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Cooking & Baking

hedgehog

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16. Clearly- you enjoy food and have excellent reasons for cutting your costs.

Reply to noamnety (Reply #6)

Wed Nov 14, 2012, 04:08 PM

Nov 2012

The people I'm thinking of do not balance quality and cost, they concentrate solely on cost. They have more money in the bank than I'll ever have, but they've never had a decent meal in their life!

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Thanksgiving as a competitive sport: [View all] hedgehog Nov 2012 OP

I went the cheap route this year. noamnety Nov 2012 #1

We are blessed to have people such as you teaching in our schools! hedgehog Nov 2012 #5

Well, I suck. noamnety Nov 2012 #6

Clearly- you enjoy food and have excellent reasons for cutting your costs. hedgehog Nov 2012 #16

It depends Retrograde Nov 2012 #2

I thought this was going to be about the competition among the men Warpy Nov 2012 #3

One of my guests keeps kosher, so I have assigned him the job of bringing the turkey. cbayer Nov 2012 #4

I find Kosher turkeys are rather on the salty side The empressof all Nov 2012 #7

Yes, he told me all of the turkeys at his butcher were brined. cbayer Nov 2012 #8

Yes.. The empressof all Nov 2012 #10

OMG, I really need your advice. Forgot about the butter. cbayer Nov 2012 #12

You can use a vegetable stock in lieu of Chicken broth The empressof all Nov 2012 #14

Vegetable broth, of course! cbayer Nov 2012 #18

This may be of some help HappyMe Nov 2012 #15

Priceless! cbayer Nov 2012 #17

You are welcome. HappyMe Nov 2012 #19

Every kosher turkey I've ever had is dry, dry, dry..... BillyJack Nov 2012 #20

I think it may have to do with the brining, but I'm not sure. cbayer Nov 2012 #22

Speaking of turkeys, how much do you figure per person? cbayer Nov 2012 #9

It depends.... The empressof all Nov 2012 #11

This may actually work out perfectly. I can prepare one as kosher and the other not. cbayer Nov 2012 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author BillyJack Nov 2012 #21

plan a pound of bird for each person grasswire Nov 2012 #23

Thanks. I'm thinking 2 10 - 12 pounders, then. cbayer Nov 2012 #24