Area 1st Graders Offer Their Thanksgiving Recipes
In an annual Thanksgiving tradition, the Crothersville Times presents first graders’ recipes for their favorite dish for tomorrow’s holiday meal. We thank teachers from Crothersville Karra Hercamp & Ashley Spicer and Austin first grade teachers Tara DeWitt, Tonya Wass, Israel Phillips . and Lesley Reverman for their help with this writing assignment.
Mom’s Strawberry Shortcake Bentley B.
Bake the bread for 2 minutes probably. Then she cuts the bread into little pieces and it puts it in a cup. Put fresh strawberries in the cup and then put whip cream.
Deer Vahl’n B.
Skin the deer. Fry it for 47 minutes. Then I eat it.
Turkey Liam B.
Shoot a turkey. Take off the legs because the legs don’t have much meat. Then pick it up and put it in the oven, actually first put it on a plate and season it. Then put it in the oven for 3 to 4 hours. Eat it!
Cooked ham Remi B.
Get the ham out of the fridge. I think that you need to get a pot out. Cook it for 2 hours. Put stuff on the side.
Turkey Abby C.
Put butter in a pan. Maybe add milk and then the turkey. Let it sit for a couple of minutes. Then cook it for 2 hours. Put it on a plate and put it on the table for people to eat.
Turkey Remington D.
Put it in the freezer first. Then put it in the oven for 60 minutes. Take it out and eat it.
Turkey Zac D.
Put it in the oven for 1 week. Put a knife in its stomach and carve it. Eat it!
Turkey Tilley B.
Get aluminum foil and cover the turkey. Put it in the oven and cook it for 2 hours. Take it out and eat it.
Cupcakes Jaxon G.
Get a wrapper and get icing and cake. That’s all.
Chicken Emmett H.
Go to Wal-Mart and buy it. Put it in oven 8 seconds. Cut it and eat it.
Turkey Cashton H.
Get the stove ready. Cut the legs off. Put in on the stove. Wait until it’s done. When it’s done I’m going to eat.
Turkey Azalea H.
First off my mom grabs a turkey. Cook it for 20 minutes and also bake some corn. Then make beans. Get plates and put turkey, corn and beans on the plate. Then grab some forks. Put them on the table. Then eat it!
Turkey Braelynn J.
You need seasoning and an oven. You set the timer for 3 minutes. Then you get it out of the oven, and cut it up. Then you eat your turkey.
Ham Calli J.
We grab a piece of ham and put some secret sauce on it. Then cook it till it has a bubble and stuff. It looks greasy. Then put it on Plate so we can all enjoy it.
Cake Emmie K.
Get butter and add a little bit of flour. Put it in the oven and bake it for a little bit, like 10 hours. Then pull it out and add icing to it. Then put it on the table.
Pumpkin Pie Ezra L.
Get the guts out of the pumpkin and then get paper and put the guts on it. Put it in the oven for 3 hours. Then get all the pie stuff.
Turkey Kinleigh R.
Cook it for 20 minutes. Then put seasoning on. Then we eat it.
Pumpkin Pie CJ M.
We cook a pumpkin. Then we put yummy stuff in it. Cook it again and then we are done and we eat it.
Pumpkin Pie Hailey M.
Buy a pumpkin, vanilla and sugar. Get pumpkin crust. Bake it for I’d say about 30 minutes. Take it out and start serving it.
Pumpkin Pie Liliana P.
We take the pumpkin pie to the shop and I tell the cashier to fix it.
Turkey Robin R.
Put salt on the turkey. Then put meat in it. Put it in the oven for 5 minutes. Take it out of the oven. Then you eat it.
Chicken Grayson R.
Put sauce on the chicken and then put seasoning. Get some fruit, but don’t put them on the chicken because that will be nasty. Cook the chicken for 13 seconds. The you eat it!
Cake Danilo S.
You need eggs, milk and mix them up. Put in the oven for 4 minutes. Take it out and eat it.
