1.   Almost every experienced cook admits to finding a cooked packet of giblets in the neck cavity after having cooked a whole turkey for the first time.

2.   Fill neck cavity with remaining stuffing, skewer neck skin flat against the back to enclose and tie legs closed with kitchen twine.

3.   Loosely fill the neck cavity with stuffing.

4.   Loosely fill neck cavity with onion mixture.

5.   Loosely fill neck cavity with stuffing.

6.   Place onion quarters in neck cavity.

7.   Place bird on the counter with the neck cavity facing you.

8.   Stuff body cavity and neck cavity of the chicken with some of the apple-raisin stuffing.