Technology Failed Me This Thanksgiving

I truly believe that you can have a bad technology day in much the same way that you can have a bad hair day. This weekend was a series of bad technology days. My Sony Cybershot was in the shop because I dropped it on Halloween so I had to use my sister's camera to photograph my Thanksgiving dinner, which I put many a blood, sweat, and tear into. That camera did not work either. It has a problem transferring photos off of the device so I have to get a memory card reader to get the photos off. My backup was my Nokia N95, which has a pretty great camera, only it kept rebooting itself involuntarily. I give up.

I had wanted to post photos to my Flickr album and recipes to Open Source Food but it looks like neither are possible until I find a flash card reader.

Also, my turkey didn't cook all the way through in the fryer. The outside started to burn before the inside was cooked. I didn't even want to deep fry it. I wanted to brine it like I did last year. I think this year's 26-pound turkey was too big for the hot oil. The outer breasts were still good. Next year we'll get two small turkeys, fry one, and brine the other. This is the last time I take orders from my turkey bitches, AKA my family. I'm in charge of this operation! I should know better to listen to the laborers!

Comments

[drew]

I agree completely about a bad tech day. Sorry it rained down so hard on you for the Holiday :( Failed devices and all I would have been quite thankful to take part in your thanksgiving. Hope you have a better day today.

[yongfook]

sorry to hear that! I think we all have days like that...unfortunate that yours came on such an important day :/

I gave up with big whole birds a long time ago, in favour of using just a couple of large turkey breasts and dressing / cooking them in the same way as usual. This means there is a lot less volume to cook, and the majority of people only want to eat the breast anyway. What you miss out on is the "ceremony" of carving the turkey, and the bits and bobs left over for sandwiches / soup etc, but you can't have everything! I find the convenience and speed of cooking time / cleanup is a benefit that outweighs missing out on turkey sandwiches for the next week ;)

[Anthony Farrior]

Yeah when techware stops working, things fall apart quickly...

[David]

LOL... your turkey bitches. That is so funny and unexpected coming from you (well, actually I just started reading you). Love it!

I'm hooked on you Natali.

[Maurice]

deep fried turky - admit it your from Glasge are you :-)