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cranberries + champagne and currants

Cranberries with Champagne and Currants

Cranberries with Champagne and Currants

cranberry sauce with champagne and currants is my new go-to.

All good points. I think I'll try 1/4 C chips soaked for longer. All I'm looking for is a kiss of smoke--1/2 C was more of a grope-fest.

Being new to charcoal, I was first worried about sharpening my technique and tweaking the flavor second. Everything turned out great--crisp skin and dark and white meat both were cooked through but juicy. If I like the results of the redo, I'll feel pretty confident about scaling it up to the big bird (well, medium bird--12-16lb). The only difference will be that I'll have to add a half a chimney of coals at the one hour mark. Depending on the results of the redo, I might skip a second smoke packet or even pull the first one out. Is there a difference between smoking for the first half of cook time vs. the second half?

If it's not smoky enough, then, at worst, I'll have a well-cooked turkey with the added benefits of the charcoal-grilled flavor and a free oven for sides.

All of this and then it will be a windy, rainy, and/or snowy mess on Thanksgiving and I'll have it in the oven anyway...

Gluten-Free Girl - Google brought me right to Shauna as soon as I came home from the doctor's office. My disappointment regarding my gluten issues lasted all of that one short car ride. Thanks, Shauna (and Chef, and Bean)!

potatoes, bacon,
or maybe some chorizo,
kale and eggs sound right.

Vichyssoise. Hot or cold, it never disappoints.

Thai!

Simon

A few places to start, both easy to access via public transportation:

Eastern Market - http://www.easternmarketdc.com/

Dupont Circle - http://www.dcfoodies.com/2009/02/dupont-circle-farmers-market.html (this overview gives a few others, too)

Have fun!

Sashimi!

Heavenly pork products should be
Eaten at every meal.
A doctor or
Rabbi might
Tell you differently, but I'm not

Asking them. For something
To eat it at every sitting--I can
Think of nothing more fitting than
A box of porcine treasures.
Cholesterol be damned. If I
Keep this up, my doc's Benz is paid for.

recipes for q
though everyone has their own
always tastes like home