Happy Thanksgiving Americans

Flashman14

Flashman14

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Working on a short speech for tomorrow and was thinking about all the things I\'m thankful for. Gotta admit I\'m very thankful for all that CMON means to me and I\'m sure others as well - there\'s some great people I\'ve chatted with here and and I\'ve seen some drop dead stunning modeling too. So to all who celebrate it and for all who don\'t - thanks for making CMON one of the best sites on the web!
 
Chrispy

Chrispy

Active member
Yep, gotta be thankful for CMON, Rackham, Vallejo, Sable.. lots of stuf.. :p By the way, here\'s some thing I learned from Food Network (the only chanel I do not have to look up to see what they are doing) for a perfect Turkey:
NEVER baste a turkey, it means more cooking time. Instead, make a brine out of salt, water, and broth and soak for at least an hour.
NEVER go by the pop up thermometer. It\'s designed so the dark meat will be done, but the white meat will be burned. Probe thermometers are best, but a candy thermomter away from the bone will be okay if you can read it without opening the oven.
NEVER cook stuffing in the bird, it soaks up bacteria. Yes, Martha Stewart has made me cook crazy instead of plain crazy.... :D
 
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shris

New member
Honey baked ham

...makes a decent turkey, and we didn\'t even need the extra bag of gravy yet...:)

Went for a loooong walk in the woods today with the spouse, the mom, her man, and the dog. 7 miles through the woods. I am sooo tired and even the dog is sore. :)

I am thankful for the perspective provided by having different folks with different views all together sharing their opinions. I needed that today.
 
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GoatsDen

Guest
My wife hates turkey so every thanksgiving we buy really expensive steak instead...

I\'m thankful for have her as my wife :D
 
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vincegamer

Active member
Brined turkey

With me in school and working and wife having health problems we decided neither of us was going to cook this year at least no more than stick the prestuffed turkey breast in the oven for an hour.
But I\'ve done the brined turkey before: fill 5 gallon bucket with water and 1lb of salt and soak turkey for 12 hours. Juciest turkey I\'ve ever had and the leftovers keep extremely well.
Turkey is an American native. Do Europeans eat turkey? Do the British still eat goose? I cooked one of those once and I decided it was not worth the mess.
 
Dragonsreach

Dragonsreach

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Staff member
Do Brits eat Turkey?

Have you seen British television? Of course we eat turkey(s) they are called presenters, or B.B.C. Christmas specials.

Joking aside yes, Turkey is still seen as a staple of Christmas dinner. Obviously some people still have other things, Roast Pork Joint (of meat), Roast Beef, Goose, Pheasant or Nut loaf for my Vegetarian friends.

To my taste Goose is too greasy and I\'m trying to think of my cholesteral level, so it\'s Roast Turkey as normal in our house. My wife\'s a great cook as my waistline can testify, but we normally roast ours no Brine soaking.
Our habit is to wash the turkey and dress with bacon Rashers, put in the oven and take the dog on a three hour walk round one of the local nature spots called Rivington Pike. Tires us all out and the smell when we come back in is wonderful.

Just as an aside -- What\'s this got to do with Mini\'s anyhow? *Smiling*

Enjoy.
 
Chrispy

Chrispy

Active member
Just as a historical note regarding Turkies and Europe: Orignally, the Pilgrims would have had seafood at the first harvest feast. Turkies lived further inland, but by that time Spainish had already exported turkies to europe where they were a fad food of royals. As another side note, where I live is where the Conquestadors stopped to give thanks to the Virgin for finding the Rio Grande quite some time before the pilgrims, and there is still wild turkey around here.
 
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wightzombie

New member
pretty good thx givin sep the skim milk egg nog bleh! next year ill try an beat my egg nog record....... 7.5 gallons over nov an dec. good to know about the stuffing since i hate it and it absorbs crap from me turkey. im sick of that crappy gravy being made from the broth, this christmas its all jar gravy!
 
Flashman14

Flashman14

Member
i spose you could add the pan drippings to the jar gravy as the recipe on the back recommends. I prefered the powdered stuff . . . boil water, add powder and drippings - season to taste (really not neccesary)
 
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