Halloween/Beltane

Saturday, November 2, 2024

Roasting Turkey Tips

For those of you roasting a turkey for any occasion, here are a few tips...


If you plan on using a brine and you want a simple recipe that will make your turkey especially delicious, here you go...


1/2 cup salt

1/2 cup sugar

1 gallon water or enough to completely cover the bird

Few peeled cloves of garlic

Sprigs of rosemary, sage & thyme


Dissolve salt in a cold or room temperature water, add the sugar and mix throughly.

Add the herbs. 

Allow to set overnight in the fridge or in an ice chest cooler (with ice)


When ready to roast, remove the turkey and throughly rinse off all the brine.


That’s it.


Thursday, October 31, 2024

Hello November


November comes from the Latin root novem- meaning “nine,” because in the Roman calendar there were only 10 months in the year, and November was the ninth month. 

The word November was first recorded before the year 1000.