What Shall We Make Today?

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Since it’s November, today’s offering is my recipe for the perfect turkey breast.  (Although, these tips work just as well for a whole turkey.)

We love white meat, so I rarely make an entire turkey for our get togethers.  However, as is our custom, I will make the entire turkey dinner 2 days in a row because we seldom have many leftovers and I love the way the turkey dinner makes the house smell.  I begin with about a 7 or 8 pound turkey breast.  Butterball was always my first choice, but one year out of necessity I had to purchase a different brand—Honeysuckle White—and it was just as delicious!

Clean the breast and pat dry.  Rub the entire breast with unsalted butter and season.  I use salt, coarse ground black pepper and onion powder.  The breasts available here are “restaurant style” turkey breasts which means they have the rib portion and stand upright in the roasting pan.  This makes them easier to carve in my opinion.

Place in a roasting pan—I do not use a rack since hubby prefers gravy like his mom made—from a jar—so I do not need to collect the juices.  I roast my turkey breast uncovered in a 350* oven until the internal temperature reaches 160*.  I will check the turkey roughly an hour after putting it in the oven.  If the skin is sufficiently brown and crisp, I will remove the pan from the oven and cover the turkey with reynold’s wrap to finish the roasting.  My turkey breasts usually roast to 160* in an hour and a half to 2 hours. But a meat thermometer is invaluable! I got mine from Pampered Chef ages ago.

It’s important to remove the bird when it hits 160* because the turkey should stand—COVERED—for at least 15 minutes before you attempt to carve it—allowing the bird’s juices to settle.  During this time, the internal temperature will continue to rise to the desired 170*.  My turkey breasts are always moist and tender.  Can’t wait till Thanksgiving!  Bon Appetit!

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  1. For a small family – we also do Turkey breast. One year, I salted and peppered it, buttered or oiled it, then placed it upside down in a nest of foil, filled the cavity with garlic, onion quarters, carrot, celery chunks, savory herbs and… white wine! Roasted it as usual on a roasting pan with a rack using a roasting thermometer to tell me when it got to the done temp.

    Oh man it was good! I had read about doing that and wanted to try it. The skin was still good and brown and the meat was juicy. We straineded the white wine/herb/onion/garlic juice from the middle of the turkey breast into a pan with a roux for brownness…and the gravy was good too!

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        1. We had quite a day yesterday! Got Frank out of the hospital, we thought his wallet was lost because he forgot he had left his wallet with other daughter. Sally Q had a heart rhythm crisis and had to go to the ER, so we met her and caregiver at the ER on the way home.
          Both Sally Q and her Dad are doing well today. I slept 8 full hours last night because I was so tired! Have the wheelchair guy coming today return a chair he repaired and to repair one that got broken here and to fix Frank’s walker – which was once Sally’s and to talk about ordering equipment for his new apartment in Sally’s building. Oh man!

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            1. I have a stash of my favorite cookies, great devotional books, and some mystery books (a new British author you might like, lots of clever plays on words, character interplay and humor, and a clever sharp detective, DCI Bill Slider – Cynthia Harrod-Eagles)

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    2. Morning GA!
      sounds good–I love homemade gravy–cuz my mom made it so well!! but hubby’s mom always used jar gravy so that’s what he like…
      i give in on chicken/turkey but when i make a roast beef, i make homemade gravy ad he loves it. but old habits…lol
      we love white meat, so i rarely make a whole turkey. my mom is the only one in the family that likes dark meat.

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        1. thanks. we are having our “family” Christmas with her and my kids the following weekend–my son works night shifts some times, so we always schedule it around his schedule and that’s the only weekend he’s off in December. I’m going to offer to bring all the fixings and make a turkey dinner for that evening to make up for my idiot brother.

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  2. Morning, Pat! I heard a cat yowling outside and had been tossing and turning for a while anyway so I got up to see who was making all the noise – it was some other cat in the neighborhood because Wheezer was sitting patiently by the door waiting for his breakfast. Besides, he doesn’t yowl – always very quiet mews and purrs. Of course, some lovin’ was necessary first – up on my lap, rolling and purring, for almost 15 minutes today! Again he tried to follow me inside.

