Yule log - sort of

Zippylip

Could not have assed this one up more if I tried. Wanted to make a turkey & stuffing fatty, so I picked up a 14 pound fresh turkey:



here is my knife, like trying to cut meat with your finger



about an hour (& 300 F's) later:



ran it through the grinder:



took some of the bones, some veggies, butter and wine, added to the turkey pan:



the rest of the carcass went into a stock pot with the giblets & more veggies:



made some sausage & cornbread stuffing:



& into the two rolled out fatties:



seasoned up:



few hours later after they were all firmed up, set up the egg mad max style & added the pan:



on top of that went a veggie cooker:



on with the fatties:



about an hour & a half later:



This is where it took a turn for the worse, I ‘guestimated’ the timing, & when I went out to check on them, they were sufficiently over 170 degrees to make them slightly difficult to penetrate with the thermometer :blink: :

Also, I thought I smelled something burning, so I rushed the entire assembly into the house to discover that the pan was charred black, bones, veggies, everything, carbon

visions of mad max gravy gone (no squeezens, no crud, no nut’n), I turned to the stock, made a roux, added the wine & stock, then tasted, realized I never tasted the stock itself, had no taste, not enough salt, easy enough to fix you’d think, but the gravy tasted like paste, looked like vanilla pudding, it sucked

anyhow, sliced one of the fatties down, poured the paste on, & served to the family :laugh: .

It was edible, but not really. So overcooked it was actually hard. I thought there would be enough dark meat in there to balance out the dry (un-brined no less) white meat. I was wrong, & over-cooking it by 25 degrees didn’t help matters:







believe me it looks better in the pictures than it was, but at least the beer was good



Merry Christmas everyone

Little Steven

Marc,

How was the edamame?

Steve

Jeffersonian

Well, there's the beer :P

Sounds like my first stab at doing brisket. That one's on the bottom of the Space Shuttle...it protects far better that those woosy ceramic tiles.

cookn biker

Every cook is an adventure!!

troutman

The photos are very well done, expert-like.

The granite looks pretty.

That beer looks good.

Finally, it was a darn good idea.

Merry Christmas.

Little Chef

:woohoo: :laugh: :silly: :laugh: Too funny!! :laugh: Space shuttle tile.... :woohoo: :laugh: :silly:

Little Chef

Dang Zip! :blink: I hate it when that happens! :pinch: It sure does look good!!

Big'un

So sorry to hear of your turkey tragedy. :laugh: I did need the laugh though. It really looked pretty good. When I need to make gravy from scratch, I usually start with low salt bouillon, and then add some milk and wine and then arrow root. It's not bad in a pinch. Wish it had been what you wanted, it was a great idea that I intend to steal. :woohoo:

MountainGriller

WOW - very, very impressive.

Grandpas Grub

 
Wow, what a cook. Looks like it's to die for.

Merry Christmas,

GG

Fidel

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You suck!

Clay Q

The turkey log is a great idea. Nice work with creative cooking. Well there is always next time to give this another try. The pic's sure do look good. :cheer:
Merry Christmas!

"Sparky"

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Too funny Rod :laugh: :laugh: Zippy is such a rookie :P

Fidel

This reminds me of these:

http://www.eggheadforum.com/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&func=view&id=550711&catid=1

This is a supreme compliment...trust me.

EgginDawg

Nice effort there Marc....Sparky and Fidel are WAY too tough on you. Looked great and I think a great idea to do again to do it right.

djg

I feel your pain. I had 4 ribeyes for us (fam of 4), put three on for the wife and kids, was going to wait 5 minutes before throwing mine on, went outside, and the *%#* dog had grabbed it off of the table and was eating it. The rest of my family enjoyed the meal, I was too mad to eat.

JLOCKHART29

As always Zippy just outstanding!!! But where's the peppers?!! :laugh:

smoky b

looks pretty good to me! i bet your standards are higher than most.

uglydog

Zip, you get an attaboy for posting up what you called an unsuccesful cook. Everybody else seems to think it looks pretty good, and it smelled good down here in Boothwyn. You never seem to run out of unique things to cook. Keep those pictures and cooks coming in.

Uglydog

uglydog

djg, did the dog pass gas after eating your your ribeye?

Uglydog