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.
Here's a another reason to be thankful you're a man:
My sister claims she remembers I was 11 lbs at birth. Mom must have had a magnificent pelvis as well, she never complained to me about it. If one of my kids had been that big they would have heard about it everyday. ;-)
On a different topic, The Clinton Drag. The story of how clinton hurt the dims he stumped for, save a few.
The ex-president did stump for Jennifer Granholm, who was elected Michigan's first female governor. But she won by only three percentage points, a much smaller margin than any poll forecast.
Talking with Endeavor last night, she reminded me about all the muslims you've got up there. Perhaps this explains her win, since muslims know how worthless clinton was in the past concerning terrorism, they might equate Jen with his non-concern.
Looking forward to that, my SIL loves anything that's made in a crockpot so I'll pass it along to her too. Thanks in advance!
Sweet Potato Casserole
6 Large sweet potatoes
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 chopped pecans
1 cup orange juice
I cup raisins
1/2 cup sherry
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
Bag of marshmallows
Boil sweet potatoes in salted water until done - test with fork.
Peel potatoes, then mash. Add other ingredients and mix well. Place in casserole.
Heat in 350 degree oven for 15 minutes.
Top with marshmallows and brown under broiler.
FIL says it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without it!
Well, good morning, all. Had Mr. M's family over for dinner last night (his sister was in from NYC), but no roadkill - just roast beef. A few years ago, if I'm not mistaken, our legislature passed a law permitting people to scoop up and take home for dinner whatever their vehicles killed along our lovely, winding country roads. I try to take out a possum or groundhog or two at least a few times a week, but it's more difficult with my SUV (higher bumper) than with my previous car. It's enough to make one turn vegetarian!
Can we sue the DNC/dims for being annoying/stomach churning/ headache inducing?
"I knew how to have a lot of fun, sometimes too much. There were plenty of times when I was disengaged, frivolous, four sheets to the wind on a weekend."
-- Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry trying out a little pre-candidacy confession with the New Yorker's Joe Klein in the upcoming issue. But before this goes much further, Senator, we're going to need names, dates, times and places. Wash Post
Sounds like Al Gore insisting he's a fun guy.
US Airways has laid off thousands of employees and eliminated hundreds of routes as it slashes costs and prepares to emerge from bankruptcy. But it was the jobs of two women that caught some special senatorial attention.
The two employees worked for the airline's Executive Services, which zips important travelers (including some lawmakers) through Reagan National Airport, minimizing the hassles faced by other travelers and providing a secluded waiting room, away from the masses -- and from business travelers, for that matter.
That service was canceled Oct. 29, but it was reinstated almost two weeks later, after a telephone call from Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), a beneficiary of the three-year-old service. full story at Wash Post
Party of the people, and all that rot.
Yee Haw! My ex-husband brought home a grouse he found on the road one day and wanted me to cook it. Not kidding.
This from the same individual who would go squirrel hunting then bring them home and skin them sitting on my couch in the living room.
And wonder why he's my ex-husband?
Jackson lives, eats and sleeps in the same room with his kids. And in the rare moments when he is not with them, the children are watched around the clock by three nannies, a butler and two dozen guards, the paper reported without attribution yesterday.
The children get new toys every day, and their knives, forks and spoons are thrown out after every meal. On the road, Michael has special filters installed in his hotel air conditioners to protect the kids from germs. Before they turn in, Jacko pumps in pure oxygen, the Mail said.
But Jackson keeps his children on a strange schedule. He takes them on bleary-eyed shopping trips and visits to museums between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. Ny Daily News
And this from WashPost (excerpted):
The temporary window display is festooned with colorful figurines, chocolates, teddy bears and plastic fruit centerpieces, all imported from Germany.
In Middleburg, a tiny, tony town that is home to French antique shops, saddleries and historic militaria, the newest business on Washington Street is the Christmas Sleigh, a year-round holiday store scheduled to open next month with the help of Linda Rose Tripp.
Local officials, business owners and Tripp's 27-year-old son, Ryan, say the move is part of her gradual reemergence into public life, four years after she handed independent counsel Kenneth Starr tape-recorded conversations with Monica S. Lewinsky. On those 20 hours of tapes, investigators heard Lewinsky confide a sexual relationship with President Bill Clinton.
Is there anyone in Santa Barbara with brains? Wacko should be watched by child services around the clock.
A mom can be arrested for letting her children get too sunburned and this clown tortures these children everyday. Sickening.
Interesting news this morning, thanks.
His "people" probably call ahead and arrange things. Some people will do anything for money.
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