    I’m waiting for it to get light outside to get all the stuff out for Jason to put up the screening on my east patio window. Yeah!!! Since a big freeze is coming, maybe tonight, I won’t have to worry much about flies but it will keep the birds from getting in and beating themselves to pieces trying to find a way out.

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    1. I’m not big on turkey at any time of the year, tbh. It’s one of those where it’s ok but I much prefer the dark meat. I always take a leg/thigh. I enjoy the trimmings more than anything! LOL – Tucker dropped a new interview with Candace Owens – she is preggers again – 40 weeks!!! I’ll say again: I want to see her run for President some day!

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        1. Wow! Candace Owens said almost exactly the same as Aristotle in her interview with Tucker! It matters not what the “going thing” is – as long as you remain focused on morality and principles!

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    2. I can’t TELL you how many times I’ve wanted to present the bill for waiting time! Especially when you are a single Mom having to work to support your child and can’t afford to take that time off in the first place!!!

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  5. Catturd ™
    @catturd2
    There’s no need to get upset with the Republican party anymore. You already know they’re going to stab you in the back on every issue, every time.

    Both parties are corrupt to the core. Both parties hate you. Both parties are only interested in personal wealth and power.

    This country will have to be saved by averages citizens who final realize that (D) or (R) no longer matter, they unite together, then vote out every single member of Congress in office in both parties.

    It’s time for all new people.

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  6. video in tweet

    Santa Surfing
    @SantaSurfing
    HT: @JesseBWatters

    EXCLUSIVE: the Secret Service has responded to Primetime’s FOIA over the White House cocaine investigation. We now know they’ve been lying to you about everything.

    After telling us they didn’t find any DNA and destroying the bag of coke, the documents tell us there’s three tubes of DNA that they didn’t destroy. They did find DNA on the baggie- it was processed and moved to an evidence vault for preservation. They now have an insurance policy.

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  7. pro hamas try to storm the dnc in DC last night…video in tweet

    Lady Penquin
    @Lady_Penquin
    This is what happens when you let the crazies run amok. It eventually catches up with society. They’ve let these entitled parasites get away with everything. Glad to see the Dems eating their own.

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    1. video in tweet

      David Shapiro
      @DavidShapiro98
      🚨BREAKING NEWS: U.S. House buildings on lockdown as Pro-Palestine rioters attempt to storm DNC headquarters.

      Capitol Police report six officers injured, arrests made. Is this an insurrection? #Insurrection #CapitolLockdown

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  13. higgins asked about fib ghost busses and stumped wray

    eilert (@guest_1187498)Online
    November 16, 2023 07:06

    This this where Rep Higgins got his information from:

    “EVERYBODY TAKE THIS VIRAL NOW PLEASE”@drawandstrike https://t.co/tW0VU1ZgFx

    — General Mike Flynn (@GenFlynn) November 15, 2023

    Tony Seruga

    @TonySeruga

    Follow

    My partners and I have been lifetime data scientists. We own the digital ID of every mobile device/computer in the U.S. and have indexed and archived every IP address in the world. Our extensive experience in big and deep data, including geotracking and geolocation makes our dozens of data companies the top authority for providing data to corporations, law enforcement and U.S. government agencies like the CIA, NSA, DoD, DIA, NGA, NRO, FBI, as well as Interpol and foreign intelligence organizations.

    There are a number of videos documenting these ghost buses as well as a number of mostly nondescript DOJ vans that dropped off ninja wearing individuals that appear in other videos to have breached the Capitol cutting fencing, removing barricades, opening doors, and other nefarious behaviors.

    We also tracked the infamous J6 ‘pipe bomber’ from one of these vans. Later, we eventually tracked them to a Virginia Metro station where a perfect capture of their vehicle license plate was made.

    The FBI has ALL of this information. Shortly after they were alerted, however, AT&T mysteriously ‘accidentally’ corrupted that and only that particular cell phone user’s data.

    Additionally, their mobile device was used hundreds of times before and after J6 accessing keycard required DOJ/FBI parking garages and buildings.

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    1. Citizen 817
      Citizen 817
      November 16, 2023 2:23 am

      @MJTruth

      Would you look at that…

      Rep Clay Higgins Questions FBI Wray in relation to Filling “Ghost Busses” with FBI Informants Being Brought to the Capitol on January 6

      I just so happen to have video of EXACTLY what Clay is talking about.

