Long ago, before Sarah ( “BS” as my dad likes to say) my
parents lived in Arizona and there my dad loved to turkey hunt. The turkeys
there were full of acorns, bugs and good flavor. Cooking turkey was simple, it didn’t need
much to make it taste amazing. Later on my parents and I moved to Montana when
I was five years old. My dad was excited about turkey hunting since turkeys are
like rats here. To my father’s unpleasant surprise the turkeys here eat pine
nuts and the grass seed he puts out every year. The taste of the turkey
meat was bland and quite dry. With the
abundance of deer in the area, he directed his hunts towards them. Until I was
legally allowed to bow hunt.
I grew up in the backwoods of Hamilton, Montana and I was
always the last one to get on the bus in the morning. I would sit on the porch every
morning and listen for that old yellow school bus to come up the dirt road. One
morning as I waited I saw the turkeys go strutting by. I randomly got a wild
hair and I grabbed my bow and some arrows with broad heads. I started at a full
out sprint around to the front of the house. As I came around the corner the
turkeys saw me and took off flying/ running away. My mother likes to tell
people how she witnessed out the kitchen window the turkeys run by and I
quickly followed at full draw after them.
Arrows and feathers were flying. I finally hit one and the bird expired.
I walked up to the turkey with feathers, dirt and blood all over my school
clothes but I was so excited and proud. I
turned around to my father giving me a very frightening look. He said to me “you
are going be late for school”. “The school bus hasn’t come yet!” I said. “ No”
he replied “but you’re going stay home and pluck it. You shot it, you pluck
it.” Now I spent the next hour pulling more feathers out of my nose, eyes, and
ears then I did out of that turkey. 
My poor mother for the next several years tried to make the
turkey more flavorful. Without deep frying it, we didn’t have much luck. About
4 years ago when I came home from my freshman year of college, a similar
experience happened but she came up with a recipe that would make any turkey
taste delicious and it very simple to make.
Turkey BOMBs
*note. I do not have exact measurements because it depends
on personal preference and size of the turkey.
1 Lay the skinned turkey breasts flat. Then slice the breast
parallel with the table to create a pocket in the breast. Then set it aside
2 Chop jalapenos( or another type of pepper) and
grate some cheese (cheddar). Combine in a bowl with 8 oz. of cream cheese and make a paste.
3 Stuff the
paste into the pockets until full.
4 Next take Bacon slices and wrap it around the
breasts to cover all over the turkey meat.
5 Bake at 325 degrees for 45 to 60 mins (depending
on the size) and or until the juices run clear.
*Taste great with any veggies and wild rice.
* The tenders under the breast can be used as well, just
have to pound them flat and roll like burrito.
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