Turducken: ++++! Maybe we lucked out but it was dee-lish.
Mushroom-Bacon gravy: +++, needs more bacon fat (had to pad with olive oil and some Crisco). Next time, I'll either start with more bacon or fry the mushrooms in something else. This uses FarmMom's good ol' pan gravy recipe.
My skin-on mashed potatoes: with Irish butter! ++++!
...The succotash worked out well and Shootin' Buddy brought a fine wine. Pie is next, with coffee.
Bonus: the wisdom of keeping powdered milk on the shelf is proven once again. Ran out of fresh making gravy and taters.
Behind The Scenes: there was a point about a half-hour before dinner when I had bird(s) in the oven, taters simmering and fungi sizzling and had the dining room table stood on end, sinking 3" deck screws through the glue blocks on the apron and into the tops of two of the legs. It was doweled & hide glued together sometime in the late 19th or very early 20th Cent. and then repaired by a hatchet, woodscrew and Elmer's-glue wielding barbarian in the the mid-20th and the glue bonds are all starting to surrender. Lucky me, you can about see the stove in my galley-type kitchen from the table. Luckier still, Tam found one of the batteries for my cordless drill/driver. They'd been AWOL for weeks.
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Doncha just love it when a plan comes together? Glad y'all had a great time.
Farm Moms How to Make Gravy instructions are some of, if not the best, that I've ever seen. I wish my tech manuals were as well written. Following her instructions this morning I used heavy cream and made the best turkey gravy I've ever had in my life.
Actually, turducken is supposed to be deep fried in peanut oil. Most of my Cajun frans keep a ten gallon propane fired fish fryer for the purpose.
A "de still back in de swamp for de 'freshments."
Reports from Carencro, Ville Platte, Lafitte, and other places in Acadia indicate a restive Thanksgiving. The Saint's do not play until Monday - and Mark did not win the Nascar shootout.
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Noooooo. Srsly, no. You can deep-fry a turkey (or a chicken) 'cos it is hollow. Turducken, the whole point is, it isn't hollow.
Bake. Slow oven. Takes hours and hours for a big one.
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