danmcq Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 I always repost this each year. Our much loved Dave007 posted this on this site about 4 years ago and thus I am posting it again this year for all to enjoy. Only Dave could write something like this. Ingredients: One turkey Corn pudding Green beans Stuffing Sweet potatoes Mashed potatoes with gravy Cranberry sauce Hot rolls Relish tray Pumpkin pie Whipped cream Hot coffee Get up early in the morning & have a cup of coffee. It's going to be a long day, so place your Parrot on a perch nearby to keep you company while you prepare the meal. Remove Parrot from kitchen counter and return him to perch. Prepare stuffing, and remove Parrot from edge of stuffing bowl and return him to perch. Stuff turkey & place it in the roasting pan, and remove Parrot from edge of pan and return him to perch. Have another cup of coffee to steady your nerves. Remove Parrot's head from turkey cavity and return him to perch, and restuff the turkey. Prepare relish tray, and remember to make twice as much so that you'll have a regular size serving after the Parrot has eaten his fill. Remove Parrot from kitchen counter and return him to perch. Prepare cranberry sauce, discard berries accidentally flung to the floor by Parrot. Peel potatoes, remove Parrot from edge of potato bowl and return him to perch. Arrange sweet potatoes in a pan & cover with brown sugar & mini marshmallows. Remove Parrot from edge of pan and return him to perch. Replace missing marshmallows. Brew another pot of coffee. While it is brewing, clean up the torn filter. Pry coffee bean from Parrot's beak. Have another cup of coffee & remove Parrot from kitchen counter and return him to perch. When time to serve the meal: Place roasted turkey on a large platter, and cover beak marks with strategically placed sprigs of parsley. Put mashed potatoes into serving bowl, rewhip at last minute to conceal beak marks and claw prints. Place pan of sweet potatoes on sideboard, forget presentation as there's no way to hide the areas of missing marshmallows. Put rolls in decorative basket, remove Parrot from side of basket and return him to perch. Remove beaked rolls, serve what's left. Set a stick of butter out on the counter to soften -- think better and return it to the refrigerator. Wipe down counter to remove mashed potato claw tracks. Remove Parrot from kitchen counter and return him to perch. Cut the pie into serving slices. Wipe whipped cream off Parrot's beak and place large dollops of remaining whipped cream on pie slices. Whole slices are then served to guests, beaked-out portions should be reserved for host & hostess. Place Parrot inside cage & lock the door. Sit down to a nice relaxing dinner with your family -- accompanied by plaintive cries of "WANT DINNER!" from the other room. Happy Holidays!! --------- Dave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray P Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 (edited) I enjoy this each year Note: I have to tie cage door closed because parrot knows how to unlock cage. Edited November 17, 2012 by Ray P 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murfchck Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Lol, sounds about right. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Wouldn't be Thanksgiving without it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 YES!!! I always look so forward to reading this. Now it is officially Thanksgiving Season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbersmom Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 This is my first time reading it, and it was great! Enough truth in it to make it really amusing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistyparrot Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 I love this story. It never gets old. If it has one moral though it is that if you are going to choose a Grey or any parrot for that matter as a companion you absolutely need infinite patience! Happy Thanks Giving to my friends across the water and I hope your turkeys forgive you! Steve n Misty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Happy Thanks Giving to my friends across the water and I hope your turkeys forgive you! I am sure they hope they are as delicious as they hope to be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerial.2000 Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 omg that was my first time reading it as well ................ FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!! love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeFernandez22 Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Hahahahahaha! This will be my first Thanksgiving with Maverick but judging how typical dinners go around here, this sounds spot on!!! Thanks for the laugh! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlepunk Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 This is AWESOME! I want to make it into a plaque and hang it in the kitchen!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aw64 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 My first time reading this too, how true with 8 month old Alfie every day is like this sadly we still have to return to cage as he has not got his wings clipped and can out do my attempts at keeping him away from food every time, never want to have him clipped but every day I think how nice it would be to put him in one place and he would stay there just for a while!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeFernandez22 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Maverick is trimmed right now (my breeder trims all babies while they're very young and before she allows you to take them home) and I assure you, they do not stay in one place still. Even though he is trimmed he can can fly/glide a fairly good distance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdhouse Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Looks like someone should dust off the GF "tradional" Turkeyday thread for Dan this year. So from me & mine to all of yours Happy Thanksgiving!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayv4petz Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Omg!! That is hilarious!! Thanks for bringing this up, my first time reading this, thank god I just finished my coffee or I would have spewed it all over :Do Happy Thanksgiving to everyone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muse Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 We ate out for Thanksgiving (the humans) but we prepared a lavish feast for the fids and other critters. Funny how I hate to cook but enjoy spending hours in the kitchen preparing food for them. LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedawg Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 I Just read this for the first time. OMG - this is exactly how I spent yesterday (Thanksgiving) except in the end Dayo had a place at the table and sat at her bowl and enjoyed the feast. OK a few times she started to wander to my mom's plate but mostly she was well behaved. At 4:00 after all the feasting was over I noticed her eyes at half mast just like mine I weighed her this morning and where she is always right around 400g (She's a little girl) This morning she weighed in at 435g. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedawg Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 (edited) P.S... This post is important to me because it reminds me that I am not alone. Most people seam to look down on me for living with my fully flighted and uncaged parrot (Not Parrot people of course) - In fact my sister and her husband would not come to my house for thanksgiving because of it. I always feel a twinge of shame when people ask - "don't they poop?". While my mom is not a big fan at least she is a good sport about it although I am sure if she had seen Miss Dayo fall into the stuffing bowl and quickly sink up to her neck in Dry Bread cubes she would not have eaten the stuffing! Edited November 29, 2014 by bluedawg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayv4petz Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 (edited) Bluedawg! Never fret what people think! Most people don't have a Clue when it comes to our fids Edit to add, Their Loss not yours Edited November 28, 2014 by slayv4petz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie's Mom Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Bluedawg, I have finally realized that what others think really does not matter. They have no idea the joy our feathered friends givea us, and that is OK. We know we wouldn't want it any other way! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRSeedBurners Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Your parrots are like your kids, no one else likes them like you do. Except I am different with other's birds - I do like to see other people's birds. Their kids - not so much. I can tell when my mom or my mother-in-law and her husband come around they put on the good act around our birds but we all know they couldn't give a crap and can't figure out why I treat my birds like little playful children. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbersmom Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Absolute truth. I didn't understand myself until Timber came to live with me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdhouse Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 ...because Lisa asked & because it just wouldn't be Thanksgiving w/o it. Happy Turkey Day all!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 (edited) Love to read the first post of this thread every year. Thank you Dave007!!! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!!! Humans and parrots, EVERYONE ENJOY your family!!!! Edited November 26, 2015 by luvparrots 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRSeedBurners Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Happy Thanksgiving!!! And remember to return the parrot to the perch - haahaaahaaa!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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