Preschoolers' give their favorite recipes for preparing the holiday bird
Posted: 12/1/2009
By James Mulcahy
Students in Jayme Boswell's morning preschool class at Heritage Elementary have been studying "wh" questions -- who, what, when, etc.
Part of their lesson included interviews by the teacher, who asked for recipes to prepare Thanksgiving meals. While the answers were somewhat unconventional, Ms. Boswell was pleased with the thought processes.
"It's a difficult concept for a 3- or 4-year-old to answer a 'wh' question," Ms. Boswell said.
Below are some of the recipes. Although we didn't ask, we believe our attorney would advise us to include the following disclaimer: THESE AREN'T REAL RECIPES! PLEASE DON'T TRY THESE AT HOME! COOK YOUR TURKEY FOR THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT OF TIME! SHELBY COUNTY LIFE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPROPERLY PREPARED FOOD. Thank you very much.
Carter Harris (age 4): You go to Walmart and pay for it. It's going to be REALLY BIG! You put it in the fridge. You cook it for 6 minutes. DING! You take it out. You put in a bunch of rice. You put in 40 paints. Push it down. It makes it real good. When it has been cooked you pull the feather off. You eat the meat. It probably tastes like chicken. You clean the turkey in the sink. Turkey smells like chicken and looks like ham. Turkeys feel like wood.
Kassie Moore (age 4): You go to the bank and ask for a turkey. You take it home and cook it. You put it in the oven for 5 minutes. The oven has to be hot. You got to get the other stuff ready too. Mommy makes chicken and french fries and a Popsicle.
Rylan Eversol (age 4): Daddy gets the turkey at the store. He cleans it, it's wet. It has salt on it! It goes in the stove to cook. It turns off when it's done. Takes it out. He says, "thank you." He makes a pie, too, with salt and puts that in the stove. Just daddy and me sit at the table. Turkey taste good.
Hannah Tipton (age 4): Mommy buys the turkey at Walmart. She puts it in the back pack ... it's big. She cleans it in the tub with soap. She puts salt on it and cooks. It says, "beep beep" and it's done. Apples and strawberries, too, and it's yummy.
Curt Chesser (age 4): You catch it with a net! You cut the foot off of it. You put it in the mud so mama can cook it. You cut the feathers off with my daddy's deer knife. You clean it with a bunch of butter. You cook it in the oven for this long (when the dark comes up). You put butter on it again. Turkey taste like chicken.
Molly Clay (age 4): Walmart kills the turkey and we go get it. Daddy pulls the feathers out and cuts the feet. He hangs it up. You wash it with a washrag. Your mommy checks it to make sure it is clean. You put the turkey in the stove. You put in 5 butters, you put 4 milks in. You cook it for 3 minutes. You check to make sure it is ready. It says "Gobble Gobble" and it means it is ready. You eat beans with it. I love beans. We eat beans with everything! Rolls and chips too. Turkey taste yucky.
Jonathan (age 4): You go to the food market and pick it out. We bring it home. We hold it on our laps on the way home. I pull the feathers off. I cook it so everyone can eat it. You clean the turkey with lotion and soap. You rub lotion on it make it soft. We wash it with the washcloth. Put him in a bowl. You mix a whole bunch of tomato soup. Stir it 10 times. We sink the feathers in the water. You cook the turkey on the stove for 10 days. I eat turkey with my fork. Turkey taste like candy! Like sweet stuff. I do like turkey. I also like hot cream with mine!
Quintin Durrett (age 5): You get the turkey out of the freezer with hot dogs. You cut the feathers off with knives. Mommy does it. You put 4 bunches of salt on it, 6 butters on it. You put it under the stove and cook for 6 minutes. You eat butter on Thanksgiving. You put coconut on top. Turkey taste like ham.
Tony (age 4): I buy turkey at the new store all by myself. I cook it by myself. You put stuff in it -- salt and pepper and turkey stuff. Cook it in a pan in the oven. Cook for 5 minutes at 5. We eat turkey, fries, steak and cupcakes! Turkey feels like soft and taste like ham.
