This year, Chris, his parents and I drove up to Seaside, CA (near Monterey) and spent the holiday with Chris' cousin Jeff and his wife Mia. Until last December, they had been living in Japan, where Jeff was stationed for three years on the Misawa Naval base.
Jeff and Mia had been wanting to try to fry a turkey, something both they and we had heard a lot about in recent years. Using Alton Brown's brine recipe and frying method, Jeff rigged a pulley system for the turkey for safety - see the video and photos below.
Though the outside looked crispy, the turkey was tender and juicy inside! Yum! Look at our spread!After dinner, we chatted, had dessert and then the parents started falling asleep. They were done for the night, but Chris, Jeff, Mia and I stayed up late drinking wine and beer by their outdoor fireplace in the chilly air. We had a great night and were so pleased to spend so much time with Jeff and Mia! Plus, they are cat people like us and have two kitties - Simon (6 year-old black ca, demon-eyed cat below) and Rudy (much older grey cat, who was a bit more stand offish) - so we felt even more at home!
2 comments:
that video is crazy. How long did it fry for? Was it good?
it only took an hour and twenty minutes to fry! And it was an 18lb turkey! So crazy....It was good -the skin came out pretty black b/c he did a brown sugar brine the night before, but inside the meat was really yummy. I think it could have cooked maybe 15 minutes less even.
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