Chuckwagon,
It was a great day, pies, 17 lb. turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, chicken and noodles, cranberry's, and candied sweet potatoes. All this for three people!

The leg of lamb sounds great!

To my sisters and brothers on current military duty, and those MIA I hope this will be the last Thanksgiving on foreign soil in war for our country!

Brined Turkey 2 liter lemon lime soda 3-inch piece of fresh ginger 4 cloves garlic 1 bunch green onions 1/2 cup salt 1/2 gallon water 1 cup soy sauce a few days before needed, mince ginger and garlic, dice onions 1/2 inch long and add to 1quart water, hold in refrigerator. # of Days to brine Whole T...

Even though I had brined chicken and pork steaks years ago while in the Philippines I had never thought to do a turkey. So thanks to this forum I got the courage to go ahead and brine one using the recipe I used on chicken . I have to say that 4 days for a 17lb turkey was the most worthwhile endeavo...

A thanks that would be so hard to give. I thank you for sharing.

Dick

Have a great Thanksgiving all!

Looks like a 22 on top and a 32 on bottom.

CharcuterieGuy wrote:I reduce wine to get rid of some of the alcohol and concentrate the flavor before adding it to my sausage.

Me too! But then there is never any left for the sausage!

What is the highest temp. this unit will run without the heating bulb?

Dick

I am at a loss. How does this work? How is it wired?

They look great! Thank you for sharing.

I made one loaf before the starter was ready. Tasted great but did not get the rise I wanted. The recipe did not use any commercial yeast so the starter has to be really active. :cry: Yesterday evening I took 2 cups starter after feeding it in the morning. I combined 2 eggs, 1 tsp salt, and 2 tbs ho...

Yes I used fresh water and flour each day. Half of original amounts. One day I did add a little extra flour as the liquid on top was getting to be more than I thought it should be. This was a slow starting starter as the temps have been lower this last week and getting colder. Down in the mid thirti...

I did not use unbleached flour. I got the amounts I started with 2 1/2 cups flour and 2 cups water. Then I removed 1/2 of the mix and added half back.