Sooooo.......... we got Mr. T into the freezer, now we can breath a sigh of relief. If you remember from a previous post, we lost his girl to a fox attack. Since then we have been guarding him during the day with our dogs and by night we have been putting him in a pen with a board over it.
By the way, Mr. T is a turkey and we are going to have him for our Thanksgiving dinner. We weighed him before putting him to bed in the freezer..... a whopping 35 pounds of yummy white and dark turkey meat!
I have a had a couple of people ask me how I am going to cook him since he is so big. I switched to using a big electric roasting pan (the same one I make apple butter and tomato sauce in) a few years ago. If you haven't tried this and have one of these pans, you might want to. The turkey cooks much faster, gets brown just like in the oven, and is really moist and juicy. This pan is large enough to fit a nice size turkey and I believe it will accommodate him nicely when the big day arrives.
We were also able to process eight of the Cornish Hens that have been running around the farm like wild birds all summer. I was very happy that only one of them looked like it had been laying..... The ongoing quest for eggs has been quite a challenge around here this year. We still have to buy eggs sometimes to supplement what we are getting from our girl's.
The processing went quickly because we invited some friend's over that were interested in learning how to butcher chickens. I made a big pot of beef stew, homemade rolls, and pumpkin pie ahead of time to eat when we were all done. It was a chilly day so my husband had a little fire in our fire pit out back for anyone needing to warm up. We ended the night out there by the fire exchanging stories. I will definitely think of doing something like this again, the next time we have a lot of chickens to do.
By the way, Mr. T is a turkey and we are going to have him for our Thanksgiving dinner. We weighed him before putting him to bed in the freezer..... a whopping 35 pounds of yummy white and dark turkey meat!
I have a had a couple of people ask me how I am going to cook him since he is so big. I switched to using a big electric roasting pan (the same one I make apple butter and tomato sauce in) a few years ago. If you haven't tried this and have one of these pans, you might want to. The turkey cooks much faster, gets brown just like in the oven, and is really moist and juicy. This pan is large enough to fit a nice size turkey and I believe it will accommodate him nicely when the big day arrives.
We were also able to process eight of the Cornish Hens that have been running around the farm like wild birds all summer. I was very happy that only one of them looked like it had been laying..... The ongoing quest for eggs has been quite a challenge around here this year. We still have to buy eggs sometimes to supplement what we are getting from our girl's.
The processing went quickly because we invited some friend's over that were interested in learning how to butcher chickens. I made a big pot of beef stew, homemade rolls, and pumpkin pie ahead of time to eat when we were all done. It was a chilly day so my husband had a little fire in our fire pit out back for anyone needing to warm up. We ended the night out there by the fire exchanging stories. I will definitely think of doing something like this again, the next time we have a lot of chickens to do.
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