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DanO
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We have a new tradition that started a few years ago as a result of our frustration at some of the stuff my mom puts on the table (I don't think she
knows about this board, but to be safe I'm not saying anything more.) After going to her place, we go home and on Friday make our own "Second
Thanksgiving" with the dishes we want and the turkey and other stuff cooked the way we like.
This year, the Second Thanksgiving will be in Baja. We tried dry brining (basically, salting the turkey several days ahead and massaging the salt in)
a few years back, and it makes for a phenomenal turkey. An LA Times article from this year updating their earlier pieces on dry brining, with
recipes, is here: http://www.latimes.com/theguide/holiday-guide/food/la-fo-cal...
This year's menu is my wife's family's traditional relish tray (celery and carrot spears, olives and homemade pickles), roasted dry-brined turkey with
giblet gravy, cranberry sauce with mandarin oranges, cinnamon and cloves, mashed potatoes, baked yams, green beans with butter-toasted almonds, and
blue pumpkin pie with whipped cream (the pumpkin was blue on the outside this year, but the inside is still orange).
The link above will work if you paste the entire thing into your browser address window.
[Edited on 11-25-2009 by DanO]
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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vandenberg
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As an A1 solution to all these cooking problems, may I suggest that you marry a nice girl who knows how to cook and then buy her a nice 50 inch LCD
TV.
Let's hope Barb bypasses this post.
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Gypsy Jan
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Today Martha Stewart
On the Today Show, NBC, showcased the the cheesecloth soaked in butter recipe, insisting it was the best way to get a moist bird with crispy skin.
Go to: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/ and there is a video of the cooking segment.
I like and use the cheesecloth strategy, as well.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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DianaT
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It ain't pretty, but started cooking turkeys upside down years ago----stays much more moist. Still baste it often.
Still have plenty of the crispy awful for your health, but delicious crispy skin.
Quit cooking the dressing in the Turkey a few years ago, but it is still the best. Surprised so many of us survived the days of stuffing the turkey
the night before----guess we were lucky to survive.
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Gypsy Jan
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Dr. Atkins
If you read his books and take in the science, the evidence shows that protein and fats are not bad because they give you that "full feeling" a lot
faster and you stop.
Carbohydrates trick you, because you will still feel hungry and overeat.
Take this for what you will.
Cheers and happy turkey day, GJ
[Edited on 11-26-2009 by Gypsy Jan]
[Edited on 11-26-2009 by Gypsy Jan]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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docsmom
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I agree with you Gypsy Jan. Low or no carb is a much better way to eat. But just this one day, I'm carbo loading and sleeping it off. And it's
good!!!
The stuffing and cranberry sauce are made. The house smells like Thanksgiving. And tomorrow it only gets better. Yippee!
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