Thanksgiving
Nov. 22nd, 2012 08:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
desperanceHunh. I might be going to liveblog this, as a relief of tension or something. I may be a little tense. Also it may amuse you, to watch me doing all the wrong things in all the wrong order, my priorities all ahoo.
Anyway: it's half past eight, and I am up and showered and begun. I left a sourdough dough rising overnight; it was domed and positively fluffy this morning. I have now knocked it back to scratch,and I have no idea whether it will rise again, but I've put it in the oven with the light on in hopes that warm air will encourage it.
At the moment, the plan is to spend the morning baking pies and breads and so forth, while I worry about the turkey. Yes, of course I'm worried about the turkey. Some advices said "never leave it in the brine for longer than twelve hours, it'll be horrible," while others said "the longer the better, up to forty-eight hours if you can." So I'm splitting the difference, more or less; but if the first folks are right, then it's probably already horrible.
Anyway. I'm going to make coffee, and clear away the detritus of last night's dinner, and generally see what's what. Also, I need to nip round the corner soon and see if Lucky's is open. Just because I shopped four times yesterday doesn't mean I'm ready...
Anyway: it's half past eight, and I am up and showered and begun. I left a sourdough dough rising overnight; it was domed and positively fluffy this morning. I have now knocked it back to scratch,and I have no idea whether it will rise again, but I've put it in the oven with the light on in hopes that warm air will encourage it.
At the moment, the plan is to spend the morning baking pies and breads and so forth, while I worry about the turkey. Yes, of course I'm worried about the turkey. Some advices said "never leave it in the brine for longer than twelve hours, it'll be horrible," while others said "the longer the better, up to forty-eight hours if you can." So I'm splitting the difference, more or less; but if the first folks are right, then it's probably already horrible.
Anyway. I'm going to make coffee, and clear away the detritus of last night's dinner, and generally see what's what. Also, I need to nip round the corner soon and see if Lucky's is open. Just because I shopped four times yesterday doesn't mean I'm ready...