Any Home Bakers Here?

[pennyJo1960]

We needed cat litter had none left I am spoiled want the clumping .. so off to Costco bought it milk and half an half then wally to get my heart med in and out both places .. my marans pullet the blue that I got three raised peeps with the silky thought I had twp pullets wrong answer two cockerel one pullet she was out of the small coop guess she spent the night in the main on hiding found her at the fence when I went to clean managed to get her back in the grow out coop one of the cockerel came to the door called her.. We are heading to Morton to Dinner

 

[ronott1]

We needed cat litter had none left I am spoiled want the clumping .. so off to Costco bought it milk and half an half then wally to get my heart med in and out both places .. my marans pullet the blue that I got three raised peeps with the silky thought I had twp pullets wrong answer two cockerel one pullet she was out of the small coop guess she spent the night in the main on hiding found her at the fence when I went to clean managed to get her back in the grow out coop one of the cockerel came to the door called her.. We are heading to Morton to Dinner

Have a good time!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

It looks like a sleeping calico.

By golly, you're right, it does, even down to the little eyeball!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Nice visual of the difference scoring the bread makes!

Thanks. "Experience is a hard teacher, but you sure remember her lessons!"

 

[ValerieJ]

Christmas is only 26 days away.

Did you have to say that?

 

[ValerieJ]

When I make a brine, I use equal parts salt and honey (about 3 pounds of each), onion, celery, carrot, apple, orange, lemon, lime, parsley, sage, thyme, rosemary and oregano. I hold back some of the ingredients and put them in a soup sock to go into the bird. Once you've got the salt and honey what ever flavors you want to work into the bird goes well.

That sounds fabulous. Now I need to make another turkey.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Did you have to say that?

Hey, I'm glad she did!

 

[ValerieJ]

This is the brine instructions from a recipe by Emeril lagasse. The turkey goes into the brine from 4 to 24 hours.

Brine:
1 cup salt
1 cup brown sugar
2 oranges, quartered
2 lemons, quartered
6 sprigs thyme
4 sprigs rosemary

To make the brining solution, dissolve the salt and sugar in 2 gallons of cold water in a non-reactive container (such as a clean bucket or large stockpot, or a clean, heavy-duty, plastic garbage bag.) Add the oranges, lemons, thyme, and rosemary.

Note: if you have a big turkey and need more brine than this, use 1/2 cup salt and 1/2 cup brown sugar for every gallon of water.

I am attaching the whole recipe to this post

Thanks for the recipe! Sounds really good. Will I be making another turkey at Christmas? You are all making me want to brine one.

 

[ValerieJ]

The sad little loaf on the right is what happens when you don't score your boule before baking. Lesson learned!

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They both look good to me!

 

[ValerieJ]

This isn't exactly as I remember but it was many years ago and I did use mashed potatoes.

SAUERKRAUT STUFFING FOR GOOSE
1 c. chopped onion
1/4 c. fat
2 lbs. sauerkraut, drained
1 c. raw shredded potato
1/2 tsp. caraway seed
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 c. white wine
Cook onion in fat until tender. Combine cooked onion with rest of ingredients and mix well. Makes enough dressing for 8 to 10 pound goose.

That sounds amazing. Wonder if you could stuff a chicken with that. Too strong maybe?