      The man in the second video was recorded on January 6. He describes (and shows) unmarked police vehicles escorting suspected Antifa “Ghost Busses” to the Capitol.

      Clay Higgins Questioning Wray about Ghost Busses

      Video 👇
      https://rumble.com/v3vz7j4-january-6-rep-clay-higgins-questions-fbi-wray-about-ghost-busses.html

      Man on J6 Describes Ghost Busses

      Video 👇
      https://rumble.com/v3vz76m-j6-man-describes-busses-of-suspected-trouble-makers-being-escorted-by-polic.html

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      1. Watched some of that video yesterday – boy, did Wray ever get HIS shorts in a wad over that one!!! He was NOT a happy camper!

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  18. “BREAKING: Conservative Stalwart Morton Blackwell Resigns from Matt Schlapp’s CPAC Board as Stunning Resignation Letter is Made Public.”

    ENTIRE ARTICLE @ NationalPulse: “Leadership Institute founder and long-standing American Conservative Union (ACU) and Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) member Morton Blackwell resigned his position from Matt Schlapp’s organization this week. Blackwell is the latest in a long-line of resignations of both staff and board members from CPAC, as the Schlapps continue to run the right-wing institution into the ground.

    Blackwell, 83, has served on the ACU board since the 1970s, and joins other senior figures such as Charlie Gerow and Bob Beauprez in walking out the door. Beauprez quit in May, alleging a “cancer” metastasizing inside the once-great conservative group which now appears only to exist to line the pockets of Matt and Mercedes Schlapp. Gerow stepped down shortly after, though initially refused to release his letter of resignation

    Schlapp faces a lawsuit for the alleged sexual battery of a younger man, Carlton Huffman, as well as a series of allegations detailing how his organization has failed to adhere to financial rules, with Gerow’s letter – released this week – revealing how the ACU may have even broken the law in its procedures. The National Pulse has been reporting on the refusal of Schlapp to run the organization properly for over two years, with a number of senior sources inside the organization repeatedly reaching out to sound the alarm.

    In his note, Gerow explained how board members were not provided with an affirmation of terms of coverage to sign, as required by law, when CPAC began shelling out vast sums of money for Schlapp’s personal legal defense. He wrote of being stonewalled when he attempted to acquire the paperwork, explaining he was “presented with reams of paper I had not asked for, [but] this vital sheet of paper was missing,” Gerow also expressed concern that CPAC failed to carry out “any independent investigation into the underlying accusations made against Matt Schlapp, something any similarly situated nonprofit or for profit corporation would have done.”

    He said CPAC staffers were suddenly forced to sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) on pain of losing pay, and board members were warned they “serve[d] at the pleasure of [Schlapp].” Earlier this year, The National Pulse reported on Schlapp’s own ‘DO NOT INVITE’ list for the CPAC conference, which included America First Members of Congress, Trump family members, and even some of his own board members.”

    NF: I tried to find a link to the full letter but haven’t found one. I think this article from the Daily Beast contains more of it:

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/cpac-board-member-charlie-gerow-wrote-brutal-letter-trashing-matt-schlapp

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  20. pictures in the tweet…not sure what they’re supposed to show…?

    Catherine and Gregg
    @onwardsocial
    just when you think you’ve seen it all…

    we were preparing to beginning streaming the 2020 surveillance video onto http://open.ink.

    we connected some gwinnett county, ga video to a new advanced ai video review server

    not only do we have the dropbox video, but they appear to accidentally have provided all of the video from Gwinnett central count. we were told it didn’t exist.

    here’s a few screen caps.

    @RealOpenInk
    @TrueTheVote
    @TalkMullins

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      1. They have been that way for a long time – they know the Fakestinians are the dregs of the Arab world. They cause nothing but trouble no matter where they go!

