Author: John

Our official first midsummer turkey was a success. For months we wondered if the turkey would be ok after being in the freezer for 6 months and now we know it can be done.

We seasoned the turkey with our own mostly home-grown seasoning of rosemary and sage that were picked from the garden the same day and cooked the turkey for around 4 hours. The stuffing was store bought bread crumbs with fresh onion and celery and seasoned with the same seasoning we made for the outside of the turkey. Here is a photo of the homemade seasoning mix:

The neck, heart, liver and kidneys from the turkey were cooked in the pan with carrots, onion and celery with the drippings from the turkey and some water. We used this to make the gravy after the turkey was done cooking. Here is a photo of the turkey before cooking:

We served the turkey and stuffing with mashed potatoes and the homemade gravy, green beans and whole berry cranberry sauce.

Everything tasted great. If you don’t believe me ask these guys:

Naps commenced shortly afterwards.

We’re going to have a midsummer turkey this year.

Countdown To Midsummer Turkey

We got this frozen turkey around Thanksgiving 2024 and their website said it can be stored frozen for up to 2 years. Let’s find out how it tastes this June.

UPDATE:

We had to reschedule the midsummer turkey due to the turkey thawing out slower than expected and scheduling conflicts. The countdown represents the new midsummer turkey day.

On a recommendation from our friend Andy we decided to try out Hello Fresh. Hello Fresh is a subscription service that provides an assortment of full meal menus for 2-4 persons 3-5 times per week. Each week you can choose from a wide selection of meals. The meals are delivered in once shipment.

Here is our first Hello Fresh Box:

All the different menu ingredients are packaged separately:

Each dinner menu comes with a nice card with the cooking instructions:

For our first meal we will be cooking the Hello Fresh Cherry Balsamic Boneless Pork Chops. Here are the included ingredients for this menu:

Here is the front and back of the cooking instructions (front):

The backside with the cooking directions:

We will cook this up tonight and make a separate post about the cooking and then the tasting. Everything included for each menu looks fresh and we are looking forward to trying it out.

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