A Turkey story

So it is getting close to Thanksgiving and we're trying to figure out how to celebrate.  Since Thanksgiving is an American holiday it isn't celebrated in Mexico, and the traditional foods we eat on Thanksgiving are hard to find.  Dan decided that this year it was important that we have turkey for our Thanksgiving meal.  He called up a friend   who lives on a farm close to Guadalajara and lined up a visit to his ranch to pick out a turkey.

Dan and Adrian drove out two days before Thanksgiving and were able to pick out what felt like a nice plump fat turkey.

The price was a little steep (about US$40) but Dan was determined that we have a traditional turkey meal.  His friend had his workers kill and pluck the turkey for us.  As we watched the turkey being plucked it got smaller and smaller.  We brought it home and MeLinda got it ready for cooking and while we watched it in the oven it continued to shrink.  When we took it out of the oven it looked so small and dried out that we decided we better buy a ham to go with it.  We finally decided to weigh it and after all that work we found out that we'd bought a  . . . 4 POUND TURKEY!

The next day while at the suppermarket MeLinda found them selling 10 pound turkeys for just under US$30. But hey, at least ours was organic.