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Talking turkey

The Sundance kindergarten students were asked how to make a Thanksgiving turkey dinner. Here are their recipes:

Mrs. Hansen’s Class

For our Thanksgiving turkey, we get it from a chicken. We start by putting seasons on it. We then stuff it with meat. We cook it in the oven for 12 minutes at 17 degrees. I enjoy eating my turkey with lettuce and vegetables. We eat our Thanksgiving turkey in our kitchen at lunchtime. I love sharing my turkey with our friends, cousins, brothers and sisters.

By Molly B.

Our Thanksgiving turkey comes from the store. We season it with pepper. We stuff it with a spatula. To cook our turkey, we use the stove at our home. We cook it at 36 degrees for 35 hours. I like to eat my turkey with ketchup at the table. I share my Thanksgiving turkey with my mom, dad and brother on a Thursday.

By Braedynn E.

My dad will shoot our Thanksgiving turkey from the woods and bring it to our house. We will cut the meat out first then cut the wings off. We cook it in the kitchen for six minutes at 16 degrees. I enjoy eating my turkey with ketchup. We eat ours when it’s turkey day. I share my turkey with my little brother and my dad, but not my mom. She doesn’t like turkey.

By Happy F.

I get my Thanksgiving turkey from the store. I dress it with pepper and different seasonings. I don’t stuff it with anything though. We cook it in the stove for 37 days at seven degrees. I don’t like to eat my turkey with anything else, but we do eat it at our table at our house. We usually eat our turkey at 3:00 with my kids and dad, but not mom. My mom doesn’t eat turkey.

By Jett G.

For my Thanksgiving turkey, we usually get it by hunting it and shooting it with a gun. We dress/season it with camouflage stuff. We will cook it in the microwave for six minutes for 16 degrees. We like to eat our Thanksgiving turkey with three packages of ham and cheese at my grandma and Papa’s house in Newcastle. We usually eat it in the afternoon of turkey day. I share my turkey with Grandma, Papa, Mom and Dad. I actually don’t eat the turkey. I eat ham.

By Jaxton H.

We usually get our turkey for Thanksgiving from the store. We season it with A1 sauce then we cook it in the oven. We cook it for 23 seconds on warm. I enjoy eating my turkey with salad. We eat our turkey at the table at our house, or sometimes we’ve had it at our church. I share my turkey with all of my family. They are my mom, dad, brothers, then sometimes we eat with both my grandmas, grandpa, papa and cousins. We eat it for our supper on Thanksgiving Day.

By Natalie H.

We usually kill our own turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. I would dress it with a Thanksgiving look. I would stuff it with seeds…maybe. We cook it in the stove for probably 10 minutes on super-hot, like 10 degrees. I enjoy eating my turkey with cranberry sauce, stuffing and cooked beans. We eat our turkey at our big round table at 8:00. I share my turkey with my brother, dad and mom.

By Layn H.

For our Thanksgiving Turkey, we would get our turkey from the store. We would season it with seasoning. Then we would stuff it with a knife. We cook it in the oven for 45 hours at nine degrees. I enjoy eating my turkey with jelly salad and hot chocolate. We eat our turkey at home around 10:00 in the morning. I love sharing my turkey with grandma, grandpa, my cousins, mom, dad and sister, but my brother eats cereal.

By Marleigh H.

We like to shoot our Thanksgiving turkey. I like to season my turkey with barbeque sauce, but we don’t stuff it with anything. We cook it in the stove for four hours at 40 degrees. I like to eat my turkey with macaroni and cheese and water. We eat our turkey at my nana’s house at 6:45. I enjoy sharing my turkey with my family.

By Millie H.

Our Thanksgiving turkey comes from the store. We dress it with salt and pepper. I like to stuff it with that stuff that is kind of fluffy. We cook it on the stove for, I think, 15 minutes. It has to be on really hot, like 20 degrees. I enjoy eating my turkey with gravy and bread. We eat our turkey at the table at night. I love sharing my turkey with my grandma, grandpa, Janice and other people.

By Paige L.

We don’t eat a Thanksgiving turkey, so we have roast. We season the roast with pepper. We cook our roast in the crock pot for 49 minutes on 50 degrees. I enjoy eating my roast with carrots. It depends on where we eat our roast, but probably our house. We eat it during lunch time. I enjoy sharing my Thanksgiving roast with my family.

By CK M.

