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How to cook a turkey!
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December 4, 2025
How to cook a turkey!

Miss Cooper’s Class

Georgia: Put it in the oven and make sure it’s warm enough.

Amelia: Put it in the oven, grill it, and let it cook, put some salt on it and some butter, and some honey!

Raven: I would fry it in a pan.

Chayse: I would put it in the oven, wait for your people to get there, and then eat it.

Teyana: You put it in the oven or the microwave, take it out and put it on the stove, and then you eat it.

Gentry: You need eggs and you need to bake it.

Poppy: You cook it in the oven.

Brantley: You put it in the oven.

Stephanie: I would first clean it because it would be so dirty, then I would take off all the feathers because we don’t eat feathers, then I would cook it after I take off his head and I would make it really tasty and then set it out to give to my family!

Malachi: You put it in the oven , then put some salt on it, and then put it in the freezer, then I take it out, and thaw it. Then you eat it, that’s all!

Naomi: You put it in the oven so you can eat it.

Brixton: I would make it like chicken. You cook it and then after it’s done you eat it and go back home.

Jansler: You put it in the oven, go somewhere, and then come back. You get it out and eat it with your family.

Landon: You put it in the microwave, then you get it out, and then you eat it.

Carleigh: You put it in the oven.

Carter: I would put it in the oven, get it out, and then you eat it.

Aldo: You need corn and chicken and you mix it up and eat it.

Preston: I would put it in the microwave and just wait and it comes with a little drink.

Izaiah: You put it in the oven.

Paxtion: Cook it in the oven and we can put it on a pan and then burn it and stove it!

••••• Mrs. Banfield’s Class Hazel – Uhmmm. I don’t know. You eat it

Everest – My dad will get it and put it in the oven.

Promise – You get it from Walmart and cook it.

Elijah – Walmart has turkeys by the meet stuff. You put seeds in it and then cook it.

Leksa – My mom cooks it with her own hands.

Evangeleeen – You shoot it and eat it.

Chase – You bake it Alaina – Its got a bone on the back. My mom can bake it and it can be turkey day. Then I give my mom a hug. She is so awesome and I can help her. I love my mom.

Reelyn – Uhhhh, you put it in the oven.

Ace – You get it from Walmart and stuff it and bake it.

Tanner – You put it on of those things that makes cookies.

Luke – You get it from a store and it put in the oven.

Adan – You hunt for it, and then you shoot it, and then you cut the leaves off of it and bake it.

Antonio – You grow it.

Lillie – You put it on a pan and put it on the stove.

Rylan – My dad cooks it. He pokes it and then puts the little red thing on it that looks like blood and puts it in the oven.

Kato – Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Henry – You catch it and stick it in the oven.

Conner – Put it on the pan and put it on the stove.

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