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Happy ThanksGiving Everybody!!! So, where are the Turkey Giblets?

I’m in charge of the Turkey every year and I am always fooled by the location of either the neck and/or giblets. I know one year I just completely forgot to take out the neck and giblets but all was fine and nobody but me knew about it until after the feast. Another year, I felt around inside the Turkey and could not find a thing, so into the cooking bag and a couple of hours later, poof, a perfect turkey. The neck and giblets where later found in the “neck” cavity of the Turkey, again nobody knew about this till late that evening, when people wanted leftovers for the next day. Some people where aghast and left w/o any leftovers.

So this year, I look AND find the neck in the main cavity; look around the neck area but could not find an “opening” so I assumed, “no giblets”, cool. Into the cooking bag and a few hours later another perfect Turkey feast. But wait, after the feast, a couple of us were talking about past fuax pas regarding Turkey necks and giblets, all recalling this is where I found it or that is where I found it, etc etc etc. I told everybody, “I found the neck but no giblets came with the turkey”, all became eerily quiet, you know, kind of like that short awkward moment of silence… Everybody said they ALL come with giblets, “I said no, I thoroughly checked every possible place and couldn’t find any.”  We all got a little quiet and just sat and watched the game, but me, I started to think “what if?”

more after I digest