This would be easier with a serrated knife I think.
A what knife?
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Personally I love turkey. I only eat poultry,
so I only chicken and turkey.
I think drumstick is definitely
my favorite part of the turkey and there's only two,
so that's like it's a very competitive thing.
I have zero cooking ability and zero cooking experience.
I probably learned how to boil water at a very old age.
That's sort of embarrassing to admit.
I just learned how to cut an onion the other day.
When I was a freshman in college, so when I was like 18.
I would say I'm the person that
kind of just shows up on Thanksgiving.
I have never carved a turkey in my entire life.
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Uh oh, I knew it. I knew it.
It's a trap.
It's always a trap.
Damn it.
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I don't know.
Do we get a knife?
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Okay, so wait, what's our game plan here? Middle?
So have you ever carved a turkey before?
No.
So this is your first time?
Yes.
And I'm a part of it?
Yes.
Gotta angle it. This is really awkward.
Wait, I think it would work with left-handed actually.
You're doing a great job.
Thanks. You're doing a great job too, of eating.
But the leg gets in the way.
Do you cut the leg out of the way first maybe?
Oh yeah! Cut the legs out.
I think you have a little bit of turkey in your hair.
Oh my God, I do?
Yeah.
Oh my God.
Oh my gosh, why is it tied? There's string.
Do people usually do this?
S and M bondage.
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Should we have cut it over?
No, I don't think that's a thing.
(shouts)
It's like Disneyland.
Yeah.
Should we turn the plate around,
so you can do the other side?
I think you should do the other side.
I don't think anyone will show up
to our Thanksgiving party.
I'd feel better. Yes please!
That'd be great. I'd feel like he'd be like,
"you guys did a great job". Cause look, we did.
We did.
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Cut down to the thigh. Have the legs
be pushed down by the wings.
That looks very different from when we were doing it.
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The thigh bone, since it's cooked well,
should come off really easily. It's nice and tender.
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So you're gonna cut off the turkey breast, right here.
So we've got one breast there,
Oh that's nice. and then cut down here.
Yeah, we didn't do that.
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You can see that it just comes open at the joint there,
and you can tear it or you can find the joint
and then you can just kinda cut it.
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What you wanna do is you actually wanna cut
against the grain. So if you see here.
Now you've got your beautifully carved turkey.
That looks-- It's pretty.
- [Both] Yeah.
Now we're gonna go with the drumstick.
What you wanna do is you wanna find the joint
and then all you have to do is tear it.
Then, what you wanna do with the thigh,
you can just kinda take it out,
and now you can flip it over and cut the thigh meat.
So, there you go.
See, you make this look so easy.
Okay, I thought we did a pretty good job,
but it is become apparent to me that we did not.
I mean, I feel like, yeah we didn't.
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This turkey carving experience,
I definitely feel like I can brag to my family
now that I know how to carve a turkey.
I definitely didn't think there was
as much to it as there is.
Our only strategy going into the carving process was
make it edible.
I mean, regardless of how it's carved, I'm gonna eat it.
I do definitely have a greater appreciation for
turkey carvers. It is art.
Every single turkey that I've seen carved,
even though I wasn't really paying full attention,
didn't seem to look anything like how Vaughn just showed us.
I don't think this has inspired me to cook.
I think if anything it has deterred me.
I think I'll just stick to the microwave.
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Anything with green, like sage,
would be really good here, or rosemary.
We've got--
Cilantro?
This is parsley.