So...

So Thanksgiving was titz. Good food, good beer, great family and friends. I missed seeing my family, but concessions are/need to be made to make everyone happy. I've been roasting up turkey for about 3 or 4 years now, but I have to say, the bird I cooked up yesterday was my best ever. Got the recipe on line but then went free form on it's ass..

* 8 LB breast
* 2 quarts vegetable stock
* 1/2 cup salt (3/4 cup Kosher or coarse salt)
* 1/2 cup white sugar
* 1 tablespoon dried sage
* 1 tablespoon dried thyme
* 2 quarts cold water

OK that was the brine, but little things that made a difference: I cooked the breast upside down, that is to say boob side down in the pan in a pool of vegetable stock. I also left the skin ON for cooking. In the past I've taken it off to save a few grams of fat/calories. But f*cki it, it's T-Giving and the BIRD is the shit. And I must say it was the best bird boob EVER!!!!!!!!!

Tonight we polished off the bird-boobs with some turkey/rice/vegetable stir fry. I of course felt compelled to TRY to finish off the Indian Brown that I have, but that was most likely a bad choice. Because since dinner I have found myself on YouTube watching old Smiths concert footage and lamenting life's choices. Not regretting, just lamenting.

Saw my first snow shower of 09/10 today. If I would have had the time and the ballz I would have become intimate with the gas oven, but I was too wrapped up in having fun with B-Man and getting used to the tooth pain that is now part of my everyday life to worry about roasting my cranium.

Hoping to get out and ride tomorrow. If not, I'm sure I will find something to occupy my time.

Later.