Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[beans-on-toast]

I slow cook fresh turkeys for about 10-12 hours. Put it in a around 9PM and it cooks over night.

Bacon strips under the skin. Stuffing has chopped bacon, hot sauce, finely minced garlic, sweet onions, a mix of good bread from a local bakery: rye, dinner rolls, bagels. The cavity and neck are are stuffed, also under the skin around the legs.

Extra gravy stock is made from the giblets, popes nose, and wings, supplemented with mostly extra wings and sometimes drumsticks that the butcher sells. Add a sweet onion and celery to the stock pot, salt and pepper. The stock is simmered all night while the turkey cooks. Some of the stock is used for soup.

 

[GonePlaid]

I slow cook fresh turkeys for about 10-12 hours. Put it in a around 9PM and it cooks over night.

Bacon strips under the skin. Stuffing has chopped bacon, hot sauce, finely minced garlic, sweet onions, a mix of good bread from a local bakery: rye, dinner rolls, bagels. The cavity and neck are are stuffed, also under the skin around the legs.

Extra gravy stock is made from the giblets, popes nose, and wings, supplemented with mostly extra wings and sometimes drumsticks that the butcher sells. Add a sweet onion and celery to the stock pot, salt and pepper. The stock is simmered all night while the turkey cooks. Some of the stock is used for soup.

I'll bet one nice, plump Vidalia onion would really kick it up a notch.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I'll bet one nice, plump Vidalia onion would really kick it up a notch.

Yes sweet vidalia onion would work well. I tend to use four or five large coarsely chopped onions in the stuffing. The hot sauce helps bring out the sweet flavor.

 

[G-Dog]

Mmmmmmm, . . . turkey . . . .

 

[BassmanPaul]

But wait, my Canadian friend...My wife and I are only two. Fortunately for me, she is an excellent cook and from England. Accordingly, we have roast turkey (small) with real gravy, real stuffing (with sausage), cranberry sauce, cauliflower, roast and mashed potatoes and brussel sprouts. They freeze well for dinners, sandwiches and the leftover turkey for turkey soup. We do this for Canadian and American Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter and enjoy it throughout the year. I do, however, have to admit that we have never been to Blackhorn! What are we missing?

The Blackhorn is here in Toronto on Ellesmere just west of Warden, close to the 401. George and Helen are very good to Dorothy and I. Always have some fresh fruit for me at no charge. Normally when we visit I have Liver and Onions with extra Bacon. Wonderful and a such a large serving of Provini liver.

We are originally from Liverpool in the UK but we have never taken to Cranberry Sauce. YUCK!

Vegetables are Carrot and Turnip mashed together and roast potatoes.

 

[BassmanPaul]

Yeah but what's that in real degrees?

Seventies to Eighties.

 

[SoulReflection]

The Blackhorn is here in Toronto on Ellesmere just west of Warden, close to the 401. George and Helen are very good to Dorothy and I. Always have some fresh fruit for me at no charge. Normally when we visit I have Liver and Onions with extra Bacon. Wonderful and a such a large serving of Provini liver.

We are originally from Liverpool in the UK but we have never taken to Cranberry Sauce. YUCK!

Vegetables are Carrot and Turnip mashed together and roast potatoes.

Small world...my wife is from Mossley Hill in Liverpool. Neither one of us like liver! I checked with her about cranberries and she couldn't remember if they were a thing in the UK. Then I remembered she doesn't eat them either so maybe they are a Canadian thing (where I am from)?

 

[G-Dog]

Just back from a follow up at a medical specialist's office and everything's fine with us.

Even better than that, the waiting room looked to be full of GOFs, but everyone was just as kind and congenial as could be! Even if some seemed to compulsively list all their ailments and/or histories, it was with an attitude of gratitude to still be above ground, even though they seemed to have every reason to be grumpy.

So, I guess it's up to me to say, "GET OFF MY LAWN! Come on to the patio and visit a spell."

Wonder if Carey's getting ready to go home from the hospital? Bet she and @alaskaleftybass can hardly wait! Here's praying.

 

[BassmanPaul]

Small world...my wife is from Mossley Hill in Liverpool. Neither one of us like liver! I checked with her about cranberries and she couldn't remember if they were a thing in the UK. Then I remembered she doesn't eat them either so maybe they are a Canadian thing (where I am from)?

There’s nothing like a good Scouse Lass!

We didn’t have Cranberries in the UK at the time.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Just back from a follow up at a medical specialist's office and everything's fine with us.

Even better than that, the waiting room looked to be full of GOFs, but everyone was just as kind and congenial as could be! Even if some seemed to compulsively list all their ailments and/or histories, it was with an attitude of gratitude to still be above ground, even though they seemed to have every reason to be grumpy.

So, I guess it's up to me to say, "GET OFF MY LAWN! Come on to the patio and visit a spell."

