Traditional Turkeys, with a Yummy Twist

All good American children, I told Conrad and Vivienne today, must know how to make a turkey from their hand for Thanskgiving. So Conrad gave it a great try. (Vivienne didn't want to try, so she colored my hand instead.)

Years ago I acquired a few hand-shaped cookie cutters (Thanks Moe!!) So continuing with the theme, we took it to the next level. First we made the dough.

Conrad did a great job breaking the eggs for his first time. I only had to pick out 2 tiny pieces of shell.

Then we rolled it out.

Cut, cut, cut!

We need to perfect the paint recipe but we had fun decorating them.

Fresh out of the oven!

Enjoying the finshed product after our dinner of Bubba's Brisket and green bean casserole. If you do something two years in a row, does that make it a tradition? No Dr. Pepper this year, though. (Sad face)

 

I so badly wanted to watch the Parade this year but it doesn't start until 10 p.m. our time. That's way past my bed time these days! So maybe we will watch SkyFall instead. Yes, it's not even in the theaters here yet, a friend of mine told me the release is being delayed so as not to detract from some local films, but you can buy a blackmarket copy DVD on the street for 5 RMB, about 80 cents! I could not resist. It will cost us about 150 RMB to see it in a theater here. Chances are the quality will leave a bit to be desired, as if someone filmed it on their phone in a theater in another country and then loaded it onto DVD but it was worth a try. Who wants to come watch it with us? You can have a turkey cookie...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! What did your turkeys look like? Hope you all had a wonderful day~