Thanksgiving

Since Lisa had to work the Friday after Thanksgiving, we decided to have a few people over for dinner. We had the responsibility to cook the turkey, which I have not had the opportunity to do before. Since I've heard that brining a turkey makes it really juicy, I gave it a try. Here are all of the spices, along with the sugar and salt, that I dissolved in vegetable stock the night before:


Lisa and I woke up at 6am to put the turkey in the brine. Here I am looking my morning best with the bird:


We submerged the turkey into a 5 gallon bucket and the brine mixed with ice water. We took it out after 6 hours and cooked it for about 2 1/2 hours. It was as good as advertised!


Here's a photo of Vince in his "My Little Turkey" shirt. He's happy because his friends Sylvie, Bibi, and Iman are coming over later in the day.


Here's a picture of everyone who came over on Thanksgiving. All of the food was delicious, especially the desserts! (From l-r: Sylvie, Beau, me, Amine, Iman, Bibi, Joc, and Katie.)