Turkey brining

[firstfrost]

For those in the brining discussion, it Worked Well. (Kind of funny that the high compliment for turkey is that it is Moist). Since a four-gallon pot was insufficient to hold the turkey very well, I set up a milk crate lined with garbage bags. But that turned out to be a bit large when compared to only two gallons of brine, so the plan ended up being to semi-hang the second garbage bag to get it to stay somewhat tighter around the turkey. Lo:
It didn't finish cooking quite on time, but then, when it came out, there was really no hint of pink not-done-yet, so maybe I was just not using the meat thermometer right. (As for the timing, I expect that was because I kept putting things like casseroles in on the top shelf).

There was much good company, and the food was yummy, and much help in the cleaning up afterwards. And then I listened to people play Order of the Stick (rifmeister stayed quite in character as Vaarsuvius and kept making me giggle) while I napped on the couch. Success!

Comments

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

Hee, we had a lot of very good Order of the Stick in character conversation here while the game was being played.

[merastra.livejournal.com]

Hee! I like your ingenuity with the banana holder! That makes for a very intruiguing photo too, before you read the description.

Congrats on the tasty turkey! I am seriously considering doing that for our next year's plan. Yay for tasty sides and three cheers for help cleaning! And that you made most of that yourself is pretty impressive. :-)

[ricedog.livejournal.com]

I love the contraption. Alton Brown would approve. And probably have advice about which kind of plastic bags work best.