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Best turkey I ever made…The Thompson:
An ode to Thompson’s turkey – Chicago Tribune http://ur1.ca/iqvdz

“You do not have to be a carver to eat this turkey,” Thompson wrote. “Speak harshly to it and it will fall apart.”

Well. There’s some hyperbole here, but not much. Seduced by that 1978 article, I’ve been cooking Thompson’s turkey ever since, except for one Thanksgiving when I was covering the Czechoslovak revolution, which was exciting but not a patch on the first bite of Thompson’s stuffing (of which more, much more, later).

A recipe for the ages

The original clipping is brittle with age and rigid with two decades of turkey grease and gravy stains. Elder members of the clan have passed on and new diners have been born. But whatever their differences on politics or music, the generations seem united in the belief that there is no turkey but Thompson’s turkey.