Posted on 11/20/2002 7:24:23 PM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs
Roasted Free-Range Turkey with Pear Chestnut Stuffing
Serves 8 to 10 The stuffing may also be baked separately in a buttered casserole at 375° until heated throughout, thirty to forty-five minutes.
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter
6 stalks celery, strings removed, cut into 1/4-inch dice
2 large onions, cut into 1/4-inch dice
1/4 cup fresh thyme leaves, finely chopped
1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh sage leaves
1 tablespoon coarsely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1/2 pound roasted chestnuts, shelled and chopped
27 slices stale white bread (1 1/2 pounds), crusts removed and cut into 1/4-inch dice (about 8 cups), lightly toasted
1 1/4 cups Homemade Turkey Stock, or low-sodium canned chicken broth, skimmed of fat
4 unripe Anjou pears, cored, peeled, and cut into 1/2-inch dice
1 tablespoon salt
1 twelve- to fourteen-pound free-range turkey
1. Heat oven to 375°. Make stuffing: In a large skillet, melt 4 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Add celery and onions; cook, stirring, until translucent, about 10 minutes. Stir in 2 tablespoons thyme, and sage, parsley, chestnuts, and bread. Add stock, 1/2 cup at a time, until bread becomes moist. Stir in pears; remove from heat.
2. Place remaining 1 stick butter, remaining 2 tablespoons thyme, and 1 teaspoon salt in food processor. Pulse until well combined; set aside.
3. Wash turkey, and pat dry. Place, breast side up, on a roasting rack set in a large roasting pan. Season turkey cavity with remaining 2 teaspoons salt. Fill cavity loosely with stuffing. Tie legs together with kitchen string. Fold neck flap over; secure with skewers. Rub thyme-butter mixture all over turkey.
4. Roast for 2 1/2 hours, basting often. Continue baking 30 to 45 minutes more, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh reads 180°. If turkey becomes too brown, tent it with aluminum foil. Let cool for 20 to 30 minutes before removing the stuffing and carving.
It’s politics as usual for Barbra Streisand. In a lengthy posting on her Web site, the left-leaning crooner blasts the Republicans for ignoring terrorist threats before 9/11 and having mixed priorities afterward.
In part of the posting, Streisand says: “Seven months before the terrorist attacks, the Bush administration ignored a detailed report co-authored by former Senators Gary Hart and Warren Rudman, co-chairing the United States Commission on National Security, that warned of possible terrorist attacks, including ‘a weapon of mass destruction in a high-rise building.’ ”
Says one fan, “We love Barbra, but we think she should stick to her day job.” MSNBC
GOURMET magazine editor Ruth Reichl learned the hard way that it's not always OK to feast on fungus. Reichl, author of the sexy culinary tome "Comfort Me With Apples," told an audience at the YMCA's 29th annual Academy of Women Achievers luncheon that her mother was always scraping mold off food, saying, "a little mold never hurt anyone." But after one moldy meal at her mother's house, 26 people had to go to the hospital to get their stomachs pumped. Guests included retired sex crimes prosecutor Linda Fairstein, Rep. Charlie Rangel's wife, Alma, and WNBC-TV anchor Jane Hanson.
Too bad it wasn't Charlie instead of his wife!!
"I REMEMBER going and seeing him once and there were about six girls waiting. These were all young starlets. I saw three of them go in. They went in for about 15 minutes and then I was invited in. I said, 'Elvis, are you having sex with these girls?' He said, 'Yeah.' I said, 'How do you do that?' He said, 'It's easy, they're all different.' " - Dennis Hopper on NBC's "Elvis Lives!" special, airing on Thanksgiving. Page SixLet me just say, Ewww, ewwwwwwww, ewwwwwwww!!
"I hadn't intended to read that Gore book on families," David Frum writes at National Review Online (www.nationalreview.com).
"I expected it to be a sugary celebration of home and hearth, a public-relations exercise aimed at convincing suburban moms and other swing voters that Gore was not in fact an android but a man with a heart as big as all of Tennessee. In other words: something yucky," Mr. Frum said.
"Not so, according to Andrew Hacker, a very smart left-wing sociologist, in the current (Dec. 5) issue of the New York Review of Books. Hacker contends that 'Joined at the Heart' follows in the tradition of 'Earth in the Balance': another Gore production written in a voice of almost terrifying frankness. In 1992, Gore told us that if he ever became president, he would dismantle the American economy in the name of environmental regulation. Ten years later, he is ready to execute similar destruction on the American family. I think I am going to have to read the dratted thing after all." link
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Gov. Don Sundquist has refused to proclaim a "Vegetarian Month," leaving a vegetarian group with a bad taste.
"He is discriminating against vegetarians," said Lige Weill, president of the Knoxville-based Tennessee Vegetarian Society. "They sign proclamations for everything: baton twirling, anything."
Sundquist spokeswoman Melanie Catania told The Tennessean newspaper that such proclamations "are a tool to promote a positive message ... We don't use proclamations to get involved in political arguments, and this fell into that category."
The proposed proclamation says, "Our food supply should be safe and wholesome, rather than laced with pathogens, fat, cholesterol, hormones and carcinogens leading to heart disease, stroke, cancer and other chronic afflictions that each year cripple and kill millions."
Celebrity Links
Anthony Pellicano, a private investigator who was arrested last week, has been associated with many Hollywood celebrities over the years.
STEVEN SEAGAL
In an uncorroborated report, an FBI informant claims Pellicano may have been hired by Seagal to dissuade a Los Angeles Times reporter from writing about the actor's reputed mob connection. Both deny this.
ROSEANNE BARR
Barr hired Pellicano in 1989 to find the daughter, 17, she put up for adoption. Later, Barr accused Pellicano of finding the daughter by paying off a couple of National Enquirer reporters.
MICHAEL JACKSON
Pellicano became a full-fledged celebrity in his own right when he surfaced as a defender and spin-master for Jackson, who faced career-threatening molestation allegations from the family of a young boy.
I'm shocked they left out the most celeb celebrity, Hillary!.
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