Meet Maurice

This is Maurice.  Everybody say, "Hi Maurice!"  He's still dressed.

He weights 19.94 pounds.  He did not actually cost $27.72.  He actually cost $11.76.

I swiped some gloves from lab.  I do not like raw meat.  Especially raw meat with wings and legs that tend to flap around.

Even the turkey-juice covered plastic is pretty gross.

Maurice!  You're indecent!

Bathtime begins.  Gross.  E's version of "helping" me with the turkey is to take lots of photos while laughing a lot.

So gross.

J will find this funny.

Still grossed out.

Do you know how awkward it is to manipulate a heavy, slimy, squishy, flappy bird in a very small sink?

Feathers.  Ick.  Seriously Jennie-O.  Do better.

The neck flap is soooooooo gross.  New profile picture?  Super flattering, right?

Finally got Maurice clean and into the brine bag.

Adding brine.  This is like spa treatment for a turkey.  Seriously, humans pay hundreds of dollars for almost the same thing.

Soaking.

Where Maurice will spend his last 24 hours before being dismembered.