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Happy Birthday, Jesus. It’s your day, so I looked up some of the really good things you said, just to remind folks why today is important.
“Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted” (Matthew 5:4) [We made a lot of people mourn this year, but we've been a little slow on the comforting part.]“Blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth” (Matthew 5:5) [I think these people understand this.]
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy” (Matthew 5:7) [We kinda forgot about that when we rounded up a few hundred families before Christmans and put them in what were little more than concentration camps]
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” (Matthew 5:8) [Yeah, people like this.]
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” (Matthew 5:9) A few people understand this; others not so much.]
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven” (Matthew 5:10) [We should start looking into that.]
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. (Matthew 5:43-45) [We now use video war games to get ready for more real war, even though we know it's just crazy.]
"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." (Matthew 19:24) [I hope this is true.]
And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. [We promise to start checking into that sort of thing, starting next year.]
And He said to them, "It is written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER'; but you are making it a ROBBERS' DEN." (Matthew 21:12-13) [They turned everything into a robbers' den.]
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others." Matthew 23:23 [Guess we didn't pay much attention to that one.]
"Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you did it to me. . . . Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me." Matthew 25: 40, 45) [There's probably a whole archive of stories on how we're not doing too well on that one.
Lately a lot of Christianists have been saying and doing things that don't sound like you. Some recent examples:
"The Muslim representative from Minnesota was elected by the voters of that district and if American citizens don't wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use of the Koran . . ." Rep. Virgil Goode R-Va. [I like Juan Cole's response.]"I welcome the opportunity of having anyone assassinate Fidel Castro and any leader who is oppressing the people." -- Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Miami, shown here.
Last night, at RevDeb's Christmas Eve service, they sang It Came upon a Midnight Clear, by Edward Hamilton Sears, including the third verse:
But with the woes of sin and strife The world has suffered long; Beneath an angel strain have rolled Two thousand years of wrong; And man, at war with man, hears not The love song which they bring. Oh, hush the noise, ye men of strife, And hear the angels sing.
I'm sorry this last year was so bad, and I'm especially sorry about all the Christianist wingnuts. You don't deserve all the mean and thoughtless stuff they say and do in your name. Seems they just got screwed up along the way and missed your point.
You were a good person who actually cared about people; you minstered to the poor and the sick, and you fed the hungry. You forgave your enemies, even those who falsely used your name. So Happy Birthday, Jesus. We promise to try harder next year, and that’s our gift. Hope you like it.
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Someone else has to be first! But Fitz! anyway. Oh yeah, Happy Birthday Jesus!
Wow! High Jane. Thanks for the reminder. They’re the reason after all aren’t they.
Everyone who over-ate and over-drank today, please join me in the Al Bundy position-spread eagled on the couch with your hand in your pants!
One of my favorite carols by Longfellow:
I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along the unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
Till ringing, singing on its way
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime, a chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
And in despair I bowed my head
“There is no peace on earth,” I said,
“For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good will to men.”
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
“God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on earth, good will to men.”
Such a message of faith and hope. Just sharing.
Merry Christmas.
Ahh!! Hi TM. I’m listening to Christmas Carols:
More on the song:
“Historical Note: This hymn was written during the American civil war, as reflected by the sense of despair in the next to last stanza. Stanzas 4-5 speak of the battle, and are usually omitted from hymnals:
Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound the carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn, the households born
Of peace on earth, good will to men.”
Just FYI
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/i/h/iheardtb.htm
:)
Very nice Audrey, thanks for that.
We went to my brother in law’s and grazed all day. Lettuce wraps, good cheese balls, sausage won tons, shishkabobs, nachos, homemade cheese cake. of of course bloody marys.
I was shanghied into fixing my sister in law’s wireless network, which it it was my pleasure to do.
Now I know that reason, rational discourse, even poverbs or quotes from Jeebus hisself will make no impression on the likes of President Death, ‘DeadEye’ Cheney or ‘Surge’ Kristol but….
Jesus 30 ad
Tryptophan is doing it’s work on me. I’m not usually relaxed enough to commandeer a thread.
I get to share Christmas with my animals. (6 dogs and 14 cats and the only chore they’re willing to do is wash dishes.)
My neighbor sent me a plate, though, loaded with goodies.