Bradley (age 4): Buy it at Walmart. Mommy puts A-1 on it and ketchup. She mixed it around. She pours mustard on it. She puts it in a pot. The pan goes on the stove. She cooks it a very long time. The stove is very, very, very hot. The turkey is done when it beeps. It takes an hour to cook it. Turkey taste like ... good.
Ryan (age 3): Mom cooks dinner. She gets turkey at store. She cleans anything she wants and the turkey. She puts sprinkles on it! She puts it in the stove for 6:30. It tells her it's done and we sit and wait. My belly getting hungry. I eat it all. I say "mmmm good turkey."
Jaci (age 4): Turkeys are in a barn. No feathers on it. You wash it with no soap. Soap taste yucky. Put it in the oven not the microwave. We put stuff on it and pies, too! When it's done Mom says, "It's done!" Daddy helps. We eat.
Emily (age 4): Go to the field and get turkey. Turkeys run in the field. You clean it in the sink and use water and a washrag. Mommy pulls the feathers off. She puts in 5 salts, and 5 peppers. Put it in a pot and put the pot in the oven keep it very hot for a long time. The oven beeps when it's done. We eat pizza with it. Turkey taste like YUM!
Noe (age 4): On another day my dad will get the turkey. He shoots it. The turkey says, "Do you want to play?" We play toys. My mom cooks pizza and cereal. She doesn't cook turkey. She cooks with salad. Turkey would taste yummy.
Melanie: (age 3 -- Melanie answers questions with a "yes" or "no"): Do you like turkey? Yes. Who gets your turkey? Mommy. Where do you get your turkey? Walmart Who cooks your turkey? DADDY!
Ellie (age 3): I take off the gobble first. I take off feathers, too. The turkey comes from the pond. He lives there. Daddy and Mommy help me get my turkey. My daddy cleans it with a cloth they use for babies. The bubbles will get the dirt off. The feathers fall off. You cook turkey in pots. You cook it in the kitchen I said! You have to take off the feet. My mommy tells my daddy, "Help me take the stuff off the head." You put lot of sauce on you can put tea in. I am all done talking about this.
Maalik (age 4): You go get it from the food store. You need a jar of marshmallows. You get a knife and a fork to get out the feathers. You cook the feet and the feet falls out. You clean the turkey with some of that turkey cleaning stuff. You put it in the oven you cook it for 20 minutes. Its ready when I know it ... I just do know when it is finished cooking. You put on 3 salts; you put in 2 sets of 3 of white sauce. You cook corn and marshmallows and keep doing that until it's done. Turkey taste like ... turkey!
Maddie (age 4): You go to Kroger. They have donuts at Kroger, too! We clean the turkey in the sink or the washing machine. Dry it off. Put the feathers in there. They taste like strawberries. You cook it in the oven and the stove for 3 seconds. You can put a little bit and a lot of salt. Turkey tastes like chicken noodles. Thanksgiving you get to eat donuts.
Andrew (age 4): The turkey is at Walmart. You can get food there too didn't you know. Turkeys look like turkey: brown feathers, white head, and a big hump. You cut the feathers off with a knife. We clean it in the sink with a lot of soap. Put 8 pounds of water and 1 pound of butter that's it. Put it in the oven and cook for 10 minutes. It's ready when my mommy says, "It's ready." Turkey taste like hamburger I bet.
Toby (age 3): Turkeys live in a barn. I put bath in the water. I squirt the turkey. I clean that turkey. I put it in the dryer too ... with clothes. I gonna stir that turkey with a spoon! Turkey taste good.
Teionny (age 5): A turkey lives at home in a bag in a fridge. My mom sprays the turkey with water and a brush. She brushes the turkey's hair and the feathers come out. (Her mom is a hairdresser). You cook it in the microwave for 2 minutes. When it's done blowing hot it's ready. You put in 1 butter, 1 sauce. It tastes like chicken.
