The Day After

[loracs]

Got up at 7 am so I could continue decorating. I managed to get some more lights up outside but couldn't do the fence because it started raining. Did a few more things inside and now I'm taking a break.

Dinner came out okay yesterday. I think I might have to give up on making a whole turkey. I've tried brining, I've tried breast side down, I've tried high temp and then low temp and probably a few other tips I've read or heard of and it still comes out dry. I've tried cheap turkeys and I've tried the expensive free-range. Various levels of dry, but always dry. The only thing I really look forward to is making turkey soup. One year we were at stonebender family for a holiday meal and they were going to throw the carcass out. Oh no, they didn't - that "thing of beauty" came home with us.

Everything else came out pretty good. In fact, dbubley said the pumpkin pie was the best she every tasted. Neither of us likes cloves all that much so I didn't add any, I'm sure there was some in the canned pumpkin. I added the evaporated lactose-free milk, vanilla, powdered ginger, eggs and brown sugar. I didn't follow any one recipe, just picked a few ingredients from various recipes I googled.

Comments

[firecat]

Have you ever tried putting the turkey in one of those plastic bake-in turkey bags? I've used them for years and I think the turkey comes out pretty moist. (If you like a crunchy skin, you open the bag for the last 20 minutes or so.)

[loracs.livejournal.com]

No, that's one way I haven't tried. Thanks, maybe I'll try that next year or next time I get the urge for turkey.