*yawn*

it really made sense when he explained it- the legs take longer to cook than the breast, especially with all the stuffing inside. so putting the stuffing between the skin/turkey takes the breast longer to cook as well as flavor it. and the orange you put inside should be heated in the microwave so it's all hot and starts to cook the bird from the inside as well.

and yeah, around here people shoot anything they can- hunting's pretty popular. you know, being one of those red states.
 
i think we are doing the deep-fried turkey thing this year for thanksgiving.

we had a homemade turducken some years back before it was trendy (my uncle's an ex-cook). incredible.
 
1 (4-pound) whole chicken
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
3 tablespoons of your favorite dry spice rub
1 can beer

Remove neck and giblets from chicken and discard. Rinse chicken inside and out, and pat dry with paper towels. Rub chicken lightly with oil then rub inside and out with salt, pepper and dry rub. Set aside.
Open beer can and take several gulps (make them big gulps so that the can is half full). Place beer can on a solid surface. Grabbing a chicken leg in each hand, plunk the bird cavity over the beer can. Transfer the bird-on-a-can to your grill and place in the center of the grate, balancing the bird on its 2 legs and the can like a tripod.
Cook the chicken over medium-high, indirect heat (i.e. no coals or burners on directly under the bird), with the grill cover on, for approximately 1 1/4 hours or until the internal temperature registers 165 degrees F in the breast area and 180 degrees F in the thigh, or until the thigh juice runs clear when stabbed with a sharp knife. Remove from grill and let rest for 10 minutes before carving.
 
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y'know I was actually gonna get some silk nog, but I totally forgot.

I bought a beer only to bring it back to work and not find a bottle opener. at least the seminar had plenty of wine on-hand.
(it went surprisingly well, thx for asking)
 
I bought a spendy belgian since I was tired and felt like I deserved it. a Westmalle triple.
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the talk was pretty much unstructured - just me and some guy who runs a mostly all-swede label bullshitting back and forth about the industry for a pretty much ignorant crowd. nobody had any really incisive questions or anything, but I'm still glad that it happened. at least they pretended to be interested in what we had to say.
 

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