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Jose's Beer Baste for Turkey!
by Patricia Kennedy

Here I am sitting at my desk at Leeward thinking about turkey and dressing, and just thinking about it, I can smell the wonderful kitchen odors from the turkey cooking. Turkey is easy to cook. Pat has included his smoked turkey recipe. Yummy! When Jose cooks turkey he adds his own twist. He pours a bottle of beer into the cavity area - then lays it in the roasting pan to cook. He usually rubs butter on the skin to help brown it, but be careful you do not put too much butter on it or it can burn. As the turkey roasts, Jose spoons the broth from the pan over the roasting turkey. The broth is a mixture of turkey juice, butter, and of course the beer. The turkey is so moist that when it is done it literally falls off the bone. The broth mixture is also excellent added to the giblet gravy at the end. So this is the recipe for turkey that we now follow unless Pat happens to be around to smoke the turkey. It is simple and excellent.

Childhood Memories

Childhood memories are fun. I remember the festivities from my childhood and Thanksgiving and Christmas meals that we would celebrate at Grandmother's house. At those meals, it was my job when I was little to set the table. Grandmother's table was round and we would have to put in the extra table leaves to handle all the company for the holiday meal. We would always use a lovely linen table cloth and linen napkins and grandmother's best china. I was not trusted with the china until I was about 8 years old. At first I was only allowed to set up the silver and napkins, but after about 8 years old I got the whole job. For some reason, my favorite part was to set out the glasses. I loved Grandmother's crystal from Czechoslovakia (which I still have and sometimes use). She also had cranberry red glasses from Czechoslovakia which I also loved. (I have those glasses too, but rarely use them). It was a colorful table. The centerpiece was usually a very large fruit basket surrounded by bowls of nuts.

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