I guess it’s time to let them know downstairs though.
Hi AC. I clean the local church and as much as I love the people here, the politics just drive me crazy. How Bush can claim to be a Christian and these nice people believe him is so beyond me.
There’s always political handouts there, sometimes copied off of those awful internet emails. Shameful.
I made an enormous pot of boeuf bourgignonne for the family.
Rolled myself over here. Lack the strength to roll back.
More wine please.
Oh boy, Scarecrow. Will be intereting to see if this post sends in the clowns (trools).
Scarecrow! Your comments have always been memorable, and it is great to have you posting more extended thoughts as a front-pager. What a great addition you are in this regard.
Patrick, send me a doggie bag pronto! I am going to be making some hungarian goulash later this week.
Pretty much boils down to that do unto others plea.
Twisted Martini @ 14
I’m afraid it will clog the toobz along with my arteries.
My very odd eight-year-old concentrated on the asparagus. And I can’t talk her into the pecan pie.
Oops I thought it was Jane credited on top. Must be from the previous thread. Sorry Scarecrow. I got here late and just opened a bunch of windows. (9 right now.)
Patrick 4/4 @ 16
She must be a Commie. Put some pie in there too!
What would Jesus say about stealing, from the desperately poor and indigent? $12 billion in Federal Katrina contracts are subject to audit… $2 billion possibly outright stolen/squandered by Bushco contractors….
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200....._contracts
Scrooge was on a fast track to hell for merely not having compassion for his fellow man in need… not for mugging them after kicking them into the gutter..
jeffreyw @ 15
peace bourgignonne?
or at least post the recipe!
Scarecrow - your post reminds me of The Jefferson Bible, in which our third prez sought to place the generally agreed upon sayings of Jesus, stripped of the supernatural.
As he wrote to John Adams
Audrey @
17
No problem, Audrey. Best compliment I could ask for. And thanks for the hymn.
Jesus wept…as so do all of the prophets.
And way too many other people– can you hear them? I can.
Hi friends.
Twisted Martini @ 21
It’s labor intensive, but fool-proof (trust me);
Beef Bourguignonne
great post, scarecrow. After attending, last night, my first midnight mass in many years, it feels serendipitous.
But you’re casting with the wrong Testament to catch wing-nuts.
Merry Christmas to all here.
Patrick 4/4 — thanks for the Jefferson link. If you read through the Juan Cole link in the main post, he quotes from several of the founding fathers, to distinguish how they saw the matter from how some of our contemporaries see it. It’s a fine post from Juan.
Valley Girl @ 13
Scarecrow IS a great addition! Since I thought it was Jane writing at first, I figured it was a side of her seldom seen. I blame the tryptophan and the music and the dogs and well, you know…
Love this piece, Scarecrow.
Thank you scarecrow.
Thanks for reminding me of the Jesus I knew before the fundies came…and that He has been there all along.
Merry Christmas to you, and Happy Birthday to Jesus.
OK
Today we served
Salmon poached in Chardonnay and brine (salt water) with a pinch of tarragon
Spaghetti Carbonara
I now use DeCecco pasta - BC (before child) I mad my own fresh first thing in the AM
Sauce is Heavy Cream, Butter, Fresh grated Parmesan (or the softer Romano if you are lazy) fresh garlic to taste (my taste is lots) bacon, onions and eggs
crisp the bacon then saute the onions in some bacon grease, crumble the bacon to your liking (min is about 1/2 to 1 inch pieces)
set aside
cook the pasta (al dente)
heat the cream and butter, adding the garlic as it heats.
when the cream is good and hot add the eggs and whisk vigorously with a wire whip
add the cheese while continuously whisking to keep the texture smooth
if you have a partner, now os a good time for them to drain the spaghetti and dump it back into th pot, if flying solo, you should have done this before the cream got hot
When the cheese is melted and the sauce is smooth (real smooth), dump it over the pasta and toss in the onions and bacon
serve immediately
we also had a little leg of lamb with mint jelly (and new this year, guava jam) on the side
Also new this yeat, we had Trader Joe’s wasabi mayonnaise on the side for the salmon
jayt @ 26
Merry Christmas jayt.
