Thanksgiving 'Turkey Talk' with BRES' 3rd grade
"I don't really eat turkey. I like the cranberry sauce. I like chicken nuggets with mustard, ketchup and chocolate milk." - Aldyn Peters. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"We go to my nana's. I like the turkey and homemade bread the best. It takes my nana (pause) 75 minutes to cook the turkey." - Wyatt Page. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay RegisterWyatt Page. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Wyatt Carver. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Aullie Teel. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Arrayah Petersen. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Zoey Gray. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"My mom makes ham with stuffing on the side." - Paizley Marr. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I like telling jokes at the table and teasing my grandpa." - Emma Foote. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"My favorite part of dinner is the turkey with cranberry sauce on the side. Ice cream for dessert, my favorite - vanilla, chocolate and strawberry." - Emmitt Blair. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"We go to my Nana's house. She makes turkey, corn and stuffing. No dessert." - Elliot Burnham. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"My favorite part is seeing everyone at the table. We go out to dinner with my aunt and uncle and grandparents. Then when we go home we have turkey."Logan Chryplewicz. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"My favorite part is dessert. We have apple or pumpkin pie. I don't know which this year." - Vivian Flagg. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I like the turkey best. We go upstairs, where we have a table and it's like we make a tent over it, and then we have dinner. We started doing it when I was six.” -Heidi Fuller. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
“My favorite part is having the cranberry sauce on the side.” - Maria del Rio-Packard. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I like celebrating because you can spend time with family and friends." - Ethan Copeland. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register Ethan Copeland. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I am thankful for everything." - Emily Smart. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay RegisterEmily Smart. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I am thankful for my family ... and we should appreciate what we have and what we can't have." - Olivia Powell. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I like spending time with my family." - Brody Campbell. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"We celebrate Thanksgiving to appreciate others." - Levi Lewis. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I like the green beans, turkey and corn." - Lucia Flores. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
share their Thanksgiving meal with their dogs. Said Charlie who likes the corn on the cob and mashed potatoes with gravy, “I give them (two dogs) all of my leftovers. We used to have 15 dogs but now we don’t.” Charlie LeGree. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I love the cornbread." Victoria Koplau. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Gabriel Mayotte. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Brady Alley. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I like the stuffing best. I don't know how long the turkey has to cook." - Lucca Rawn. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I think it takes one or two hours to cook the turkey." - Roman James. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"My mom needs 10 minutes to cook the turkey." - Sawyer Rice. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay RegisterSawyer Rice. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I thought it was more like an hour to roast their bird served with mashed potatoes, corn and green beans." - Aubrey Hamilton. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
My favorite part of dinner is the turkey and and corn on the cob." - Mia Crowell. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay RegisterMia Crowell. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"We have turkey the weekend before, and on Thanksgiving Day we have lobster and dumplings." - Logan Cherry. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay RegisterLogan Cherry. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Students in Mrs. Lessner's class. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I don't really eat turkey. I like the cranberry sauce. I like chicken nuggets with mustard, ketchup and chocolate milk." - Aldyn Peters. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"We go to my nana's. I like the turkey and homemade bread the best. It takes my nana (pause) 75 minutes to cook the turkey." - Wyatt Page. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay RegisterWyatt Page. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Wyatt Carver. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Aullie Teel. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Arrayah Petersen. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Zoey Gray. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"My mom makes ham with stuffing on the side." - Paizley Marr. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I like telling jokes at the table and teasing my grandpa." - Emma Foote. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"My favorite part of dinner is the turkey with cranberry sauce on the side. Ice cream for dessert, my favorite - vanilla, chocolate and strawberry." - Emmitt Blair. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"We go to my Nana's house. She makes turkey, corn and stuffing. No dessert." - Elliot Burnham. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"My favorite part is seeing everyone at the table. We go out to dinner with my aunt and uncle and grandparents. Then when we go home we have turkey."Logan Chryplewicz. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"My favorite part is dessert. We have apple or pumpkin pie. I don't know which this year." - Vivian Flagg. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I like the turkey best. We go upstairs, where we have a table and it's like we make a tent over it, and then we have dinner. We started doing it when I was six.” -Heidi Fuller. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
