November 24, 2021

Good morning crew,

Uh oh. We bought a 20 pound frozen turkey Sunday afternoon and immediately put it in the refrigerator. Three days later and it's still hard as marble. When I came downstairs this morning I found the wife with her head in the fridge rapping on the bird with her knuckles.

"I think we have a problem," she said.

The wife has 10 of her family members coming over tomorrow afternoon. If all we have to serve them are turkey popsicles; we definitely will have a problem. But I've learned a few tricks over the years. There is the old soak it in ice water for 10 hours trick. We still have time to try that. If that doesn't work there is always the old spend $60 on a fresh turkey at the last minute trick.

And if THAT doesn't work, there is always the old fake a case of food poisoning and tell everyone to stay home trick.

That's the one I'm leaning toward right now.

Laugh it up,

Joe

joe@gophercentral.com

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