The old tribal god really gets em caught up doesn’t it?
scarecrow @ 27
A number of the founders, with their rather blunt hostility to religion, couldn’t get elected to a city council today.
scarecrow @ 23
You’re most welcome and thanks for understanding. I have the “least of these” piece posted on my website. IMO, the words of Jesus are the most important part of Christianity and should never be ignored by anyone claiming to be a follower. It doesn’t even matter if a person is a Christian or not. These are words to live by–for anyone.
jayt @ 26
And you JayT. We hit midnight mass as well, our priest had an amazing sermon. Basically, to show our love for God, we must show our love for each other. Not what the haters want to hear.
patrick, linky no worky
good eeeeeevening folks!
I don’t often comment but, i wanted to wish everyone here a happy holiday and a healthy and peaceful new year.
I also just watched this youtube of john lennon happy christmas (the war is over) and thought some of you might appreciate. enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f320hSBGadY
Twisted Martini @ 35
Scarecrow ever since the fundies have been trying to put the Ten Commandments in the public square, I have been asking “What about the Beatitudes?”
Battle the fundies with scripture, what was Jesus response to a question about the Ten Commandments —> Beatitudes…. which they are
Thank you for putting them out there where they belong, in their faces.
welcome, lo - Merry Christmas!
just realized i saw the clip at digby…to many open windows
credit where credit is due.
katymine @ 38
I find I need to remind myself about these things; never mind the fundies. But they do annoy me.
Excellent post and timing, scarecrow.
Merry Christmas to all.
My New Year resolution is to make sure during 2007 we bottomed out in 2006.
A Happy Christmas to Jane, Christy, TRex and the rest of the band and road crew!
I hope your Holiday caloric intakes exceeded common sense, sufficient to let loose a belt or button, as well as a bushelbasketfull of grins.
For me, it is not an occasion to count victory or loss but simply to appreciate all the folks we’ve been fortunate to know and enjoy. Where they are in the transmutations of life are not as critical as knowing they still love me, too, as I love them, wherever they are.
A toast of fine brandy and eggnog, to all of you, with a wish that your stocking was stuffed with kindnesses to warm you and keep you gladsome in the great year ahead.
Thanks Kevin, and to you as well!
I hope I count in the peacemaker category.
I lived on Sears Road, named for Rev. Sears of our small town in suburban Boston, who wrote the words to It Came Upon a Midnight Clear. That particular verse always spoke to me.
egregious @ 45
You do, indeed, egregious, and several others. Merry Christmas.
And thanks for the toast, Kevin.
katymine @
38
They’ve got an answer for everything. That’s wny they go to two bible classes per week. They read the bible like tax lawyers looking for a loophole.
Remember, they’re conservatives. They’ll always make up some excuse and then stick to it no matter how silly it is.
egregious @ 45
Merry Egregious!
Audrey, thank you for this hymn.
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
“God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on earth, good will to men.”
Great post, Scarecrow.
scarecrow @ 41
Agreed, find it hard to practice each and everyone with BushCo and the ReThug crowd. How can I be merciful when I wish they suffer what they wrought at GITMO and elsewhere.
It was easy to mourn, I actually could not talk to Cindy Sheehan when I met her, all I could do is cry and have her tell me that she understood, one mother to another.
And then it is very hard to have a pure heart when I want revenge for all the evil BushCo has done.
Thanks Scarecrow, great post. While I no longer attend services and would classify myself as other-than-Christian these days, I ‘got’ the core meaning when I was twelve at Grace Lutheran Church in Covina California. Probably 1964. I suddenly realized Christ’s message was about love, pure Love, and all this works stuff was old shit. The gird-your-loins to fight the enemy of God was done, over with, so BC.
And today it just makes me sick to heart to hear these so-called Godly men hate in the name of Jesus.
—
BTW, you people are killing me with your dinner tales. The good news is this is my LAST WEEK of treatment—I can look forward to no more creative yogurt shakes through the feeding tube in about three weeks. Ahh. *Then* we shall eat drink and be merry!
Merry Christmas Egregious!
Matthew 25 always seemed to me very straightforward. Here is what we need to do: feed the hungry, bring a cup of cold water to the thirsty, heal the sick, visit those in prison, etc.
My reaction even as a child was, well, let’s get to it! Time’s a wastin’.
(((((marksb)))))
Keep us posted. Sending love your way.
