Bali dad attempts death defying feat of cooking turkey for his family in Switzerland

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Continuing on day eight of the second week of our European ski vacation , as can be seen in the previous blog Bali family enjoys end of decade Alps experience celebrating 50 years of skiing.


After having a very uncomfortable, very wet first day of skiing at Chatel in the Swiss Alps about an hour from our home exchange we decided to take Christmas Day off. 

At dawn on Christmas day, we woke up to a clear view of the Alps and 9°C temperature.

I was surprised to see one of Santa's reindeer roaming around outside, who obviously got separated from the team the night before.



Early on Christmas day, we decided to go for a drive and a walk along the famous Lake Geneva during some clear weather, which has been rare.


A few days earlier I did some research on Christmas dinners being offered by restaurants in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Unfortunately, all the menus were in French. 

Even though I looked up the French translation for turkey I couldn't find any restaurant serving a traditional turkey dinner.

So we purchased a turkey, which was very difficult to find in the shopping malls. 

After a lot of asking questions from people who spoke English, I finally found a shopping center and an actual turkey.

The turkey looked a little odd at first because it was already defrosted, which is not how I remember turkeys in North American shopping centers.

Secondly, it looked a little rough and discolored in places. Not the perfect turkeys that major companies produce in North America or even in Bali.

I now believe it was more like a free-range turkey as opposed to North American, hormone-filled look-alikes.

Never Cooked a Turkey:

It then dawned on me that for my entire life, which is a very long time I've never missed a Christmas turkey dinner and I wasn't about to start now. 

This meant for the first time in my life and the absence of mothers and my chef from a restaurant in Bali I had to cook the turkey myself.

I thought "I'd rather ski off one of the most difficult runs on the mountain than attempt this feat".

So I purchased the turkey and then started doing research on how to cook it, which I've never done before.

An even more ambitious task was how to make a sophisticated walnut, celery & onion turkey dressing.

So we went to work.

Our youngest Darius broke up the hardened bread into 9 cups.

I cut the onions and the celery and Mom and Xander helped with the rest.

At first, I wondered how this large bowl of stuffing was going to fit into a small turkey, which I estimated at 7 Kilo.

But it did.

After reading instructions on how to form a foil tent then it was time to contend with a very sophisticated modern oven with a multitude of electronic dials.

I thought to myself, "you need to be a rocket scientist to figure this one out".

Then I had to convert the Google "how to cook a perfect turkey instructions" from  Fahrenheit degrees to centigrade and place the turkey in the oven.



After an hour I realized I was doing it wrong as the turkey was not heating up.
Finally I decided what I was doing wrong and preheated the oven 177°C
At this time with my family watching dad's frustration I was starting to get a little anxious.
To alleviate the natives getting restless we took several photos by the warm fire and small Christmas tree that the home exchange host had graciously set up for us


In the end dad's adherence to the strict Google instructions along with five years of experience as a chef in a golf course while he was going to college and high school paid off.

Approximately two hours later when I finally decided that the turkey was done without the use of a thermometer I experienced an abnormal sense of pride as I produced the proud bird for my family to view.


Young son Darius was first in line to taste the delicious bird.
Mom, Azizah and son Darius followed in a memorial pose that will certainly go up on the wall in the future.
Dad was still beaming with pride after producing such a perfect bird 30 minutes later.
Then it was time to sit down and enjoy the bird, roasted potatoes and unique french green beans. 


Not to forget the delicious handmade turkey stuffing which everybody took seconds of.


In conclusion, with a few hours of work and the entire family's help we enjoyed a perfect Christmas turkey dinner.

Instead of going to a cold restaurant and eating turkey made without love we all retired soon thereafter with a really warm feeling.

We agreed that we would do this again in the future.
Stay tuned for some serious skiing in the magnificent Swiss Alps. 

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