The Turkey Incident

Ok so I promised to write about the Turkey Incident. Let me take you back in time.......

Last year Walmart was running a big deal on frozen turkeys. So after purchasing a smoker we load up our deep freezer with 5 turkeys. I smoked on turkey which took forever because I had no idea what I was doing. Lesson learned there.

Well on the way back to Murray we iced down the deep freezer and brought the turkeys back. Once we unloaded the truck I instantly plug the freezer up. Everything was good and the turkeys were still frozen. A few weeks later we start to smell a stench in the garage. At first we had no idea what it was or where it came from. Soon we realized that the stench was wafting from the deep freeze. I went over and opened the door and death covered in death hit me right in the nostrils. Apparently I had unplugged the freezer moving stuff around in the garage. There is no telling how long those turkeys were unplugged.

Well the next day I had to make a plan to take the turkeys out. I planned on using a dolly to take the freezer out of the garage. The first attempted I realized I needed to duct tape the door shut because every time I leaned it back Ebola infected turkey juice would seep out of the freezer. The second attempt while I was rolling it down the hill the tire came off and I almost dumped the whole thing on myself. So I just left it down the hill while we went to church.

When we arrived back from church flies were covered all over the freezer. Apparently the filth and decay of turkeys inside was more than they could handle. I began to dread what I had to do. I had a gallon of bleach, long handled sponge, Purell and a shirt that doubled as a ninja mask to protect me from contracting the plague. I leaned the freezer over and took the turkeys out of the freezer with a shovel. They looked like beach balls and I accidentally hit one with the shovel just right and turkey juice spurted out. I think I might have barfed a little in my mouth. Finally I had the turkeys on a trailer and began to disinfect the freezer. When all was said and done I had used a gallon of bleach, used and tossed a long handled sponge, went through 2 sets of rubber gloves and bathed in Purell several times.

Afterward I disposed of the turkeys and headed to the shower. I felt like I needed to bath for hours in bleach myself. Plus that gross smell stayed in my nose for days. I really don't want to touch a turkey for awhile. Gross!