Goal #38: Try 30 new recipes



I've said it before, but I can't get excited about writing about recipes. So I'm simplifying....

14/30 - Slow cooker turkey breast in apple juice

Slow cooker recipe book
Boring. Probably because turkey breasts are boring.

15/30 - Green beans (garlic and parmesan)

allrecipes.com
Delicious. Will make again.

16/30 - Slow cooker smothered chicken

6 Sisters
Not as good as I expected

17/30 - Stroganoff

6 Sisters
As good as I expected

18/30 - Homegrown turkey, brined and roasted

Our good neighbors/Joey's boss raised a turkey for us last year that we were supposed to eat for Thanksgiving. But with so much family coming in for the holiday we didn't want to risk a failed turkey experiment, so we waited a couple extra months. Thanks once again to YouTube, Joey was able to kill, pluck, and gut his first turkey with minimal complication and we promptly immersed that naked bird into a pot of garlic-infused brine to soak for 48 hours. When I took the brined turkey out of the pot to put it in the roaster it did NOT feel like a normal turkey. It was hard and stiff and I couldn't tie its legs together or bend its wings behind its back to put it in the roaster. Something about rigor mortis. Gross. But we roasted it for 6 hours and when we took it out of the roaster it smelled heavenly and the meat was juicy, juicy, juicy. It didn't taste much better than a store bought turkey, but it made Joey feel really good about his turkey-killing-plucking-gutting abilities and I think we'll be getting some of our own turkeys this spring.

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