Happy 4th july, Cousins

food
#1

So…what special food you eat for Independence day?

(Robin) #2

4 chicken thighs in the Airfryer. Too hot to actually exert myself.
I have become quite the heathen at the table. See food, snarf food.
It’s quite a complex process, not for beginners.

(Pete A) #3

I didn’t eat anything special.

(Central Florida Bob ) #4

Smoked some spare ribs for the dinner. I consider it fully carnivore but I suppose purists wouldn’t, with the various spices, peppers and garlic I rub the ribs with (plants!). And our home made mayo. And, and, and…

No “wretched green things” as my wife likes to say .

#5

I had 2 chicken thighs with mayo and some strawberries for lunch. I’ll probably have some chicken soup for dinner - or better said, chicken thighs in broth. It’s chicken thigh day here.

(Peter - Don't Fear the Fat ) #6

Not seeing Turkey mentioned …. Actually I never see it appear on here, any reason?
Oh remember now, that’s thanksgiving and that’s different right? lol

#7

Sorry to be here despite being a Hungarian but turkey was mentioned :slight_smile:
IDK why people on this forum eat turkey so extremely rarely… Though I do the same nowadays. I love turkey, it’s tasty while cheap chicken is tasteless. I used to buy it more often, I should do it again but my fowl consumption dropped when I simply stopped getting bored of my pork :smiley: Pork is perfection to me, I easily eat a pound or more of fried pork (even fresh ham and that tends to be lean! not super lean but quite lean. I go for the fattiest slabs though ;)) every day almost forever at this point…
And turkey often comes in plastic boxes and I don’t like to make so much garbage. I buy it when I see it in the meat counter but that’s somewhat rare in my life.
And the lower leg has those bone-like sinews and sometimes I get bored of that. And the skin is thick and hard to make it crunchy… Chicken skin works better. But the meat is still so, so much better for turkey. Even if not as tender as chicken but that’s no problem.
So that’s about me, IDK why others eat turkey rarely or not at all. Tastes, probably?

(Marianne) #8

We didn’t either. Still delicious.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #9

Turkeys get fat in preparation for winter, so they are generally thought of as a fall food. Thanksgiving is in origin a harvest festival, which is why the menu included turkey–it was the game that was available. I suspect there was probably venison, too, however. But the turkey was a new and exciting food, so it got the publicity.

In Canada, where the growing season is shorter, Thanksgiving is the first Monday in October. In the U.S., it’s been fixed legally on the fourth Thursday in November.

The cliche Fourth of July meal is hamburgers and hot dogs cooked on the grill. But it’s not a cast-iron tradition, the way turkey is for Thanksgiving. There’s a lot more ethnic and regional variation for this holiday.

#10

Turkey is kind of dry to me. The dark meat is better. I don’t really know how to make turkey breast nice and juicy without adding a lot of fat to it. It used to be ok when I would cook a whole turkey for family - but I live alone now and can’t eat a whole turkey. I eat the thighs when they are in the store.

(Pete A) #11

I eat turkey burgers regularly.

#12

Eat one deep fried Turkey, and there’s no going back! That aside, just like Chicken and Pork, people love to overcook it. If you cook it until it’s “safe” temperature, you’ve already destroyed it, then it’ll continue to cook for 10-20mins after you pull it out which is the final nail in it’s coffin.

(Peter - Don't Fear the Fat ) #13

Did you see Stephen Fry travel around the US in a London black cab?
Stephen who you may ask (sorry, and move on)

He went to a family thanksgiving Party. They fried about 8 turkeys in a barrel of oil. Didn’t look like a big party either!

#14

@velvet: Oh I wouldn’t ever touch breast (well if I must, there are ways to make it borderline edible… but rather not). Be it turkey, chicken or rabbit. I dislike the texture and the extreme leanness. All other parts are nicer to me but my fav is thigh. But turkeys are big enough so even wings and necks aren’t too bony, there are lots of meat there :wink:

@lfod14: There is no such thing as overcooking in my vocabulary :smiley: (Well okay, maybe charcoal but I am not that patient. It’s long enough to wait for 1-2 hours for my fowl.)
It may matter that I never ever would cook a whole turkey, who would eat that? Just 2 thighs or something.

#15

This was easy to do when I was cooking a whole turkey, with skin on and bones inside. I get the breast juicy every time. I fail at just a turkey breast. I just can’t get that to be juicy. Maybe I need to try wrapping one in bacon…

(Karen) #16

Always imagined 4th July to be an all American BBQ day!

#17

That’s a bit like the Twelfth July over here lol.

Barbecue, burgers, hot dogs etc. in the ‘Field.’

:large_orange_diamond:

#18

Great with a special sauce or gravy to combat the dryness.

Before keto, I would have smothered my turkey dinner portions with both gravy and cranberry sauce.
:yum:

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #19

What’s the significance of the 12th, may I ask?

And if you had to identify one British holiday as the patriotic day, what would it be? King’s Birthday? The anniversary of Trafalgar? Magna Carta Day? Guy Fawkes? St. George’s Day? Easter Bank Holiday? Henley? :grin:

(Peter - Don't Fear the Fat ) #20

Oooo that’s a good question :thinking:
I’d imagine most days are auspicious in the British Calendar :face_with_monocle::face_with_monocle::face_with_monocle:
4th July is an important day for Britain. As the Pub Landlord Al Murray, would say, It was a lucky **** Escape :joy: