Sick of Turkey
We're still eating leftovers. Last two nights it was turkey-and-ham-and-cranberry sandwiches, and it was turkey and ham with all the trimmings the days before. Usually that would be great, but eating all that turkey is getting pretty old. Maybe I should just "accidentally" let Homer at the leftovers...
Thanksgiving was fun. We didn't have to travel and managed to get Jennifer's dad, step-mom and brother to come and visit. I brined and roasted the turkey - I liked it on Thanksgiving but it's a bit too salty when eaten as leftovers. Everything was good, though, and Dianne brought two very delicious pies.
Last night we had a light freeze and there was hoarfrost on the lawn this morning. It looked awesome in the morning sun, almost Christmas like.
So it's been cold (we stuffed Magda into a bunch of layers during last night's walk in the park) and I had been freezing at work. We had problems getting our gas hooked up and turned on - for some reason the gas company kept trying to turn on the gas late at night, way after our busines hours. After several attempts we caved in and paid their extortion fee so they'd come during the day. So now it's nice and cozy.
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Why was the gas turned off?
I never did hear--did you do a heritage turkey for Thanksgiving dinner?
You could always use your nifty little baby food processor and grind up the leftover turkey for Magda. Should still be good in four months' time, I think. Kayleigh has been enjoying hers. (I ground it in my hand-cranked baby food processor and then froze it in ice cube trays. To serve, I've been mixing it with some pears that I did for her or with fruit from a jar. She's also had it with sweet potato.)
Jfer picked up a "free range" turkey - I'm not sure whether it was heritage or not.
The gas at work was a big saga. Apparently when we moved in last summer, we never got the gas established. When it got cold last week, it took the gas company a couple of days (and after business hours, of course) to hook it up. Then a leak or something was detected so they turned the gas off. After everything was fixed, it took a couple of (cold) days again to get it reconnected.
It's still not working. I think it's just warmer today. Stupid utility monopolies.
I, too, brined my turkey this year (1st time ever). After 18 or so hours of "marinating" in the brine, I had Gerry replace the brine solution with plain water a couple of times so it wouldn't be too salty and I could still use the pan drippings for the gravy. It was so juicy and tender...best turkey I've made yet. I will be brining all of my future turkeys. I will also make sure that G doesn't again let the bird escape out of the bag and slide down the driveway, only to be stopped by Tim's truck!