By Debbie Burke
Photo credit: TheKohser CC by SA-3
Happy Thanksgiving!
In case you haven’t yet put your turkey in the oven, here are a couple of new variations on cooking poultry—one legal, one illegal.
The legal technique:
Instant pots are the current go-to appliance for many meals but I hadn’t thought about trying to cram a turkey into one. According to this blog, apparently, it is doable.
Since today is True Crime Thursday, I’m compelled to also include the illegal technique:
This case involves chickens rather than turkeys. But I suspect, if enough alcohol is involved, someone will eventually try this with the larger bird.
Last August, Eric Romriell and Eric Roberts, both of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Dallas Roberts, of West Valley City, Utah, visited Yellowstone National Park. The three men are in their forties and fifties. Romriell is an ophthalmologist.
Photo credit: Clarence Alford-Pixabay
While there, they decided to cook dinner…by boiling two chickens in the hot springs at Shoshone Geyser Basin.
They were observed carrying cooking pots to a remote location. There, they put two whole raw chickens into a burlap sack and lowered them into the steaming water.
A park ranger responded to the location. When asked what their intention was, Eric Roberts answered, “Make dinner.”
The ranger probed further and inquired which one had come up with this idea. Roberts answered, “It was kind of joint thing.”
Hmm.
The article didn’t say but one guess is the “joint” idea was cooked up with the help of an unidentified adult beverage.
Earlier this November, the judge ordered fines of $540 and $1250 and banned the three would-be chefs from Yellowstone for two years.
No report what happened to the chicken dinner.
~~~
TKZers, what are your favorite culinary tips for Thanksgiving?
~~~
Today—and every day—I give thanks for the energetic, talented, and encouraging TKZ community. You make writing fun and I’m constantly learning.
Wishing everyone in the TKZ family a healthy and happy Thanksgiving!