Never Too Late

A few years ago I decided to roast a turkey on my Weber Silver C. I had purchased a rotisserie designed to work with my Weber grill and I was determined to find a recipe that would provide something a bit different than the oven-roasted turkey I had enjoyed on Thanksgiving for so many years. Happily, I found a recipe in another of Weber's contributions to the art of grilling, and I herewith present it as the holy grail of best-tasting turkey recipes. This one provided a richness of flavor that went to the bone, and I have never forgotten how special it was. It's too late for this year's Thanksgiving holiday; perhaps I'll make it for Chriskwanzukah. I produce it below for anyone to enjoy. It's really quite easy and incredibly delicioso. Enjoy!

Sage, Orange, and Clove Rotisserie Turkey

From Weber’s Big Book of Grilling™

For the rub:

2 tablespoons granulated orange peel
1 tablespoon dried sage
1 tablespoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 turkey, 12 to 14 pounds
2 small oranges, washed and dried
12 whole cloves
6 medium garlic cloves, crushed
1 bunch fresh sage, tied with cotton string

To make the rub: In a small bowl combine the rub ingredients. Set aside. Remove the pop-up timer, as well as the neck, giblets, and any excess fat from the turkey and discard. Rinse the turkey, inside and out, under cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Pierce the oranges several times with a knife and insert six whole cloves into each of them. Put the clove-studded oranges, garlic, and sage into the turkey cavity. Truss the turkey with cotton string. Pin the neck skin flap to the body with two or three small trussing needles.

Skewer the turkey lengthwise through the oranges and center on the spit. Rub the entire exterior with the rub mixture, pressing it into the skin. Set the spit on the rotisserie and let the turkey rotate over Indirect Medium heat until the internal temperature reaches 170°F in the breast and 180°F in the thickest part of the thigh, 2 ¼ to 2 ½ hours.

Turn off the rotisserie. Wearing barbecue mitts, carefully remove the spit from the rotisserie and place it on a cutting board. Loosely cover the turkey with aluminum foil and allow to rest for at least 20 minutes. Remove the spit and discard the oranges, garlic, and sage. Carve the turkey into serving pieces. Serve warm.

Makes 12 to 14 servings

I'm Baaaaaaaaaack

OK - I haven't posted for a long time now. This is somewhat related to my wife, my daughter, and me returning to China last year to adopt our second child. She turned out to be a pistol (we nicknamed her "Typhoon Girl") and - well - along with work, and now school, I just didn't have much time to post. This was exacerbated by the fact that I'm not really all that cranky and I just ran out of things to beat people over the head with . . . at least these small social things I've written about.

Anyway, I'd kind of like to get back in the saddle here and don't much care if anyone pays attention or not . . . I just want to spend a little time now and then making a few points.

So I'm starting off with a little thought about the mainstream media and, especially, passing on a post I just read on HuffPo entitled "Lapdogs of the Corporate Press". I have all but stopped watching anything euphemistically called "News" on any of the cable channels or major broadcast channels. I seldom read the paper, with the now infrequent exception of the Sunday Los Angeles Times's Opinion section (which is decidedly more conservative than I can remember). I only listen to KPFK, my local Pacifica station, not merely because they share my view of the world, but also because they spend more time on subjects than you will ever get on any of the other outlets.

Now to a little test I wish to offer you, dear reader (and I probably am even being optimistic in using the singular; is there a tense for imaginary people?), and I'm going to try and embed a link to the little video that is the meat of the above-mentioned post. This may not work. Hmmm. It adds a nice black box below this text and doesn't even show up in the "preview", but I'm going to post it anyway to see what happens when it's for real. Anyway, it's nice to be back and typing here.

So . . . if it doesn't work, and on the off chance someone actually visits here, I'm adding the the link to this great video here.

Update at 1920 hrs. - same date - It didn't work, I don't have time to figure it out, so I took it out. The link works just fine.

Another update - way after the first one (Hey! So I don't always re-check every damn post - better late than never, eh?) Anyway I'm trying again now that Blogger has changed some of their code to more easily accommodate videos, though I think its mostly slanted toward YouTube. Anyway, here we go.




Holy Moly . . . it works!!