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  Turkeys ... to brine or not to brine (recipe)

  by RubaDub in

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  being that time of the year when you can buy turkeys so cheap (most jw's i know but at least a couple) or in some cases food stores give one away with a purchase exceeding some dollar amount, i was just interested in any interesting recipes.. we usually do the brine thing (3/4 cup salt to 1 gallon of water, a few packets of chicken bouillon, some random additional spices, dry or fresh as desired).

  cover the turkey completely and then let it soak overnight ( we usually do about an hour a pound).

  not a real precise recipe but it does, in our opinion, make for a much more juicy bird without the typical dryness that often happens.. depending on the size of your refrigerator, it may take some gymnastics to get a big pot with a turkey in it.

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  I just read this week about dry brine, which includes baking soda which makes the skin more crispy and holds moisture within, I said I'll pass on that. Some people in the comments section of the article say it works, but I just have a feeling if I did it I wouldn't get the right results.
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  Updates on people leaving Wallkill?

  by Lynnie in

  1. watchtower
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  does anyone have any updates on how many people have left wallkill in the last couple of months?.

  i keep seeing pics of "going away parties" from my uber heavyweight bethelite cousins.

  they are in their late 30's but must have some special thing going on (he's in purchasing i believe) because they get to fly all over the world like africa most recently.

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  Growing up in NYC, when I hear Wallkill I think of the prison, I guess real estate is real cheap in those areas, which is why the Borg probably grabbed it, BTW if you look up how many prisons are in upstate NY the list is quite long, how soon before we read of a break from one of them and keeping a few members from a certain cult hostage.
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  Is this another Trump backflip?

  by fulltimestudent in

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  we've seen one backflip.

  crooked hillary became a hard-working woman who deserves the nations praise (in his victory speech);.

  now according to a uk newspaper:.

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  The Professor who stood by his belief (printed on the Yahoo homepage and other sites as well) that Trump would win this election also says he will be impeached and won't serve the whole four years, I don't remember his name but I'm sure it can be easily looked up. He says although the House is mostly Republican now, the majority don't support him and he states his other valid reasons as well, I just hope to Hell he's right as rain on this as he was when the stuck to his word about this moron being elected
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  Thanksgiving??

  by HereIgo in

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  with thanksgiving around the corner, i thought it would be interesting to hear how you, your family or other jw's you knew handled/celebrated thanksgiving.

  it seems to me that most jw's view it as harmless and unofficially celebrate it the day before or the day after the actual holiday.

  growing up, my mother would host a dinner the day after thanksgiving and used the excuse " well the traditional food for the dinner is discounted at this time, might as well have a dinner".

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  Growing up, my father wasn't baptized yet, so those with unbelieving mates were encouraged to go ahead with the holiday meal if the husband was used to it. Some years my mother cooked and invited others over, other times we went to close friends houses on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

  This was back in the 60's and 70's, I have no idea what new light has come out now,
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  Is this another Trump backflip?

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
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  we've seen one backflip.

  crooked hillary became a hard-working woman who deserves the nations praise (in his victory speech);.

  now according to a uk newspaper:.

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  GreatTeacher - I agree

  Look up the movie A Face in the Crowd starring Andy Griffith

  The script will be Drumpf's life as POTUS

  The shit just got real for him, he didn't even think he was going to win, or he wouldn't have been crying the system is rigged a week before the election. He's scared as he can be right now, but his yuuuuuge ego will never let him admit to that.
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  Shaklee and Long Distance Telephone Plans

  by Funchback in

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  i just had a random recall about jws and what they used to peddle.. in my area of pennsylvania (usa), there was a brother who used to be the shaklee dealer.. there was also a brother who owned his own landscaping company and sold long distance phone plans.

  in fact, i remember 3 brothers who sold lond distance plans.. did anyone else experience these products or others?

  just wondering.. brian.

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  I remember some brothers here in Queens, NY started an insurance company, it even made the newspapers, but not front page, it was found out they were duping the folks, which of course were brothers and sisters, and keeping the money for themselves.
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  Did anyone vote yet?

  by NewYork44M in

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  i voted today in nyc.

  a well organized process.

  very busy and most of the people voting were african american.

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  Hey NY44M - I saw some black folks today, just thought you might find that of interest since you pointed out that you saw a lot of black votes when you were voting like it's some oddity or something.
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  1000 Years is Like 1 Day?

  by Sorry in

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  anyone else hear about this.

  as all j-dubs know, whenever someone complains about how long the "new system" is taking too arrive, they use the excuse that jehovah works on his own time.

  quite a few times during the public talks, i've heard speakers say the phrase "1000 years to us is only one day to jehovah" (my parents never stop talking about this).

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  What I don't get is that they always say one day is like a thousand years, then how come they've been saying the Big A is just around the corner? I've heard that growing up back back in the 60's till the day she died from my mother, just like the rest of em' always said. Yet they acknowledge the scripture about no man knows the day or hour, plus the one day is 1,000 years, yet they all still sound as phony as Fred Sanford and all those phony heart attacks he has everyday, you can cry wolf just so much until folks don't want to hear from you anymore.
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  Trick or Treat, tells you where my head is at

  by carla in

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  i always have a nice bowl of candy ready for trick or treat, we don't get many so you usually have a short conversation with the parents.

  so a mom & 3 kids come and the two boys were dressed in suit and ties!

  i am laughing because my first thought was they were dressed as jw's!

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  that's true
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  Trick or Treat, tells you where my head is at

  by carla in

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  i always have a nice bowl of candy ready for trick or treat, we don't get many so you usually have a short conversation with the parents.

  so a mom & 3 kids come and the two boys were dressed in suit and ties!

  i am laughing because my first thought was they were dressed as jw's!

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  Carla, here in U.S. Halloween is celebrated tomorrow, Monday, on the 31st, where country are you in where Halloween was celebrated today?