Pavo 59 | Turkey #59 . . . WARNING

Meet “Pavo Cincuenta y Nueve” or in other words Turkey #59.  He was our Christmas Eve dinner.

It was an interesting experience, going with the family to pick out our live turkey.  Watching them tie him up and put him in a bag.  Because I was there, they even took me to where they slaughter and de-feather the turkeys before handing them to you in a bag to take home and cook.

Pavo 59 was delicious!  They dressed him with some kind of sauce that I know included mustard and coca cola and Kenzo and I LOVED the way he tasted.

So, the rest of the post will be his slaughter.  WARNING: STOP reading if you don’t like seeing animals killed or blood.

Poor guy getting all tied up.
Pavo 59 arriving to the slaughter house with some friends.
Richi’s expression to what you’re about to see.
Abuelito’s expression to what you’re about to see.
Step 1: Pull their head back out of the bag.
Step 2: Bring him to the guy with the wooden club and knife.
Step 3: Guy with the wooden club raises the club . . .
Step 4: And knocks Pavo 59 out for the count.

Step 5:  Guy with club slices Pavo’s neck (didn’t get a photo of this, but don’t worry, it is in the video below.

Step 6: Guy picks up the knocked out turkey and douses him in boiling hot water.
Step 7: And from the hot water, the turkey is transferred to the plucking table.
Step 8: The feather plucking begins.
Step 9: plucking continues . . .
Dharet and my reaction to what we were seeing.
Step 10: And then your turkey is all ready to be bagged up and sent home with you.

Check out the video below if you want:

The assassin wanted to pose for a shot with three of his victims.
This poor sucker had to watch a dozen of his friends go through the process before they finally got to him. Don’t know how he got his head out but I bet he is sorry that he did.

Step 11: Bring turkey home...store in refrigerator until ready to baste and cook. Step 12: Baste. Step 13: Cook

Step 14: Take out of oven, admire.

Step 15: Serve and enjoy!

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