Hard boiled eggs Daxton S.
I know how to do this! You get an egg. Then you boil it for 2 minutes. When it’s done you take it out and put it in a glass cup. You shake it. Then you take it out and peel all the hard stuff off. Now it’s done!
Turkey Lincoln W.
Put it in the oven for 2 hours. Put seasoning on it. Eat it!
Turkey Nevaeh
Go to Walmart. Cook it in the oven for 7 minutes
Chicken Wyatt
Go to Walmart. Cook it in the stove for 7 minutes. Eat it.
Chicken Hershal
Go to the store & shop to buy it. Take it home and put it in the fridge. Put it in the oven for 20 minutes. Bring it to the table and eat it.
Lasagna Adilyn
You need noodles, sauce, cheese, pepper and salt. Put it in the oven for an hour or so. Take it out and serve it.
Bread Emersyn
Use flour and water and mix it up. It’s done after you mix it. You can eat it.
Mac and Cheese Hudson
Go to Walmart to buy it. Go home and cook it in the oven for 5 minutes. Get it out and eat it/
Turkey Karson
Go to Walmart to buy a turkey. Cook it in the oven for 40 minutes. Get it out and wrap it with I don’t know what. Bring it to the table and eat it.
Turkey Natalie
Dad goes to the woods to get the turkey. Put it in the oven for 10 minutes. Get it out and eat it.
Turkey Talena
Catch a turkey in the woods. Cook it in a pot with hot water for 55 minutes. Take it out and eat it
Ham Jaxton
Go to the store to buy it. Put it in the oven for 19 hours. Cut it up with a knife. Eat it
Corn Braelyn
Go to a field and pick the corn. Take them home. Put the corn in a pan and wait until it starts getting warmer. Put the corn on a plate with fork. Eat it
Ham Lennox
Go to the store to buy the ham. Cook it in the microwave for 20 minutes. Take it out and eat it
Mashed Potatoes Maddux
Get a potato from a farm. Smash it. Eat it
Deer Meat Aaron
Go hunting for a deer with a bow and arrow. Go home and cook it in the microwave for 3 minutes. Eat it
Turkey Mason
Hunt a turkey in your backyard. Skin the turkey. Cut it up. Put it on the stove for 10 or 11 minutes. Eat it
Turkey Remi
Go to the grocery store. Cook it in the oven with my family for a few minutes. Bring it and eat it.
Turkey Grayson
Go to the store and buy a turkey. Cook it in the oven for 45 minutes. Eat it and if we have enough for the whole class, I’ll bring some.
Chicken and Gravy Madison
Go to the store and buy chicken and gravy. When I get home, cook it in the oven for 10 minutes. Mix the gravy with fish and chili. Eat it.
Turkey Abby
Go to Jay-C to buy it
Put it in the oven for 20 minutes
Take it out and eat it
Spaghetti & Meatballs Skarlett
Get spaghetti sauce and meatballs from the store. Go home and mix it up. Put it in the oven for 60 hundred minutes. Eat it all and get a piece of candy
Ham Mason
Find a pig. Skin the pig. Clean it. Cook it in the oven for an hour or two. Take it out and eat it
Spaghetti Sofia V.
Get the stick spaghetti and then get some hot water and cook it. Put some spaghetti sauce on it and cook it and stir it some more, then you eat it.
Chicken Noodle Soup Makenna B.
You grab the can at Walmart and then you take it home. Open the can up and put it in a bowl. You put it in the microwave for 2 seconds and then you take it out and then you put a spoon in it so you can eat it.
Chocolate Chip Cookies Alayna L.
You get dough and then you cook it. And then you wait for it to cook and then you can take it out of the oven. Take them out when they’re done and wait for them to cool off. And then you eat them!
Apple Pie Bryer S.
Get apples and you put dough in it. Put some caramel in it and mix it all together. Then make it into a triangle.
Chocolate Cake Xavier H.
