26/12: Happy Boxing Day
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
I think I've started a tradition .... this is the 3rd year in a row that we are cooking a turkey dinner on Boxing Day (that's the 26th of December for you non-Canadians). Neither John or Ed have smoked a turkey, so they decided this was the year they were going to do it. We guesstimated that it would take about 7 hours to cook a 12 pound turkey so by 9:30 the smoker was turned on and the bird was ready. Ed and John spent the entire day outside smoking the turkey .... what this means is they relaxed, talked to people walking by on the canal, drank a couple margaritas and spritz the turkey every half hour. Smoking is hard work!
The city water in Yuma has a bit of a salty taste so we buy water from a machine --- 5 gallons for 50 cents. As Ed and I were almost out of drinking water and Ed was busy smoking, Carol and I went for water and a drive. We stopped at the Peanut Patch which turned out to be a store selling nuts, fudge, chocolate, preserves and jelly beans. As we were paying for our treats, we saw a herd of sheep walking down the road. I think there were 2 men on foot, one man driving a truck and a number of dogs. The man leading the herd had a ram on a rope which the rest of the sheep were following. The dogs were fun to watch as they ran around the sheep keeping them all together and making sure the stragglers caught up. Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera with me and I forgot my cell phone can take pictures.
On the smoker
Smoked and ready to eat
John was the center of attention while he was carving the turkey.
Happiness is ...... OK maybe the entire room full of balls.
The city water in Yuma has a bit of a salty taste so we buy water from a machine --- 5 gallons for 50 cents. As Ed and I were almost out of drinking water and Ed was busy smoking, Carol and I went for water and a drive. We stopped at the Peanut Patch which turned out to be a store selling nuts, fudge, chocolate, preserves and jelly beans. As we were paying for our treats, we saw a herd of sheep walking down the road. I think there were 2 men on foot, one man driving a truck and a number of dogs. The man leading the herd had a ram on a rope which the rest of the sheep were following. The dogs were fun to watch as they ran around the sheep keeping them all together and making sure the stragglers caught up. Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera with me and I forgot my cell phone can take pictures.
On the smoker
Smoked and ready to eat
John was the center of attention while he was carving the turkey.
Happiness is ...... OK maybe the entire room full of balls.