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  23. Gail Combs
    Gail Combs(@gailcombs)Online
    Wolf
    November 16, 2023 08:06

    WATCH ON NOW!!!

    https://rumble.com/v3w3d6d-trumps-secret-watermarks-in-ballots-how-many-how-where-and-tracked.html

    JovanHuttonPulitzer™
    @JovanHPulitzer
    1h

    7 am cst – SPECIAL BROADCAST JOIN THE STREAM – I spill the BEANS! “Trump Administration Put Secret Watermarks on Official Ballots” Find out HOW MANY ballots were deployed, How was it kept SECRET? and How They Were Tracked? Very direct eye opening first hand ballot testing experience and first hand account.

    comment image%3Fname%3Dsmall%26format%3Dwebp

    https://nitter.net/JovanHPulitzer

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  26. Eric
    Eric
    November 16, 2023 9:42 am

    We were told this was “conspiracy theory.”

    Judge Issues Huge Decision On Georgia Voting Machines

    “Judge Amy Totenberg has issued a decision concurring there is sufficient reason to believe that the electronic voting machines used by the State of Georgia have substantial flaws.”https://t.co/c5fcACAHmS

    — Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) November 16, 2023

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  27. my nut tassies are out of the oven!
    i sliced the second half of the pecan cookie dough which i had in the freezer (THANKS GA!!!)
    the house smells wonderfully nutty!!

    mine do not look like this though…I roll my dough out and use a flower cookie cutter to create scalloped edges on mine…

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  28. ahhhhh…..James trying to appear nonpartisan by going after Pepsi in NY. get this, she wants to penalize PEPSI because some of its plastic bottles and caps have made it into the Buffalo River. She claims Pepsi doesn’t inform the public of the dangers of their single use bottles and therefore is liable for the pollution cause by litters.
    FTA
    UFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against PepsiCo Inc. over “harming the public and the environment” tied to alleged single-use plastic pollution caused by the company in and around the Buffalo River, the AG’s Office announced Wednesday.

    James said that her office “found that single-use plastic produced by PepsiCo contributes significantly to high levels of plastic pollution along the Buffalo River, pollution that is contaminating drinking water and harming wildlife.”

    The “historic” lawsuit alleges that PepsiCo, which is headquartered in New York State, causes substantial harm in Buffalo, fails to warn consumers about the risks of its single-use plastic packaging, and mislead consumers and the public about its efforts to prevent plastic pollution.

    James seeks to require PepsiCo to end environmentally-threatening practices through the lawsuit and obtain disgorgement, civil penalties and restitution for the damage caused to New York’s environment.

    https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/buffalo/new-york-ag-files-lawsuit-against-pepsico-over-alleged-plastic-pollution-in-buffalo-river/

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    1. More pandering and virtue signaling! Jason repaired my screen and I got my motion-detector light moved to a better spot after he was done. Wheezer showed up while I was using the drill and promptly skedaddled….LOL – he’ll be back! Really high winds being predicted – possible gusts tomorrow up to 50 mph after the switch from south to north winds! Temp is at 58 right now but supposed to drop to 28 tonight. Highs next week? 30’s!!!! Winter has arrived!

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  30. so it’s Q’s and right wingers’ fault that DePape attacked paul pelosi and thought nancy was lying. SO PREDICTABLE

    FTA
    “He was never my target and I’m sorry that he got hurt,” DePape said.

    He told jurors he believed news outlets repeatedly lied about former President Donald Trump. In rants posted on a blog and online forum that were taken down after his arrest, DePape echoed the baseless, right-wing QAnon conspiracy theory that claims the U.S. government is run by a cabal of devil-worshipping pedophiles. He repeated QAnon-like conspiracies during his testimony, referring to a cabal and the ruling elite and saying they are eroding Americans’ liberty and allowing the abuse of children.

    https://www.ottumwacourier.com/news/national_news/man-who-attacked-pelosi-s-husband-convicted-of-federal-assault-and-attempted-kidnapping-charges/article_dd53159e-c0e3-5664-bca7-d67976943e75.html

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  31. “Welcome to Portland…”

    “Sign looks a little “Flushed” doesn’t it?”

    “And now you know…”

    “And there goes the Corp….”

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  39. no charges expected in biden’s document case–but look at the frickin’ spin at the end. biden quickly notified NARA about documents in his possession—what 12 YEARS AFTER he was VP?
    article
    Special counsel Robert Hur is not expected to charge anyone in connection with the mishandling of classified documents at two locations connected to President Joe Biden, two sources close to the investigation told CNN.