Make the shape how you want it and then you bake the cake. You cook the cake and put strawberries and cherries on top with some icing and then you can eat it.
Pizza Jacob W.
You bake the crust and make the pizza sauce. Melt the cheese and put in the oven. Put on the toppings like pepperoni and then you bake it again and then you eat it.
Chocolate Cupcakes with Sprinkles Hayden B.
Put Oreos in a pan and mix it up and then put it in the stove and cook it. Wait for it to cool off and put it in a wrapper and add sprinkles.
Pot Stickers Joel C.
Get some vegetables and put them inside the dough and fold it and twist. Put them in the oven for one hour and then take them out. Let them cool down and then eat them with worcestershire sauce and chopsticks.
Chicken Nuggets Bella M.
Get the nuggets from the store, take them out and cook them. Eat them with some ranch and french fries.
Corn Dogs Michael E.
Put it in the microwave, take it out and cool it off. Put some ketchup on it and then eat it.
Spaghetti Zoie R.
You need spaghetti noodles and cook them. You put sauce on it and then you eat it.
Ramen Hendrick L.
Get a ramen packet and tell your mom to put them in the microwave. When they get done, have your mom put the powder packet in and then drink some chocolate milk with it.
Spaghetti Kenslee M.
First get the pot and then you put the spaghetti in it, then turn the oven on. Cook the noodles and stir it with a spoon. Get the sauce for it and get another pot and put the sauce in it. Get another spoon for the sauce and mix it. Get 3 plates and put spaghetti on it and with the sauce and cut it up a little. Get another small plate for my dog Winston.
Tacos Tucker H.
Go to the store and grab taco shells. And then you get meat and then lettuce and taco sauce and cheese. Then cook the meat and then you eat it.
Chicken Nuggets Ryan L.
Get the chicken nuggets at Walmart and then take them home. Put them in the air fryer for 7 minutes or something like that, I think. That’s what mommy does. Let them cool off and then eat them with ranch dressing. I like to have milk with it.
Chocolate Cupcakes Roman H.
Get the chocolate cupcakes at the store with sprinkles and eat them.
Noodles Grady M.
Take them out of the pack, put the water in it, put it in the microwave until it’s cooked. Take it out and pour the water out and then you mix it and eat it.
Tonya Wass
Turkey Logan C.
First you kill the turkey and then put it in the oven. Cook it on 10 degrees for four hours.
Turkey Cayne C.
I would put it in the oven for 30 minutes. And then when the 30 minutes is done I would put it on the table and then I would let it cool down.
Turkey Zayne S.
I would cook it for 20 hours and then take it. Let it cool down and then eat it!
Mashed Potatoes and Gravy Katie H.
All I know about it is that my mom uses potatoes and chops them up and makes them into small pieces. She puts them in a pot. I’m not sure how she makes that gravy at all!
Fried Chicken Amelia N.
Get the chicken from the Chinese place. I like to eat there. I like to eat the chicken there.
Corn on the Cob Jourdyn G.
She puts it into a pot and boils it. We have dinner at 4pm so she starts cooking it two hours before. She puts some seasoning on them and they taste really good!
Hot Dogs Gordon C.
You get the hotdogs from the store. And now you put them in the freezer. You
Ham Emarie B.
Put the ham in the boiling water. Put the ham in the water for 5 minutes. Take it out of the water. And now you eat it!
Corn on the Cob Skilyn J.
They boil the corn for 20 minutes. They take it. out and out it in a bowl. I like nothing on my corn.
Turkey Claire M.
They cook the turkey for five minutes. They burn it up! I like the legs. It’s much easier to eat the legs.
Turkey Paisley A-L.
You have to catch the turkey and then you have to cook it. Cook it in the oven for 40 minutes.
Chicken Legs Jace M.
Put the chicken legs on the stove for 400 minutes. And then when that’s over, put it in for 6 more minutes. Then eat them!
Fried Chicken Luke C.
