Well they did say the turkey was only partially thawed and that's why the huge fireball. All I can say to whomever might try it..follow directions very carefully.
I have had my share of cooking mishaps, and was trying to think of a really different one, but I guess I've had the normal mishaps like burning the roast or undercooking the turkey; one time as a newlywed, we had another couple over for dinner. I had just learned how to make spaghetti sauce. The only problem was I only made enough sauce for two people but cooked enough noodles for four. Needless to say, the pasta was pretty darn dry.
Don't know what I was thinking. I must say though, that particular blunder never happened again.
My family in Michigan and my aunt's family still tease me about my famous "lopsided" cake.
Don't even ask. I don't know what/how I did it but it was an oblong cake that more or less looked like a hill.
TIS