Grizzly and Wood Duck are in town. They're full of stories of southern Utah and early snow in Park City and they're off with Baleen now at the Civic Center Farmer's Market buying six pounds of apples for our bourbon pecan apple streudel. It's as Thanksgiving as Apfelkuchen.
I'm home alone with Omar, our 10-lb bird, but I'm not doing what Shrimp Jr had to do in 2009. We're doing a dry brine again, or I should say Baleen is, but back in 2009, Baleen kept calling Shrimp Jr from work the day before Thanksgiving and asking, how does Henry look? Is he laying on his chest or his back? Will you pat him dry and salt him again?
This year, Baleen's been home to tend to Omar herself. I'm not sure what she's done so far, but I know he's in our fridge looking like this. That's not the only difference from 2009, either. We won't bring out the scale and have our pre-dinner weigh in and post-dinner weigh off like we did in 2009, not because Baleen wouldn't play to win again, but because she would, and Baxter might get a little crowded down there sharing space with cranberry sauce, apfelstreusel and Omar.
I'm home alone with Omar, our 10-lb bird, but I'm not doing what Shrimp Jr had to do in 2009. We're doing a dry brine again, or I should say Baleen is, but back in 2009, Baleen kept calling Shrimp Jr from work the day before Thanksgiving and asking, how does Henry look? Is he laying on his chest or his back? Will you pat him dry and salt him again?
This year, Baleen's been home to tend to Omar herself. I'm not sure what she's done so far, but I know he's in our fridge looking like this. That's not the only difference from 2009, either. We won't bring out the scale and have our pre-dinner weigh in and post-dinner weigh off like we did in 2009, not because Baleen wouldn't play to win again, but because she would, and Baxter might get a little crowded down there sharing space with cranberry sauce, apfelstreusel and Omar.
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