Put the chicken on the stove and cook it for 1 minute. Let it cool down and then eat it!
Chicken Charli H.
Buy it from the store and then cook it on the grill. Cook it for probably like five hours!
Ham Addison S.
Get the ham from Wal-Mart. Cook it in a pan for… I don’t know! Then you eat it!
Macaroni and Cheese Jaxton C.
So my mom fixes it for me, and I really like it. I think she gets the stuff to make it somewhere. It takes 30 seconds to cook it.
Mac and Cheese Jesse D.
I like cheesy mac and cheese! They need lots of cheese!
Green Beans Alex S.
Get the green beans from the store. Cook them for 1 minute I think! Then eat them!
Steak Ches W.
We get steak from the Jay C store. We cook it for 15 minutes on the stove. Then we eat it!
Turkey Jacob Alvarado
Buy the turkey from Walmart. Take the package off and put it in a the stove for 10 min. Put some salt and pepper on it for seasoning but not a lot.
Mashed Potatoes Jaxon Anderson
Buy the potatoes at Walmart and cook the potatoes with a pan in the oven for 20 min until done. Salt and pepper to taste.
Turkey Freya Austin
Buy it at the store. Put the turkey in the oven for 10 min and take it out when done and put it on the big table.
Turkey Axel Baker
Capture a turkey, get all of the fur off of it, and put it in the oven for 20 min. Take it out of the oven and serve the turkey in a pan.
Mac & Cheese Evelyn Buchanan
Go to someone else’s house and it’s made
Mac & Cheese Riverlee Fox
Put the mac and cheese in the microwave for 2 min after you put water in it. When you take it out, you add the cheese, mix it all up, and you eat it.
Chicken Nora Guarneri
Get the chicken out of the fridge, take the package off of it, put it in a pan, and cook it in the oven for 20 min.
Mac & Cheese Lawson Hartman
Buy the box from the store and give it to mom to cook it.
Rolls Maddie Hernandez
Buy them at the store and put butter on them
Turkey Tatum Jameson
Capture the turkey and cook it in the oven for 20 minutes. Once it is done you take it out and eat it.
Turkey Noah Johnson
Buy the turkey from the store, take it out of the package, put it in a pan, and put it in the stove for 100 minutes. Take it out of the stove and let it cool.
Rolls John May
Buy the rolls from the store. The baker has already baked them.
Turkey Piper Morris
Capture the turkey. Next, cook the turkey in the oven for 30 minutes and take it out of the oven and put it in the freezer to cool it down.
Mac & Cheese Wyatt Hayden
Buy the mac and cheese from the store and cook it in the oven for 4 hours.
Mashed Potatoes Brogan Roberts
Buy potatoes from the store, mash the potatoes with a potato masher, and add milk, butter. Cook the potatoes for 19 minutes on the stove and then eat when they are done.
Turkey Dylan Stigdon
Buy Turkey at the store, take it out of the package, season with salt and pepper, cook it on the stove for 20 minutes, and then eat it.
Turkey Tinsley Taylor
Buy Turkey from the store and put in a pan. Add salt to it. Cook it in the oven for 3 minutes and then you eat it after it’s done.
Mac & Cheese Kinzee White
Put water in the bowl with the macaroni. Cook the macaroni on the stove for 20 minutes. Eat the macaroni when it’s done.
Turkey Sophia Hernandez
Capture the turkey and cook it.
Turkey Jacob B.
Dad goes out to hunt turkeys. Then dad kills one. Mom chops it. When she’s done, my brother’s Scott and Adam come and eat it with us.
Mac & Cheese Mallory B.
My mom makes it. She goes to the pantry and gets the stuff. Then she puts the shells in the bowl that I am going to eat out of. She makes a lot of it. She takes it out of the microwave and then puts the cheese in it and mixes. After she puts the cheese in she puts it on the stove to heat it up.
Mashed Potatoes Isaac B.
