Well, might as well get on with things

Yesterday was an upsetting day for someone I know. A male student had a birthday yesterday and his teacher chose that day to have a very negative conference with his mother. I heard about it and I could not help but think it was a bit over the top, and, of course, I am deliberately understanding my analysis.

Here in the Peanut Butter Cafe & Roadhouse, we had a bit of a situation as well, Not a personal one, although some of the regulars – such as Fred who is getting ready for his seasonal job at NP Productions, took time out from making his things to take list: pointy hat, pointy shoes, green and red pants, etc to just make fun of our own pre-holiday experiment. Actually, some of my cohorts are declaring it was “her” (AJ’s) experiment.

In my defense, I think it was a nice little foray into culinary trial and error procedure. You see, the store had huge turkey legs on Manager’s Special and I thought with Thanksgiving coming up, I might just grab them and toss them in the freezer. However, I walked past a display that featured “Cook your turkey in a bag” kits. Soooo . . .  I thought, what about turkey legs? The bags were cheap and two to a box and I followed the instructions – put flour in, shake, add meat, zip tie shut and clip off a corner for venting. The first instruction, though, was to follow the cooking instruction for the item to be cooked. Okay . . . I just stuff the extra legs in my super duper Nesco oversized roaster with the turkey on Thanksgiving. Right. But now I just had six big legs with big bones and an oven. What temperature? How long? Heck, I had no idea. That didn’t stop me.

Then I was distracted and quite a while later, exclaimed, “THE TURKEY LEGS!!” Oh, yeah, they were done – falling off the bone done. Anyone who wanted to eat them King Henry the Eighth style would have needed not a bib, but something to catch pieces that just fell off.

The bag was kind of cook, though, with absolutely no mess. I’m seriously thinking of getting one of the counter top convention ovens they are selling now for under a hundred dollars to just, well, have fun with, and take with me to other . . .  wait for it . . . other venues. Dontcha just love that word?

Maybe we should start advertising the PBC & R as a “venue” for your wild parties and/or weddings  . . . and possibly wakes. Then maybe I am just typing like crazy to delay going down in the basement and starting on the “making a dent” type of housekeeping. Of course, I could use the fireplace cleaning method – start a blaze and toss the unwanted stuff in. No mess, no fuss, no evidence.

I’m just going to take my hands off this keyboard right now. It’s probably better that way.

 

3 thoughts on “Well, might as well get on with things”

  1. Love, love, the oven bags! I have cooked my turkey (unstuffed) that way for years. I have never had a dry turkey and everyone raves about my bird. It is easy to get some juices for gravy and the pan is easier to clean. The bag is also good for a pot roast meal or to roast a chicken.

  2. I noticed, even through my panic at the “forgotten & baking forever” legs, that there was juice and that everything was very neat. Can you point me to a good site for information on timing/temperature for bag cooking? I don’t remember the brand of bag I purchased, but I remember thinking that it was quite sturdy. Can you put the turkey in a roaster? Thanks for the comment.

  3. I always use Reynolds. Go to Reynoldskitchens.com there is information on there. I have never used them in a roaster. Usually use a toss a-way aluminum roaster in the oven. However, they do have an 800 number on their site and I bet they could answer that question.
    We are going to our son’s in FL this year. My daughter-in-law told me I was in charge of the turkeys (yes plural). Luckily she has two full size ovens. I guess we are serving 15. Anyway, good luck.

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