    Hur and his team are compiling a detailed report on their year-long probe that is expected to be critical of Biden and his staff for the way they handled sensitive materials. The report is expected to go into significant detail about what the special counsel’s office found in its investigation.

    Investigators on Hur’s team have told other Justice Department officials that they hope to have the report completed by the end of the year, but that timeline could slide.

    Ian Sams, a spokesperson for the White House Counsel’s Office, declined to comment.

    Hur was appointed in January to investigate after classified documents from Biden’s time as vice president were found at his former office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, DC, and at his Wilmington, Delaware, home. A spokesperson for Hur declined to comment.

    The Wall Street Journal first reported Hur isn’t likely to bring a criminal case. CNN previously reported charges appeared unlikely, according to sources familiar with investigators’ line of questioning, and that there has been no discernible grand jury activity.

    A decision to not pursue charges is likely to draw criticism from Donald Trump and his allies. They have long drawn parallels between Hur’s investigation with that of special counsel Jack Smith, who earlier this year brought charges against the former president related to his own handling of classified documents after he left the White House.

    But key differences between the two probes abound, including the fact that the National Archives repeatedly tried and failed to get back documents in Trump’s possession. At one point, the FBI secured a search warrant to search his Florida estate.

    Biden’s attorneys, on the other hand, quickly notified the National Archives of the materials found in his possession.

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/16/politics/special-counsel-hur-biden/index.html

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  40. gag order temporarily lifted by appeals court
    article

    NEW YORK (WABC) — A New York appeals court on Thursday temporarily lifted a limited gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump.

    Judge David Friedman of the appellate division’s first department ruled from the bench after a brief oral argument.

    The judge stayed the gag order citing constitutional concerns over Trump’s free speech rights.

    The gag order was imposed by the judge presiding over Trump’s civil trial, Arthur Engoron, after Trump posted disparaging things on social media about his law clerk.

    Trump and his lawyers have repeatedly put the law clerk, Allison Greenfield, under a microscope during the trial. They contend that the former Democratic judicial candidate is a partisan voice in Engoron’s ear – though he also is a Democrat – and that she is playing too big a role in the case involving the former Republican president.

    Engoron has responded by defending her role in the courtroom, ordering participants in the trial not to comment on court staffers and fining Trump a total of $15,000 for what the judge deemed violations. Engoron went on last week to prohibit attorneys in the case from commenting on “confidential communications” between him and his staff.

    Trump’s lawyers – who, separately, sought a mistrial Wednesday – contend that Engoron’s orders are unconstitutionally suppressing free speech, and not just any free speech.

    “This constitutional protection is at its apogee where the speech in question is core political speech, made by the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, regarding perceived partisanship and bias at a trial where he is subject to hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties and the threatened prohibition of his lawful business activities in the state,” they wrote in a legal filing.

    https://abc7ny.com/donald-trump-gag-order-lifted-fraud-trial/14071072/

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  42. “After Whitey’s terrible accident with the lawnmower, the doctors were able to miraculously replace his lost tail with a donor tail from the pound…”

    “Newspaper Rock, Tse’ Hone (Navajo / Diné) Newspaper Rock National Monument, San Juan County, Utah”

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          1. I think they said scheduling can take two weeks. Its insane how long they drag this out.

            If I didn’t get her an EKG on the 27th then they said they were backed up until Feb.

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              1. And they kept saying she needs surgery. Well then don’t drag this out. The doctors office does not have an EKG that would have helped. And they her knee doc was like well she’s on a blood thinner maybe she should switch. Ummm your for knee not her primary.
                Her primary is ok with her meds.

                Anything medical SUCKS!!!!

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              2. yup!
                my mom, who doesn’t drive, has a podiatrist who comes to her house every 3 months. (he’d been coming to the house for my Dad when he was alive, so he just started with mom and came to see them both.
                a few times when he was at her house, he trimmed her toenails so short, one bled. soon after he “declared” her to be diabetic! Her own regular doctor has issued no such proclamation. the podiatrist just came 2 weeks ago and the first thing he asked her was, what’s your blood sugar number? her family doc said nothing to her. she has no blood sugar meters or test strips or anything like that!
                so she’s upset–I said talk to your family doc.
                but the podiatrist should concern himself with her feet and leave diagnosing major diseases to the family doc!

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