Sounds delicious to me. I hope that with the passing of time, it’s become a warm and funny memory for you.
I have seen wrinkled-nose disdain over my use of what I call “turkey tan”—aka sweet paprika—to help the bird roast to a pleasant golden brown color. My MIL was aghast, but did not stop me because she has always preferred not to cook. What she doesn’t know is that her other son now uses this trick annually and she’s been eating roast turkey prepared that way for years.
