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TALKING TURKEY & PUTTING PIECES TOGETHER (Ceramically Speaking)
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t happens for me this way every year. Thanksgiving goes down amidst great anticipation and fanfare, I have a fantastic time and really look forward to the season of giving that follows. This year was no different. My brother-in-law and I had a turkey cook-off at my place for a hungry and robust Thanksgiving crowd – mine done traditionally, brined all night in a magical concoction of fresh herbs and spices, skin gently lifted then stuffed with a lovely homemade herb butter, cavity filled with a proprietary blend of fresh vegetables and even some citrus; his done on a barbeque with a beer can stuffed up its behind. We cooked together all day, talking about turkeys and Thanksgivings past and the then-coming Christmas holiday and even gifts for our wives and children. It was great. I started the holiday season with all the promise and good intention that I always do. Spot on. (I’ll be damned if his bird didn’t come out better than mine, by the way. He cooked an eighteen-pound beer-can turkey on a fricking Weber in my yard, and the damned thing came out perfect. ‘Twas ...continued p.12
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