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SD ... what is brine? is that what you fry the turkey in?

Alton Brown's brine recipe is awesome. I've decided that brining is too much work for the results. I did it for a few years.

I saw T today and he was seriously off his game. I'm chalking it up to a bad day or him coming down with something, but at one point he was obviously having a really hard time keeping his eyes open. He wasn't really holding the thread of the conversation very well and kept jumbling up the thing we were talking about. I changed the conversation to something much less emotionally charged and basically ran out the clock. I hope he's ok. It's not like him at all.

I have started brining almost everything- I think it makes all poultry taste better.

Brine is a salty solution (with other herbs, sugar etc added in) that you soak the poultry in before cooking.

I find brining changes the texture too much for me, Stopdog. Do you not have that issue? With smaller poultry, I use a mix of buttermilk, salt, spicy mustard and garlic. With turkey, I use a dry rub under the skin and leave that for 24 hours, then rinse and pack it with butter for the roasted process.

I've always wanted a high power corporate job and now that I almost have one, turns out its a lonely existence. Ugg

I've realised changing the word you use to describe something doesn't change the thing itself.
RTS congrats on your son.

Do you have long holiday for Thanksgiving?

Thanks to Jillian Michaels, having trouble lifting my arms to type. I'm heading to bed. Have a good evening everyone.

I have not noticed a change in texture. I don't really like roasted turkey much- so anything that can help it along is good for me. I brine a lot for smoking and grilling.

If you want to try it, the buttermilk marinade is really incredible on almost any type of poultry. This site has a similar marinade recipe, but as I said, I use garlic and not cayenne: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/souther...fried-chicken/

Thanks I will try it.

Horrible headache keeping me in bed today.

Mast... I hope your headache dulls and disappears... Do you take medicine for them?

bed just sounds good all around today .i have nothing going on to distract today(who knows maybe i try to distract to much) so staying in bed sleeping with the help of some meds is a great idea

Hey all...
(((ready))) I am sorry if what I said about creating problems hurt you...I didn't mean it to come off the way it sounded. I just write so stupidly sometimes. I once again over-simplified. Please forgive me. And congrats on your son, you should be very proud.

Granite...you can distract by making these snowflakes...it's what I will be doing today, to hang all over my son's room while he's at work. He's going to crack up...
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SD: I use Alton's brine, and my family loves it. Of course, I love Alton. I have a poster of him in my kitchen...lol.

Lola...have you looked for any social groups? I could never travel as much as you do, that must be so difficult. Will you be home for the weekend?

wiki those snow flakes will be so fun especially if you put the big cut out with them lol. he will crack up

has anyone ever tried to cook a turducken i just like saying that name it makes me giggle and i need to giggle lol

omg...the great turducken. Ick. lol

it is a silly name though.

Maybe SD will smoke one.

Thanks, RTS - I don't often get bad headaches, thank goodness. I have taken a painkiller this time, and also some nasal spray, and am feeling better now. I do have a head cold, so that's probably why I got the headache.

Great news about your son!!

BPA, I don't know if they get a long holiday, but I do know that their Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday and I'm guessing that many people take the Friday off, if they can.

My H is such a sweet guy. He saw somebody on Facebook asking if anybody was interested in a boxed DVD set of Grey's Anatomy, so he bought it for me because he knows I like ER - which he doesn't, at all, so this was really only for me. Now that I'm able to sit up without feeling nauseous from the headache, I've started watching it. (Yes, I watch hospital shows when I'm ill - maybe not the cleverest thing to do.) So far there's less romantic nonsense than in ER - that's what I disliked about that show, in addition to the increasingly unlikely plotlines. I fast-forward through love/romance scenes in films, if I'm watching alone.

sorry BPA...I missed that question. Thursday is a holiday, however here in the US the term "holiday" doesn't hold it's weight anymore. Many stores and markets are still open. Which is sad, really. A lot of people will indeed take the Friday off, but many can't so it generally is one day. Except for schools, they usually have a half day on Wed and then go back on Monday. So there are child care expenses for a lot of people.

I am not doing well today.....I finally took the kitties to the shelter. I am so incredibly heartbroken over this. We are adopting two of the four - but I am so attached to one of the two that are staying at the shelter. I hate this. I would have adopted her too, but their policy is to only allow two.

I am stuck between just allowing myself to grieve and hang onto the hope that she will find a good furever home....or scrambling to find someone who will adopt her for me, so that I can keep her....or going off into a place of terror with thoughts of her being scared and feeling abandoned which sends me into crazy land.

I hate this.

Wiki... there is nothing to forgive... I realized that I often only write facts (not always all of them) and not my feelings and then I expect people to understand what I'm "saying" (which is what I'm not saying)...

That's why I decided to start another thread.... I copied parts of an email that I sent to a friend about the issue because it contained my original feelings at the time....

MUE... my son and I adopted our kitten from that exact shelter. That Kittie will find a wonderful furever home where she is loved and adored just like our kittie is.

but I know it must be very painful process

Thanks, RTS. I am hoping she finds a great home. She is a beautiful kitten (here's a pic) - so friendly, purrs loudly, grooms all the other kitties, snuggles, plays, is not aggressive at all.

It was just so hard to see how scared they looked, especially when a large dog started barking loudly in the waiting room. I felt like such a horrible person putting her through this. They all have no idea what's going on right now - and later tonight, we will be picking up the two that are coming home with us. She will be left behind. And I can't stand it.

MUE, why don't you have your mom adopt her? Doesn't you sister live in the area also?

Thanks, MKAC. I was considering that....but my mom is out of town (watching my sisters kids) until Thanksgiving. I could ask a friend of mine to do it for me.

Here's what's getting in the way....

1. I know it's an impulsive thing with me - it's my heart and feelings of love and guilt leading the show. As a single mom without full time work, the last thing I should be doing is investing in 2 more pets - let alone a third...when I already have a cat, rabbit and fish.

2. She is such an adorable cat that I know she'll find a good home. It wouldn't hurt this much if I knew she was going straight to a good home. Being in the shelter is a big part of my sadness.

3. If I take her too, the last kitten will be all alone in the shelter rather than having one of her siblings there for comfort and companionship until adopted. Maybe someone would consider adopting them both together.

I am tempted, though.....I am trying not to act impulsively.

When I was a teen, I acquired a cat from a friend who happened to be pregnant. We didn't know it at the time, but shortly after we brought her in, she had 5 kittens under my bed. I wouldn't let my parents get rid of them.

One day, my mom tried to force me to give them up. I took them to the shelter, dropped them off....several days later, I was still grieving horribly - on impulse, in the middle of the night, I completely freaked - called the shelter, talked to security, had him check on them and put notes for them to be put on hold so I could come back to get them first thing in the morning.

I am learning one hard lesson here - I am not a good foster mom.