Patrick 4/4 @ 48
:)
Twisted Martini @ 52
Thank you. Same to you and your family and loved ones, wherever they may be.
This is spot-on, scarecrow. I love your work. Merry Happy.
Hanging out and posting on topic is a rare gift I’m giving to myself. I know all of you and consider this place home, but limited time on the Internet keeps me lurking with the pages loaded offline most of the time.
Peace and Many Blessings to all of you!
For anyone new here, one person’s attempt to help make peace on earth, love your enemies style.
Hope there are a lot of other people who are preparing to reach out to the many enemies we are currently creating.
GOD HELP US, on this sacred day and in the year to come.
marksb @ 51
All right! Do you want a recipe for a garlic chicken dish? ;)
egregious @ 53
In looking through materials for this post, I read through stories about the efforts to turn the Air Force Academy and the Pentagon into evangelical recruitment grounds and another story I saw in the Globe about how the Bush faith-based program was funding Christianists to provide improved conditions for prison inmates — provided they converted. Otherwise, repressive conditions remained. It makes you wonder about what goes through their heads.
BTW, re: the Beef Bourgignonne recipe.
That’s 8 servings if you’re a family of lumberjacks.
The four members of the 4/4 family will have leftovers for days.
Y’know, I think the only real difference between Jesus and Eugene V. Debs is that Jesus had better biographers. When are we going to have an artery-clogging holiday for him? :)
Thanks egregious, and a wonderful loving Chirstmas to you. To celebrate the end of my chemo, I walked two miles Sunday and today, along with certain other physical endeavors (ahem.) A joyous weekend, and full of Love (as every weekend should be, but especially this one.)
And for all my bitching, the feeding tube is a wondrous thing. I’ve lost maybe 12 pounds in seven weeks and kept a lot of my my stregth. That’s really good, they tell me. It’s like anything else—one measure of yourself is in how you adapt to the challenge you face.
egregious @ 54
Sending you healing energy too marksb, I’ve been wondering how you are doing. I’m so glad you are making progress.
Today I am thrilled my monitor has actually been working, we’re checking out new ones to replace it. Been driving me nuts to have it flicker and remain dark most days. I miss my FDL and FDL Friends.
scarecrow @ 61
The Bible is pretty clear about providing food and drink and material needs of all kinds regardless of what people believe.
Help people first, treat them with love, and maybe eventually they will want to know why we are like this. Then they might be open to hearing about spiritual matters.
Even the prophet Elisha was given similar advice when he was depressed. The angel came to him and said basically, Eat, drink, we’ll talk in the morning [egr translation].
The hijacking of Christian beliefs by the current administration to favor those who support them…well, hate is bad for the soul so I’ll just say we need to make a change.
And war is bad for the soul, creates hatred in the heart and destruction of all kinds. We have got to get a grip, as a nation.
Margot @ 49
Thanks Margot. You’re very welcome! I was working out Christmas Carols for the guitar that would match my simple skills and discovered that verse. It choked me up so bad, I couldn’t continue for a while. Still does.
Marksb–good for you, you’re doing great. Yay walking! Keep us posted.
Shez, we were just talking about you in the immigration thread! Those of us who are native American, Cherokee here, have a particular point of view on the immigration of everybody else. Hope you are having a good holiday.
While Camp David meetings with all of the neocons were held this weekend.
UN places sanctions on Iran.
Capture and detention of Iranian diplomats just outside al-hakim’s house in Iraq, against the Iraqi presidents will. US is hinting that these diplomats are planning attacks on behalf of Iran.
Sistani refused to cooperate with new US proposals.
Me thinks, Cheney is nursing a ratchett.
All of Iraq and Iran appear to be in fervent opposition to the US at every turn.
or just call it….
parIranoia (just don’t try to pronounce it)
Best wishes marksb.
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best wishes for you from me.
Margot @ 60
I’ve been fantasying for days now about Indian food. A mound of basmanti rice in the center of the plate, with a lake of dal in the center. Saag/palak around the top of the rice, maybe channa masala along the bottom of the rice.
I see the conversation has changed to on topic, and this is OT, but I’ve been doing other stuff. Apologies.
