Post by: T Pearce on November 21, 2014, 09:46:34 AM
I really enjoy cooking and entertaining friends and family. Kinda lamed up this year so I get to supervise my kitchen and then just show up and eat.
I consider myself a good cook, but I'm sure I'm an even better eater! More gravy please! :IBCOOL:
May all your time with family be special
T
Post by: Bean Counter on November 21, 2014, 10:02:44 AM
We got a smoked turkey at Whole Paycheck last year.
Best. Bird. Ever.
Post by: Toptwo on November 21, 2014, 10:07:00 AM
Post by: runamuk on November 21, 2014, 01:09:41 PM
Post by: bowhunterwa87 on November 21, 2014, 01:18:38 PM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on November 21, 2014, 01:30:38 PM
Post by: kenzmad on November 21, 2014, 02:21:29 PM
Post by: JimmyHoffa on November 21, 2014, 02:27:06 PM
Small ham and mac n cheese in the camper oven. Pumpkin pie for dessert. I love hunting over thanksgiving, otherwise I would have to be at the inlaws pretending Its fun :chuckle::tup: Yeah, best T-day, X-mas and NYE have all been out at hunting camps.
Post by: T Pearce on November 21, 2014, 02:50:53 PM
way jealous. Snowing up there now.Small ham and mac n cheese in the camper oven. Pumpkin pie for dessert. I love hunting over thanksgiving, otherwise I would have to be at the inlaws pretending Its fun :chuckle::tup: Yeah, best T-day, X-mas and NYE have all been out at hunting camps.
Post by: T Pearce on November 21, 2014, 03:02:51 PM
Bright side. Nothing to clean up! Ive been away on the holidays before, I didnt even have my dog. :sry:
Jump in the truck and head up Recer Cr rd. Take a grill and the coffee makins with some doughnuts. Hang a tarp, build a fire and watch it snow.
Relax, take pix and show us what we missed!
T
Note: should you decide to do this, PM someone and let them know which drainage youre going checkout.
Post by: SniperDanWA on November 21, 2014, 03:57:36 PM
Gonna find me an elk that wants to provide a Happy Thanksgiving for my family :chuckle:
Post by: Fastass350 on November 21, 2014, 04:32:40 PM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 21, 2014, 05:09:43 PM
Then I am doing a bachelor thanksgiving this year. A couple of Cornish Game Hens and some scalloped potatoes and green bean casserole :drool:
Post by: T Pearce on November 21, 2014, 05:12:35 PM
Christmas dinner is held here and I plan something different every year (Crab sounded good) everyone leaves with full bellies and plastic tubs for the next day. I'm a Weber guy so if it can go on the grill that makes it even better. I cheat the rolls buying the Rhodes frozen dough balls, momma would not be happy with us!.
In the past when the folks were here we would do the salt Prime rib. Hard to go wrong with that. Next Thursday..... hopefully I'll be up to the trip;)
As a boy....
I remember feeding the cows while watching for that first snow flake and coming back to the house to watch the Charlie Brown specials.... Grade schooler, and in case some of you were wondering....the school had more that one room!
Post by: 4fletch on November 21, 2014, 05:17:01 PM
Hunting til dark...leftovers it is!!!Me 2
Post by: T Pearce on November 21, 2014, 07:09:33 PM
Post by: RadSav on November 21, 2014, 07:29:39 PM
Post by: runamuk on November 22, 2014, 12:04:09 AM
The Cornish hens sound good, but the wife figured out the were baby chickens and wont have anything to do with them. :dunno: Guess you call it the bachelor dinner, wonder why?they are not baby chickens how silly this is not chicken veal, they are a specifically bred type of chicken. People are so silly they read stuff online or hear about it and believe its true. Actually Game chickens were originally bred for fighting still are in some parts they are small and aggressive (game) :)
hmmmmm maybe I can take my 410 and find some sort of small fowl to shoot at....
Post by: RadSav on November 22, 2014, 01:31:24 AM
The Cornish hens sound good, but the wife figured out the were baby chickens and wont have anything to do with them. :dunno: Guess you call it the bachelor dinner, wonder why?
Almost all chickens are slaughtered within 30 and 70 days! A Cornish hen I hear is slaughtered about a week prior to a fryer. So I guess you could say all commercially grown chicken in a store is baby chicken.
Ever eat a "Spent Layer" chicken? That is an older hen that has stopped producing eggs. Tuff as a wild turkey!! Crock Pot is about the only option on those darn things >:(
Post by: Bigshooter on November 22, 2014, 05:15:33 AM
The Cornish hens sound good, but the wife figured out the were baby chickens and wont have anything to do with them. :dunno: Guess you call it the bachelor dinner, wonder why?they are not baby chickens how silly this is not chicken veal, they are a specifically bred type of chicken. People are so silly they read stuff online or hear about it and believe its true. Actually Game chickens were originally bred for fighting still are in some parts they are small and aggressive (game) :)
hmmmmm maybe I can take my 410 and find some sort of small fowl to shoot at....
