Turkey Talk for 2014

[duluthralphie]

WHen you are putting in your order for cuts, be specific and tell them EVERYTHING you want back. I do this with the butcher that handles our lambs. I carefully list all that I expect back and how it is wrapped as in how many pounds of fat in a bag.

IN my house we use a lot of fats and oils to cook with. YEs, we cook!! TO keep food from sticking tot he bottom of a pan required a fat. IT is good calories and is good nutrition, as it serves MANY functions. I"m not into the fat is bad craze, but rather embrace it and experimwnt with where I can use which fat as each has a taste.

For example, I made a dish the other night calling for a couple tablespoons of oil to saute the onions and plles. Since bacon was crumbled into the final product I used bacon grease instead of the oil.

We dont do a lot of buiscuits as there is much research that indicates flours are not the best foood choice; and certainly mixing carbs with fats are a nightmare for our heart health. SO . . . . .

Kale spread on a pan and sprinkled with a fat and sprinkled with salt. Baked in the oven until crisp. My kids fight me for it.

We cook a lot of meats so that is a good place to grease the fry pan, or oil the skillet to saute some vegies.

Hopefully this has stirred some ideas. I NEVER NEVER NEVER toss fat. Unless it fell on the floor and got some dirt on it-- THEN it goes to the dogs or chickens. lol YOu can freeze fat and hold it a long time. I disregard the limits set by I dont know who. I have pulled out 10 year old lamb from the freezer and it is good enough to eat. Maybe it is still good because it is kept in the chest freezer, IDK. But just saying, fats keep a long time in the freezer.

( NOTE: just to be clear, we cannot eat diets high in fats and high in carbs. THE standard AMerican diet is high in carbs. I eat a low carb diet of meats, veg and fats.)

Wow. You eat like we do. We avoid carbs. Eating no carbs ( well, only the incidental ones like ketchup, BBQ sauce etc) as lowered our blood pressure, I had border line blood sugars, they have dropped. And best of all I have lost weight with meats and veggies.

I even watch which veggies I eat. I eat no potatoes. I eat rutabaga mashed in stead of potatoes. I avoid corn and peas. I do eat Lima beans but that is a weakness of mine. I eat cheese but little to no milk.

We eat low carb/calorie bread if we have any. We use those thin sliced 80 calorie "buns" The ones about 1/4 inch thick to hold our hamburgers.

I actually wanted the beef tallow/fat to make soap and candles with...


and to everyone:::


HAPPY T-DAY!!!

 

[uphilljill]

Happy Thanksgiving from us turkeys!

 

[Betsy57]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152389845162595

Funny video of turkeys going around so many times they stagger and fall down. Ah the hormonal male and the smart hen!

 

[Betsy57]

These have been around for years but they're always good for a chuckle!

 

[casportpony]

-Kathy

 

[DylansMom]

Miss "A' Turtee" celebrating her 9th Thanksgiving on the planet! Too tough to eat her now.

Happy Thanksgiving all!

 

[Book Em Danno25]

Happy Thanksgiving from us turkeys!

cute!!!

 

[Book Em Danno25]

Miss "A' Turtee" celebrating her 9th Thanksgiving on the planet! Too tough to eat her now.

Happy Thanksgiving all!

lol!!! thanks for putting her on the Show of Your Turkeys Poll!! She got second!!!

 

[chickadoodles]

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! All the turkey pics look great!

Here is the one we had cooked it did cause some problems with the turner in the smoker.

 

[duluthralphie]

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! All the turkey pics look great!

Here is the one we had cooked it did cause some problems with the turner in the smoker.

Looks delicious !



I have a question for you all...

Do you ever get involved in the turkey squabbles?

I was outside plowing snow and I saw one young TOM. The one I gave a stay of execution to last Sunday pulling the snood of another young tom.

He was relentless in his attack. He pulled the snood and waddle and would not let go no matter how hard the other tom tried to get away. I went and broke them up and as soon as I turned around he was attacking and pulling the snood and waddle again. I broke it up again and told the aggressor I was going to pull his snood and see how he liked it. Needless to say he did not let me catch him. It was as he could read my mind.


I understand they need to jockey for position but this was excessive. The worst part is once the aggressor had the snood the other toms joined him in harassing the victim.

I am thinking there will be no Xmas pardons this year!