Did you know that if your friend's freezer door gets left open and you had filled her freezer with 20 gazillion of these,
then you would spend from sun up to 10:55 p.m. canning turkeys? Well, you would. Since we all know that 20 gazillion isn't really a feasible number of turkeys to can in one day, we will say that you had filled her freezer with 16 turkeys (number of turkeys in picture above and in friend's freezer). It would still take from sun up until 10:55 to finish. Your kitchen would probably look like a bomb had gone off in it. And your whole entire house would reek of turkeys, which smell remarkably similar to diarrhea when prepared in a pressure cooker. (I could insert a life changing analogy here, but I will refrain). Thanksgiving will never be the same. Also, did you know that at 10:55 p.m. you will look like this?
Well, you will. (actually much, much, much worse because you burned your chin on a pressure cooker. )(Who does that?)Also, did you know that if you eat 16 gazillion of these while you can turkeys,
at 10:55 you will feel like this?
Well, you will. (Only your butt won't be that perky. )
Well, you will. (Only your butt won't be that perky. )Did you know that if you do something that has always intimidated you (like canning, say, 16 turkeys?) and that you have therefore never dared to do and it takes you from sun up until 10:55 p.m., you will feel like this?
(*Me feeling Very Proud*)
Well, you will.
22 comments:
Way to go!!!! You should sell those cans on the black market, make a killing from all the morms. You look great, would have never guessed you were up to your gills in jiblets!
you look gorgeous though, even after all that work. I cannot imagine your day - probably not what you had planned on doing.
Let me put a disclaimer out. That picture of me being proud was not taken last night. It was taken when lennon was working on her photog skills. i'm working up a portfolio for her work. she's amazing;). I looked very not like that last night:). very. very. very. not.
so... is canned turkey even good? i'm sort of picturing this mix between peaches and spam... please tell me it's something closer to leftovers in the ziploc bag after thanksgiving.
How many quarts does 16 turkeys make? Way to go Natalie.
From Wes: If it smells like diarehha, does that mean you had the Turkey trots.
You will find this funny if you are a Kidd brother.
I actually ate some of the turkey that I canned last night and it was quite good. You wouldnt think I could stand turkey after shredding it and canning it all day BUT I have a ton of it so that is what we ate.
How very domestic of you! I am very impressed.
All birds belong in a can.
Also, did you know that if you wake up having a particularly difficult morning where every things seems to be going wrong and you were up ALL night with the baby and you jump on your blogger dashboard and notice that dear Natalie has posted (hooray) and you read that "did you know" post and laugh out loud and you know that you will in fact be able to make it through the day :-) Thanks Natalie and way to go girl!! I'm most impressed!!!
WOW. REally. WOW. I miss you. Can we meet up yet? :)
How is it possible for you to look that gorgeous and still can 16 turkeys from sun up to 10:55???!!! Oh, I just read a disclaimer below...!! :) But I still think you'd look like the pretty picture still...turkey giblets and all! :) So, like...where's my jar?? :) Just kidding! I have a bunch of raspberry jam here with YOUR name on it...so next time you're in SLC...give me a call! And I'm guessing that you'll probably have room now that 16 turkeys aren't occupying it! :) Happy days!
Canned turkey....SEEEEEERIOUSLY! I didn't even know there was such a thing! That is beyond domestic. Jam is domestic. Canned turkey is um.....pioneerish. And I mean hard core pioneering. Good for you, that is an AMAZING accomplishment. You look so chic in that picture. Disclaimer or not, you are one hot turkey canning mama!
OH and I love you and want you to live by me. I would totally can turkey's with you.
who cans turkey?
That fat lady picture is wrong way wrong. You forgot to mention that before the canning began you were in the middle of painting and getting ready for an enrichment night at our house. You also forgot to mention that at any one given time there was probably more than just your own kids running around during the canning process. I guess what I mean is that you forgot to say that your freakin amazing so your husband who was conveniently out of town during all of this will say it your amazing!!!
good job nat!
i wish i could have helped you can your turkey!- did i just say that?
I had no idea you could can turkey. And the picture of that lady...oh wow!
At least you did not have to gut, pluck, and reconstruct the turkeys!
Reading this made me think back to gut, pluck & reconstruct (just like Hill) & how Cholla campus smelled for MONTHS. I've never even considered canning a turkey. Making jam is complicated enough. So, do you like turkey anymore?
P.S. I really wish you hadn't posted my fat picture. I need to get you an updated photo. My belly only hangs down to my knees now, instead of the floor.
Okay! Only you can post about canning 16 turkeys and include a picture illustrating the effects of too many Snickers and get 19 COMMENTS! You go! I love you! You are too dang cute and I'm sorry I missed your big Enrichment SHABANG! Oh, how I would have loved to hang with my "could've been," "should've been" BFF! Clearly I was supposed to move away. I don't think I could handle being #20 on your BFF list.
Natalie, Arden and I can't stop laughing at the fat lady picture. You are so funny!!! After all of that hard work I would probably never want to actually eat it. I can kind of smell it when you described it! Yuck :0(
That picture of you at the end is B.E.A-utiful! And where in the world did you find that picture of the fat person? That CANT be real. Yikes. Good for you for making it through canning all those turkeys!
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