I left work two hours early to cook this bird. (The drive home was not good, it had sowed a lot more, so I got home only and hour and a half earlier than I normally would.)
I put it in the oven with the cheesecloth on it. It was supposed to be cooked for 15 minutes before putting the cheesecloth on.
When I went to baste it the first time there was no juice at all to baste with. Confused, I took
eor's suggestion and used hot buttered rum. Rum, butter, brown sugar, spices - how can that be bad? We'll see.
I wish leaving work two hours early had really ended up in me getting home two hours early, because the very best I can hope for is to be done by 9:30, and that's really not good, keeping Eor up that late.
Heh, I mentioned Eor by his actual name to Buddy Boy, today, and BB was like, "Oh yeah, that's his name! I keep forgetting it." Because of course he reads this and thinks of him as Eor. :) I said that's okay, since when I met Eor, twelve years ago, we met online and he was already using that nick, so I think of him just as much by his nick as by his real name.
I put it in the oven with the cheesecloth on it. It was supposed to be cooked for 15 minutes before putting the cheesecloth on.
When I went to baste it the first time there was no juice at all to baste with. Confused, I took
I wish leaving work two hours early had really ended up in me getting home two hours early, because the very best I can hope for is to be done by 9:30, and that's really not good, keeping Eor up that late.
Heh, I mentioned Eor by his actual name to Buddy Boy, today, and BB was like, "Oh yeah, that's his name! I keep forgetting it." Because of course he reads this and thinks of him as Eor. :) I said that's okay, since when I met Eor, twelve years ago, we met online and he was already using that nick, so I think of him just as much by his nick as by his real name.