Thanksgiving is always fun for me.  I'm really happy this year that we'll have lots of family at the house for Thanksgiving.  We've had Thanksgiving here before, but I never felt like I was hosting.  Someone else did all the cooking and preparation, and I just got bossed around.

This year, I'm in charge!  I'm going to deep fry a turkey.  I tried to get Chung to give me his secret to boneless turkey, but all I get are crazy jokes about farmers tending to amoeba-like foul.  This week, I'm doing a practice run to be sure I won't be making a fool out of myself.  That means I need a turkey by tommorow to give the appropriate thawing time.

I'm getting all my frying gear from Academy, which has a whole setup at the front of the store for teaching you everything you need to know to cook a good bird.  I've heard the results are quite delicious.  I've also done a fair amount of internet research.

Anyway, Saturday's the day!  We'll see if Jen and Dave want to come over and help.  Anyone with experience is welcome to leave some words of wisdom, but don't leave obvious stuff like, “be sure you have the right amount of oil”, or “wear protective clothing“, or “don't do it inside”.  Chances are, I know that stuff already.