Kindergartners give turkey cooking tips

Vegetables and turkey parts cook on a stove to make turkey stock in New Milford, Conn. in November 2022. (Katie Workman via AP)
Vegetables and turkey parts cook on a stove to make turkey stock in New Milford, Conn. in November 2022. (Katie Workman via AP)


Thursday is Thanksgiving, which means it is time to cook the annual turkey. Kindergartners from Fulton Public Schools have given some advice on how they think a turkey should be cooked.

Cade: First, buy a turkey. Next, cook it. Then, take it out and put gravy on it. Cook at 75 degrees for 57 minutes. Serve with salt, pepper, chicken nuggets, and cheese pizza.

Bently: First, cook them up. Next, fry them up. Then, eat it. Cook at hot degrees for 30 minutes. Serve with a knife and fork.

Aeron: First, cut the hair off. Next, put it in the oven. Then, eat it. Cook at 40 degrees for 50 minutes. Serve with leaves and that's all.

Bryor: First, put it in the oven. Next, put sauce on it. Then, put it back in the oven. Cook at 20 degrees for 8 minutes. Serve with pizza.

Lillian: First, cut up the turkey. Next, sit down. Then, eat it. Cook at 5 degrees for 6 minutes. Serve with different food.

Hadley: First, foil on it to bake it up. Next, cut it up on the pan. Then, put it on the plate. Cook at 10 degrees for 2 minutes. Serve with valentines cookies with red icing.

Chase: First, get a turkey at the turkey store. Next, cook the turkey. Then, eat the turkey. Cook at 7 degrees for 6 minutes. Serve with mashed potatoes, green beans, pumpkin pie, and salad.

Cooper: First, get all the bad skin off. Next put it in the oven. Then, take it out. Cook at 31 degrees for 14 minutes. Serve with pumpkin pie.

Sophia: First, catch the turkey. Next, put it in the oven. Then, put sauce and foil over it. Cook at 70 degrees for 50 minutes. Serve with mac-n-cheese, pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes, and macarons

Isabelle: First, put foil on cooking sheet. Next, put it in the oven to bake. Then, put sauce on it. Cook at 55 degrees for 10 minutes. Serve with pumpkin pie.

Luke: First, put on lemons to make it sweet. Next, put ketchup. Then, milk. Cook at 52 degrees for 5 minutes. Serve with sausage.

Jacob: First, put in the oven. Next, take it out and put soy sauce on it. Then, put mustard and ketchup. Cook at 60 degrees for 20 minutes. Serve with green beans and chicken.

Gunner: First, put it in the oven. Next, eat it. Then, make some more. Cook at 1 degree for 2 minutes. Serve with nothing.

Piper: First, buy it at the store. Next, put in the oven. Then, turn the oven on. Cook at 7 degrees for 10 minutes. Serve with mashed potatoes.

Leon: First, cut it up. Next, put it in the oven. Then, let it sit. Cook at 30 degrees for 15 minutes. Serve with ranch.

Ellie: First, put salt on the turkey. Next, put pepper on it. Then, put it in the oven. Cook at 5 degrees for 6 minutes. Serve with a fork.

Benjamin: First go to the store and get a turkey. Next, put it in the oven. Then, take it out of the oven. Cook at 10 degrees for 9 minutes. Serve with chips.

Autumn: First, catch it. Next, cook it. Then, eat it. Cook at 1014 degrees for 16 minutes. Serve with potatoes.

Cooper: First, get the turkey. Next, cook it. Then, eat it. Cook at 10 degrees for 7 minutes. Serve with salad.

Brent: First, cook it. Next, boil it. Then, eat it. Cook at 60 degrees for 67 minutes. Serve with people.

Adelynn: First, go to a farm and get a turkey. Next, cook it. Then, use a thermometer to check it. Cook at 6 degrees for 6 minutes. Serve with knives and forks.

Jacob: First, hunt the turkey. Next, cook the turkey. Then, let it cool. Cook at 5 degrees for 2 minutes. Serve with salt.

Cyrus: First, cook it in the oven. Next, chop it so it is small. Then, eat it. Cook at 50 degrees for 10 minutes. Serve with rice and hot chicken.

Hunter: First, put it in the oven. Next, put it in water. Then, put salt and pepper on it. Cook at 3 degrees for 100 minutes. Serve with hot dogs and bologna.

Carson: First, get a turkey. Next, cook it. Then, put salt on it. Cook at 12 degrees for 40 minutes. Serve with sugar.

Mila: First, cook it for 30 minutes. Next, go sit on the couch and wait. Then, check it. Cook at 100 degrees for 30 minutes. Serve with a plate of special stuff.

Ryder: First, put the turkey in the microwave. Next, wait for 10 minutes. Then, take it out. Cook at 60 degrees for 10 minutes. Serve with salt.

Elijah: First, fry it for 10 minutes. Next, take it out. Then, let it chill for 10 minutes. Cook at 70 degrees for 20 minutes. Serve with vegetables.

Corbyn: First, get it at the farm. Next, cook it. Then, eat it. Cook at 6 degrees for 7 minutes. Serve with some ranch.

Maggie: First, put it in the oven. Next, put it on the table. Then, eat. Cook at 5 degrees for 5 minutes. Serve with mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie.

Ethan: First, cook it in the microwave. Next, eat the turkey. Then, sit. Cook at 1 degree for 2 minutes. Serve with sauce.

Ariana: Put sauce on the turkey and cook it.

Carter: Go to the store and buy a turkey. Take it home and cut it up in a bunch of pieces then put it in a pot. My family doesn't like it very hot so cook it at 20 degrees and then add salt and pepper.

Sadie: Unwrap it and put it on a tray with salt. Then you can eat it!

Jaden: Cook it. I dunno my Sharon does it.

Kaidance: Cook it this hot (holds hands out as wide as they go) put it in a pan and use all the cooking pans and wait for 18 hours while you wait you can watch your phone.

Luke: Put salt on it and pepper. Put it in the oven on medium.

Vanessa: Turn on the oven and cook it.

Kingston: Buy a turkey from the store, cook it, add salt and pepper, and maybe some sauce. Then eat it.

Anthony: With spiderman.

Aria- put it in the oven on 10.

Charlotte: Turn on the oven and put it in.

Hattie: Put sausage on it with pepper then it goes in the oven.

Jordyn: Put it in the oven with baking soda.