“I’M SO, SO GLAD YOU’RE here,” Bella said to Jandy Wednesday morning as she stared at the oversized turkey taking up an entire shelf of her refrigerator. “I’ve never cooked Thanksgiving dinner before, and to be honest, I’m a little intimidated right now. That bird is huge. It weighs more than Charlie!”
“Don’t be, honey. It’ll be fine,” Jandy reassured her. “I’ll be right here with you every step of the way. Besides, it can’t be any worse than my very first Thanksgiving dinner.”
“What happened?”
“Well, among other things, I didn’t know that there was this little packet of stuff in the cavity of the bird that needed to be taken out before cooking.”
“Packet of stuff?” Bella was incredulous. “What are you talking about? What packet?”
Jandy laughed. “Yeah. They take the neck, gizzards, and
