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My turkey tried to make a break for it!
I swear brining a turkey wasn't this much work last time. I have memories of it being heavy, yes, but it all going in a turkey bag on the bottom shelf of my fridge. This year I decided to use my cooler since the brine had lots of ice in it. But I didn't want to stick it directly in the cooler. So, turkey bag. WHICH I SWEAR WORKED LAST TIME!
Or maybe I bought a bag specifically for brining last time, instead of the oven bags. Hmmm. That might explain the KERSPLOOSH. Fortunately I'd been staging it in a giant stock pot on the floor. As I was pulling (which involved both hands on the bag and a foot on the handle of the stock pot for leverage) the bag experienced catastrophic failure.
It could have been a whole lot worse. The turkey and 95% of the brine wound up in the stock pot. And one shelf removed from my fridge later and the turkey is ACCOMPLISHED. Well, except for the cooking tomorrow. The floor is washed and so are my feet.
Note to self: next time just use the stock pot. It works great for a small turkey. I'd considered it earlier, but wasn't wild about rearranging my fridge shelves. So for my laziness, I got to rearrange my fridge shelves while covered in brine.
*FLOPS*
Or maybe I bought a bag specifically for brining last time, instead of the oven bags. Hmmm. That might explain the KERSPLOOSH. Fortunately I'd been staging it in a giant stock pot on the floor. As I was pulling (which involved both hands on the bag and a foot on the handle of the stock pot for leverage) the bag experienced catastrophic failure.
It could have been a whole lot worse. The turkey and 95% of the brine wound up in the stock pot. And one shelf removed from my fridge later and the turkey is ACCOMPLISHED. Well, except for the cooking tomorrow. The floor is washed and so are my feet.
Note to self: next time just use the stock pot. It works great for a small turkey. I'd considered it earlier, but wasn't wild about rearranging my fridge shelves. So for my laziness, I got to rearrange my fridge shelves while covered in brine.
*FLOPS*
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And I've got pie too! Made that today as well.
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My family literally celebrates Thanksgiving on Wednesday because my mother refuses to give up football watching time on Thursday. It confuses everyone, but it works!
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I feel a bif daft for asking this, but... if you have turkey at Thanksgiving, what do you all typically eat for Christmas? I ask because turkey twice in 2 months would be way too much for my liking.
Appropriate icon is... not that appropriate akshully.
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and all through the kitchen.
All were afraid,
because of my bitchin'...
Sorry to laugh about someone's misforture but hey, it's 0630 in the morning and your story is what I woke up to when I flicked on LJ.
Hope things go better for the rest of the day.
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(And heh. It was actually Alton's honey brine - of course it didn't go down like this on the show...)
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*refuses to properly deal with the reality that today is the day EVERYONE LEAVES THE INTERNET*
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We're cheating this year and making a ham.
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Let me know how the honey brine goes. I didn't care for it as much as his original brine, but I think I goofed somewhere in the process of making it.
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And this brine is ultra simple. You don't have to boil it or add any spices. Basically salt, honey, vegetable stock and water. I don't imagine it'll add any flavor, really. Just keep it moist.
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My parents gave up and just buy a pre-brined turkey every year now. Dad more than has his work cut out for him, smoking it like he does, so I think htat takes a good 10 hours off what's a ten-hour process anyhow.
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Regular coolers, not so much.
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