Destiny (age 4): Turkeys live in my home. Mom gets it at the store. She drives it home for farm. You clean it in the sink with water. You pull the feathers out. You put it in the oven. Cook it for a little bit of time I don't really know. Turkey taste like chicken.
Part of their lesson included interviews by the teacher, who asked for recipes to prepare Thanksgiving meals. While the answers were somewhat unconventional, Ms. Boswell was pleased with the thought processes.
"It's a difficult concept for a 3- or 4-year-old to answer a 'wh' question," Ms. Boswell said.
Below are some of the recipes. Although we didn't ask, we believe our attorney would advise us to include the following disclaimer: THESE AREN'T REAL RECIPES! PLEASE DON'T TRY THESE AT HOME! COOK YOUR TURKEY FOR THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT OF TIME! SHELBY COUNTY LIFE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPROPERLY PREPARED FOOD. Thank you very much.
Carter Harris (age 4): You go to Walmart and pay for it. It's going to be REALLY BIG! You put it in the fridge. You cook it for 6 minutes. DING! You take it out. You put in a bunch of rice. You put in 40 paints. Push it down. It makes it real good. When it has been cooked you pull the feather off. You eat the meat. It probably tastes like chicken. You clean the turkey in the sink. Turkey smells like chicken and looks like ham. Turkeys feel like wood.
Kassie Moore (age 4): You go to the bank and ask for a turkey. You take it home and cook it. You put it in the oven for 5 minutes. The oven has to be hot. You got to get the other stuff ready too. Mommy makes chicken and french fries and a Popsicle.
Rylan Eversol (age 4): Daddy gets the turkey at the store. He cleans it, it's wet. It has salt on it! It goes in the stove to cook. It turns off when it's done. Takes it out. He says, "thank you." He makes a pie, too, with salt and puts that in the stove. Just daddy and me sit at the table. Turkey taste good.
Hannah Tipton (age 4): Mommy buys the turkey at Walmart. She puts it in the back pack ... it's big. She cleans it in the tub with soap. She puts salt on it and cooks. It says, "beep beep" and it's done. Apples and strawberries, too, and it's yummy.
Curt Chesser (age 4): You catch it with a net! You cut the foot off of it. You put it in the mud so mama can cook it. You cut the feathers off with my daddy's deer knife. You clean it with a bunch of butter. You cook it in the oven for this long (when the dark comes up). You put butter on it again. Turkey taste like chicken.
Molly Clay (age 4): Walmart kills the turkey and we go get it. Daddy pulls the feathers out and cuts the feet. He hangs it up. You wash it with a washrag. Your mommy checks it to make sure it is clean. You put the turkey in the stove. You put in 5 butters, you put 4 milks in. You cook it for 3 minutes. You check to make sure it is ready. It says "Gobble Gobble" and it means it is ready. You eat beans with it. I love beans. We eat beans with everything! Rolls and chips too. Turkey taste yucky.
Jonathan (age 4): You go to the food market and pick it out. We bring it home. We hold it on our laps on the way home. I pull the feathers off. I cook it so everyone can eat it. You clean the turkey with lotion and soap. You rub lotion on it make it soft. We wash it with the washcloth. Put him in a bowl. You mix a whole bunch of tomato soup. Stir it 10 times. We sink the feathers in the water. You cook the turkey on the stove for 10 days. I eat turkey with my fork. Turkey taste like candy! Like sweet stuff. I do like turkey. I also like hot cream with mine!
Quintin Durrett (age 5): You get the turkey out of the freezer with hot dogs. You cut the feathers off with knives. Mommy does it. You put 4 bunches of salt on it, 6 butters on it. You put it under the stove and cook for 6 minutes. You eat butter on Thanksgiving. You put coconut on top. Turkey taste like ham.
Tony (age 4): I buy turkey at the new store all by myself. I cook it by myself. You put stuff in it -- salt and pepper and turkey stuff. Cook it in a pan in the oven. Cook for 5 minutes at 5. We eat turkey, fries, steak and cupcakes! Turkey feels like soft and taste like ham.
