The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[bruceha2000]

I can do better than that, Bruce....I can send her the google image of your place!

That won't get me any smoked turkey!

 

[Blooie]

But it will guide the smell of that smoked turkey right to you!

 

[bruceha2000]

But it is so cold I can't smell anything outside. I'll miss it when it gets here

 

[N F C]

But it is so cold I can't smell anything outside. I'll miss it when it gets here

Well maybe you should just drag yourself on over here for dinner...we're doing 2 turkey breasts so there will be plenty

I made up some bread to have with dinner tonight:

It's actually an Italian bread but I needed to use up some fresh basil...so Italian and Smoked turkey for dinner it is!

Plenty for everyone, dinner should be around 6pm mountain time!

 

[JaeG]

Well maybe you should just drag yourself on over here for dinner...we're doing 2 turkey breasts so there will be plenty

I made up some bread to have with dinner tonight:
View attachment 1237291

It's actually an Italian bread but I needed to use up some fresh basil...so Italian and Smoked turkey for dinner it is!

Plenty for everyone, dinner should be around 6pm mountain time!

Yummy! Can I have the recipe (if it's a make by hand loaf)? That looks so good (and I love smoked turkey). I fear I won't get there in time though!

 

[ShrekDawg]

We're trying something new today as a possibility for the golf course restaurant...smoked turkey breast. The meat has been brining since yesterday afternoon, hopefully the smoking part goes well today.

Wish I could use you all for test subjects

Brines are funny things to look into, they are as simple or as complicated as you want to get. One thing they all need is salt, there's a chemical reaction that causes it to permeate the meat to keep it tender. But then, the type of salt choice differs from one person to another too...some like sea salt for the trace minerals and some prefer to stick with coarse Kosher. And some people like to brine, then inject.

We want to keep it simple so we're just using sea salt, sugar and water (the sugar should help with the caramelization on the skin).

For the wood, we have hickory.

I'll let you all know how it works out!

I use equal parts Kosher or sea salt (just depends on my mood) and local honey. I start by lightly saute onion, celery, carrot, apple, orange, lemon, and lime. Add a small amount of red pepper flake and a small bag of pepper corns. Then add salt, sugar and water. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 15 minutes. Turn off fire and add herbs and let them steep for about 15 minutes. Then ice it down. I use orange 5 gallon coolers for my brine tank and brine turkeys from 4 to 24 hours. Chickens 2-4 hours. I smoke with a mix of apple wood and hickory.

This all sounds delicious and you guys are making me hungry haha

We have a spare bed and I'd be happy to cook food you like


That would be Pico de Gallo (effectively beak of the rooster). I personally skip the "beak" part, no jalapeños, and move cilantro to 3rd on the ingredient list. Tomato and onion first in about equal proportions, then about 1/2 of one of those of cilantro not chopped too finely. I don't use oregano or cumin either.

Cilantro is what gives it the flavor I like. Figured this out at a restaurant in Mexico where they put in enough that you taste it whereas what you buy in the grocery store has a few flecks of green in it which adds pretty much nothing. Of course if you are one of those unfortunate people that taste soap in cilantro, you will want to ignore my opinion entirely!


I can PM you my address

That sounds good.

And what is all this soap talk?

View attachment 1236921 “Can’t wait until she can get around on her own” we said. “It’ll be nice to have a bigger house so she has more chances to explore” we said. <sigh>

Well maybe you should just drag yourself on over here for dinner...we're doing 2 turkey breasts so there will be plenty

I made up some bread to have with dinner tonight:
View attachment 1237291

It's actually an Italian bread but I needed to use up some fresh basil...so Italian and Smoked turkey for dinner it is!

Plenty for everyone, dinner should be around 6pm mountain time!

Hmmm looks delicious. Is that stuffed bread?

 

[ShrekDawg]

Cinnamon rolls, anyone?

 

[ShrekDawg]

And I don't know why my stupid camera kept darkening the pictures. They are NOT burnt (unlike yesterday lol)

 

[DigMyChicks]

Well maybe you should just drag yourself on over here for dinner...we're doing 2 turkey breasts so there will be plenty

I made up some bread to have with dinner tonight:
View attachment 1237291

It's actually an Italian bread but I needed to use up some fresh basil...so Italian and Smoked turkey for dinner it is!

Plenty for everyone, dinner should be around 6pm mountain time!

Holy cow, that looks amazing!

 

[N F C]

Yummy! Can I have the recipe (if it's a make by hand loaf)? That looks so good (and I love smoked turkey). I fear I won't get there in time though!

Here you go Jae:
pane-bianco-recipe

There's a link on the recipe page to their Blog about it also...I found that helpful.