Good 53º windy rainy morning. We're in for some COLD weather
this week..... possibly snow on the valley floor....
Today would have been my Darling's birthday.
I hope you are celebrating, my love! I miss you. I love you. ♥
JWM 12-2-40 ~ 2-12-07 (12-2 and 2-12 !!)
A 17 year old Marine... Brian,me,Kristen,Aaron,Jerry... Deputy
Maxwell... carving with his Mom Winona 1986, a Buddy Fowler (LASD photographer)
photo,and two favs.....
Gettin's some Jack ... with his love Maggie ... Jerry Big
Dave and Cliff.....
Today is also cyber friend, Georgia Sue's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY
girlfriend. She is "Ms. Dog Rescue"!
Football yesterday.... some good, some sad.... Good for me... good for Brian...good for Jelly Bean... good for Jeannie ... sad for the rest of you whose teams lost. DANG the Giants won!
Yesterday was my turn to cook a turkey. No leftovers when you let someone
else do it! NEEDED leftover turkey! So, a Norbest turkey... and I was so unhappy ... no giblets other than the neck! WHAT ????? I was so angry I wrote
the company! Received a nice note back from them. It happens. Can't always be helped. I understand. Anyway, put the neck and the "last part over the fence" in a pot of
water with garlic, chives, Rosemary, and basil. Some salt and a pat of butter.
Brought to boil and simmered until tender. Strained out any lumpy pieces and the
neck and butt. The liquid is for the stuffing. Cut up an onion and lemon for the
turkey cavity... along with some bacon. (!!)
The bacon went under the skin, around the legs, in the cavity, and latticed
across the breast....
Next I filled the pan with water and put into a preheated 450º oven for 30
minutes, turned heat to 325º and tented the bird for 4 hours. Removed the tent
and let cook another 30 minutes (until the button popped up!)
The broth from the turkey parts (neck and butt) was brought to
a boil, stuffing mix added, remove from heat, stir, and let stand with lid on.
Then I cut up mushrooms and celery, sauteéd them in butter and added to
stuffing. Put stuffing in baking dish and baked til top crispy. Made roux for the gravy
with butter, olive oil, and flower...stir in enough flour until thick and clumps
up... then add in the cooking broth (water and drippings from cooked turkey) and
cook til thick, keep warm.
This was one of the most moist and tasty turkeys I have ever cooked. The bacon added a depth and a crispiness to the skin. The
stuffing, for not being homemade, was GREAT. Gravy was awesome! Cranberries
perfect. OMGOOD meal!
As for the pie..... topped the sweet potato pie with cranberry sauce and cool whip! (drooling......)
Historically this date..
1927 – Following 19
years of Ford
Model T production, the Ford
Motor Company unveils the
Ford
Model A as its new automobile
1980 – Four U.S. nuns
and churchwomen, Ita
Ford, Maura
Clarke, Jean
Donovan, and Dorothy Kazel, are murdered by a
death
squad in El
Salvador.
And
births this date include..
1924 – Alexander Haig, American Soldier
& Civil servant, 7th Supreme Allied Commander Europe, 5th
White
House Chief of Staff and 59th
United
States Secretary of State (d.
2010)
.... does
good for Green Bay, made a funny State Farm commercial....and born in Chico
Ca!
Yesterday I took
the trash to the road for pick up and Dude had a good run. Stopped to chat with
neighbor Frank and he had made a Bigfoot and wanted me to take my picture with
it. He made it for his sister, who is a big fan, but was going to put it up
without her knowledge at her house and see if she either laughs or screams!
All I know. Happy Monday. Nuff said. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom
Bobo
December 2nd
National Fritters Day
