"The Big Broadcast" Live Sunday 11/28 7-11pm est

WAMU ^ | 11/28/10 | Ed Walker

[Vision]

Friends, it's Sunday night again. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio programs.

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[Vision]

Hello.

[steelyourfaith]

Greetings, Vision.

[Vision]

Good holiday?

[steelyourfaith]

Very good, my youngest daughter came home from D.C. How was yours?

[Viking2002]

Good for you, other than the overly-giddy house guests. That's one reason why I don't mind playing co-host at another relative's house: we may do a disproportionate amount of the primary meal prep and delivery, but we can beg off and get out of Dodge before the booze-fest really kicks in. LOL That's why it probably goes better than I expect. We also made it a duty not to over-eat that early in the day, since I had a nice young gobbler with sage stuffing sitting in the pan and waiting for the oven when I got home. Eight hours later, the wife, our faithful dogs, and I had a nice little evening Thanksgiving meal of our own. This year, by forgoing the white wine baste and using sea salt, cracked pepper, chicken broth, and honey this time, the bird was even more lip-smacking than usual. And, like The Old Man in 'A Christmas Story', we have one Dachshund who is a turkeyholic. A bone-fide turkey junkie. He milled about the kitchen for two full hours before it was out, in sheer anticipation of that golden bird springing forth from its juicy enameled nest.

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

[Vision]

Very relaxing. Traveled down to Williamsburg and got back to Baltimore yesterday.

[Vision]

White wine baste? Never heard of that.

When you baste does the flavor get into the meat?

[WXRGina]

Oh, that sounds wonderful, Viking!

The radio station where I work gave us each a cajun-seasoned, fried turkey—fresh from the fryer! HA! It was delicious!

[Viking2002]

Yes, in fact, if you begin to baste early on, and let all the juices and moisture in your roaster convect around the meat inside. For many years, I would use a good German Liebfraumilch to baste the bird. This year, I gave it a good dusting with freshly ground sea salt and pepper, and instead of wine, I added a cup and a half of low-sodium chicken broth to the bottom of the roaster, to help keep the meat moist and give the turkey juices a base. (Next year, I plan on a wine/broth hybrid, to get the best of both.) About every 30-45 minutes, I'd take the baster, draw up a full measure of liquid, and not only baste the skin, but also all around the stuffing sticking out of the cavity. I would also draw even more drippings, then insert the tip of the baster into the cavity by working it between the edge of the stuffing and the bird, and make sure it got irrigated from inside-out. About 3/4 of the way through cooking, I'd hit it with a 2nd sea salt/cracked pepper treatment, then start to drizzle a light film of honey on every millimeter of exposed skin. Repeat until golden brown. Much to my surprise, it all got drawn into the meat itself, and no matter where you carved, that sea salt made the meat dripping moist and dancing with flavor. My wife even loved the stuffing, and she's a Southern girl raised on cornbread dressing. She hates sage stuffing from 'up there' (she says she can't eat greenish stuffing), but she couldn't get enough. All in the seasoning and prep, as usual, and I think I may have hit on something. More prep than seasoning, methinks, but all the same........

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

[Viking2002]

Bumping my reply to you - you caught me in mid-post. LOL

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

[WXRGina]

Fabulous! I wish we could’ve had some of yours! :-)

[Vision]

Ok, this program is wearing on me.

[Viking2002]

No problem. Next time, I'm getting a 30 lb. Tom from Venus. The one I fixed Thursday didn't stretch waaaaaay far enough! LOL!

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

[WXRGina]

I could use the Whistler or some Suspense! I don’t know why it is that scary stuff is so appealing, but that’s just the way it is.

We can always listen to Old Time Radio programs of our choice at any time, of course. http://www.archive.org/details/oldtimeradio

[Vision]

Night all.

[WXRGina]

Goodnight, Vision and friends!