One Day in the Life http://www.ebynum.com Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:39:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Pilgrim’s Progress http://www.ebynum.com/2007/11/19/pilgrims-progress/ http://www.ebynum.com/2007/11/19/pilgrims-progress/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:32:29 +0000 Ed http://www.ebynum.com/2007/11/19/pilgrims-progress/ This evening, I had the distinct pleasure of frying a turkey. I had never before undertaken such an endeavor, and I can only say that I am completely satisfied.

For any of you aspiring cooks out there - in addition to a turkey-frying setup, you’ll need one (1) large pot in which to “brine” the turkey. I have talked to other turkey fryers, and many of them choose not to brine. I choose to brine.

Add almost enough hot water to submerge the turkey into the brining pot. Mix in one (1) pound of salt and one (1) pound of dark brown sugar. Yes, it sounds gross. Yes, it looks gross. That doesn’t matter. It will smell and taste delicious. Your turkey will turn out amazing. Heat the oil in your fryer to about 375ºF (this will take about twenty (20) to thirty (30) minutes), and then immerse the turkey fully. You’ll want to dry off the turkey first, to avoid bubbling and splattering, and then gently put it in the oil (safety note: turn off the burner before you add the turkey, and wait for the oil to settle before re-igniting).

Leave it alone for about three (3) minutes per pound (for those of you who aren’t good at math, this is about forty-five (45) minutes for a fifteen (15) pound turkey). The thickest parts of the turkey should reach about one hundred fifty-one (141º) degrees, which will reach about 161º thanks to carry-over cooking. Remove and allow to rest for about 30 minutes, and enjoy.

Simple. Delicious. Done.

Special thanks to John Breitmeier for pointing me to the Good Eats episode where Alton Brown discussed deep frying a turkey. For the most part, these directions follow his. Special thanks also to Alton Brown for making the Good Eats episode.

]]> http://www.ebynum.com/2007/11/19/pilgrims-progress/feed/ A Farewell to Arms http://www.ebynum.com/2007/10/09/a-farewell-to-arms/ http://www.ebynum.com/2007/10/09/a-farewell-to-arms/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:46:37 +0000 Ed http://www.ebynum.com/2007/10/09/a-farewell-to-arms/ I just worked backstage for my first touring Broadway show (Hairspray) at the Brooks Center. We started the load-in at 4:30am and finished the strike and theatre restore around 10:00pm. That was only two days after a 9:30am call for the North Carolina Dance Theatre that finished around 11:00pm. My work for the majority of both of those calls was pulling linesets on the fly-rail - to the tune of 13 blisters on my left hand. It’s been a long weekend/week.

We Must Protect This White HouseIn other (even better) news, I played my first game with The Dead Presidents yesterday, after feeling “safe” playing since I finally have some timesheets in from my work at the Brooks. In my first game, I had one bad throw and one catch for a touchdown. We won the game about 14-6, and should make the playoffs. Hail to the Chief !

There were a couple of fairly small changes made to the layout/content with this update. First, there are now links to “tags” that I have made, and second, whole posts show up on the main page instead of just the first 100 words of each post. It just seems easier. Also, Jeromie (and maybe others) will appreciate that WordPress features a Comments RSS feed (that keeps track of recent comments) in addition to the Posts feed.

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OK, today’s modification to the style of the blog is going to be a complete theme change (to give me somewhere better to start from) … so enjoy.

]]> http://www.ebynum.com/2007/10/04/brave-new-world/feed/ Great Expectations http://www.ebynum.com/2007/10/01/great-expectations/ http://www.ebynum.com/2007/10/01/great-expectations/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:34:42 +0000 Ed http://ebynum.com/downloading/wordpress/?p=3 Despite my best efforts to the contrary, I find myself submitting to the worldly demand for writing a blog. In an effort to keep both myself and my readers interested, I am going to extend my regular interaction here past the commonplace adding of content (aka “Posting”) into the creative and interesting modification of the site itself.

Each time I post, there will be some changes made to what you see. Let’s call it an experiment in my creativity.

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