Thursday, November 24, 2011

Thanksgiving Eve 2011


So excited to try the turkey on the Big Green Egg.  I talked to several friends and looked at web recipes for my plans.  One of my friends, Ronnie, picked up a fresh turkey for us on the Farmer's Market last Saturday from Autumn Olive Farms.  It is around a 16.3 lb bird.  I've keep in the frig at 36 degrees.  We prepared a brine of 1/2 c brown sugar, 1/2 c of sugar, 1 orange rind, 3 sprigs of fresh rosemary, 1 c kosher salt, 2 onions quartered, 1 halved garlic and 16 c of H2O.  We put that in our Playmate and topped it with ice.  The outside temp was 40 degrees so we were able to keep it out back.

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