Oh the
weather outside is frightful… Well, depending on when you read this, since
Texas can’t decide whether it wants to be winter or summer. On any giving day
it could be winter in the morning and summer by noon. If the weather could just
change like that all year long and give us a break during the blistering hot
summers, that’d be great. Hopefully we get some kind of, at least, cool weather
for the holidays.
One of my
favorite holidays is Thanksgiving. To give thanks of course, but also for all
the delicious food. Turkey (fried or baked), stuffing (or dressing). That’s
always a debate in our house on what to call it), green bean casserole, mashed
potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes and gravy over all of it. Well, maybe not the
sweet potatoes. And then there’s all the desserts… Great. Now I’m starving.
Speaking of
turkey, what do you prefer? Fried or baked?
Personally, I like the fried turkey. Here’s why, I don’t have to stay up all
night long, basting the turkey to make sure it doesn’t dry out. I think I was
scared from the turkey gone wrong in the movie, “National Lampoon’s Christmas
Vacation”. Someone did not stay up to baste that turkey is my guess.
There is a
right way and a wrong way to fry a turkey. If you haven’t ever fried a turkey,
make sure you are absolutely certain that you know how to do it the right way. Awful
accidents have occurred when done the wrong way. Our good friends over at Paul Davis Emergency Services of Keller sent out an email talking about Holiday
cooking safety. It also had a link to an article by Popular Magazine, “How to deep-fry a turkey without killing yourself" with just the right
information on what to do, what not to do and how to clean up frying a turkey.
I highly
suggest reading the article in its entirety before you get your turkey frying on. Luckily
we have a couple volunteers to actually fry a turkey and be videoed while
frying. Let’s have a big, warm welcome for Eddie and Jason. They are our turkey
frying duo. Enjoy the video and remember, do your research and make sure you
know how to fry a turkey the right way.