“My favorite part is having the cranberry sauce on the side.” - Maria del Rio-Packard. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I like celebrating because you can spend time with family and friends." - Ethan Copeland. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register Ethan Copeland. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I am thankful for everything." - Emily Smart. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay RegisterEmily Smart. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I am thankful for my family ... and we should appreciate what we have and what we can't have." - Olivia Powell. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I like spending time with my family." - Brody Campbell. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"We celebrate Thanksgiving to appreciate others." - Levi Lewis. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I like the green beans, turkey and corn." - Lucia Flores. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
share their Thanksgiving meal with their dogs. Said Charlie who likes the corn on the cob and mashed potatoes with gravy, “I give them (two dogs) all of my leftovers. We used to have 15 dogs but now we don’t.” Charlie LeGree. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I love the cornbread." Victoria Koplau. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Gabriel Mayotte. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Brady Alley. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I like the stuffing best. I don't know how long the turkey has to cook." - Lucca Rawn. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I think it takes one or two hours to cook the turkey." - Roman James. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"My mom needs 10 minutes to cook the turkey." - Sawyer Rice. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay RegisterSawyer Rice. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"I thought it was more like an hour to roast their bird served with mashed potatoes, corn and green beans." - Aubrey Hamilton. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
My favorite part of dinner is the turkey and and corn on the cob." - Mia Crowell. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay RegisterMia Crowell. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
"We have turkey the weekend before, and on Thanksgiving Day we have lobster and dumplings." - Logan Cherry. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay RegisterLogan Cherry. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Students in Mrs. Lessner's class. STEVE EDWARDS/Boothbay Register
Last Wednesday, the Boothbay Register went to Boothbay Region Elementary School to talk about Thanksgiving, cooking a turkey, and being thankful. These conversations with the third grade students of Jessica Lessner and Skyler Davis were fun and quite interesting.
Popular favorite dishes served for Thanksgiving included the turkey, and in one case lobsters and biscuits, ham, chicken, chicken nuggets, cranberry sauce; followed by desserts of apple or pumpkin pie, and ice cream.
Most of the children said they had turkey as the main course. Other main courses included lobster and biscuits - Logan Cherry's family; ham, chicken, and for Aldyn Peters it's chicken nuggets (with ketchup and mustard) and cranberry sauce. Emmitt Blair looks forward to the turkey with cranberry sauce on the side and ice cream dessert - and it's the classic trio for him.
Charlie LeGree said his family shares their Thanksgiving meal with their dogs. "I like the corn on the cob and mashed potatoes with gravy. I give my dogs my leftovers. We have two, but we used to have 15." (Yep, 13 were puppies.)
Wyatt Carver said he goes out to dinner and then comes home for a second turkey dinner.
Aubrey Hamilton thought it was more like an hour to roast their bird served with mashed potatoes, corn and green beans. Roman James guessed about one, two hours.
Ethan Copeland likes Thanksgiving because he can spend time with his family. Responses about what they are most thankful for always included their families - and a bit more:
Arrayah Petersen said her stepdad's stuffing is the best - and it is her favorite part of the meal. When asked what was in the stuffing that made it so special, she told us that was a secret.
One mom's cooking really stood out. Aullie Teel told everyone how his mom makes the turkey. "First we take the chicken legs off and put cranberry sauce on them and put them back in (the oven). Somehow she sticks some bacon on the front (mouth) with two chocolate chips for eyes and puts it back in the oven. When it's done she makes the bacon start moving around ... then we put gravy on it.
They also discussed cooking times for turkey, with responses ranging from 10 to 30 to 75 minutes. Zoey Gray said, "I'm guessing 11-30 minutes." Arrayah Petersen said, "My grandmother cooks it and she's been cooking for a while so it only takes her 10-20 minutes."
Here's more about cooking the turkey: Sawyer Rice said it took his mom 10 minutes to cook it; Gabe Mayotte's mom can cook one up in 30 minutes and his favorite part of the meal is cranberry sauce. Other students agreed with his favorite part of the meal.
As the children shared their reasons for being thankful it became clear the youngsters pay attention to what's going on around them, and appreciate their families so very much.