Patrick 4/4- have you tried the recipe for Daube de Boeuf from “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”? No good online link. You have to find the cookbook. This is my traditional dish for NYE, and like your recipe, it is necessary to follow it to the letter. I don’t know why that is, but it is. It is the only thing that I will take that much time to prepare.
And, for those turkey leftovers (some folks do have Christmas turkey), I have another “best”, but it is really a long recipe (short prep tho): Pulled and Deviled Turkey. I will email you with it, if you want to know.
We have topics?
Thanks; you people make me blush.
And Shez you can pick up a nice LCD 17″ now for less than $150. It’ll change your life.
marksb @ 72
marksb- lucky me- I just found an Indian supermarket that has all kinds of packaged meals- storage in foil, on the shelves, products from India. I am having a yummy time.
From 12/25 NYT:
(Emphasis mine)
Well, back to work. Time to disabuse them of this silly notion. (And why can’t they resist messing up an article with mistaken opinion, fer cryin’ out loud?)
egregious @ 74
If you browse through the links, there are about 50 topics. Plus recipes. We cover a lot of ground here.
Valley Girl @ 73
I’ll have to dig out the Julia Child. I should cook more. My wife, a fabulous cook, who also truly enjoys it, deserves more of a break.
I can cook, but it is really work for me. I’m not at ease in the kitchen- competent, but not at ease.
marksb- maybe I can send you a care package? But, I’m not entirely sure how to choose. The Dal Tadka (Vimal brand) nearly took off the roof of my mouth!
marksb @ 72
Now you’re killing me.
Extra nan with my order, and glad to hear your course of chemo is endurable.
egregious, you angel you, bless your spiritual wings and divine Heart.
The other day when my monitor flickered on for a few minutes that very immigration thread had just ended and I was touched to see you mention my name. Would have loved to respond but the grandson woke up right then. I feel so out of the loop! But I know you are all carrying on beautifully, and carrying me. I can’t wait to be back here full time.
markb, wahoo! Congrats and many huzzahs on the end of chemo. Wishing you strength and love for the new year.
eGreg, honey, love and Christmas hugs to you.
Patrick 4/4, I hope your wife doesn’t feel the need to look over your shoulder while you are cooking. For a non-cook (I count myself as that) what is needed is time and space to enjoy. I have a good friend who is a life-time cook/ obsessive, and I nearly duked him when he got on my case about the fact that I was not boiling eggs correctly. A recent vacation together ended badly, in part because of the “cooking issue”. I trust you have not suffered similar- indeed, if you had, I can’t imagine that you would still be in the kitchen!
Valley Girl @ 84
Was there any mention of “eggs-zactly” in that? :)
But, the only thing that counts in cooking is the end result. If others go “ooh” and “aah, this is good!,” that’s all that counts. :)
Valley Girl @ 84
She tries so hard not to interfere, she won’t answer my damn questions!
egregious says:
December 25th, 2006 at 8:11 pm *
And war is bad for the soul, creates hatred in the heart and destruction of all kinds. We have got to get a grip, as a nation.
Once again, for perspective (well, for me anyway, after a lovely day w/family)…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejz0Cak6vbA
ava lowery. Christmas at War.
The TRex is in the house. New Thread
Happy holidays, everyone.
Valley Girl @ 73
Speaking of turkey, I actually cooked turkey breast last night for the first time. It came out beautifully. Served with a truly delicious mango sauce which complimented the turkey wonderfully. I’m going to try the mango sauce on everything now, fish, chicken, roast beef (:-).
montag- that egg episode shows how things can go wrong with food freaks. My HB eggs = put the eggs in cold water, and turn heat to boil for 14 min. I think I learned that from “The Joy of Cooking”… but, oh, no, one has to pierce the eggs with a pin, and then gently lower them into boiling water for X ? minutes. Same guy who asked me where the car keys were- I said “in my pocket”- he said “let me have them, I’ll be less likely to lose them”- I have (had) been friends with this man for 35 years, and really was totally baffled as to what was going on!!!!!
Persiflage @ 89
Don’t know what you’re using for a mango sauce, but, next time you get creative, try making the mango sauce with a whole mango and maybe an eighth of a habanero.
Nice. Not at all hot and just spicy enough to be interesting.
Valley Girl @ 90
Piercing them with a pin just sometimes avoids the possibility of the shells cracking. If the shell cracks, the white near the surface of the crack gets a tiny bit harder than normal.
