...to our kitchen appliance family! Yes, I am excited about having a new kitchen appliance, but if you know me at all, that shouldn't surprise you.
If you remember from my Oreo cheesecake cookie post, you will remember that one of my attachments was broken and so I was blending quite a heavy batter on 1 mixer handle. I said I would buy another attachment, but haven't yet, so I had a sad surprise when I opened the box to use it for pumpkin waffles for our newly married couples last week. One of the men came in to see what I was making and noticed my sad little mixing job and apparently told his wife. Well, they have two Kitchen Aid stand mixers as well as a hand mixer and were not using them and so they offered me one of their Kitchen Aid mixers! I feel like this is a common thing to have on a wedding registry, but I didn't have any need for one and know they are quite expensive. This one was handed down to them from someone else so they thought it fitting that they would also pass it along to me. The only thing they would take in exchange was cooking lessons and recipes. So, what a blessing it was to receive such a gift from them!
Another kitchen story from today is that we cooked our first turkey! With my mom and her wonderful coupons, we got a 14 pound turkey for $10! So, Jon and I thought we'd have Thanksgiving a little early this year. I had never prepared a turkey before and was a little scared because uncooked meat is pretty gross. Jon kept wondering what was going on in the kitchen as I kept gasping, whining, or repeatedly saying, "Ew, ew, ew, ew!" I mean seriously, giblets? But, I do love saying the word giblet, it's gross, yet funny. And how come juices kept coming out of places and surprising me? A piece of advice, don't grab the giblet bag by the wrong end or it'll surprise you... I don't know how many turkeys I'll cook in my life, but maybe Jon will take the next one. Although, Jon did say that this was the best turkey he's ever eaten (that he can remember), maybe I'll hand him the recipe. Another gross job: separating the skin from the meat. I did the best I could and then spread a mixture of olive oil, lots of garlic, rosemary, thyme, and some Italian seasoning. And whatever skin I couldn't separate, I slathered the mixture on top. I guess I should've taken a picture of it before Jon cut it, but now the carcass is sitting in a pot making broth for some wonderful turkey soup! This is proof that I'm all for using the turkey to its max, but please, please, don't put giblets in my stuffing (or I'll put chicken feet in your soup-Italian joke)!
