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Well, who the heck would have thought that little 'ole me would be doing the turkey this year!?!?! My cooking skills are what one would call amateur!!! I guess I have been a bit scared since the "turkey incident of '98"..... My sister Ginny and I hosted Thanksgiving and well, we forgot to remove 1 of the bags of inerds before baking!! Oops!
So you can see how one would NOT want to attempt this again. Well, 10 years have passed and I am going for it! I have to admit I dry-heaved removing the neck, THANK GOD I had some gloves to wear!!! I'm also being a little creative this year and i'm "brining" the turkey. Basically soaking it for several hours in a salty/yummy mixture. Then I am going to be puting it in the oven at 2:00 a.m. to bake all night :) I can't wait to wake up to the most delicious scent in the morning!! I just hope it tastes good!!!!!
The brine mixture: courtesy of Mr. Alton Brown :)
kosher salt, brown sugar, sage, rosemary, thyme, peppercorns, ice, water
Doesn't that look beautiful :)
5 comments:
It does look delicious. You will do a fabulous job this year I'm sure.
You ARE amazing! I wouldn't even know where to start with a turkey let alone the kitchen ha Good luck tomorrow!
Ooooo Karie!! Can I come over? :) We are doing a rotisserie turkey, but this sounds so yummy!! Alton Brown is awesome I'm sure this will come out wonderful!! How funnnnn dont you just love the holidays!!!!!! I will pray that you wake up to the smell of yummy turkey and not smoke...just kidding, it will be great! :)
Wow, that does look good. You go girl---I have never attempted this in all of my adult years (and there are many)--and not sure I want to start. I'm looking forward to the update! :) Happy Thanksgiving!
Wow that turkey looks awsome! I am curious to hear how it turned out! Happy Thanksgiving
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