Reflection UNO

This week I made decent progress in learning how to cook; I got experience in frying turkey. Essentially my mother was going out and told me  to let the turkey soak in the broth for 30 minutes on low then I should heat up the oil and transfer the turkey to the bowl full of heated oil. Additionally she told me to wait until the turkey looked like a orange brown combo but I knew what she meant. I followed her steps word for word and honestly the first batch looked magnificent. I coerced my friend into eating my turkey and he told me it was utterly disgusting. When I ate it however I acknowledged that it was tasteless but not disgusting. Obviously I decided to take another run with this and I added a piece of turkey  to the oil in the attempt to create another batch which violently backfired. The  oil burst out of the bowl and even though it was only a little oil it landed on the heated part of the electric stove which created a vast amount of smoke. I then pushed the bowl off the stove and took out the piece of turkey when I thought the time was right. Once again the turkey looked perfectly fried but was tasteless . Also due to the vast amount of smoke, the fire alarm in my crib went off causing my family to tell me to try again another day preferably at a different location. I plan to try this again hopefully with the support of my loved ones.  My performance was truly terrible and I think that should've let it sink in the broth longer because later on when my mom returned she cooked the turkey and it turned out perfectly.