I volunteered to roast a turkey for a banquet (one of three, plus a ham, big banquet.) Friday. It's been about fifty years since I cooked a whole turkey. I'm borrowing an electric roaster because my tiny oven won't accommodate a 20# bird.

I didn't get a butterball, just a plain turkey because I want to dry-brine it. After dry-brining several chickens I've become a fan of that method. I intend to brine with only salt, pepper, and maybe sage.

It's one thing to cook for myself, I can live with a screw up, but for a banquet.....

It’s my birthday today. I turned 69 so this……



……. is what I’m having for lunch today: Red Velvet Cake!

Terry

It doesn't appear to be working, just a link to no images and previous images I put up are now the same. Hmm, it seems to be working now.

I saw some report on tv about AI recipes ruining some Thanksgiving dinners. I do believe I found one. Rub chicken thighs with garlic powder/paprika/oregano/salt and pepper. Brown them in a skillet, add chicken stock and cover.
First off, paprika gets kinda bitter when fried. Next, the description emphasized the crispy nature of the chicken. Crispy when simmered in stock, really?

A month or two back I bought a delicato squash at the farmers market along with acorn and butternut squash. I was going to cook one tonight but that didn't go well. 
I have never seen a squash this difficult to cut. I had to baton the knife to get into it and it broke apart by the time I was done. Is it possible to hybridize the dang things with hickory? Maybe they're not good storage squash? 
Anyhoo, there's an acorn squash in the oven now.

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Got 4 visitors in my front yard this morning. They've shown up for the past 3 days, regular as clockwork. The buck only comes around at night.

My best friend who had surgery to remove some stuff in his lungs got the test results back today.  No cancer!  That made my day!