Now that i have live traps, they dont make it into the 'core' of the house, so cats dont get a meal.

And i guess i dont dislike mice as a species as i like all animals, but the ones eating my food, no,

Tue Nov 16 2021 08:53:37 AM EST from IGnatius T Foobar

Agreed. It isn't the mice so much as it is the unsanitary mouse droppings.
Doesn't matter though; mice don't last long in my house because I have cats.

I got a pack of turkey lunch meat a couple days before, does that count? 

I like mine with gravy and mashed potatoes. 

Mon Nov 29 2021 13:10:47 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

Some people insist that a leftover turkey sandwich must be made with leftover stuffing and cranberry sauce.

Nothing wrong with that, but it's not my thing.

Around here, a leftover turkey sandwich gets made with those luscious slabs of white meat along with avocado, bacon, mayonnaise, lettuce and tomato, and horseradish. It does not get any better than that.

I saw a compelling argument that turkey is not a very tasty bird, and that it is mostly cooked poorly - but we eat it for a nostalgia kick. 

I've got to admit - I'm not a fan of the smell, in particular, of turkey. It is also kind of a weird mouth texture. Chicken is better. 

smell, i wouldnt know.

Taste, i agree modern chicken is better than modern turkey. I hear both were better in the old days. But, not as large. Tradeoffs. 

I've noticed that the larger a food gets - the less flavor it has. Grapes are often this way. 

I was just kind of tripping on this a few days ago. 

Wed Dec 15 2021 06:15:04 EST from Nurb432

smell, i wouldnt know.

Taste, i agree modern chicken is better than modern turkey. I hear both were better in the old days. But, not as large. Tradeoffs. 

Oh... my father-in-law brines it, smokes it, seasons it, it is juicy... and the dark meat is pretty good. 


But... after all is said and done - it is still turkey. It is best mixed in with mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry, stuffing, or whatever else there is on the plate to make you forget that you're eating turkey. 

:) 

Mon Dec 20 2021 13:27:35 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

Well, today's turkeys are bred for size, particularly for white meat. In other words, people want big breasts, even though that's not the juicy... oh wait, let's keep it family friendly :)

Anyway, if you've had dry flavorless turkey, you're eating Grandma's thanksgiving bird that came out of the package and went straight into the oven for six hours until the built-in timer popped. That is a hopeless barren wasteland of dining.

If you want delicious turkey, you have to brine it. I make my brine with salt, brown sugar, and spices like cloves, peppercorns, allspice berries, and even some fresh ginger. I boil it for a while to release the flavor from the spices, then cool it down and dunk the turkey into it overnight. Once that's done, the moisture doesn't come out when you cook it, and the flavors have been infused as well.

The oven is fine, but this year I smoked two turkeys and they were even better.

My brother mostly will deep fry it in the driveway.

IF we have it here at my house, its just one of those small packaged breasts, a bit of instant potato, perhaps some cooked carrot ( ick ).  Normally we dont bother.   Wife works holidays, i'm not really into them ( as if that is a surprise :) ).  If we "do" holidays we will go to family and eat their food, tho neither of us are fond of traveling to parties either.

Ya, we are non stop fun.

I *hate* Christmas. I'm officially the Scrooge. 

My wife has turned it into this obligation to buy her something while at the same time she just constantly shops on Amazon so there is *nothing* she wants. 

She wants me to pick out clothes - in her size, that she'll like - when she thinks I can't even dress myself. Or jewelry or purses and handbags or candles. All things I have no interest in. 

Every year, for 28 years... I fail. I feel the same way about her birthday and our anniversary. 

It is the one thing about her - she has robbed me the joy of these seasons. 

Otherwise it has been mostly awesome. But... gift giving holidays suck a dick. 

we stopped trying to do that year sago.  now its a gift card.

A proper Christmas meal is ham and duck.

Bowl of pasta and some garlic bread sounds ok to me. 

Whatever happened to 'plain' french dressing that us old people grew up with?  i dont want all these fancy crap varieties in the grocery.. and its should be RED not yellow.

Funny thing, grand son had spaghetti for Xmas dinner. 

Had to explain my 'look, a fellow pastafarian' comment to several people. 

We dont do that in my family for the holidays.  THo i have been with a few families, where that was not out of the question.  

Thu Dec 23 2021 06:49:57 PM EST from ParanoidDelusions

 But... gift giving holidays suck a dick. 

 

Croissant for pizza base.  Sounds odd, but isn't 1/2 bad