For Thanksgiving, we get our turkey from the store. We dress it with salt and pepper. I like my turkey stuffed with mashed potatoes. We cook it in the oven for 45 minutes at 45 degrees. I enjoy eating my turkey with sweet potatoes. We eat our turkey at the park during the daytime. I share my Thanksgiving turkey with my cousin Rose, Aunt Jo, grandma, grandpa, my mom and dad, my three sisters, great grandma, great grandpa and Bama.

By. Collin N.

To get our Thanksgiving turkey, we just try to catch one. We dress it with tiny clothes and stuff it with meat. Then we will cook it in the oven for seven minutes at 17 degrees. I enjoy eating my turkey with potatoes with chips on them and beans. We usually eat our turkey at Bamma’s house in the middle of the day. I love sharing my turkey with Bama, Donovan, Uncle Kenny, Uncle Kelly, Rose, Lynn, mom and dad, Collin, Maddison and Arianna.

By Emma N.

We will get our Thanksgiving turkey from the store. We season it with the green seasoning, but we do not stuff it with anything. We cook it below the spot where we cook pasta. I really like pasta. We cook it for five minutes on one degree. I enjoy eating my turkey with some cheese. We eat our turkey at our friend’s house. I know we eat our turkey on Friday, but I’d guess we eat it in the morning. I love sharing my turkey with my mom, dad, and little brother. I sometimes share my turkey with my big brother, if he’s nice.

By Parker S.

For our Thanksgiving turkey, we buy it from the grocery store. We dress/season it with parsley. We stuff our turkey with meat. We will cook it in the oven for six hours at five degrees. I love eating stuffing, Jell-O and celery. We eat our turkey at our dinner table at night time. I enjoy sharing my turkey with my family.

By Jane S.

Our Thanksgiving turkey comes from the store. We dress it with pepper and stuff it with meat. We will cook it in the oven for a half hour at 50 degrees. I enjoy eating my turkey with potatoes. I usually eat my turkey on a plate at my house around nighttime. I love sharing my turkey with my mom, dad and grandparents.

By Hartley S.

We will shoot our Thanksgiving turkey. We will season it with salt and pepper, but we do not stuff it with anything. We will cook it in the oven for 15 minutes on super-hot, like seven degrees. I enjoy eating my turkey at the table with potatoes and beef. We eat it at Grandma Jess’ at night. I love sharing my Thanksgiving turkey with Grandma Jess, Khloe, my baby sister, dad and cousins.

By Maesyn H.

Mrs. Johnson’s Class

For our Thanksgiving turkey, we get it when my dad shoots it. We don’t season it or stuff it with anything. We cook it in the oven for 20 minutes at 30 degrees. I enjoy eating my turkey with soup and corn. We eat our Thanksgiving turkey at Grandma’s house around 12:00. I love sharing my turkey with my aunt and uncle, grandma and grandpa, mom and dad as well as my sisters.

By Kate D.

My dad will shoot our Thanksgiving turkey from the wood with our whole family. We do not like to season it or stuff it with anything. We cook it in the oven for 10 minutes at 30 degrees. I don’t like to eat my turkey with anything else. We eat our turkey when it’s turkey day at nighttime. I share my turkey with mom and dad but not my brother. He eats something else.

By Jackson D.

Our Thanksgiving turkey comes from our cousins or my uncle shoots it. We stuff it with stuffing. To cook our turkey, we use the oven at the ranch. We cook it for 20 minutes at five degrees. I like to eat my turkey with salad and gravy. I share my Thanksgiving turkey at lunchtime with my family, Lyman, Ridley, Mattie, Aunt Sarah, my mom and dad, sister, uncles, dog, cat and other aunts.

By Ella E.

We get my Thanksgiving turkey from my mom and dad hunting it. I don’t stuff it or season it with anything. We cook it in the stove for an hour on hot or two degrees. I enjoy eating my turkey with Thanksgiving cake and mashed potatoes. We usually eat our turkey at home in the afternoon. I love to share my turkey with Grandma and Grandpa, mom and dad and my cousins.

By Madison F.

For my Thanksgiving turkey, we usually get it from the store. We dress/season it with pepper. We will cook it in the oven for 10 minutes at 16 degrees. We like to eat our Thanksgiving turkey with ketchup and potatoes. We usually eat turkey on our table at my house in the morning. I share my turkey with grandma, my sister, mom and dad.

By Jax F.

We usually get our turkey for Thanksgiving after my brother goes hunting. We season/dress it with clothes then we stuff it with stuffing. We cook it in the oven for two hours on three degrees. I enjoy eating my turkey with ketchup and chocolate beans. We eat our turkey at the table at our house when it’s night. I share my turkey with all of my family.

