Comments on: In Defense of Turkey

By: wmd1961

wmd1961 — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:30:48 +0000

I’m giving thought to raising a few turkeys for holiday meals in 2009 and afterwards. Will be giving a bit of thought to how to fence off the poultry yard for larger birds than chickens.

given the size of a chick order I need to find some other people that want to do this – will be putting the word out at my feed store, see if he will solicit some other customers – I would want 3 turkeys…

By: NMvoiceofreason

NMvoiceofreason — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:04:50 +0000

First, I want to thank jane and Marcy (EW) for giving me a place to meet like minded people. Second, I’d like to thank the like minded people. Third, I’d like to thank the rest of you that show up….(kidding!)

Without voice, without vision, the people perish. Thank (insert deity of choice here) for FireDogLake and EmptyWheel! I visit almost every day, even if I don’t comment.

We are doing the simple 20 Lb. turkey in the 30$ Target roasting oven, even though the family dinner is at Black Angus. We just can’t resist making turkey burritos, tacos, enchiladas, and sandwiches for the next two weeks. If you have never smelled Hawaiian incense (burning sugar cane fields) or roasting green chile (common in New Mexico in the fall) you have missed two heavenly scents that you cannot forget the rest of your life. So yes, everything except the sandwiches has freshly roasted green chile.

Best wishes to everyone here, and to all your loved ones! Happy Thanksgiving!

By: emptywheel

emptywheel — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:19:11 +0000

Cankaya Kavaklidere, Emir de Nevsehir, 2007

By: Mauimom

Mauimom — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:22:03 +0000

Kansas City has mangoes available…? They’re bountiful here in the Isles

I demonstrate to people the “quality” of The Maui News [all AP all the time] by recounting that a front page story [for at least a day or two] was Too Many Mangoes, discussing how all mangoes were ripening at the same time.

Earth-shattering.

By: Mauimom

Mauimom — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:08:15 +0000

Well this is a first: no kitchen time for me this Thanksgiving.

We’re “on the road” — actually on the plane — to fly from Maui to LA [locale of son’s college]. Daughter flew in from NYC. We’re in a hotel [Embassy Suites], and rather than having restaurant fare, I’m picking up a menu of prepared items at Gelson’s supermarket tomorrow a.m. Main requirement is that everything must be able to be “prepared” in our room’s microwave.

Much less fanfare — or “kitchenfare” — than our usual holiday, but we’re so thankful to have the time to spend with our kids [we have no other family].

By: wigwam

wigwam — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:00:12 +0000

Also, my local wine purveyor recommended this new Turkish wine to go with the turkey, which I’m kind of looking forward to trying.

And, that wine would be?

By: pdaly

pdaly — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:08:29 +0000

This Wired article describes the genetic changes to our Thanksgiving food.
For example, our modern day (non heritage) turkeys are uniformly white feathered.
They all have to be artificially inseminated. Their libido has been bred out of them.

By: pdaly

pdaly — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:48:27 +0000

I wondered if this was like one of those ‘dog bites man’ articles. Depending how you define ‘turkey’ I guess it is.
“>Turkey Arrests Boy For Flirt With UK Girl

By: Professor Foland

Professor Foland — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:28:41 +0000

This year’s Thanksgiving innovation has been sweet-potato pie, with the sour cream flattop from the Moosewood’s “Montana’s Mom’s Cheesecake”. It has just been sitting on the counter tempting me to ruin its smooth white perfection before the meal tomorrow.

Also, I learned why one doesn’t normally bake acorn squash for puree-ing the way one bakes pumpkin for puree-ing. But that particular debacle left no permanent scars. (One thing I learned when I cooked in a restaurant during college was how to hide the bad parts of a dish…)

By: JohnLopresti

JohnLopresti — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:25:54 +0000

if you get past Healdsburg, send an email northward, it is close enough to be in view, though these parts are more about art and thorough history, than politics at present. Long time since a Rosenblum graced the slab, as their quality and commensurate prices escalated few years ago.

Re @73 et al., OMBWatch and several other organizations have prepared whitepapers for the transition elements; ACS has made transcripts of its summer symposium; here is the one in which Crew and 70+ other entities participate for OMBW.