A game hen that you buy at the store is almost always a cornish rock hybrid. And they are babies when you kill them not sure what you have been reading online. But I have raised cornish game hens and I butchered them at 4 weeks old. Also I grew the fryer's to 6 weeks old before I butchered them. They haven't even grown in all of there feathers at 6 weeks old. If that's not a baby chicken I don't know what is.
RadSAV
My great gramma would eat her old laying hens after they stopped laying. She would always pressure cook them. I ate them a few times and it was pretty good.
Post by: RadSav on November 22, 2014, 10:06:56 AM
My great gramma would eat her old laying hens after they stopped laying. She would always pressure cook them. I ate them a few times and it was pretty good.
I have heard pressure cooking wild turkey is the way to go. Makes sense that laying hens would be the same! I might need to do some research and get me a pressure cooker. How dangerous are those things? Never used one before.
Post by: T Pearce on November 22, 2014, 10:12:14 AM
heck yes you should go and take your shotty gun for a walk! Take killer the hound with you... wear some orange. Take a 22 pistole.. stop at the bakery and get a whole dang box of fritters and a special treat for the attack dog, some of your fav fritter chaser. String a tarp, build a fire, put coffee on, kick out a chair and try and convince yourself you need to leave the flames and stomp around in the chill!The Cornish hens sound good, but the wife figured out the were baby chickens and wont have anything to do with them. :dunno: Guess you call it the bachelor dinner, wonder why?they are not baby chickens how silly this is not chicken veal, they are a specifically bred type of chicken. People are so silly they read stuff online or hear about it and believe its true. Actually Game chickens were originally bred for fighting still are in some parts they are small and aggressive (game) :)
hmmmmm maybe I can take my 410 and find some sort of small fowl to shoot at....
Run, if you can't tell. This how I roll, I've solved a problem or two doing just this.
Re: the small monster fighting birds I refered to as babies.....foolish of me to say such a thing. Please share your story with my wife.
Post by: T Pearce on November 22, 2014, 10:13:30 AM
sssshhhhhhhhh!The Cornish hens sound good, but the wife figured out the were baby chickens and wont have anything to do with them. :dunno: Guess you call it the bachelor dinner, wonder why?they are not baby chickens how silly this is not chicken veal, they are a specifically bred type of chicken. People are so silly they read stuff online or hear about it and believe its true. Actually Game chickens were originally bred for fighting still are in some parts they are small and aggressive (game) :)
hmmmmm maybe I can take my 410 and find some sort of small fowl to shoot at....
A game hen that you buy at the store is almost always a cornish rock hybrid. And they are babies when you kill them not sure what you have been reading online. But I have raised cornish game hens and I butchered them at 4 weeks old. Also I grew the fryer's to 6 weeks old before I butchered them. They haven't even grown in all of there feathers at 6 weeks old. If that's not a baby chicken I don't know what is.
RadSAV
My great gramma would eat her old laying hens after they stopped laying. She would always pressure cook them. I ate them a few times and it was pretty good.
Post by: T Pearce on November 22, 2014, 10:21:31 AM
The wife is afraid of them because her mom cooked something that foamed up and plugged a vent that caused the safety to release making a mess on the ceiling.
Have a big one for pres canning and an 8 qt for cooking.
Never cooked a turkey.... but most everything else.
Google pres cooker recipes, brace yourself, replace printer cartridges often.
Have fun
Tom :tup:
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 22, 2014, 10:24:32 AM
Post by: CoryTDF on November 22, 2014, 10:26:17 AM
Post by: RadSav on November 22, 2014, 10:28:05 AM
Rad, I use pressure cookers alot.
The with is afraid of then cause her mom cooked something that foamed up and plugged a vent that caused the safety to release making a mess on the ceiling.
Have a big one for pres canning and an 8 qt for cooking.
Never cooked a turkey.... but most everything else.
Google pres cooker recipes, brace yourself, replace printer cartridges often.
Have fun
Only experience I have had with pressure cookers was when grandma would be pressure canning. Can't even remember what it was she canned like that...very long time ago - think it may have been beats :puke:. I do remember she would never let us kids in the kitchen while doing it. Always told us it was too dangerous! Knowing grandma she may have just wanted us little monsters outside and out of her hair :dunno: :chuckle:
Post by: T Pearce on November 22, 2014, 10:39:10 AM
Dead bird, dead plants, juice from fermented dead plants.Yup, sounds like a party!
What I like about this place..... the humor is my kind of humor.
T
Post by: hrd2fnd on November 22, 2014, 02:00:29 PM
Post by: T Pearce on November 22, 2014, 02:28:40 PM
God Bless
T
Post by: RadSav on November 22, 2014, 02:51:02 PM
This year we've invited my friends (RIP Jack) wife and her son's family (5) over for a home cooked fresh turkey dinner with all the fixins. Time for me to get to plucking 2 birds for dinner this year and a house full of 15-18 people.
How old are these birds you are plucking? Always wondered at what age a turkey gets tough. Never shot a wild one that wasn't tough, but never shot a poult either.
