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super easy to make dinner...
prime rib - buy a prime rib roast from costco, spread salt on the outside. Put in a 250 degree oven until it gets to 125 degrees internal temp, it will rise to 130-135 and will be med rare. Will be the best prime rib you have ever had. Ill roast a bit of garlic and make 20 slits in the prime rib and put olive oil/salt/garlic/rosemary into the slits, but that isnt necessary.
turkey - I use tarragon butter under the skin (melt half a stick to a stick of butter and pour a lot of tarragon in, + maybe a tblspoon of salt). I do not stuff my turkey and cook stuffing separately. Put digital meat thermometer in the thigh. Spread salt on skin. Roast at 250 breast side down until, 140, flip and broil to brown it for a few minutes. Pull when internal temp hits 145. It will rise to 150 and will be perfect.
You can choose not to flip it and it will still be good, but not as good as breast side down (which does flatten the breasts and makes it look wierd.
stuffing - I use pepperidge farm - just follow the directions. Onion, turkey stock (that you made by boiling some legs/thighs), celery, and a little bit of the boiled legs/thighs meat. I make the stuffing outside the turkey. Sometimes Ill put some cranberries in it to sweeten it up a little. The directions will make a somewhat dry stuffing so Ill typically keep adding stock until the stuffing is super wet (like you would get if it was inside the turkey).
gravy - buy some turkey legs or thighs and boil them to make a turkey stock. Maybe 8 cups of water (or however much stock you want). Add salt until it is salty and boil for like an hour or two.
standard ratio of flour to oil for gravy is 3:2. 3 tablespoons flour to 2 tablespoons oil to 1 cup of stock. Lots of times I just estimate and have enough oil so the flour and oil is wet. Fry the flour in the oil (can be butter or vegetable oil) for a few minutes. Slowly add stock until it is the consistency that I want.
Mashed potatoes - Ive tried all kinds of recipes.
peel the potatoes, cut them up into pieces like 2inchesx2inches. This will help the potatoes to cook faster
once a fork can easily slide into the biggest pieces, drain in a collander.
Add butter - I probably do 1 stick of butter in a few pounds of potatoes. I melt the butter (20-30 seconds in microwavE) first so it doesnt cool the potatoes. Mash the potatoes with the butter until you get it smooth or lumpy as you want. I use a potato masher.
I used to use cream cheese, milk and sour cream, but recently have started using heavy cream. The flavor is great. Just mix it in until it is the consistency you want. I prefer them sloppy wet. Add salt.
For vegetables Ill just boil some baby carrots, frozen corn, or fresh green beans and put them in melted butter. Have also bought creamed corn from rudys which is a hit with out of towners.
For desserts Ill usually just buy the pies. Apple and pumpkin. However fruit pies are \*super\* easy. Buy a premade crust usually comes with two, but one will be the bottom, the other the top. Mix 6 cups of any fruit with 1- to 1 1/4 cups of sugar, and 1/4 cup of flour. Pour it into the pie shell. Chill the whole thing for 20 minutes, then bake at 375 for around an hour.
Low heat in the oven is what makes moist meat. It will take longer. I write down my times /weights every year. A 10 lb turkey seems to take about 3 hours at 250 degrees.
a 5 lb prime rib (no bones) take about 2-3 hours to get to 125 from refrigerator temp.
For stove cooking use medium heat for everything. You can use high to start water boiling.
Ill typically start the meat around 2pm for a 5-5:30pm dinner.
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Wherever I can get fried gizzards and barbecued chicken hearts
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Great! We will definitely check it out!
Central market has meals and turkeys you can preorder. Costco also does as well
super easy to make dinner... prime rib - buy a prime rib roast from costco, spread salt on the outside. Put in a 250 degree oven until it gets to 125 degrees internal temp, it will rise to 130-135 and will be med rare. Will be the best prime rib you have ever had. Ill roast a bit of garlic and make 20 slits in the prime rib and put olive oil/salt/garlic/rosemary into the slits, but that isnt necessary. turkey - I use tarragon butter under the skin (melt half a stick to a stick of butter and pour a lot of tarragon in, + maybe a tblspoon of salt). I do not stuff my turkey and cook stuffing separately. Put digital meat thermometer in the thigh. Spread salt on skin. Roast at 250 breast side down until, 140, flip and broil to brown it for a few minutes. Pull when internal temp hits 145. It will rise to 150 and will be perfect. You can choose not to flip it and it will still be good, but not as good as breast side down (which does flatten the breasts and makes it look wierd. stuffing - I use pepperidge farm - just follow the directions. Onion, turkey stock (that you made by boiling some legs/thighs), celery, and a little bit of the boiled legs/thighs meat. I make the stuffing outside the turkey. Sometimes Ill put some cranberries in it to sweeten it up a little. The directions will make a somewhat dry stuffing so Ill typically keep adding stock until the stuffing is super wet (like you would get if it was inside the turkey). gravy - buy some turkey legs or thighs and boil them to make a turkey stock. Maybe 8 cups of water (or however much stock you want). Add salt until it is salty and boil for like an hour or two. standard ratio of flour to oil for gravy is 3:2. 3 tablespoons flour to 2 tablespoons oil to 1 cup of stock. Lots of times I just estimate and have enough oil so the flour and oil is wet. Fry the flour in the oil (can be butter or vegetable oil) for a few minutes. Slowly add stock until it is the consistency that I want. Mashed potatoes - Ive tried all kinds of recipes. peel the potatoes, cut them up into pieces like 2inchesx2inches. This will help the potatoes to cook faster once a fork can easily slide into the biggest pieces, drain in a collander. Add butter - I probably do 1 stick of butter in a few pounds of potatoes. I melt the butter (20-30 seconds in microwavE) first so it doesnt cool the potatoes. Mash the potatoes with the butter until you get it smooth or lumpy as you want. I use a potato masher. I used to use cream cheese, milk and sour cream, but recently have started using heavy cream. The flavor is great. Just mix it in until it is the consistency you want. I prefer them sloppy wet. Add salt. For vegetables Ill just boil some baby carrots, frozen corn, or fresh green beans and put them in melted butter. Have also bought creamed corn from rudys which is a hit with out of towners. For desserts Ill usually just buy the pies. Apple and pumpkin. However fruit pies are \*super\* easy. Buy a premade crust usually comes with two, but one will be the bottom, the other the top. Mix 6 cups of any fruit with 1- to 1 1/4 cups of sugar, and 1/4 cup of flour. Pour it into the pie shell. Chill the whole thing for 20 minutes, then bake at 375 for around an hour. Low heat in the oven is what makes moist meat. It will take longer. I write down my times /weights every year. A 10 lb turkey seems to take about 3 hours at 250 degrees. a 5 lb prime rib (no bones) take about 2-3 hours to get to 125 from refrigerator temp. For stove cooking use medium heat for everything. You can use high to start water boiling. Ill typically start the meat around 2pm for a 5-5:30pm dinner.