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Dierks Bentley And His Family Are All About The Turkey

Dierks Bentley is getting ready to enjoy some turkey on Thursday with his wife Cassidy and their three kids. Dierks told us, “You gotta have a big turkey. Thanksgiving is…

Dierks Bentley Is All About The Turkey
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Dierks Bentley is getting ready to enjoy some turkey on Thursday with his wife Cassidy and their three kids.

Dierks told us, “You gotta have a big turkey. Thanksgiving is not possible without a turkey. We cook it traditionally. A couple of Thanksgivings ago, we were here in Nashville, we did the whole 'fry the turkey up' thing, and it was great. It just tasted so good; all those juices get locked in there, and I love that too."

He added, "You really can’t cook a turkey wrong. I’m gonna eat it any way, and I have over the years. Trust me, I’ve played a lot of county and state fairs, where I’ve seen gigantic turkey legs, you know, I’ve had the flat meat. I’ve done turkey every way you could do it. I’m pretty good any way you want to cook it up, but you’ve got to have a turkey for Thanksgiving."

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