Post by: hrd2fnd on November 22, 2014, 03:45:02 PM
Post by: Blacklab on November 22, 2014, 07:44:24 PM
The in-laws are coming to dinner from Nevada this year. They requested a "special" thanksgiving menu. So, I will be cooking my wife the traditional thanksgiving dinner the week after Thanksgiving. As far as Thanksgiving day is concerned, the in-laws want to hop the ferry and go to The Crab Pot in downtown Seattle. Not traditional turkey day fare, but I never mind eating a ton of seafood!
Been there ate there and :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: awesome eats, enjoy ;)
Post by: Revwrangler on November 22, 2014, 08:22:09 PM
Post by: idahohuntr on November 25, 2014, 10:15:37 PM
Post by: Bean Counter on November 26, 2014, 02:03:50 PM
12-14 pound all natural turkey and yeah they have labor and time into it since it was smoked, but holy cow this is ridiculous. Did we get taken to the cleaners or what??
Post by: JJB11B on November 26, 2014, 02:08:31 PM
Post by: RadSav on November 26, 2014, 02:17:58 PM
Oh crap! My wife bought the smoked turkey at Whole Foods again. It was $88!!! :yike: :bash: :bash: :bash:
12-14 pound all natural turkey and yeah they have labor and time into it since it was smoked, but holy cow this is ridiculous. Did we get taken to the cleaners or what??
Bet it is going to taste GREAT!!! Cheaper than diamonds and a dog house :chuckle:
Post by: gaddy on November 26, 2014, 02:57:50 PM
Post by: T Pearce on November 26, 2014, 03:19:12 PM
Oh crap! My wife bought the smoked turkey at Whole Foods again. It was $88!!! :yike: :bash: :bash: :bash:fruits of your labor brother, enjoy it!
12-14 pound all natural turkey and yeah they have labor and time into it since it was smoked, but holy cow this is ridiculous. Did we get taken to the cleaners or what??
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on November 26, 2014, 03:26:05 PM
Post by: hrd2fnd on November 26, 2014, 04:20:09 PM
Oh crap! My wife bought the smoked turkey at Whole Foods again. It was $88!!! :yike: :bash: :bash: :bash:Considering I sold 1 to a member for 40.00 not smoked I would say yeah you got screwed :chuckle:
12-14 pound all natural turkey and yeah they have labor and time into it since it was smoked, but holy cow this is ridiculous. Did we get taken to the cleaners or what??
Post by: Bean Counter on November 26, 2014, 05:28:11 PM
Oh crap! My wife bought the smoked turkey at Whole Foods again. It was $88!!! :yike: :bash: :bash: :bash:
12-14 pound all natural turkey and yeah they have labor and time into it since it was smoked, but holy cow this is ridiculous. Did we get taken to the cleaners or what??
Bet it is going to taste GREAT!!! Cheaper than diamonds and a dog house :chuckle:
Its DAMMED good. I just had no idea it was this astronomical.
I suppose its time I finally buy a smoker and spend the winter and spring diving into the hobby of smoking foods. Maybe I can take some zoom burst photos down of the smoke pipe :o :chuckle:
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 26, 2014, 05:30:28 PM
Oh crap! My wife bought the smoked turkey at Whole Foods again. It was $88!!! :yike: :bash: :bash: :bash:
12-14 pound all natural turkey and yeah they have labor and time into it since it was smoked, but holy cow this is ridiculous. Did we get taken to the cleaners or what??
Bet it is going to taste GREAT!!! Cheaper than diamonds and a dog house :chuckle:
Its DAMMED good. I just had no idea it was this astronomical.
I suppose its time I finally buy a smoker and spend the winter and spring diving into the hobby of smoking foods. Maybe I can take some zoom burst photos down of the smoke pipe :o :chuckle:
Smokem with some peyote, everyone at your house will be on thier own vacation. :chuckle:
Post by: Bean Counter on November 26, 2014, 05:34:43 PM
One of you people keeps posting up smoked cheese. That sounds great and I want to try it some time. IIRC you can also smoke jerky, which also sounds great. Hmmm... I need to add an item to my Christmas list :)
Post by: hrd2fnd on November 26, 2014, 05:40:18 PM
shhhh :chuckle:Oh crap! My wife bought the smoked turkey at Whole Foods again. It was $88!!! :yike: :bash: :bash: :bash:
12-14 pound all natural turkey and yeah they have labor and time into it since it was smoked, but holy cow this is ridiculous. Did we get taken to the cleaners or what??
Bet it is going to taste GREAT!!! Cheaper than diamonds and a dog house :chuckle:
Its DAMMED good. I just had no idea it was this astronomical.
I suppose its time I finally buy a smoker and spend the winter and spring diving into the hobby of smoking foods. Maybe I can take some zoom burst photos down of the smoke pipe :o :chuckle:
Smokem with some peyote, everyone at your house will be on thier own vacation. :chuckle:
Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 26, 2014, 05:48:33 PM
Spend some time with the muzzleloader or bow in my hand. Hunting late muzzle loader deer and archery elk.
Then I am doing a bachelor thanksgiving this year. A couple of Cornish Game Hens and some scalloped potatoes and green bean casserole :drool:
Had a nice little pheasant hunt tonight. So couple of pheasants might join the game hens in the oven tomorrow.
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 26, 2014, 06:00:34 PM