I'll be updating this throughout the day. First! Beautifully Bubbling Brine! Consisting of water, a tiny bit of chicken stock, a lot of salt, a little lemon, molasses, a small handful of whole, mixed color peppercorns, and a heaping of spoonful of sage, rosemary and thyme. Brought just to a boil to extract flavor from the spices, and chilled. Second! Our bird, a 10lb on bone turkey breast, local raised. Immersed in brine and packed with a little ice. Next to it, three bombers of delicious beer. One Salvation from Avery Brewing in Colorado, a Golden Belgian Ale. Two bottles of Imperial Red Ale from Lagunitas in California, a Double Red Pale Ale.
Third! The bird again, snugly nestled in among the veggies, breast down for the first 45 minutes of cooking. A whole stick of herb infused butter inbetween the skin and meat, as well as in the cavity. Fourth! Obligatory dog pic. He's napping now, because all of the begging he's going to do later is hard work. Fifth! This is the space for all of the sides. They're all done, but I didn't have a free hand while making them to take pictures, I'll post them individually when they're in their serving dishes]
Edit. Finally cleaned everything up. Ate a giant plate of bread pudding with cream. Can't move, can barely post. Will post update pics later.
Happy thanksgiving pal. I'll look forward to checking in as I update my thread too. Kinda like a virtual holiday space. Nice.