Stuffing your parrot at Christmas

Ingredients- 1 turkey, corn pudding, green beans, stuffing, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes with cranberry sauce, rolls, relish tray, pumpkin pie, whipped cream and hot coffee.

How to mix:

Get up early in the morning & have a cup of coffee. It's going to be a long day. Place parrot on perch nearby to keep you company while you prepare the meal.

Remove parrot from kitchen counter back to perch. Remove parrot from edge of stuffing bowl. Stuff turkey & place in roasting pan. Remove parrot from edge of pan. Have another cup of coffee. Remove parrots head from the turkey cavity and re-stuff voided area. Prepare relish tray, remember to make twice as much so you'll have regular size serving after parrot has it's fill.

Remove parrot from kitchen counter. Prepare cranberry sauce, discard berries accidently flung to floor by parrot. Peel potatoes; Remove parrot from edge of potato pan. Arrange sweet potatoes in a pan & cover with brown sugar & mini marshmallows; Remove parrot from edge of pan and replace missing marshmallows.

Brew another pot of coffee. While brewing, clean up shredded coffee filters and old coffee grounds from off the counter, pry coffee bean from parrot's beak. Have another cup of coffee. Take parrot off counter again and place on perch.

When ready to serve the meal:
Place roasted turkey on large platter, cover beak marks with
strategically placed parsley. Put mashed potatoes in serving bowl, re-whip to hide bite marks and talon prints. Place sweet potatoes on sideboard - don't worry about presentations as there's no way to hide missing marshmallows. Put rolls in basket; Remove parrot from side of basket along with beaked rolls, serve what's left.

Soften stick of butter, on second thoughts place back in the fridge. Wipe down counter of mashed potato talon tracks. Remove parrot from kitchen counter & carve pie, wipe whipped cream off parrot's beak and add extra dollops of cream on beak prints left on slices. Give whole slices to guests, beaked out slices to host/hostess.

Place parrot inside cage & lock the door. Sit down to nice relaxing dinner with family - accompanied by plaintive cries of "Want dinner"! from the other room.

Provided by Lisa Long......Member of Parrot Passions UK