Quest For A Turkey Sandwich

 

The good thing about not cooking Thanksgiving dinner at home is not having to clean up. 

The bad thing about not cooking Thanksgiving dinner at home is not having leftovers. 

 

I ate a little bit of turkey on Thursday, 

And it was good. 

But I really wanted a leftover turkey sandwich on Thursday night 

Yet there was none to be had. 

 

I had a busy day on Friday, 

But I thought about a turkey sandwich all day

So I finally went on a turkey hunt. 

 

On Friday night,

I located some thawed turkeys at my local Food Lion but 

The only ones they had were huge and I wasn’t sure Mom, Dad, and I needed the whole thing 

So I looked for a frozen turkey breast like one that we had last year. 

I remembered they it could be cooked from frozen. 

I found one, but it was Cajun flavored, and we’re not spicy folk 

So I didn’t buy it. 

I figured I would be able to find a different flavor at a different grocery store.

 

I was wrong.

 

After searching both other town grocery stores on Saturday morning 

And debating whether I should buy a fresh turkey breast

But deciding that the frozen one would be easier,

I ended up back at the original store,

Buying the frozen Cajun spiced turkey breast,

And taking it home to cook.

 

I struggled to get the plastic off.

Then I struggled to get the gravy pack away from the turkey because they were frozen together. 

Then I struggled to get the net off of the cooked turkey

That took three hours to cook.

But in the end,

I had a turkey sandwich

And it was delicious!

 

My parents commended me for my perseverance 

And we all laughed together at how determined I was to have a turkey sandwich :-). 

 

Sometimes, 

We do crazy things to get what we want. 

And sometimes, 

We do even crazier things for the people we want

To love 

To please 

To make smile 

To make happy 

To make life a little better than before we came. 

 

So may you do something crazy today. 

Within the law, of course. 

Not to hurt anyone. 

Something out of the ordinary 

For something 

Or someone 

You really like. 

 

Search for that treasure. 

But that random gift. 

Call that long lost friend. 

Prepare that long forgotten recipe. 

 

Life is too short not to be crazy sometimes. 

So take this as your permission to go on that turkey hunt. 

 

You won’t be sorry that you did.