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[rossfam06]

Hey yall!!!!! Can you guess what we are making????!!!

GNO started early for us!!!!

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Yes Sally wife is okay.....she was there with me. The U.P.s biggest export is our children....they move away from the sticks to find opportunities. So there is a gluten of empty nesters...we all got together today at the American Legion hall and put on a dinner. My daughter actually surprised us and showed up at home last night so she was there too. The ride home was scary as it freezing rain mixed with snow while we were there. But it was only a mile do all is good....

 

[kwhites634]

Hey yall!!!!! Can you guess what we are making????!!!



GNO started early for us!!!!

A real swingin' party!

 

[WalnutHill]

Egg nog finished off...check.

Fourth (and last) load of dirty dishes in the dishwasher...check.

Leftovers all packed away including desserts...check.

Dinner guests sent back home...check.

Tired cook headed to bed...check.

G'night, all.

Tomorrow we go hunting our Christmas tree, then up to Ontario to watch our nephew play for the London Lakers hockey team.

 

[Akrnaf2]

8 pound turkey smoked over apple, cherry, touch of mesquite 13 1/2 lb turkey roasted in the oven On both, the white meat was lusciously juicy, the dark meat moist and incredibly flavorful. The one cooked over the wood fire had a nice smoke ring and amazing flavor. Neither turkey was brined or stuffed, but both were internally basted with rosemary/thyme butter under the breast skin. Lots of juice in both...and tons of leftovers.

Looks very very good!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Hey yall!!!!! Can you guess what we are making????!!!



GNO started early for us!!!!

Enjoy! I know I am!

 

[WalnutHill]

Looks very very good!!!

They were both great!

And for anyone who uses foil when roasting a turkey (I used to, because that's what the cookbook said) save that foil for wrapping leftovers and for disposable lids when you need a vented lid in the oven.

Take a brown paper grocery sack or lunch bag, make a square out of a part of the bag with no print on it, oil it with vegetable oil, and wrap it around the breast to prevent overcooking. Remove it the last 20 minutes or so of cooking. It works SO much better than foil. It allows steam to escape. Of course, if you have baking parchment on hand, that's even easier. I don't.

I used the foil to cover a casserole dish full of stuffing for baking. I poked holes in it with a fork to release steam. That's so much easier than trying to get a glass lid to stay propped open!

 

[Akrnaf2]

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Looks very very good!!!

They were both great!

And for anyone who uses foil when roasting a turkey (I used to, because that's what the cookbook said) save that foil for wrapping leftovers and for disposable lids when you need a vented lid in the oven.

Take a brown paper grocery sack or lunch bag, make a square out of a part of the bag with no print on it, oil it with vegetable oil, and wrap it around the breast to prevent overcooking.  Remove it the last 20 minutes or so of cooking.  It works SO much better than foil.  It allows steam to escape.  Of course, if you have baking parchment on hand, that's even easier.  I don't.

I used the foil to cover a casserole dish full of stuffing for baking.  I poked holes in it with a fork to release steam.  That's so much easier than trying to get a glass lid to stay propped open!

thanks for the tips! It sounds that you had a wonderful time! Good for you!
family for me is the most important thing!

 

[willzpapa]

Ben my brother good to see you on

 

[Akrnaf2]

Ben my brother good to see you on

Same here!