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3:12 pm
October 9, 2009
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Where do you store this Leviathan while it's brining? My fridge is only average sized and is full of other stuff necessary for the Starving Horde that is called my family. Even if the fridge were fairly empty, it would never hold a 5 gallon bucket of MerTurkey. And it's too warm to keep it outside (current temp is 58F) yet that is the coolest place to keep my Bucket O' Turkey & Brine. Hunters are having a tough time getting their gutted deer to chill properly.
Do y'all have extra refrigerators or do you do like me and trust to lots of salt and Strong Family Guts? What's a Cook to do?
Thankee kindly from Too Warm Fluvanna County, Virginia.
3:20 pm
December 28, 2008
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Maybe in a cooler with ice thrown in with the brine?
3:27 pm
October 9, 2009
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Dang, Pete, you're BRILLIANT!!!!
A quick call to the mother who is shopping to pick up a 10 lb. bag of ice, and problem solved.
Ya got to love smart women! I do.
Thanks, Pete!
3:36 pm
February 8, 2009
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You CAN fit a really big honkin turkey in a cooler… don't ask me how I know.
Outside porch rail works well too for holding side dishes in secure containers iffen the night temps are around 40 degrees. I count on it. Or for chiiling sweet tea, pickled beets and eggs…….
dede
3:42 pm
November 13, 2009
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Good one, Pete. You could seal the ice in plastic bags so it doesn't dilute the brine. If that's not feasible and your water runs cold…how about a laundry tub, replenishing the water and/or adding ice? Bathtub?… just set it in double or tripled trash bags and fill them with the water so you needn't fill the whole bathtub.
Just don't do what a friend of mine once did…put it on her picnic table with no protection from animals. Yes, indeed…the neighborhodd critters had a feast they must have been truly thankful for! There wasn't much left of it by morning. Good luck!
A Happy Holiday to all my new CITR friends!
3:53 pm
October 9, 2009
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Mr. Tom is Resting in Peace in his new home – the Cooler. He is surrounded by the Brine and the ice is suspended beside him in two water tight Plastic Bags. He can rest Comfortably while gaining Succelence for his ultimate Demise tomorrow. The Cooler is shut Tight, the deck gate is shut Tight, and many Heavy Objects are resting atop the Cooler. It will be a determined Raccoon who opens this Thanksgiving Dinner.
I repeat, I adore Smart Women who think outside the Box.
Maud who is now Happy, Happy, Happy knowing that her Family is safe from Tainted Food.
4:21 pm
February 10, 2009
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Perfect solution you guys!
I'm not positive this is the best place to bring this up, but I suppose it's as good as any…
Am I the only one who washes the outside of the turkey package before she opens it up? I just keep picturing the turkeys on some conveyer after they're wrapped up and packaged with "Gus" the packer picking it up with big greasy hands and tossing it to "Clem" who throws it into a box to be unpacked by "Fred" who has the flu but had to come to work anyway and then put into the freezer case at the A&P so the little kids there can sneeze on it when their mom opens the freezer case door…
Yeah, so I give it a quick dip in some soapy water before I slit the package open. Am I paranoid? 
4:41 pm
November 13, 2009
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No, Buckeye Girl, you are not.
As one who has seen the loading docks and cold storage areas of major grocery chains I strongly recommend that you wash the outside of all cold containers, dairy cartons, meat, cheese packages, etc. Even the most concientious chain stores, not that there are many, can not keep things clean on a such a huge scale. ANY big-box store has rat traps behind the scenes. Enough said?
Your dry good items are mostly unpacked as they are shelved so nothing has been crawling on those.
Sorry if this is unappetizing but Buckey Girl has a very legitimate concern.
4:58 pm
December 28, 2008
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Mom taught me to wash everything first, during, and as many times as it took to keep everything super clean. And this was before I ever saw the more modern handling and storage practices! 
5:07 pm
February 10, 2009
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Mine did too, but my neighbor was over this morning when I was doing this, and she asked me what I was doing like I was a little loony. She said since it's unwrapped and doesn't 'touch' the bird, why bother, but your hands still touch both, and who can guarantee they can manage to handle a big heavy bird without setting it on the outside of the package?
I just thought of it again as I was doing finishing touches. (we are having turkey today since we're going to a cousin's tomorrow) going to go thicken the gravy now, just popped in for a quick look-see. Gotta have our own leftovers!
11:06 pm
November 15, 2008
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HUMMM…."Gotta have turkey leftovers!" Think I'll buy a turkey when they go on sale after Thanksgiving. It's really my favorite meat anyway.I'll let the kitties have some too,they love chicken and turkey!
12:43 pm
November 22, 2009
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Berta said:
No, Buckeye Girl, you are not.
As one who has seen the loading docks and cold storage areas of major grocery chains I strongly recommend that you wash the outside of all cold containers, dairy cartons, meat, cheese packages, etc. Even the most concientious chain stores, not that there are many, can not keep things clean on a such a huge scale. ANY big-box store has rat traps behind the scenes. Enough said?
Your dry good items are mostly unpacked as they are shelved so nothing has been crawling on those.
Sorry if this is unappetizing but Buckey Girl has a very legitimate concern.
So maybe you guys don't what to know that most ground coffee has roach parts in it. mmmm. Most coffee houses have roaches and they inevitably find their way into the pot so to speak.
Buy your beans whole and grind them yourself. Or drink tea.
5:03 pm
November 13, 2009
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Wow. And here I was afraid that someone would berate me for being too graphic --and wishing I had used the word "vermin". Yes, government and industry standards have an allowable limit for insect parts and vermin feces in metric ton measures of grain. etc.
Expecting that any food or its packaging has been sterilized by the clean fairies is wishful thinking.
Hey, City Girl!….ever wonder what's been crawling on you coffee beans??
Hey, Maude! Hope Mr. Turkey Made it thru the night alright.
Unless someone has a speciific question for me…I'm done with this topic. Thanks, y'all
5:09 pm
February 10, 2009
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Berta said: Unless someone has a speciific question for me…I'm done with this topic. Thanks, y'all
Errr, yeah! Me too! Makes me a little sorry I brought anything up! Good to be careful and all, but eww! Kinda enough.
5:44 pm
February 8, 2009
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LOL yeah yuk. Sometimes the truth is more than we want to know. How's about I just delete the posts back up to Maud's thank you and then we can work on erasing the mental images 
LOL
dede
4:21 am
November 13, 2009
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Fine by me, homecanner. I was sorry as soon as I hit the send button…on Thanksg. Eve., no less!
I'm not really the humorless know-it-all that I came off as, just a little TOO helpful. Mea culpa.
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