Bird Cookin..........

[Cary Kid]

TYQ thinks I'm a Dinosaur.........
I insist on a butter soaked cheese cloth draped over the turkey as it's cookin, to brown the bird........

I baste the cheese cloth in butter as it's cookin............

Am I really out of the dark ages?...........

I need some input from you Pards...........

[Charles Isaac]

 Some people are happy with a package of Rice A Roni, Zatarans Dirty Rice or a pre basted Butterball with Stove top Stuffing and Hungryman dehydrated Potatos and margerine.

Others may like a sack of rice, a sack of potatoes, butter, a loaf of bread, vegetables and a slew of individual spices and a turkey right off the chopping block or freshly blasted with a scattergun and roasted in a wood fired oven.

I would rather be in the dark ages than eating Rice A Roni!

[Cary Kid]

Since it's going to be our two kids and their sweetys this thankgiving..........
I'm doing a ham, and TYQ is doing a Turkey......
I love sending them home with lots of leftovers....

And  yes, As Gods my witness........I'm sticking cloves in that ham.....
I'm even gonna do the cross cuts on the outside, so's the kids kin have the little squares of roasted Pork Fat to pick off as they wish

Yup, I'm a Dinosaur...........
Wouldn't change for money..............

I'm going to do a Squash Casserole.......Fresh Green Beans, steamed......Sweet Potatoes, mashed......Garden Salad, with fresh Bleu Cheese Dressing..........Mashed Taters and Gravey, Turkey Gravey........Trail Mix, (They both grew up on Trail Mix as their snack)......Walnuts, Pastacios, and Cashews............

My son say's to me, "Dad, I'll bring the wine"..........

This will tell me lots about how he has matured........He's 42...........

My Daughter, the Artist is bringing her appetite and her Sweety, and that's fine.......

It will be great to see both my kids at the same time, back home............

Thank God for Hollidays ........................

I ain't tellin a soul till the end, I'm making a "Schvarts Velt Kiers Tort" for dessert..............

Black Forrest Chocolate Cake Pards...........Primo Killer Chocolate Cake..............

I love the Holliday Season............

I feel blessed that I get to see both my adult children at the same time.......................

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[Russ T Chambers]

This was the featured guest at last night’s pre-Thanksgiving Dinner!

[Tensleep]

Nice bird Russ!

[Ozark Tracker]

ho wee,  makes me want just a bite or two and some stuffing and potato's and gravy and pie and   oh well I guess I can wait.

[Silver Creek Slim]

Great looking bird, Russ T.

Slim

[Cary Kid]

That does indeed look tastey.......

Good Job Pard, you gets an "AttaBoy"...................

[Charles Isaac]

 
I will boil a couple of cups of water with some molassas, paparika, garlic, tyme, sage, dill weed and just a touch of cinnamon and ginger. This will be cooled and added to a salt water brine (along with a couple of shots of bourben for good measure ) and the bird soaked in it for a day then the bird will be smoked for a day.

Had some real strong wind a couple of months ago and blew a couple of big limbs off the pecan tree and we have a brick smoker in the back yard.

[Cary Kid]

Pecan smoked Turkey, that's going to be well worth the work.......
Enjoy Pard........

TQ won't let me within 5 feet of the turkey, that's her domain.......
I'll do a ham on my "Q".......Real low, real slow..........

[Dr. Bob]

I like the front shoulder smoked without being cured.  Great taste!!

[Russ T Chambers]

Well, made it back from Oregon without a problem with United Airlines.  It was a great weekend, with rain only on Thursday, when we were all inside stuffin’ ourselves anyway. 
By the way, this is what the second bird in 5 days looked like.  This one was Nesco’ed.

[Texas Lawdog]

That one looks fine to me, plenty for everyone.

[Cary Kid]

Yup Pard, that's a dandy lookin bird, ya done good...................

Couple days later......couple slices of Rye, some Mayo, Cayenne sprinkles............a slice of breast.......
Your good to go there Pard..........
Don't get no better............

[Cary Kid]

OK, what's Nescoed??

[Texas Lawdog]

Cooked in one of those electric roaster pans.

[Russ T Chambers]

Kinda' like this!

[Cary Kid]

Thanks Pards.........
In these parts we call them slow cookers.........
TYQ will stick a pot roast, taters, carrots, onions, etc in it in the morn......
By the time were both home from work, supper is ready..........

So Nesco is the Brand, the manufacturer in your neck of the woods.........

I gots it straight now..............

Yup, slow cookers is essential to modern life.........

[Russ T Chambers]

I was born and raised for the first 21 years of my life in Wisconsin, so I think it has more to do with what you had in the house.  We had a Nesco slow cooker, and my Dad had a Skil circular saw and a Sabre  jig saw.   After that ever circular saw was called a Skil saw, every jig saw was a Sabre saw.  I guess that went for Cresent wrenches too. 

[Texas Lawdog]

I inherited one of those vintage Nesco roasters and I'm gonna experiment with some meats to start with. I wanna work my way up to a Turkey.