My husband is a big football fan and decided to invite a few friends for US thanksgivings to watch the games and have some turkey. Our neighbour brought his deep-fryer and I bough a 20 lbs turkey hoping it would fit!! Turns out we had to cut off the wings 🙂

We were also treated to the special chicken wings recipe cooked in the deep-fryer, which were yummy!

I made several (too many) sides in addition to the many (too many) hors d’oeuvres! Lesson learned for next year!!!

Here is a picture of the bird after frying it.

Sides:

• Mashed potatoes
• Mediterranean cauliflower salad (recipe in a previous post)
• Brussels sprouts and pancetta
• Gravy of course
• Our friend brought some steamed green beans with almonds
• Ceasar salad (recipe for homemade dressing to be posted on a later entry)

We had a GREAT time and were glad to have so many friends and all our boys and girl friend with us. This is definitely going to become an annual event and I will make sure to take more pictures of all the steps next time we deep fry and will post recipes for the brussels sprouts and the Ceasar salad dressing in upcoming entries! It had not occured to me to take pictures but I thought this would be a good reminder for next year!