Save The Turkeys! Use a Brine {Cooking Adventures: Day 5}

The best way to prepare and cook a traditional Thanksgiving turkey is to use a brine. A traditional brine is essentially a saltwater bath in which the concentration of salt in the bath interacts with the cellular composition of the meat, resulting in a form of osmosis that flavors the meat.  That is my ten…

Thanksgiving Recap

The food, the friends, the fellowship, the fun.  Thanksgiving was a wonderful day at the Walters.  Between breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner we hosted about 15 people in our tiny little condo.  It was great! So, as promised, I did document the preparation of my turkey and brine.   And so it begins, with a…

Thanksgiving Prep starts TODAY

I am making Thanksgiving Dinner for my husband and my mother-in-law Judy.  Several years ago, I found a delicious brine recipe from Legal Seafoods of all places.  This is funny for several reasons, the least of which being that Brian worked at Legals for multiple years, I got a Turkey brine recipe from a seafood…