trash can turkey
Posted on February 28, 2009
Not sure if you have heard about this cooking method or not. Last night we went out to the country (Bellbrook) for a dinner party with some friends. After some nimble navigation with the Blackberry and Google Maps we arrived to the smell of charcoal and roasting turkey. Next to the driveway a metal trashcan was inverted with charcoal blazing white on top. Very strange. The smell of turkey was seeping from under the edges of the upside down trashcan.
Mike, our host and trashcan cooker for the evening, explained how it worked. Under the trashcan was aluminum foil and stake drove into the ground. A cross was made with another piece of wood attached to the stake. The turkey would rest on this stake with the cross piece holding the turkey about 12-15 inches off the ground.
Using a large back of charcoal bricks, the turkey was placed on the stake. The trashcan was placed over the turkey and rested upside down on the foil. The now white hot charcoal was placed about 4-6 inches thick around the base of the trashcan on the foil. The remaining half of the charcoal was placed on the “top” of the inverted trash can.
Our 16 pound turkey cooked in about 95 minutes and it was perfect. Cooked exactly right, moist, tender and juicy with a hint of smokiness, but not overpowered like a smoked bird. This really poor photo, which I posted on Facebook, shows the glow of the charcoal at the base and top of the trashcan cooker.
For a much better understanding..click here.
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Mardi Gras
Posted on February 21, 2009
Hi y’all. This weekend the Suddith’s will celebrate their 4th (almost annual) Mardi Gras here at the house. We invite 6-8 couples and hope they all don’t show up. We have a small house, looks like everyone is coming tonight. It will be crowded but that will be great. Good friends, great food and awesome music by the Mamou Playboys, Feufollet and Buckwheat Zydeco. Great music all around. I have been tweaking a new Cajun/Creole/Zydeco Pandora station just for tonight.
The menu:
Boiled Crawfish with baby red potatoes, garlic, onions and corn on the cob.
Shrimp, Sausage and Chicken Jambalaya
Dirty Rice
Boiled shrimps
Cajun crab cakes
King Cake
Pralines
There may be an attempt at some Beignets from a friend.
We will post some photos later at bryansuddith.com/mardigras
As my friend Kelly would say…C’est Bon…(Its all good).
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Finish the sentence
Posted on February 3, 2009
Finish the sentence survey – your turn! Share
Paste the sentences into a note of your own, change to your answers, then tag me and ten other people.
Finish The Sentence Survey
1. My ex …doesn’t want to talk to me.
2. Maybe I should…lose some weight.
3. I love….a really nice surf and turf dinner.
4. People would say that I’m….funny.
5. I don’t understand….Organic Chemistry. But wifey does, so I am good.
6. When I wake up in the morning…wifey is already up.
7. I lost….my favorite pillow that I had for 24 years.
8. Life is full of…smarter people. And dumber ones.
9. My past is….full of great stories and adventures.
10. I get annoyed when…I have to be handy.
11. Parties are…better with Makers Mark.
12. I wish…success in this world was measured a bit different.
13. Dogs…are man’s best friend.
14. Cats…live my dream lifestyle. Sleep. Eat. Be cute. Sleep. Eat.
15. Tomorrow…gonna be a busy day.
16. I have low tolerance…for bad drivers. None drive as good as me.
17. If I had a million dollars…I would own a Jeep and a new motorcycle.
18. I’m totally terrified…of not being successful. See #12
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