Posted on 11/21/2004 9:16:56 PM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs
Maybe W will go to Afghanistan this week....Kewl!
And I thought my pride in President Bush and our military couldn't swell anymore than it had already. Thank you for the story!
Oooo, I hope W goes to Afghanistan, the troops would really like that and probably could use the morale boost.
That way you can fry your turkey and have gravy too!
And just think...he could meet with the newly-elected President Karzai!
Fried turkey ping.
Where do you find something large enough to hold the batter?
Mmmmmmm, Indiana State Fair Cornbirds!
My BIL makes turkey gravy using packaged country gravy mix as a base. I miss my Mom's "brown" turkey gravy, but his is good (even if it is white). He cooks the giblets for broth and cuts them up...just like you would for regular gravy.
Only warning: He's in the food brokerage business and has access to very good restaurant brands. So his gravy mix may be better than what you can get in the store.
I remember last year so well. I learned of the president's arrival in Iraq in the car on the way to grandpa's house. I hadn't heard any such reports before we left and had been listening to that station and their news reports since we left home so I knew it was breaking news. Could hardly contain myself and quickly called HLL on my cell phone to share the glee!
I was thankful for cell phones in addition to all the other things to be thankful for that Thanksgiving.
Ugh, I hate Chris Matthews. Just now at the opening of his show he asks because congress didn't pass the intel bill, who will President Bush blame if we get attacked again. How about we blame the TERRORISTS?
Like some little nugget of a plot couldn't or wouldn't ever slip by, even with a new fangled intel system. Will these truckload of clucks (MSM) ever tell the truth?
Let me add Shelia Jackson Lee is part of that truckload.
Rush cracked me up today talking about how funny it is watching the libs howl and scream as all their sacred cows come crashing down around their heads.
Welfare. Separation of church/state. New Deal programs. Coalition politics. "Peace" and appeasement. Going, going, gone.
My favorite was when he talked about their old stand by: anti-war demonstrations. Apparently voters now see them as anti-American...their 60's style protests backfired. Isn't it fun imagining liberals trying to figure out how to be relevant if they can't stage demonstrations?! What WILL they do at the inauguration? LOL!
You know how annoying crack pot conservatives are, well the libs have their own crackpots and near as I can tell there's more of them and they're much louder. An added bonus, they'll protest at the drop of a hat! :-)
Don't forget, the Kerry girls on LKALive at 9:00 eastern. Hoo boy, this is gonna be fun.
President Bush approval at 55%!
Wait til the news of W taking charge in Chile has a chance to get around. Haven't heard a word about this today on the tellie. I wonder why.
As credentials for this food safety opinion, I hold a Texas Retail Food Managers Certification, and USAF Food Safety Certificate and am a culinary school graduate.
Do your family a favor and don't overcook the turkey. ;>)
/john
It's news to me, but I may give it a try.
Here's the S.F. Chronicle's recipe in case your bird is from a blue state.
I use a marinade for large birds that includes water, beer, salt, sugar, and several spices. The goal is to change the osmotic pressure within the cells of the meat and increase the amount of juice within the cell structure. Adding the flavoring ingredients allows them to travel with the liquid into the cell structure.
I think McGee has a section in his book on this technique.
/john
Whoa!
House of Pies...the closest to us is in Houston: three hours away.
What great glop.
Where do you take the bird's temperature? I get different readings in different spots ... should I average them out? As a newly-wed I almost killed DH with food poisoning from an undercooked chicken. Thus some caution ...
Ann
Funny mental image there. :)
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