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I bought a turkey breast today, the local grocery store splits up a couple of turkeys a day while they grind turkey burger. I am going to marinate it in Reed's Premium Ginger Brew, season it with Jamaican Jerk spices and cook it in the Green Egg grill/barbeque/oven. Probably going to boil 1 cup red quinoa, 1 pint organic vegetable broth,water, sea salt, cayeenne and stir in a couple of handfulls of sharp cheese at the end. The recipe originall used a can of Rotell with green chiles also but we will just try to work around that.
New weeks experiment might be turkey breast with my Fig Barbeque sauce, with the price of beef turkey has gotten a LOT more popular with my grill. Unfortunately the price of lamb has soared also because rack of lamb would be great with that fig bbque sauce. |
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Ooohhh sounds delicious!!! |
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Friday, July 15, 2011, 11:16pm |
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Marinating! that means cooking tomorrow. I tell you what, you clean and I'll cook. A Colorado gal couldn't go outside during daylight hrs down here anyway. |
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Friday, July 15, 2011, 11:35pm |
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Look at all the B girls flocking to gcg's deck, smellin' that grill firin'...  "What's cookin', Fella?"  |
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O in Virginia |
Saturday, July 16, 2011, 12:11am |
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That sounds good, GCG.  I like to buy pasture fed turkey thighs from Whole Foods when they have them and oven roast them so the skin gets crispy like roast duckling. That is soooo good! I like the dark meat of turkey. I like the breast, too, but it's a little dry. |
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That sounds good, GCG.  I like to buy pasture fed turkey thighs from Whole Foods when they have them and oven roast them so the skin gets crispy like roast duckling. That is soooo good! I like the dark meat of turkey. I like the breast, too, but it's a little dry.
No worries, OIV: GCG knows his way around a turkey. |
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O in Virginia |
Saturday, July 16, 2011, 12:37am |
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No worries, OIV: GCG knows his way around a turkey.
Yes, and knows his way around an egg grill, too, I would imagine. |
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Saturday, July 16, 2011, 1:23am |
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Yes, and knows his way around an egg grill, too, I would imagine.
Yes the Egg grill eliminates the dry turkey breast problem, once you learn to cook to the temperature of the meat rather than by time. It is still easier to cook one type of cut at a time. Also let it rest 10 minutes before carving. The store also had turkey thighs, unlike Wally World, but they were actually over 50 cents a pound more expensive. I like thighs better but not that much better. |
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That's funny that the thighs were MORE expensive than turkey breast, I would have thought less. Anyway, enjoy your turkey breast this evening.  |
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Dark meat rocks! My local grocery only sells breast meat. The funny thing is, ground turkey meat actually has additives (and they were avoids, too). I am so glad I read the label. I found local butchers that were about 10 miles away. Totally worth the drive: nice and scenic. Off to the farm I go. Literally, the butchers are next to farms. GCG - I will clean if you cook!  |
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 , GCG. I am a grad student. Grad students follow FREE FOOD! Ha ha ha. Besides, your fare sounds a lot more tasty than most of our cooking.  |
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I was kinda wondering what you meant by that too. I don't like to clean, I'd rather help cook  |
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Saturday, July 16, 2011, 8:05pm |
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A bit of a delay, it's raining outside finally. The turkey half breast is marinating in the fridge. And Kristin I flew from New Orleans to Denver to Montrose and then by van to Telluride back in September of 2000. From about 5 feet above sealevel to over 10,000 within 8 hours(went hiking first thing). So I know the climate difference. |
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Saturday, July 16, 2011, 9:10pm |
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Detailed descriptions of culinary masterpieces, as well you know, gcg, interest me. So, after dinner, while the gals are a-scrubbin', consider waxing poetic about the evenings repast, right here, for a rapt reader(ship).  |
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Saturday, July 16, 2011, 9:39pm |
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That sounds good, GCG.  I like to buy pasture fed turkey thighs from Whole Foods when they have them and oven roast them so the skin gets crispy like roast duckling. That is soooo good! I like the dark meat of turkey. I like the breast, too, but it's a little dry.
This sounds good.. I never thought of getting turkey thighs from there. THanks! |
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Saturday, July 16, 2011, 10:52pm |
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Detailed descriptions of culinary masterpieces, as well you know, gcg, interest me. So, after dinner, while the gals are a-scrubbin', consider waxing poetic about the evenings repast, right here, for a rapt reader(ship). 
Isn't that like food porn? |
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Every time I ask, that's what's said. Ever watch a chef reality show? Ever listen to art historians describe interesting works? Ever read good lit crit? If it's a worthy dish, tell us about it; some of us will appreciate it. |
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The turkey was moist with a slighly sweet but gingery succulent flesh covered in a spicy skin. The seductive side dish of red quinoa simmered with sweet vidalia onions, chiles, vegetable broth had pinto beans and that Nomad Nosh, sharp cheese lovingly stirred in at the end. All followed by that noble beverage Shiner Boch. Titillating enough for you? |
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I'll tell you if you tell me: Were there vegetables? A salad, for instance? |
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Sunday, July 17, 2011, 2:23pm |
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Black grapes and dried bing cherries. |
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If your question is whether I "deem it a worthy dish", based upon your description of it, I do. While I am not "titillated", I am impressed with the following: The juxtaposition of textures: "Moist" turkey breast with a skin that I'm desiring to imagine as crisp. I will give you serious points if you pulled off that combination. The juxtaposition of flavors: Sweetness vs. Spice seems to be the fulcrum here. The ginger and chilis versus the vidalia onions, and the "salad" element of grapes and cherries. (I don''t really know what you did with the grapes and cherries - I'm inclined to lean toward the succulence and lightness of the grapes, over the greater density and darkness of the cherries.) I'm not really keen - intellectually - on the inclusion of cheese on this plate. I might have preferred you veer more Asia-ward, what with the gingery marinade and baste. But because you've also got the pintos in that quinoa dish, I see you're going rather Mexico/Gulf in regional direction and make an allowance. In any case I feel a very fresh, light vegetable salad is called for here. A slaw, perhaps, that would bring in a citrus-y dressing and some crunch, the latter being especially called for, versus the unctuousness of the cheesy grain. I'm also missing the color green here. Kill two birds with the stone of a salad that is iight in flavor, but not flimsy / leafy in consistency. A hard crunch such as with cabbage, or blanched julienne of green beans, for instance, is called for, IMO. All of this is both sight-unseen and in the absence of taste. I think you're a talented guy. If you send photos of your next creation, I can perhaps be of greater assistance.  Are you having fun? Another crucial question. |
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