Picky, picky, picky. :)
Next time, when he asks for the car keys, tell him you’ll keep them with the eggs so you’ll be sure they won’t go bad. :)
Okay, now that it’s the end of the thread, I will post the pulled and deviled turkey recipe for Persiflage and Patrick 4/4. I didn’t want to post it before, bec. it’s really long (cookbook version) but it is really easy and sooooo…. good. It’s from a Brit cookbook:
Pulled and Devilled Turkey
This traditional English dish is the most delicious way to treat “leftover” Thanksgiving or Christmas turkey that I’ve ever tasted! And it’s so easy to prepare that it’s sure to become one of your favorites too, all year round. Serves 6
One pound of dark, or leg and thigh meat, from roast turkey One pound of cooked white, or breast meat, ditto
Remove the dark meat from the bone, dividing it into plump chunks, each worth a few good bites. Try to follow the natural divisions of the muscle, so that the chunks hold together. Pull the breast meat apart into longer somewhat thinner pieces, so that there’s a nice contrast with the shape of the dark pieces.
For the devil sauce (dark meat)
2 rounded tablespoons French mustard (e.g. Grey Poupon)
1/4 cup sweet chutney (or substitute Branston pickle)
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup dried bread crumbs
Salt and Cayenne pepper to taste
Mix the ingredients for the devil sauce together in a medium-sized bowl, using the back of a spoon to mash any large pieces of fruit from the chutney. Add the dark meat and stir very gently so that the sauce coats every piece. if possible, do this a few hours ahead of cooking, so that the meat has time to absorb the flavors. Remove the Pieces of dark meat from the bowl and place them on a foil–lined broiler pan, close together a single layer. Spread the sauce evenly over the meat. Place the meat in a preheated broiler oven, so that the top of the meat is about 4″ from the heat. Broil for about 10 Minutes, so that the meat is heated through, and is brown and crusty on the outside. Remove from the broiler, but keep it warm while preparing the white meat.
For the pulled sauce (white meat)
1/2 cup butter
1 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons freshly chopped parsley
Juice of one lemon
Salt and pepper to taste
Melt the butter gently in a large heavy-bottomed frying pan. Add the cream and boil for two or three minutes, stirring constantly until the Sauce thickens. Add the pieces of breast meat and stir until they are heated thoroughly. Stir in parsley. Season with lemon juice, salt and pepper.
Arrange the pulled and devilled turkey on a warmed serving dish, either side by side, or with the pulled white meat in the middle, surrounded by the devilled dark meat. Serve with warm crusty bread or wild rice, and green salad or coleslaw.
Valley Girl @ 93
May have to try this. Thanks!
montag @ 92
There ain’t gonna be a “next time” by my force majeure, tho I would have loved to use your suggestion.
Valley Girl @ 95
There is a tendency for we men, once we think we know something, to simply take over. I like to cook, but, over the years, I’ve discovered that there are a lot of things that I’ve been slow to learn that my mother never taught me (my mother had a theory that I was the least likely to get married, and therefore, needed to learn, at least the rudiments of cooking).
My mother never taught me to make a cheesecake, but, eventually, I learned, or so I thought. Eventually, I did my own recipes, and discovered that orange and chocolate went very well together. For years, I made a chocolate-orange cheesecake of my own devising, and, every year, the cake cracked in the middle, no matter what I tried. Easy to disguise, with grated nuts and chocolate, but, still, not perfect. Until, one recent year, I didn’t just beat the cream and the egg whites and fold them in. I whipped them, by hand, with a whisk until they were both, individually, very, very fluffy. Then I folded them in, and no cracks.
Only took me fifteen years to figure it out. :)
montag- well, all I can say is that your imperfect approach is much more endearing than, well, the other. And, I’m sure no matter the appearance, the taste was delic. And, orange-chocolate cheesecake does sound wonderful. I’m off to crash.
montag @ 91
Hi Montag! I got the recipe from a ‘healthy’ cookbook therefore I was a bit concerned that, while good for the heart it might have let the tastebuds down. Not so! It uses a whole mango, hot mango chutney, lime juice, Dijon mustard and port and was so yummy that I’m looking forward to having the leftover for dinner.Valley Girl @ 93