COMMON GROUND COFFEE HOUSE #62

inject it with Cajun seasoning. My B-I-L uses it with melted butter. And the recommended oil for frying is Peanut Oil.

 

Gayla says, "inject it with Cajun seasoning."

You got dat righ--da'lin!!

 

Why are you going to ruin a perfectly good turkey!

Well my boys are in bed and I've found something to watch... CSI: N.Y.

Talk to you all tomorrow.

Diane

 

Hey yall! we had a long day of driving yesterday - it took about 12 hours to get here. Checked in at 1:30 this morning. But we are having a great time. DH is in his element. Dr. Bob, some of these guys infuriate him and others are spurring him on. he found a few that will benefit his dissertation. The girls and I are having a blast. Went up the tower of the Americas today, did the Riverwalk, and ate at an awesome Mexican restaurant. The 3 year old wanted to see the Alamo TODAY so we drove by it several times since her little legs had gone more than they culd take. we'll get the tour tomorrow or Friday.

Hope yall are doing well. Yall are making me hungry with all the turkey talk - and I just watched a guy prepare turkey and the works on the cooking channel.

Check yall later!
Tater

 

Sue says, "I have no clue what or HOW to season a deep-fried turkey."

Move out of the kitchen and let Blackbird show ya'll how!!

 

Wally-world sells those Cajun injectors---along with injector recipes over in the cookware section----you can inject--even if you're bakin' the bird----injecting Cajun style will make "Aunt Bee" go sit down and swell up with jealousy!!!

 

See I'm with Sue. Stick that bird in the oven!

Well today is one of my busy days. That means at one time or another I'll have 7 children in my house today. And I wonder why I can't keep it as clean as I used to! I have the 20 month old until 11:15 or so. He's LOUD. I'm constantly shushing him. Ty thinks he's hollering (Ty's word) and will yell back. Jack can't really say anything but his mother's name, 'Annie'.

We are having to do our school work after Jack leaves and try to finish before I have the other kids back home on Tuesday and Thursday. I cannot take my eyes off Jack. He's watching The Wiggles with Ty and fighting over trains.

AWANA was neat again last night. Such sweet kids and the teens help me as listeners. We were missing some volunteers but we were down a few kids too. Seems like since the time change, people have dropped off. It's pitch black by then tho....

Diane

 

If you ladies could try that deep-fried [in peanut oil] turkey, you would really, really enjoy it!!!

 

I really don't eat fried food tho Gayla. We make a BIG turkey and then I make soup stock from the leftovers. We'll eat turkey for weeks. LOL

Diane

 

I love cooking with peanut oil. The food tastes like food when it is done. Vegetable oil seems to drown the taste of food. I also like cooking with Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
My husband gets a turkey for Thanksgiving from work. We never keep it. Donate it to the local food pantry. He usually hunts down our turkey. I love wild turkey. There is no fat on it. Just pure meat. It tastes so much better too.

 

I've only had wild turkey once and really disliked the taste. I think it's what you're used to. I also won't eat deer meat! YUK!!! LOL

I cook with peanut oil or virgin olive oil but we don't fry foods. We're having a stir fry tonight but it takes less than a tablespoon of oil at the MOST.

 

I saw something about that too, Dr. Bob. I'm with you!

Poor Brent! That's a lot going on at once. Had he not been to the dentist before, Sue? Nick had a mouthful of cavities at 4 or 5 because of apple juice. I hope he never has any more! We got the sealants too. His 12 year molars are trying to come in already! Nick needs braces too but I was told by a second dentist to wait until his final molar was in so there was something to glue the braces to. He just has an overbite on top.

We stopped long enough for lunch but have to do school work later in the day when Jack (20 months old) is here and then we went to the barber shop. It's $6.00's for a kid on Thursday. Just got Ty down for his nap and have 1 hour til time to leave and pick up the 4 kids.

I'm excited! Next week will be a 'vacation' of sorts for me. Ty won't come until just before 8:00 Mon-Wed. until 5:00. The sisters will come Tues. and Wed. but LONG days. The brother and sister will come about 2:00 on Mon-Wed. I have off Thursday through Sunday!

Okay, who's going to decorate for Christmas this coming week?

Diane

 

Oh that should be fun! The sports I mean and not the braces. LOL! They're building a bowling alley not far from us and Nick has bowled with the home schoolers. He'd probably love to join a league too.

We've cut the juices WAY down. We had given Nick juice in the middle of the night. He didn't begin to sleep straight through until he was 6 years old! He drinks milk almost all the time now.