Mom fries them and then she mashes them. She puts something in there that is actually so good; but I just can’t remember. She cooks it for maybe 15 minutes.
Turkey Bryan C.
She cooks it in the oven for 10 minutes. Then she takes it out of the oven and cuts it. She puts it on the plate and we eat it.
Roast Duck Zander C.
I don’t really know. I don’t know anything. I think she burns some ducks. She cooks them. I don’t know how long she cooks them. She puts salt and pepper on it.
Spaghetti First Grader
He puts it on the frying pan with sauce on it. Sometimes he puts meatballs on it.
Stuffing Lydia E.
Mamaw makes it in the stove. She puts in milk, salt and pepper in it. I don’t really know, maybe some oil. She usually puts sugar in it. She cooks it for thirty minutes.
Turkey Jaxon E.
I can’t really remember what they cook. I think they cook turkey, so that’s my favorite. They make it in the oven. I can’t really remember that much of it. I mean that’s all I can remember.
Mashed Potatoes Nicole F.
I don’t even watch her do it. I just sit down and color.
Turkey Emmy H.
Mom buys the turkey at Wal-Mart and puts it in the oven. She adds seasoning and salt on it. She cooks it for ten hours. She puts it on the table.
Baked Chicken Hadley H.
My Mamaw Chaney, she makes a baked chicken. So, she cleans her hands and then she bakes it for 5 minutes. Then she puts flour on it and puts on her gloves and mixes it on the chicken. She bakes it in the oven again and we go back to her house and have Thanksgiving.
Turkey Benson H.
Papaw puts it in the oven for like 20 seconds and puts a little salt on it. Then we eat it. I think that’s it.
Spaghetti Jase H.
Grandma turns on the oven. She puts it in there for 15 minutes. She puts in spaghetti sauce and cheese.
Turkey & Ham Anakin L.
Dad sometimes he cooks it on the stove or on the grill. He puts pepper and salt on it. I don’t know what else. I think 20 minutes.
Pumpkin Pie with Fruit Kady M.
Mom first puts bake powder & flour. Then she puts the caramel stuff in it and the rest of the stuff in it. Then she puts my favorite fruit on it. Like watermelon and blueberries and strawberries. She makes the fruit plate for my uncle and my uncle’s people. We have to make a big fruit plate and this really spicey cheese stick with peppers. I just clean up the watermelon bowl. That’s my favorite. Then she makes this sweet potato and she puts this sugar in it and then she puts this sweet liquid stuff into the pan and stirs it up. She puts it in the microwave and lets it sit. Then she puts it in a bowl and everybody eats it.
Turkey Ainsley M.
My grandma and grandpa make the turkey. They buy the turkey then they eat it up. They put some garlic on top to make it tasty. Then it’s ready.
Turkey Quinlan M.
Dad makes the turkey because my mom is pregnant. He fries it on the pan. Not in the microwave. We fry it for 30 minutes. I put salt on it. He does something to it and then cooks it for 30 minutes again. We go to the store to buy turkey to eat and we got pumpkins outside.
Dirt Cake Conner S.
Mom makes the Dirt Cake. I don’t know. I haven’t had it in awhile. All I know is that she puts oil in it.
Chicken Alexia S.
I don’t know how she makes it.
Turkey Jaxon S.
My mom gets a turkey by shopping. She puts some ketchup on. She puts rice on it and that’s it. That’s when she puts it in the microwave. She cooks it for 60 minutes.
Spaghetti Pasta Lainey S.
Mommy puts water in the pot and spaghetti. She puts it onto the stove and bakes it for 20 minutes. Then she puts it on the plates with cheese.
Turkey Dean T.
Dad puts a little bit of salt and pepper and a little bit of ketchup. He puts it in the oven for 55 minutes.
Turkey Tyler W.
My mom makes the turkey from scratch. She puts veggies in it like carrots, peppers, and zucchini. She puts some lemon juice on it. She puts it in the oven. I don’t remember how long. Then she lays it on the dinner table.