By Kinley G.

We usually go hunting for our own turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. I would dress it with clothes. I would stuff it with stuffing. We cook it in a pan in the oven for two minutes at one degree. I enjoy eating my turkey with pepper and macaroni and cheese. We eat our turkey at our house on a plate. The best time for us to eat our turkey is in the morning. I share my turkey with my mom and dad, Morgan, Maddie and Mason.

By Maggie G.

For our Thanksgiving Turkey, we would get our turkey from my dad or Uncle Rick hunting for it. We would season it with a little pepper and salt. We don’t stuff it with anything though. We cook it in the oven for one minute at 17 degrees. I enjoy eating my turkey with sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie. We eat our turkey at my Aunt Shelby’s house just before night time. I love sharing my turkey with my cousins, aunts, friends and family.

By Griffin G.

Our Thanksgiving turkey comes from the store. We decorate the table and put the turkey on it. We don’t like to stuff it with anything. We cook it in the oven for 12 minutes at five degrees. It has to be on two degrees. I enjoy eating my turkey with bread, mashed potatoes, broccoli, brownies and chocolate ice cream. We eat our turkey at home at night time. I love sharing my turkey with my mom and dad and little sister.

By Lochlan G.

To get our Thanksgiving turkey, my dad will go hunting for it. We season/dress it with salt. Then we stuff it with a little more seasoning. We will cook it in the oven for 25 hours at 13 degrees. I like to eat my turkey with a fork at the dinner table. We usually eat at 12:30. I love to share my Thanksgiving turkey with my family.

By Bentley H.

For Thanksgiving, we get our turkey from Walmart. We dress it with sugar. I like my turkey stuffed with stuffing. We cook it in the oven for 45 minutes at 90 degrees. I enjoy eating my turkey with ham. We eat our turkey at Grandmas when its sunrise. I share my Thanksgiving turkey with everyone in my family: grandma, grandpa, Maesyn, mom, dad and Emery.

By. Khloe H.

To get our Thanksgiving turkey, my mom gets us one. We dress it with nothing and stuff if with only bones. Then we will cook it in the stove at our friend’s house for 10 minutes at 30 degrees. I only eat the turkey. We usually eat our turkey at everyone’s house at dark time. We enjoy meeting new people. I love sharing my turkey with everyone.

By Carson M.

For our Thanksgiving turkey, my dad will shoot it then give it to my granny to cook it. We dress/season it with good spices like season salt. We stuff our turkey with stuffing. We will cook it in the oven for 10 hours at 10 degrees. I love eating potatoes and loaves of bread with my turkey. We eat our turkey at our granny’s in the evening. I enjoy sharing my turkey with my Granny, Uncle Adam, Reece, Karly, Amanda, Andy, Maya, Grandpa Jeff and Molly (that’s me).

By Molly M.

Our Thanksgiving turkey comes from my brother hunting for one for us. We dress is with salt and sugar. Then we stuff it with meat. We will cook it in the oven for three minutes on hot. I enjoy eating my turkey with sauce. I usually eat my turkey in the dining room at 9:00 at night. I love sharing my turkey with my whole family except my grandma and grandpa. They live too far away.

By Chaisley N.

For our Thanksgiving turkey, we usually get it from a store but not my mom’s store. We will season it with pepper but we do not stuff it with anything. We do not cook our turkey at all. We just buy it and then eat it. I don’t usually eat anything with our turkey. We eat it in my mom’s pickup but only sometimes. We eat it in the middle of the day. I love sharing my Thanksgiving turkey with my mom, dad and Conager.

By Clancy S.

We will get our Thanksgiving turkey when I shoot it. We season it with salt and we stuff it with stuffing. We cook it in the oven for two hours on eight degrees. I enjoy eating my turkey with pickles, chips, and a drink. We eat our turkey at my Uncle Matt’s house. We eat our turkey when it’s turkey time, like turkey season. I love sharing my turkey with my big brothers, mom, uncle, cousin and dad, Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Karen.

By Adalynn S.

We get our Thanksgiving turkey from my grandma. We don’t dress/season it but we do stuff it with fruit. We cook it in the oven for a half hour on warm maybe. I like to eat my turkey with French fries, green beans and mashed potatoes. We eat our turkey at my grandma’s house in the morning. I enjoy sharing my turkey with my family around the table.

By Kyndall S.