Processing Our Own Thanksgiving Turkey | Step by Step For Beginners

[@christymartin3846]

Awesomeness! ❤ Yes, we as women, have always been able to not only gather and preserve our food, but we hunt and process our own meat! My grandmother raised, me and 4 other cousins, by herself, she lost her husband when my dad was 17 years old. Mostly, she needed help with the heavy lifting 😂❤ It’s never to late to start, ladies!! At 50 years old, I took up deer and Turkey hunting! Never hunted anything bigger than a rabbit or quail! ❤Thank you, so much Megan!! I pray that all women get this message and understanding! ❤❤

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

You are so awesome my friend 👏👏👏 you go girl!! Thank you ❤️

[@julieschossow9315]

Have a Happy Thanksgiving! Gobble till you wobble!

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

That is one beautiful turkey and as you said, you have the satisfaction of knowing you raised and processed it yourself.

[@talkinnmedia4535]

Great video

[@sylviaking314]

I have been watching your videos for a while, go back through another of them, I am learning and I really enjoy your family!! Thank you for sharing!! Great blessing to your family!!!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you!

[@ceceliacampbell7838]

This video maybe a year old but my husband and i have enjoyed watching yalls videos. Yall are inspiring ❤just keep doing what you are. Were 70 yrs old and live on a land that is inherited from my grandparents. But we just cant farm sure wish. Lol. I do have a few chickens. 😂 God bless yall. Watching from Berry Alabama.

[@OurSmallTownLife]

Yes, we can definitely do more than we give ourselves credit for.

[@jhutto3814]

It IS the CRAW.😆 From Florida

[@lorettalori8113]

Thank you so much.for showing me how to. ❤

[@patriot-lady1804]

Happy Thanksgiving Y’all ❤

[@MimsysGarden]

Ooohhh I’m glad you uploaded this! I was just thinking about this very subject.

[@tommyperkinshuntingfishing8424]

Thanks for sharing. It does make you feel proud to raise, process and cook something whether it be a bird, animal or vegetables. I love living the country life. God bless you and your family and Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

[@Zumbagirl517]

Didn’t think it make you proud. I bet getting paid to sell the processed foods makes you feel proud.

[@marieparks5674]

Growing up, that was my job,scalding and picking off feathers, sometimes 50 to 100 chickens.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Woooo I bet that made for a long day!

[@thenurturinglife]

Awesome job Meagan! You make it look so easy. We are hoping to do this next year and this video is so inspiring.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Yes! You can do this! Turkeys were so intimidating to me the very first time, but after you take that leap, you realize they are just gigantic chickens, haha! Best of luck to you my friend!

[@nellmanning8547]

Happy Thanksgiving to you and family ......

[@lockeyanderson3597]

I call it stuffing. good job girl. I've cleaned chickens, skined and processed deer. Done all the canning and grinding of the venison. I used a tree branch cutter to ( think that's what it's called) to cut the legs off the deer.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

That is awesome!

[@donaldwells2102]

Like you say its not easy,but Megan you make it look easy when it comes to processing the turkeys. I butchered meat years ago as a young man, the more you do it the easier it gets. Appreciate all you do and Wishing You and Your Family a Happy Thanksgiving 🙂.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you so much! I hope you and your family had a wonderful thanksgiving as well!

[@audrahopkins5276]

I’m nervously going to do my 2 Turkeys this month

[@Prepping_mimi]

You make it look so easy!! 😊 I bet it’s gonna be delicious!!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

It was!

[@OurSmallTownLife]

I don't like the cold either. 😁

[@jdman-ohio]

Great video and just wanted to wish you and yours a happy Thanksgiving.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thanks so much, I hope you had a great one as well!

[@Jenn-ie5vf]

We call it stuffing here in mi :) love stuffing but we don't use any of the organ meat, just sausage. Love turkey, especially fresh, looks awesome

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you!

[@Zumbagirl517]

If you have kids at home I hope they can help you! Kids these days are on their devices too much & this looks like a good job for them to help. 😊

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Yes my kids were actually spending the day with my mom that day but they usually are huge helps in the garden and when we process our hogs and chickens!

[@Zumbagirl517]

@@TrueGritAppalachianWays Ohhh. Okay. That’s good too. I think kids who are 8 yrs old and older should help their parents with food processing if they have parents who process food. Wasnt trying to tell you how to parent just sick of kids doing whatever they feel like these days that’s all. 😉

[@SherryPetree]

In Arkansas we call it dressing cause thats what it is lol.

[@vickeypierce293]

That is amazing! Great job... I watched the brine video. How long do you soak it? Then what? I have never used a brine

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

I soak my turkey for 24-36 hours, then I just rinse it off in the sink and cook as usual. I wasn’t a believe before but man does it truly make a difference!

[@V.I.C.]

Wow this was interesting.. What is a plucker? All it looked like was you put water on it and then poof it was all plucked! It was like a magic! I'm very curious

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

A plucker is a machine with a ton of rubber fingers, it spins kind of like a washing machine and removes the feathers in a fraction of the time it would take to hand pluck. Thanks for watching!

[@Jennyandersonjenny]

Do you raise ducks? Is there demand for duck meat in your area? Would be easy to add in as you already have all the proccessing equipment.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

nope we've never fooled with any ducks

[@josephshade2037]

Why do you not save the gizzards?

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

We don't like them and I honestly hate to clean them

[@kingisback7534]

Madam why you hide killing part of turkey??