Post #317,845
11/26/09 3:33:20 AM
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Happy Thanksgiving, my Merkin chums
Don't eat too much.
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Post #317,846
11/26/09 5:37:30 AM
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But . . . but . . .
. . eatng too much is the whole point.
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Post #317,847
11/26/09 7:15:43 AM
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Shouldn't have let the 9YO help mom pick the turkey
Do you have any idea how large a 27-pound bird is? Holy shit.
It's why I'm up at 7 a.m., so I can have it in the oven by 10.
Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving, all.
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Drew
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Post #317,848
11/26/09 9:33:00 AM
11/26/09 9:34:01 AM
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Re: Shouldn't have let the 9YO help mom pick the turkey
We got two 12-pound turkeys this year, and cooked one yesterday, just for leftovers. We covered that one in salt pork and cheesecloth, along with aluminum foil, cooked for 2 hours in a 350 oven (until the breast meat hit 140). Then we removed all the accoutrements and cooked for another hour in a 425 oven to brown the skin and finish the bird (165, thankyouverymuch).
Today's turkey (the one we'll eat at dinner, serving 10) has been brining all night long in the Williams-Sonoma brine, and that'll be roasted-and-served later. Tis le yum.
We were also considering smoking the second turkey on my grill. If you need that much to feed many folk, consider two smaller birds next time. ;-)
-Mike
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Edited by mvitale
Nov. 26, 2009, 09:34:01 AM EST
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Post #317,850
11/26/09 11:10:44 AM
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They might actually go for that
Although I might be the only one excited about the idea of preparing the birds two different ways.
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Drew
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Post #317,852
11/26/09 11:23:26 AM
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I've done that many times
Not doing a turkey today - but the cabbage rolls I'm taking to the party are made with ground turkey.
But for quite a few years, I did a turkey on the grill and another in the smoker. The smoked one has to start on Monday to be ready in time.
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Post #317,853
11/26/09 11:43:12 AM
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Yes I do...
and it was stuffed and in the oven by 8...I did all the stuffing chopping and prep last night. Just had to saute, mix and stuff this morning.
I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
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Post #317,856
11/26/09 2:16:24 PM
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving, my Merkin chums
We'll have a small 10 pounder for the family since this will be the last Thanksgiving where we're all together. (Only the missus likes dark meat, so the smaller the bird the less dark meat there is that only one person will eat.)
"Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from."
-- E.L. Doctorow
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Post #317,859
11/26/09 3:46:10 PM
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8 fifteen - eighteen pound turkeys
40 pounds of potatoes, mashed
25 pounds of yans, brown sugar and cinnamon
a couple gallons each of corn and green beans with bacon
2 hotel pans of stuffing
4 trays of biscuits with butter
salad
deserts
On the other paw, this should feed 80 to 100 people. This is my church day. This is the only day I go to church for purposes other than funerals or weddings. Volunteers make a holiday lunch for those that need it so my wife and I help out. They provide the materials and we help. I've done some catering and my wife also is a good cook so we take a minor leadership role. I find it considerably more fun than watching "successful" grownups getting drunk on Bud lite while watching millionaires playing a child's game indifferently. It went well.
Having come home, I'm making a small turkey breast, mashed potatoes, and green beans. We also have a variety of wine, Bushmills Black (already sampled), and a few good micro-brews, fresh baguettes and an assortment of cheeses. My feet are killing me, my lower back aches (I should let some of the younger guys pick up the boiling potatoes) and I have burns on my hands from rescuing pans being dropped or spilled by people who should know better. I feel great. My sick dog hasn't thrown up in almost 2 days and is responding to a change of meds. I had an interview yesterday and my retirement may be coming to an end. Life can be good.
Happy Thanksgiving, all
Hugh
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Post #317,866
11/27/09 8:29:46 AM
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Hugh ftw!
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Drew
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Post #317,883
11/27/09 10:59:33 PM
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You're a good man. Thanks.
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Post #317,862
11/26/09 10:36:03 PM
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Thanks. It was a good day. :-)
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