You probably wouldn’t call a recipe by this name today but political correctness (at least in this case) can kiss my ass. It’s basically “breakfast lasagna” – layers of bread, cheese and ham in a lasagna pan that is soaked in a scrambled egg mixture and baked in the oven. The “wife” saving aspect of this is that it can be assembled the day or night before Christmas, refrigerated and then simply put in the oven Christmas morning an hour…
Ingredients: Spice Blend: Instructions: Notes:
Brewed in Rat Portage, Ontario (well, formerly known as Rat Portage but renamed Kenora) and with a name that harkens The Tragically Hip to mind, how could you go wrong? Well, it depends on what you’re into I guess. This is a “meme level” IPA, the kind the guys with the beards and toques and buffalo plaid shirts love. It’s a “triple C hop citrus bomb”.. yep, for sure. It does finish “dry” though which pushes back nicely against that…
The label says this is a “strong beer brewed with spices” (6.2%) which I guess is where the Winter comes in. It does have a mulling spices thing going on both in terms of aroma and flavour but underlying that is the citrusy foundation of an IPA. Gavin tasted it and called it “Christmasey” which I think is fitting. It’s decent but a bit on the novel side. Esther and I split one in a “snifter” style glass and that’s…
Ingredients Preparation Note: Regarding cooking time, I’ve done turkeys ranging from 12 lb to 18 lb with this recipe and while you would expect the larger the turkey, the longer the time, that hasn’t really been my experience. The high heat for 30 minutes dramatically reduces the cooking time versus the traditional method. At 350, an 18 lb turkey would be close to 4 hours. With this recipe, it’s still just 2.5 – 2.75 hours.