28 year old
Pagan female who lives in Florida with her guy and
two cats,
loves Disney, reads fanatically, tinkers in
photography and
believes growing up is overrated.
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*gets off soapbox*
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Success! The turkey was hung by the chimney with care..... Oh. Wait. That's not how it goes.
Our very first home-cooked turkey dinner was a success. We were a little touch-and-go with the thermometer we borrowed from one of Love's friends as it didn't seem to be working. We were worried that we were going to overcook it. We took it out based on time, looked at it and realized it needed a little more. Guess my oven just isn't as hot because the 12lb took more like 2 1/2 hours after the 30minute 500F browning stage. I thought it would have been more like 2hours since it wasn't as big as the recipe was for. (It said a 14-16lb should take 2 - 2 1/2 hours so I thought it'd be a little less.)
Worked out okay though because when it was done, it was done. Perfectly. And - oh. my. goodness. It was so juicy. I totally give it up to Alton Brown for his superb recipe. It was a lot of work getting the brine, marinading it and then working on the aromatics for inside, but...not so much that it was hard. Just a lot of little steps with very controlled timetable. It's a good thing we made the brine the night before though. We had to mix it all up and then boil it before bringing it back down to room temp. That much liquid takes a while to cool. We put it in the fridge over night. Then we got up around 8am to start our six-hour brining. Around 2ish, we got the aromatics ready and put it in the oven.
By the time everything was done, we ate around 6pm. A little later then we expected - I was thinking 5pm - but, still ok. We wanted it to be dinner and not lunch anyway.
The complete meal
All told, we had just what we wanted and nothing we didn't. Love and I don't like a lot of the icky stuff that gets served at our families dinners. (Like green bean anything, or oyster stuffing ), so we just made what we wanted to eat. The menu included 12lb butterball, butter-tasin' crescent rolls, corn, cornbread stuffing, Love's home made mashed potatoes, an apple pie and cool whip. Just perfect. Especially for just the two of us.
We don't have a dinning room table - something we've both wanted for years but just haven't had the money for - so we decorated our coffee table and ate off of that.
We put down a place matt with pumpkins on it, a Boyd's angel figurine I have that's the "angel of harvet," a leaf candle holder and two other orangey candle holders. It looked pretty.
All-in-all it was a nice day. My throat was pure misery but I tried not to let it spoil my day. Today it's not sore but I'm coughing a bit. I think the Airborne and stuff is helping. My nose isn't even that bad. *knock on wood*
Hope everyone had a nice day. We sure did and though it was a wholly different experience doing it all ourselves and just the two of us, it was very nice.
), so we just made what we wanted to eat. The menu included 12lb butterball, butter-tasin' crescent rolls, corn, cornbread stuffing, Love's home made mashed potatoes, an apple pie and cool whip. Just perfect. Especially for just the two of us.