Bradley (age 4): Buy it at Walmart. Mommy puts A-1 on it and ketchup. She mixed it around. She pours mustard on it. She puts it in a pot. The pan goes on the stove. She cooks it a very long time. The stove is very, very, very hot. The turkey is done when it beeps. It takes an hour to cook it. Turkey taste like ... good.
Ryan (age 3): Mom cooks dinner. She gets turkey at store. She cleans anything she wants and the turkey. She puts sprinkles on it! She puts it in the stove for 6:30. It tells her it's done and we sit and wait. My belly getting hungry. I eat it all. I say "mmmm good turkey."
Jaci (age 4): Turkeys are in a barn. No feathers on it. You wash it with no soap. Soap taste yucky. Put it in the oven not the microwave. We put stuff on it and pies, too! When it's done Mom says, "It's done!" Daddy helps. We eat.
Emily (age 4): Go to the field and get turkey. Turkeys run in the field. You clean it in the sink and use water and a washrag. Mommy pulls the feathers off. She puts in 5 salts, and 5 peppers. Put it in a pot and put the pot in the oven keep it very hot for a long time. The oven beeps when it's done. We eat pizza with it. Turkey taste like YUM!
Noe (age 4): On another day my dad will get the turkey. He shoots it. The turkey says, "Do you want to play?" We play toys. My mom cooks pizza and cereal. She doesn't cook turkey. She cooks with salad. Turkey would taste yummy.
Melanie: (age 3 -- Melanie answers questions with a "yes" or "no"): Do you like turkey? Yes. Who gets your turkey? Mommy. Where do you get your turkey? Walmart Who cooks your turkey? DADDY!
Ellie (age 3): I take off the gobble first. I take off feathers, too. The turkey comes from the pond. He lives there. Daddy and Mommy help me get my turkey. My daddy cleans it with a cloth they use for babies. The bubbles will get the dirt off. The feathers fall off. You cook turkey in pots. You cook it in the kitchen I said! You have to take off the feet. My mommy tells my daddy, "Help me take the stuff off the head." You put lot of sauce on you can put tea in. I am all done talking about this.
Maalik (age 4): You go get it from the food store. You need a jar of marshmallows. You get a knife and a fork to get out the feathers. You cook the feet and the feet falls out. You clean the turkey with some of that turkey cleaning stuff. You put it in the oven you cook it for 20 minutes. Its ready when I know it ... I just do know when it is finished cooking. You put on 3 salts; you put in 2 sets of 3 of white sauce. You cook corn and marshmallows and keep doing that until it's done. Turkey taste like ... turkey!
Maddie (age 4): You go to Kroger. They have donuts at Kroger, too! We clean the turkey in the sink or the washing machine. Dry it off. Put the feathers in there. They taste like strawberries. You cook it in the oven and the stove for 3 seconds. You can put a little bit and a lot of salt. Turkey tastes like chicken noodles. Thanksgiving you get to eat donuts.
Andrew (age 4): The turkey is at Walmart. You can get food there too didn't you know. Turkeys look like turkey: brown feathers, white head, and a big hump. You cut the feathers off with a knife. We clean it in the sink with a lot of soap. Put 8 pounds of water and 1 pound of butter that's it. Put it in the oven and cook for 10 minutes. It's ready when my mommy says, "It's ready." Turkey taste like hamburger I bet.
Toby (age 3): Turkeys live in a barn. I put bath in the water. I squirt the turkey. I clean that turkey. I put it in the dryer too ... with clothes. I gonna stir that turkey with a spoon! Turkey taste good.
Teionny (age 5): A turkey lives at home in a bag in a fridge. My mom sprays the turkey with water and a brush. She brushes the turkey's hair and the feathers come out. (Her mom is a hairdresser). You cook it in the microwave for 2 minutes. When it's done blowing hot it's ready. You put in 1 butter, 1 sauce. It tastes like chicken.
Destiny (age 4): Turkeys live in my home. Mom gets it at the store. She drives it home for farm. You clean it in the sink with water. You pull the feathers out. You put it in the oven. Cook it for a little bit of time I don't really know. Turkey taste like chicken.
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