Turkey Day BBQ 11/25/2007

This year, after meeting with the fam, we got a discount "day-after" turkey for the Dobiebowl BBQ. Luckily for me, ladydobie did all the cooking (Since her Steelers weren't playin' till Monday anyways!) I know nothing about food that's cooked indoors, so I will attempt to give the layman's interpretation of how the goodies were prepared:

This is our Turkey. Grain-fed, we were told it is the same turkey the president eats. As you know, our president no longer pardon's turkeys on Thanksgiving, but instead has one publically executed by letting the vice pres shoot it in the face.

The turkey brined overnight in the biggest pot we own, 12 gallons I think. The brine consisted of...um, brine-like materials.

Stuffing was prepped using onions, carrots, and celery mixed with minced garlic, oregano, and prolly a dash of something I didn't get to see thrown in. Cooks like to add spices in 'dashes' I've come to find out.

The turkey was then stuffed and tied up with twine bondage style.

I was not allowed to spank the turkey and tell it, it had been a bad bird.

Cheese cloth is then used to create the 'Shroud of Turken'. Some additional stuffing veggies were placed inside the shroud, then the whole thing is anointed by our substitution for cold duck. I can see by this picture that the oven was set for 425°.

Our turkey baked for about 6 hrs, basted about once every 1/2 hour. We thought about basting once every Peyton Manning commercial, but found that we couldn't actually keep the oven door closed that way.

Potatoes were skinned alive, then boiled.

Looks like s'more garlic and butter roasted for the taters. *salivates*

Removed the 'Shroud of Turkin' then debated over the selling price of the 'artifact' on eBay while continuing to baste the turkey

Dry bits were covered with tinfoil.

Stuffing was scooped out

I kept thinking we were gonna somehow eat these veggies, but it just never happened.

Flour was involved, but I think its main purpose was to give me more areas to clean up in the end.

Mmmmouth-watering

Then we laid it out on a spread with the remnants of our actual leftovers, stuffing, rolls, cornbread, and a couple spoonfuls of Mom's sweet potato caserole.

My first official role as carver. Note, I'm wearing my mu-mu sized #32 Jones-Drew jersey, cause this year simply loosening the belt wasn't gonna cut it.

Thank you ladydobie, it was delicious. And it provided the much needed tryptophan for our rowdy crowd... lookit the Van Winkles here.