Making chicken feed of my mortgage

edinburgher

well that was until I ate a turkey that had been brined for 24 hours before roasting for Thanksgiving last Sunday.

Brining food does wonders for it. For a turkey, the only practical way to do it is probably to use a cool box?

I brine whole chickens and Mrs E's dad (chef) will regularly brine pork joints/salmon etc. before smoking or BBQing them

I use a Michael Ruhlman recipe for the brine (sure it's online) and it's very easy to add your own twist to things. Mrs E used similar ingredients to cure/brine her own gravlax last winter...

muddywhitechicken

edinburgher wrote: »

Brining food does wonders for it. For a turkey, the only practical way to do it is probably to use a cool box?

Good idea ed :T

I was thinking along the lines of buying a builder's bucket and hoping that we don't have a mild winter so I can keep the turkey in the shed :rotfl:

edinburgher

Does a builder's bucket have a lid? If so, fill your boots

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Hi, I'm just doing a Tom Kerridge belly of pork in brine and always brine the turkey at Christmas - I use a Nigella receipt for the turkey.

Makes the meats so succulent

Tilly x

muddywhitechicken

I'm cheating this year Tilly

I've bought a brining mix from Williams-Sonoma.

The ingredients are sea salt, apples, juniper berries, lemon peel, star anise, garlic, rosemary, thyme, black pepper, onion & bay leaf.

edinburgher

I've bought a brining mix from Williams-Sonoma.

= fancy North American shop? I thought you said you weren't fancy after the copper pots denial? :rotfl:

muddywhitechicken

edinburgher wrote: »

= fancy North American shop? I thought you said you weren't fancy after the copper pots denial? :rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Yes, fancy North American shop! One of my favourites along with Pottery Barn

In my defence, I normally only look/drool at the fancy things and dream of what I can buy when I'm MF :A

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Hi MwC, you have given me a brilliant idea then - I never thought of brining gifts for birthdays, Christmas etc. I have a few foodie friends and that would be super, along with a couple of recipes. I have some !kea Kilner type jars - I could layer the ingredients, finish with a festive ribbon or something similar.

Fab

Many thanks, Tilly x x

edinburgher

What would you brine?

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Hi Mr E, you're probably asking MWC, but I'm thinking about what to put in the Kilner jars now. I think I'd layer one up with ingredients to brine a pork joint. I've only ever followed a recipe but I guess I could layer salt, star anise, cloves, sugar, bay leaves - then explain in the recipe about using a non metallic container and how much water to use.

Tilly x