HEY GUYS

[teaberryblue]

--The Quick Quotes Quill EXISTS. Holy crap I want one of these. Sadly, I lose pens like whoa.

I did my serious hardcore Thanksgiving To Do List Excel Spreadsheet last night. That thing is crazy. But it's done and today I start cooking!

How is everyone else out there? I can't do comics this week because I don't have access to a scanner, so I would like to assist you all in your Thanksgiving feasts if I can! Do any of you need Thanksgiving help? Tutorials? Ideas? Recipes? Let me know if there are Thanksgiving tricks or tips or suggestions you would like to know and I will happily do some Thanksgiving write-ups. Anything from stuff to bring to potlucks to cooking the full feast!

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[henpecked.livejournal.com]

I have a comment reply email in my inbox, but the comment isn't here! Anyway!

Okay! If you have enough fridge room, you want to get your turkey moved to the fridge TODAY. That will give it enough time to thaw out properly. If you don't have fridge room, You can take it out Tuesday or Wednesday and I can walk you through doing a cold water de-thaw.

I can take it out tomorrow, but right now my fridge is slammed. My fridge runs rather cold, though, so maybe I should do some rearranging so I can take it out tonight. I'm planning on brining it Wednesday afternoon and leaving it in the fridge overnight. Or, damn, maybe I need to do that sooner since I need to make gravy stock Wednesday night? I worry slightly because I have to work Wednesday evening (from 6 until whenever), so if I wait to start that for when I get home (which was when I was planning on doing my gravy, prepping my stuffing & veg and making my cake), will it brine for long enough?

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

Take it out tonight if you can-- if you want to brine it, you actually want to do that TUESDAY night, wash it off Wednesday night, and let it sit out of the brine Wednesday night!

You can brine it when it is not completely thawed, though, it will keep thawing in the brine! But your best bet is to try to pull it out now, or worst case scenario, cold-water thaw it on Tuesday during the day.

[henpecked.livejournal.com]

Awesome. These are all things that recipes don't tell you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

No problem! I'm going to try to write up a list of common mistakes and instructions that they just kind of assume you know, like taking out the giblet bag and checking for pinfeathers and stuff later.