Thanksgiving Turkey and Stuffing

I am going to start with our last Thanksgiving meal. We made the choice to explore American cuisine around turkey, and we selected NOLA as a flavor profile to play with. We chose The Perfect Bird (aka Pepper-Stuffed Turkey) by Emeril Lagasse to try and I have to say, that bird was incredible, by far the best turkey I have made in 30 years. What makes it so scrumptious is that it’s marinated from the inside with really spicy hot peppers, butter and herbs. I was skeptical as to how it would turn out and half expected a dry bird based on his recipe dynamics, but, man, was I wrong. It was juicy and spicy in the best way, and by far the most scrumptious bird I have ever had!