The To Do List For Today

[anahata56]

Half day at work today--going into the office till noon, and then heading home and THEN up to St. Luke's to get Paul's leg checked

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[dclarion]

Must remember to take two sticks of butter out of the fridge...

Thank you for reminding me: I should bake cookies.

Prepare the brine so that it has time to cool...

I can just hear my father: "I NEVER HEARD OF THAT!" Yeah, Dad... While we're at it, you ever hear of a transgendered person?

:o)

[anahata56]

I've brined all my turkeys for the last four years, and I'll never do it any other way again. It makes all the difference in the world.

And yeah--I don't tell my father about it--he doesn't need to know all the "stuff" that goes onto that bird...!

[weedblossom]

What are you preparing brine for? What's the difference between-- oh my God it's snowing!

Sorry.

What's the difference between using brine and regular salt or sea salt? Anyway, keep ME posted... your food posts always make me long for Pennsylvania vacations.

[anahata56]

If you immerse a turkey in brine for 8 to 24 hours before you cook it, it makes for a very moist and juicy turkey. Alton Brown explained it on his show, and it has something to do with the brine infiltrating the flesh of the turkey and some chemical reaction with the salt...something. Anyhoo, I always brine the turkey now, because it really does work. And depending on what you put in the brine, it can infuse the meat with some nice flavors, too

[weedblossom]

Holy CRAP.

I've printed all that out for future use - I hope you don't mind. Maybe I can convince the fam to let me try the turkey this year at Christmas!

[freyas_fire]

when you get a chance, can you email me the recipe for the truffles with the cayenne pepper in them? Trying to collect ideas for Christmas cookies and treats to give out as gifts this year, and I know one person in particular that would love those....

[anahata56]

Check your email...;-)

[freyas_fire]

Got it. Thanks! :)