Thanksgiving Countdown: How to Carve a Turkey
No one taught you how to carve a turkey? Don't worry. Maryland Heights Patch contributor Chris Rachael Oseland gives you the secret handshake and teaches you how to present gorgeous slices for your Thanksgiving feast.
You know you're in trouble any time Martha Stewart says something is simple. Sometimes it seems like she combines her own raw oxygen and hydrogen in order to make pure artisan water. Here in the real world, plenty of gorgeous golden brown Thanksgiving turkeys end up looking like nothing more than hunks of mysteriously shredded meat, surrounding a sad carcass. No one is ever taken aside to learn the Secret Holiday Rites. We're all bluffing it. This year, pretend you got a secret handshake lesson and a signet ring when you impress the in-laws with elegant slices worthy to grace the cover of a magazine. WHAT YOU NEED SHARP KNIVES If your family brings out the family silverware with the tong and knife set Mom and Dad use once a year, you might…
