How a Master Chef Lost the Thanksgiving Turkey
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2024
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Our American Stories, according to the National Turkey Federation, each year Americans gobble down on 46 million turkeys for Thanksgiving...but out of that number, how many have gone "missing"? "Master Chef" Steve Reed tells his story on the turkey that got away...at least for a little while.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:14.0 | And we return to our American stories in our Thanksgiving special. |
| 0:19.0 | Up next, a story from Steve Reed |
| 0:21.2 | about an unforgettable experience with a turkey. |
| 0:24.9 | Take it away, Steve. |
| 0:29.7 | My name is Stephen Reed, |
| 0:31.7 | and I live here in Carlisle, Iowa. |
| 0:35.3 | And I would like to share a story |
| 0:37.2 | about how I lost a Thanksgiving turkey. |
| 0:43.3 | So just a little bit of a background. I am a chef, and I have worked as a chef for over 30 years now. |
| 0:51.0 | And back in 2006, I saw a job listing for a family that was looking to hire a private chef. |
| 1:02.1 | Lo and behold, I was offered the position and I was just elated. |
| 1:07.1 | Pretty much almost immediately, I bonded with this family. And it was just a joy to show up to work |
| 1:14.6 | every day and in fact the husband of the family he gave me the name of master chef which I had to laugh |
| 1:23.2 | because I'm not a master chef at all I I mean, yes, I am a chef. |
| 1:28.0 | Yes, I am an excellent cook. |
| 1:30.0 | But I am not a master chef, at least in the official sense. |
| 1:39.3 | So I had been working for this family for two and a half years, |
| 1:43.5 | and Thanksgiving was coming up. |
| 1:46.8 | And they were trying to figure out what they wanted to do for Thanksgiving dinner. |
| 1:53.4 | This debate developed between the mother and the father of the family on what kind of turkey that they wanted to have. |
| 2:03.1 | The husband who had done all of the cooking before I was hired |
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