Re: Happy Thanksgiving!

Ariane Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>        Sounds great!  I've heard really good reports from people who
> have brined poultry, so I'm curious to try it.  I figure we'll start
> off small with cornish game hen or chicken and see how that goes.  I
> do hear it works wonders with turkey, so I'm curious to see how that
> works out as well.

Here's a decent article on brining and turkey-dom:

http://eat.epicurious.com/bonappetit/cooking_class/?/bonappetit/cooking_
class/turkey03/main.html

It's by Alton Brown, my new cooking god. :-)

>        Ah, Wal-Mart's house brand?  Those should be fairly inexpensive
> too, although I don't think I've ever purchased them.  (Not too many
> Super Wal-Marts in this area, and the one that's here is hideously crowded.)

Yeah, I don't like Wal-Mart very much...but that's the one that everyone
on the allergic kids mailing list talks about.  Maybe I should let them
know about Ghirardelli?  Nah....keep 'em all to myself! :-)

>        Pretty good, and yourself?  :)  We've just been kind of busy
> lately, and of course, it only gets busier from her until after New
> Year's.  I haven't been posting as much to MCFL and have only been
> skimming the threads depending on how much time I've got.  I notice
> you posting over in RFC, too...  Heaven knows that group is always in
> need of more sensible people, so you're a welcome addition.  ;)

I don't have much posting time anymore (P walks up to me when I'm on the
laptop, tries to close it, and says "All done."), but I do skim.  When
he's down for his nap, I do quick intense email and news :-).  Then I go
clean/nap/errands.

RFC is a little scary...but yeah, I'm picking  up a lot from there.  
-- 
'Tis Herself