Hmmm.

[mrv3000]

• AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I just got a motion-detecting DUCK for my birthday from poohmusings!!!!!! Right now I have it set up on the file cabinet to ambush my supervisor when she comes in. ETA: Scared supervisor. EXCELLENT.
  
  
• I noticed on the Alton Brown turkey directions that it says to brine the turkey for 6 hours. (I also happened to see another brine recipe in a magazine the other day that called for 24 - 36 hours. THAT seems excessive and I'd think you'd wind up with a really salty turkey. Unless it was a really weak brine.)
  
  
  
  The timetable is this: Approximately 11 a.m. the turkey goes in the oven for a roughly 1 p.m. finish time.
  
  I *could* get up at 5 a.m. to shove the turkey in the brine, which would give it exactly 6 hours. Or I could put it in late the night before, which would have it in the brine for more like 12 hours. Or maybe a bit more. Would it be too long to have it in for 12 hours? I guess I really don't mind setting my alarm for early, and then just going back to bed.

Comments

[elismor.livejournal.com]

Q: What would you do if there were nothing to fret about?

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Finish fics that have been in the works for over a year?

[poohmusings.livejournal.com]

It's a guard duck! I figure it can have 2 purposes: 1) guard you and 2) provide you with something to save the next time you have a dream in which you must rescue a duck. :D

ETA: Scared supervisor. EXCELLENT.

Score! The duck has proven to have THREE purposes!

Seriously, man, I'm running out of odd gifts to send you ...

[poohmusings.livejournal.com]

I *could* get up at 5 a.m. to shove the turkey in the brine

And this would differ from your normal waking hour how exactly? ;)

[elismor.livejournal.com]

Excellent.

I shall send you my WIP folder.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

You do realize that every single one of your fics would magically turn into D/R fluff, right?

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

It's a guard duck! I figure it can have 2 purposes: 1) guard you and 2) provide you with something to save the next time you have a dream in which you must rescue a duck. :D

BWAHAHAHAHA! *SMOOOOOCH*

Score! The duck has proven to have THREE purposes!

\o/ And now we've set it up to scare the construction guy from corporate that supposed to be coming in in the next hour.

Seriously, man, I'm running out of odd gifts to send you ...

Mwah.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

In that I'm normally not shoving turkeys in bags at that time? :D

[poohmusings.livejournal.com]

And now we've set it up to scare the construction guy from corporate that supposed to be coming in in the next hour.

*dies*

[ivydoor.livejournal.com]

Myself, I prep the night before. I'm not sure what you've decided on for a container, but I've always put it together the night before, plunked the turkey in a 5 gallon bucket with the brine, packed it tight with ice, and put the lid on securely.

Of course, I'm not the Thanksgiving person, but I do this for Christmas so YMMV on the bucket. I know I can put it outside overnight and it will remain reasonably cold. In fact, very rarely does the ice melt at all.

If you're using a cooler though it should be just fine.

[ivydoor.livejournal.com]

o.0 That sounds like a really bad euphemism.

[elismor.livejournal.com]

So long as Billeh gets to be the Doctor, I have no problem with that.

[ramdonomo.livejournal.com]

Do you cook it in a bag?

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

ARE YOU FEELING OKAY??

Billeh!Eleven/Rose! \o/

Rose: Wow, you're...short. I think I could fit you in my pocket!

Doctor: *POUTS*

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

*snorts*

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

No, I'm going to brine it in a bag though.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Myself, I prep the night before. I'm not sure what you've decided on for a container, but I've always put it together the night before, plunked the turkey in a 5 gallon bucket with the brine, packed it tight with ice, and put the lid on securely.

I've got a bag I'm going to put it in, but I'm thinking the results would be pretty much the same. So yay! I think I'm just going to do it the night before.

Of course, I'm not the Thanksgiving person, but I do this for Christmas so YMMV on the bucket. I know I can put it outside overnight and it will remain reasonably cold. In fact, very rarely does the ice melt at all.

My bag is going in the fridge. I have enough room so I don't need to deal with ice or an ice chest.

[measi.livejournal.com]

12 hours is fine. That's what I do, with his recipe.

I basically make mine mid-afternoon Wednesday. It needs to cool back to room temperature, which takes about three to four hours.

So my turkey goes into the brine around 9-10 p.m.

I put the turkey in to cook the next day sometime around noonish.

You'll be fine.

[ramdonomo.livejournal.com]

AH. Okee. Some cook in a brown paper bag, so I wasn't sure. I was gonna feel smrt there for a half minute.

[elismor.livejournal.com]

Actually, according to IMDB, she is one inch shorter than him. :)

*Billeh stands up tall*

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Awww. Construction guy wasn't scared - he spotted it straight off. But it nearly gave the security guard a heart attack. :D

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Well, she wouldn't be able to wear those killer heels any more. Of course, that would fall under the Practical Shoes thing anyway...

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Oh huh! I don't think I'm familiar with the paper bag thing. I've heard of plastic cooking bags though.

[ramdonomo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, those too. Paper bags aren't something you're SUPPOSED to do? But eh. Mormons. *shrugs*

I have my mom's BADASS roaster.

[poohmusings.livejournal.com]

Construction guy wasn't scared - he spotted it straight off

Damn!

But it nearly gave the security guard a heart attack.

Aww! When his back was turned, the company was infiltrated by a duck!!!