My To-Do List For Today:
- Do a "quick thaw" of the turkey since MOTHER forgot to put it it fridge to thaw this past weekend. A quick thaw is where you put the bird in a big bucket, fill the bucket with water, weight bird down (so the little jackleg doesn't float away) and s-l-o-w-l-y allow water to run from tub faucet into bucket and overflow s-l-o-w-l-y back into the tub and down the drain. Everything seems slow about a quick thaw except the actual time it takes to work.
- Bake a Pecan Pie. Because Jef loves them. And I love Jef. And that's the way I roll, homey.
- Figure out how in Pete's name to make a Pecan Pie by calling favorite aunt.
- Bake cornbread for dressing. (Doesn't she mean stuffing?). No I don't mean stuffing. Stuffing is evil. Dressing is cooked in a pan away from the salmonella filled cavity of the turkey. It's a Southern thing.
- Bake (read as "buy") biscuits for dressing. It's so much easier to buy 4 biscuits. And I was going to Micky D's for coffee anyways.
- Once turkey is thawed, make a brine for the bird and let soak (keeping at a safe temperature, of course) over night. (Why do you brine the bird?). I brine the turkey to keep it moist during cooking and because "sawdust" is not an adjective I wish to use for the texture and taste of my turkey. I am the Turkey Cooker Of The Family. It's a lofty title I plan to keep until I can pass the torch to some young apprentice.
- Explain to my mother One More Time what a brine is and how a brine works. Make a drawing so the whole osmosis thing doesn't blow her mind. Again.
- Grate the cheddar and Gruyere cheese for homemade Mac-N-Cheese.
- Wash all dishes, put away all dishes, and have kitchen spotless for tomorrow's cooking whirl wind!
--The Milk Maid says Turkey Day RAWKS!! and then does her best impersonation of Wayne and Garth. (Not Newton and Brooks either people!)
If my mother behaves this holiday season I might poke her in an old f'er farm with this: assisted living software.
8 comments:
Call me when you figure out that pecan pie. I'll be doing it as well. :)
Sounds GOOD! Got room for one more over there ;-)
doodle lee doo, doodle lee doo...party on Wayne! I am sure the turkey will be GREAT! What's a brine?
Pecan Pie: 1 c. sugar, 3 eggs, 1 c. light Karo syrup, 2 tbsp melted butter, 6-6.5 oz pecans, unbaked pie shell (9"). Bake at 350 for 55-60 min, let cool for 2 hours!
yea! thanks!
hey!! the old f'er farm was mine!! i'll let you borrow it though..cuz i like you. BUT..nobody else!
I'm totally with you on the dressing as opposed to stuffing. The idea of sticking part of my food up a turkeys ass just doesn't work. The brine thing sounds interesting. Does it flavor the turkey at all? Have fun with your cooking and oh, could you send me a dish of the mac-n-cheese?? Please??
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