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trof

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Fri Nov-17-06 05:52 PM
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Deep fried turkey

Anybody doing that this year?

And, if so, do you alert the neighborhood so everybody can bring a turkey and get it cooked?
That's how we do it.

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cwydro

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Fri Nov-17-06 05:53 PM
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1. I would love to try that

so...where do you live?:9

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trof

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Fri Nov-17-06 05:55 PM
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2. Coastal Alabama. The Redneck Riviera.

Between Mobile & Pensacola.

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cwydro

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Fri Nov-17-06 06:00 PM
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3. Oh yay!

another Southerner! Well, I'm down here in the Keys...if the wind is blowing right, maybe I can smell your turkey...:hi:

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trof

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Fri Nov-17-06 06:05 PM
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4. One of my favorite places.

Haven't been there in a while.

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cwydro

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Fri Nov-17-06 06:06 PM
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5. Well, I've never been to Alabama

and I would love to visit that Redneck Riviera...so maybe one day.

Yeah, the Keys are unique.

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texanwitch

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Fri Nov-17-06 06:10 PM
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6. This year a neighbor said he was going deep fry a small 10 lb turkey.

I never tasted one, looking forward to it.

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trof

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Fri Nov-17-06 06:27 PM
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7. They are delicious when done right.

Extra crispy skin and very juicy inside.
It's quite an undertaking. Takes 3-4 gallons of peanut oil and a while to get it up to cooking temp.
That's why, when someone announces a 'turkey fry', people bring turkeys, turkey breasts, chickens, whatever, over to take advantage of all the prep involved.

You have a real treat in store.
It's not at all greasy.

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texanwitch

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Fri Nov-17-06 06:32 PM
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9. This is he's first one so he is starting small.

I may have him do a chicken or two for me.

I am really getting hungry now for that turkey.:hi:

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trof

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Fri Nov-17-06 06:39 PM
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10. It can be a bit hazardous.

Hope he's read and understands the directions.
#1 is use cooker on a non-combustible surface.
Like lawn/dirt or concrete.
#2 is lower the bird VERY SLOWLY into the boiling oil.

Yeah, take a chicken or two, or a turkey breast.
I'm taking a turkey breast so we'll have some for sandwiches, etc.
That's the one thing I don't like about Thanksgiving at somebody else's house.
No leftovers.
:-(

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texanwitch

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Fri Nov-17-06 06:45 PM
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14. I have heard of accidents dealing with frying turkeys.

I don't know if I would have the courage to fry turkey myself.

I will see to it that he reads the directions.

I can't believe that it takes that much oil.

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trof

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Fri Nov-17-06 06:49 PM
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16. Yep, a lot.

I was VERY apprehensive my first time.
Read the directions and use some common sense and it'll go OK.

One guy dumped a frozen turkey in the pot and got a wonderful flaming boiling oil fountain that burned his house down.

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texanwitch

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Fri Nov-17-06 06:53 PM
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18. Damn a frozen turkey.

Just think, cold meat meets hot oil.

This turkey and chickens will be unfrozen.

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trof

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Fri Nov-17-06 07:14 PM
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23. Oh boy. If you get Food Network, you can see what happens.

whew

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Xipe Totec

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Fri Nov-17-06 06:29 PM
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8. That be me!

Two turkeys, no neighbors.

I especially love it when we get an early snow storm. Nothing like deep frying a turkey in the snow!

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trof

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Fri Nov-17-06 06:40 PM
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11. Spaltter City!

whew

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Xipe Totec

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Fri Nov-17-06 06:45 PM
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13. Nah, just keep the lid on

Plus, with a rolling boil a few flakes don't make a difference.

When we're done we just plunge the pot into a snow drift. Cools right off and we can reuse the oil next week.

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trof

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Fri Nov-17-06 06:46 PM
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15. I run it through a coffee filter and it stores for quite a while.

Not rancid at all when stored in a cool, dark place.

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Xipe Totec

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Fri Nov-17-06 06:50 PM
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17. That's our basement; 40 degrees throughout the winter

I do love deep fried turkeys, and damned if I don't miss being in the South.

Two years ago I had a 75 lb. shipment of live crawdads delivered for a 4th of July party. New Englanders had never seen the critters before.

That was a blast!

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texanwitch

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Fri Nov-17-06 06:57 PM
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19. Crawdads, we use to catch them as kids with bacon tied to a string.

Don't see to many crawdads holes anymore, we used to catch the males and chase each other around.

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trof

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Fri Nov-17-06 07:22 PM
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24. Me too. In a creek behind the house. My Cajun f-i-l took me crawfishing .

My first time.
We were visiting them in Houston.

"Come on! Crawfish are running on the Trinity River."
At 6 a.m.

We loaded a seine net and some wash tubs in his pickup and took off.
Got a LOAD of bugs and had a FEAST!

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Xipe Totec

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Fri Nov-17-06 07:49 PM
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25. We used gizzards as bait

I do remember that, and miss it. In Mexico they were called acamaya, which is actually an Aztec word, not Spanish. We caught them in the drainage ditches, boiled them, and served them with lime and salt.

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texanwitch

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Fri Nov-17-06 07:54 PM
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27. We had a lot of places to catch them.

We had a city park with a nice drainage ditch, city ditches, railroad drainage ditches.

This one old man would pay us to catch crawdads for him, he loved to eat them.

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trof

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Fri Nov-17-06 07:00 PM
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20. Y'all got them humongus mud bugs up there.

I lived in southern NH for 16 years.
Miss the lobsters.

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Xipe Totec

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Fri Nov-17-06 07:51 PM
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26. You wouldn't be referring to this ol' feller?

http://media.2theadvocate.com/images/huge+lobster+111606.jpg

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5845330

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trof

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Fri Nov-17-06 07:58 PM
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28. Matcom's famous 22 lb. lob.

Poor old guy.

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Shell Beau

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Fri Nov-17-06 06:41 PM
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12. Actually we are doing that this year as we do every year.

But no neighbors invited!!

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Mrs.Matcom

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Fri Nov-17-06 07:06 PM
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21. Alton Brown

is doing a show on Fried turkey on food tv right now!

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trof

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Fri Nov-17-06 07:10 PM
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22. Hi. Amazing coincidence.

:-)

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