[LOCKED]WTF

WTF? I noticed we had 1,534 "Friends" requests since I last signed on.

Either Mrs. G is on a lot of people's "wish list", or they're actually requests to block me.

Or both.

Sowwy. :)

Your screen and keyboard got coffee 'turded!' Lol!

Thanks Current - now I have to clean coffee off my screen and out of my keyboard. ;-)

Or you could stuff it inside a bigger turkey. Or perhaps an ostrich, ala Turducken. Though frankly I've never been too excited to explore any food with the word "Turd" in the name.

WTF, I'm not a huge fan of bacon but on turkey might be the best way ever.

"I'm taking notes on how to cook turkey lol. I have a chicken plucker I can use for that."

Sometimes I use a chicken plucker to cook turkeys. I call my chicken plucker Mrs. G, what do you call yours?

Personally I skin wild turkeys, debone the breast and rely on brining/injecting and/or wrapping in bacon to add moisture.

I'm taking notes on how to cook turkey lol. I have a chicken plucker I can use for that. Processing it will be interesting as I've never done it. Excited to learn though. That's most of the reason I wanna shoot one tbh

"The oil to fry a turkey usually costs more than the bird does, and they don't recommend storing and reusing the oil once you've cooked a bird with it."

Yep, oil costs more than the bird. You can reuse the oil to fry other things but it only lasts so long.

I've never started a fire with the deep fryer but I've seen videos of people who didn't think things through before using an outdoor style deep fryer.

Using a turkey fryer "shouldn't" be that dangerous. As I recall, the instructions say to determine the oil level in the fryer pot by first filling the pot with water and putting the bird in to see how much liquid the bird displaces. Your oil level should be well below the top of the fryer pot with the bird in. If doing more than one bird, obviously you'd want to use the biggest one to set the oil level.

No doubt many skip this step and are way off with their guestimate, and that can send hot oil over the top of the pot down to the open flame of the burner and ignite the whole thing. Even worse is when people decide to do this on their porch or in their garage.

FWIW - I have a turkey fryer but bought it to cook lobsters. The oil to fry a turkey usually costs more than the bird does, and they don't recommend storing and reusing the oil once you've cooked a bird with it.

Wild turkeys aren't bred to be fat, flightless fucks. They're lean, mean, flyin' machines. They run pretty damn fast too.

Also, the fat, flightless turkeys in the store freezer have been processed by infusing a fat/salt solution into an already fat bird.

Injecting a wild turkey with a fat/seasoning solution prior to cooking helps- as does the cooking technique. They taste similar but are much drier than domestic turkey.

Years ago my son and a buddy had a side by side turkey taste test, wild versus farmed. I recall the farmed was the popular choice. The wild one was too lean.

And these were both deep fried to try and level the field. Mostly I remember being terrified that I was goin to have to send one or both of those slighly toasted lads across the mountains to the burn center. Deep frying a turkey is not for me. Especially when alcohol is involved.

"Never shot one and feel like it might be fun to clean it and cook it."

I've "cleaned" turkeys and other wild game. Your idea of fun differs from mine. The fun's over when your quarry is down.

Unless someone else is doing the retrieving, field dressing and processing. Those can be fun to watch and offer opinions on how to proceed.

I like the side x side flavor test idea. Great idea. I hear the wild ones are cooked low and slooowwww

I have them in my yard daily, so I'm fairly certain anytime I want one, I can shoot it.

Hey Flip - even if you go turkey hunting you'll want to purchase one from your local poultry farm.

Actually shooting a turkey in time for Thanksgiving is an iffy proposition - those suckers have a calendar and become scarce during hunting season. ;-)

And then if you're lucky enough to shoot one you can do a side-by-side taste test so you'll know if it's worth it.

I might need to talk to @good or @2out to learn how but I'm tempted to shoot my own turkey this year. Never shot one and feel like it might be fun to clean it and cook it. I know it won't taste as good but might be a fun thing to do instead of buying it at the farm where we get our chicken from.

GGMM- " I guess if I wanted turkey placemats I'd be out of luck."

