Stinque Thanksgiving Recipe Challenge
Cornish game hens – the recipe turned out very tasty, but it’s easier to just put lemon and thyme in the cavity and bake them.
First brine the birds overnight in the following:
3 cups buttermilk
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon cumin
Juice of 1 lime
I made about 1/4 more because these were decent-sized birds – and cut the salt in half. From the recipe:
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Take the hens out of the brine and lightly pat dry with paper towels. Season the cavities with a little salt and pepper, and insert half a lemon and a sprig of thyme. Tie the legs together with kitchen twine. Brush the hens with melted butter, and season generously with salt and pepper. Place in a roasting pan. If you wish, you can surround the hens with red potatoes, brushed with butter and seasoned with salt and pepper.
Eh voila!
Looks delicious! Definitely time for lunch.
And I put sausage in the stuffing BECAUSE I CAN.
Looks good.
When I used to cook them I split them down the back (in England we call them ‘poussins’ because fancy), took out the backbone, flattened them, ran a skewer down the leg, diagonally through the body under the breast, then out along the opposite wing. Then the same the other side, creating an X shape that holds the birds neatly flat for broiling. I’d then cram slivers of butter under the skin on the breast. They stay very juicy. And we all know how important that is.
FLYINGCHAINSAW • Harris-Kelly ’24 PERFECTION! Bumper Sticker: HARRIS GIVES GOOD GURNEY!
NOJO • Harris-Kelly ’24 I know, getting ahead of the game here — and Gabby has the only vote — but let’s go down…
FLYINGCHAINSAW • Campaign 2024 Update 2024 General Election = White Power Vs. White Genocide The MAGAs will soon be opening fire on…
NOJO • Campaign 2024 Update Whatever table it was, just remember you didn’t have a seat at it.
NOJO • A Nation of Immigrants @nojo: Okay, here’s a thought: They broke it, they bought it.
FLYINGCHAINSAW • A Nation of Immigrants https://gettr.com/post/p38v9kc47ae
NOJO • A Nation of Immigrants @nojo: No original thoughts about the Democratic circus right now, for example, other than christ,…
NOJO • A Nation of Immigrants @Burr Deming: I may be back more often if he’s back. Right now anything I might say is just…
¡ANDREW! • A Nation of Immigrants Start the deportations by sending terrorists and fascist traitors E-loon Mush, Peter Thief, and all…
BURR DEMING • A Nation of Immigrants An accurate representation of how today's Republicans see a Nation of Immigrants. Welcome back,…