Wonder if Carey's getting ready to go home from the hospital? Bet she and @alaskaleftybass can hardly wait! Here's praying.

Hey @G-Dog thanks for the ask. Carey reached a point of almost normal today and she was practicing how to ride a wheelchair to the airport. But we're looking at two more days at least, leaving on Thursday because I forgot to pack Carey's ID and wallet and we have to have that FedEx'ed to the hospital!
Carey is trying to eat today and ate a little this morning. Hopefully home before you know it!
Thanks GOF's for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I checked with her about cranberries and she couldn't remember if they were a thing in the UK. Then I remembered she doesn't eat them either so maybe they are a Canadian thing (where I am from)?

Not just in Canada, cranberries are not Red Rose tea.

Total cranberry production U.S. by state 2017 | Statistic

Cranberries are considered a super food that’s good for you. Eating them with turkey is something else around the world.

 

[Ken Morgan]

My area is going nuts...today we’ve have multiple shootings, including an incidence of someone going into a hospital, bypassing security, and trying to assasinate someone under US Marshal protection. No word if they caught the gu6 or not, victim in critical. Also had a car theft with the hero ramming several Sheriff trucks trying to escape.

Rainy days makes stupid people in Boomtowns reach new depths of ignorance.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Rainy days makes stupid people in Boomtowns reach new depths of ignorance.

I thought that Texas is a law and order place to live. Especially with so many with sidearms.

I guess that this only happens in the movies. But if it did happen, I imagine that it would be in Texas.

 

[GonePlaid]

My area is going nuts...today we’ve have multiple shootings, including an incidence of someone going into a hospital, bypassing security, and trying to assasinate someone under US Marshal protection. No word if they caught the gu6 or not, victim in critical. Also had a car theft with the hero ramming several Sheriff trucks trying to escape.

Rainy days makes stupid people in Boomtowns reach new depths of ignorance.

I can't "like" this but I agree. Around here it's usually the heat and humidity that make people nuts-er.

 

[Al Kraft]

I thought that Texas is a law and order place to live. Especially with so many with sidearms.

I guess that this only happens in the movies. But if it did happen, I imagine that it would be in Texas.

I actually played a gig in local bar years ago that was frequented by a number of FBI, ATF, and other LEO friends. Someone came in one night, started to give the owner a rough time, reached for a gun and had about 15 guns and creds/badges from at least 3 or 4 different federal agencies in their face as they hit the floor. Needless to say when the local police arrived there was nothing left to do but swap out handcuffs and transport the idiot who will likely never forget that night.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

I actually played a gig in local bar years ago that was frequented by a number of FBI, ATF, and other LEO friends. Someone came in one night, started to give the owner a rough time, reached for a gun and had about 15 guns and creds/badges from at least 3 or 4 different federal agencies in their face as they hit the floor. Needless to say when the local police arrived there was nothing left to do but swap out handcuffs and transport the idiot who will likely never forget that night.

Reminds me of the time a crook tried to hold up a bar in NYC where the cops hung out after hours... didn't turn out too good for him.......

 

[SoulReflection]

There’s nothing like a good Scouse Lass!

We didn’t have Cranberries in the UK at the time.

I agree with you on the Scouse Lass, Paul although I have to say, being asked what time do you want to be "knocked up in the morning" left me somewhat speechless...

When she got to the US in the early 80's, her boss sent her to pick up a sandwich. The shop owner asked her it she wanted "sprouts on it"? She couldn't quite fathom putting brussel sprouts on a sandwich...

To her defense, when I first came here in the early '80's from Canada, I went shopping at a local supermarket. At the checkout counter, I was asked if I would like my purchases in a "sack". I politely said no...a bag would be fine.

Prior to that, one of the first times I went to a US McDonalds, I asked for vinegar for my fries...I was viewed as being from outer space...I was expecting "white vinegar or malt"! Fun Times...

 

[Al Kraft]

I agree with you on the Scouse Lass, Paul although I have to say, being asked what time do you want to be "knocked up in the morning" left me somewhat speechless...

When she got to the US in the early 80's, her boss sent her to pick up a sandwich. The shop owner asked her it she wanted "sprouts on it"? She couldn't quite fathom putting brussel sprouts on a sandwich...

To her defense, when I first came here in the early '80's from Canada, I went shopping at a local supermarket. At the checkout counter, I was asked if I would like my purchases in a "sack". I politely said no...a bag would be fine.

Prior to that, one of the first times I went to a US McDonalds, I asked for vinegar for my fries...I was viewed as being from outer space...I was expecting "white vinegar or malt"! Fun Times...

I've always thought of the UK, Canada, and the US as good friends who often seem impaired/frustrated by what sounds to the rest of the world like a common language.

 

[rust_preacher]

I wish I remembered what the sentence was, but once I heard an American and an Englishman say the exact same thing, meaning the diametrically opposite.

 

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