Those were on sale at Memorial day and packed away by 4th of July. Only kidding of course, but woudn't be surprised if that tongue in cheek remark was somewhat accurate.

I was in Target today. A big green Halloween display with bins of candy flanking the opening, through which you could see multiple aisles of Christmas decorations and trees.

The only indication of Thanksgiving was frozen turkeys on sale for $0.79 a pound. I guess if I wanted turkey placemats I'd be out of luck.

I was thinking that I wasn't the only one who isn't a fan of coconut until I saw the shelves and aisles full of Christmas stuff.

So, when do they put out Thanksgiving themed stuff? On the 4th of July?

Guess I missed the Thanksgiving clearance- unless Mounds bars are a Thanksgiving thing...?

Yeah, I was thinking we've been seeing Christmas stuff in stores around us for at least a couple of months now.

Regardless of what time of the year it is, retail is always a half season ahead. It is sad, but that is what 'retail' is and does. However, as is common place now, Christmas is displayed in full force right next to Halloween stuff. That is the exact reason of how Tom Burton got the idea for the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas.

So I was in Target picking up a prescription 2 days ago. I wander over to the seasonal section which also serves as the clearance section to see if there are any deals.

The aisles devoted to Halloween are about cleaned out EXCEPT for Mounds candy bars. Lots and lots of those, but no Snickers or Milky Ways. :-(

But that's not the WTF, there, next to the Mounds bars, are....

Christmas trees, Christmas decorations, Christmas lights, Christmas candy, Christmas EVEYTHING. AIsles and aisles of them. And people buying the stuff....

WTF? Did I miss a Holiday or something?

@TBR I'm surprised the bong didn't get a second look. We once got held up at Houston Customs coming back from Desire. The dude asked if my Girlfriend might not have "a pre-columbian statue" in her suitcase. He rumaged around, pulled out a dildo and said "Never mind. All good."

@8-Inch I'll never forget the time a buddy I went climbing up in BC when I was about 20. We smoked a bowl at my house and then I was really paranoid when I found out that my buddy brought the rest of his stash (probably two grams of bud) with him. I made him stuff the baggie literally in his taint. I then gave the dopiest performance ever at the customs booth: Officer: "Where are you fellas headed?" Me: Uh...what's the name of place we're going?" My Buddy: "Squamish. We're going to Squamish." Officer: "How long will you be staying in Canada?" Me: "Uh...two days or...three?" My Buddy "Two days. We're coming back Sunday." Officer: "Ok. Have a good trip." My Buddy - two minutes later: "Jesus fucking Christ dude!" LOL The funniest part was the next night. My Buddy made a beer can pipe, pulled out his bud and asked if I had a lighter. I opened up the ashtray and found....to call his thing a roach was not even close. More like a giant joint with one end burned off. Whoops! Glad I didn't remember that thing was in there at the border.

Marijuana is illegal under Federal law. It's a [Federal] Schedule 1 substance- like LSD and heroin. (Fentanyl is a Schedule 2 drug.) As such, with a few exceptions, it's not legal to take marijuana across a federal checkpoint such as into an airport an on an airplane.

I believe that transporting marijuana across state lines is illegal, but I'm not 100% certain- especially uncertain if it's legal on state level to possess in the adjoining states that the border is crossed.

From the TSA website: "Marijuana and certain cannabis infused products, including some Cannabidiol (CBD) oil, remain illegal under federal law except for products that contain no more than 0.3 percent THC on a dry weight basis or that are approved by FDA. (See the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, Pub. L. 115-334.) TSA officers are required to report any suspected violations of law to local, state or federal authorities.

TSA’s screening procedures are focused on security and are designed to detect potential threats to aviation and passengers. Accordingly, TSA security officers do not search for marijuana or other illegal drugs, but if any illegal substance is discovered during security screening, TSA will refer the matter to a law enforcement officer."

Regarding medications, again from the TSA website: "We recommend, but do not require, that your medications be labeled to facilitate the security process."

TSA is concerned with the safety of travelers. I'm pretty sure individual screening agents use their discretion as to whether or not they refer discovered items to law enforcement/other agencies.