day and cook for the entire day (breakfast, lunch & dinner) according to what our parents request to be on the menu. This year mum requested something very radical (i.e. a non-Asian menu), which was for a traditional Victorian style Christmas dinner complete with a roast turkey and vegetables.
Having never roasted a 5kg bird before, I went surfing the net and read everything from "Martha Stewart's traditional roast turkey recipe" to "To Stuff or Not To Stuff: Why you should forego the turkey stuffing".
12 hours of prepping, cooking, and hovering over the oven later, our family's first Christmas dinner with a roast turkey centerpiece was ready to be eaten!
I've always found it extremely gratifying to watch the people I love devour what I make. It's true when they say, "an empty plate is the greatest compliment you can give to the chef".
So please enjoy perusing some of the moments captured below of a turkey dinner!
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