My stuffed turkey experience!

A couple of days ago Alec's parents arrived from New Jersey, they will be staying here until Sunday.
Today is Thanksgiving, and even though it's not a Jewish Holiday, we decided to prepare a fancy dinner, to have some quality time together.
So there comes the challennge: we bought a huge Chabad Shechita turkey, and as per tradition, turkey must be stuffed and baked...
I had never prepared stuffed turkey before, and the sight of the huge animal almost scared me: will i be able to bake something edible? And what do i even put inside a turkey?
I took upon myself the challenge, and took out my Julia Child cookbook, seeking for help...
And there she is, reassuring and resourceful, with a few different recipes, including photos with all the stuffing and sewing together procedures...
Well, i channeled Julia Child, and after a long phone call with my father for a few more tips, i went shopping to buy all the ingredients, feeling like Julia Powell from the movie Julie and Julia :)
This afternoon the rest of the family left to go to a park, so with some good music blasting i started to prepare the stuffing: challa crumbs and matza crumbs...

Onions finely chopped with the mixer...

There i am, with the smile of who knows it's a challenge and volountarily takes it upon herself...

Still smiling, chopping fresh parsley that wasn't even that expensive - a good surprise considering the average price of fresh vegetables here in the USA...

I HAD to have this picture taken, because it's sooooo Julia Child ;)

Broiling the liver, to drain out all the blood...

Onion and liver get stir fried with extra virgin olive oil...

Then i add parsley, bread crumbs, salt, poultry spices and 3 eggs...

...and here is Mr. Turkey, all stuffed and ready to go into the oven! It will take about four hours according to the recipe book, so manwhile i decided to write about my challenge...and i hope i will survive to be able to tell you that it tasted good, too!!!