Today in scrumptious home made food….
I had every intention of roasting a turkey today, thinking that about 16 hours thawing in the fridge would be enough.
Sadly, I was wrong. I had to ask around because there was a plastic ring-handle-thingy sticking out of the butt-end of the turkey, and I couldn’t for my life get it to budge!
It occurred to me only much, much later that it wasn’t budging because the inside of the turkey hadn’t yet thawed. Sigh. Thankfully a culinarily talented friend admonished me in no uncertain terms that this turkey should be thawed completely before cooking. I had visions of salmonella poisoning and the like, but in reality I bet it was because in order to cook the inside to a safe temperature, the outside would have had to wind up charred beyond recognition.
So instead, on Alex B’s recommendation, I am using more or less this recipe, and the turkey is brining in the fridge as we speak.
I went ahead and roasted anyway the potatoes and onions that had been slated to roast WITH the turkey, and I added some sesame oil and a little cumin since there was to be no turkey fat or turkey seasoning in the pan. They turned out excellent nonetheless, and went well with the leftover chicken-garlic creation from last week. (Anything that contained 10 heads of garlic, as did that dish, has no excuse but to be downright delicious, and it didn’t disappoint.) This was the final appearance of those leftovers.
I also baked cookies! I made Melting Moments, a cookie of which I’d never heard before but sounded irresistable to me. They turned out all right. I’ve never made them before, and I’m not sure that I’ve even had one before, so I may be disappointed for nothing. They tasted wonderful. I just wasn’t excited about how the crust of the cookie turned out. Chalk it up to my food texture peccadillos, I suppose. I’m happy to report that both Ben and Sami begged for seconds, so they couldn’t have been half bad.
And, to not send you home empty handed, here’s a picture of the cookies. It’s not a glamour shot, but they do look edible. Lucky San Diegans might get to try one, depending on who you are and whether or not you’re already in my calendar. 
I’m glad you now know about turkeys!! You can do thanksgiving next year!
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