Weebels wobble, but they don't fall down...Obama wiggles, but will he repeal Bush's tax cuts?

Food - Sometimes it is fun to make turkey, the unconventional way, on the grill! Hopefully it will not be too cold, or snowy outside.

Turkey on the Grill ~
Ingredients:
1 -10lb – 22 lb. Turkey (this will depend on the size grill you have and the number of guests you plan on serving.)
½ c. Olive Oil
Coarse ground or Sea Salt
Pepper

Injection sauce:
1/2 c. chicken broth
2 T. butter
1 T. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. onion powder
1/2 tsp. finely ground pepper
salt to taste.

Melt butter in a small pan. Add remaining ingredients, except the salt. Mix well. Add salt until mixture has a slightly salty tastes. Allow to cool enough to work with and load into meat injector.

Prepare the turkey. Thaw turkey completely, wash and dry. Remove all the insides from the body cavity and the pop-up thermometer from the outside. Truss the turkey. Rub the outside of the turkey with olive oil and sprinkle the inside and outside of the turkey with course ground salt or sea salt and pepper. If you prefer more of a flavor you can use a seasoning of your choice. Inject the sauce into the turkey breast, thigh and legs (this is options, but adds extra moistness into the turkey.)

For added flavor: soak about 1 C. apple, hickory or mesquite flavored wood chips in a small amount of water for about 20 minutes, drain, and add to the hot briquettes or to your gas grill smoke box.

Prepare the grill. Make sure the grates are clean. If you are using a charcoal grill, place a drip pan in the center of the grill beneath the grate to catch drippings. If you are using a charcoal grill, we will be grilling with in-direct heat. Place charcoal briquettes that have already been started in a chimney starter in the right and left side baskets, leaving the center free. Since the turkey will be cooking for several hours we will need to replenish the briquettes periodically during cooking. Open the vents on the top of your grill and leave them open for the duration of grilling. Place the turkey in the center of the grill; cover. You will need to keep an eye on the turkey while it cooks, checking for flare ups (keep a spray bottle filled with water or apple juice next to the grill for flare ups) and to add more briquettes. Cook the turkey until the skin is nicely browned and the meat is thoroughly cooked, this can take anywhere from 2-5 hours depending upon the size of the turkey and heat of the grill. 10 lb. turkey will take approx. 2 ¼- 2 ¾, while a 22 pound could take up to 4-5 hours.

There is no need to cover the turkey with foil as it cooks. Simply lower the lid of the grill and baste every now and then. If it gets too hot, lift the lid and let it cool down a while. If it is not cooking fast enough, add more charcoal or turn up the heat. The delicious flavor of the turkey will be just reward for you and your guests.

Prepare the grill. Make sure the grates are clean. If you using a gas grill turn the burners on one side to high and let them burn for about 10 minutes. Reduce the heat until the grill thermometer registers 350 degrees. Again, we will be using only one set of the burners to avoid burning the bottom of the turkey, while leaving the top uncooked. Place the turkey breast side up in the center of the grill; cook the turkey until the skin is nicely brown and the meat is cooked thoroughly, this can take anywhere from 2-5 hours depending upon the size of the turkey and heat of the grill. 10 lb. turkey will take approx. 2 ¼- 2 ¾, while a 22 pound could take up to 4-5 hours. Halfway through the cooking time, turn the turkey around to cook the other side evenly.

There is no need to cover the turkey with foil as it cooks. Simply lower the lid of the grill and baste every now and then. If it gets too hot, lift the lid and let it cool down a while. If it is not cooking fast enough, add more charcoal or turn up the heat. The delicious flavor of the turkey will be just reward for you and your guests.

Don’t over cook your turkey. Cook the turkey until the skin is nicely browned and the meat is thoroughly cooked. Cooking time varies upon the heat method and temperature. The internal temp of the turkey breast must reach 170 degrees before is tit removed from grill. Once it is done, remove it from grill and allow the turkey to rest, breast down for about 15-20 minutes before carving. This will allow all the juices to flow to the breast portion, making it juicy!

Dish - "Pardon Moi." These people certainly have something to be thankful about...take a look at who President Bush will pardon before leaving office.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aquAzy1BeVao&refer=home

I'm not sure I fully understand the reason for a pardon, isn't the person guilty of the crime they committed, or is it just the President's right? If anyone can explain this to me, please do.

Obama News ~ Many people are wondering if he will do what he actually said he would in his campaigning days?

Listening to his press conference on Monday, it was easy for one’s mind to race back to an often-repeated line from an Obama campaign event. At each stop, he would ask those in his audience to raise their hand if they made less than $250,000, an exercise designed to show how many people favored the notion of repealing the Bush tax cuts for upper-income Americans.
At his first post-election press conference on Nov. 7, Mr. Obama demurred when asked whether he intended to raise taxes immediately on the wealthiest Americans by revoking those tax cuts. And on Monday, he offered a similar noncommittal reply.
“Whether that’s done through repeal or whether that’s done because the Bush tax cuts are not renewed is something that my economic team will be providing me a recommendation on,” Mr. Obama said. “But the basic principle is that we’re going to provide tax cuts to the vast majority of Americans.”
His supporters, who cheered wildly at his suggestion that he would immediately reverse the Bush administration’s tax cuts, may be disappointed to know that he has ratcheted down the oratory about the issue.
But doing so gives him, as one adviser explained, a bit of strategic room for Mr. Obama to wiggle now that he is the president-elect.

Embellish - She packed up her potential and all she had learned, grabbed a cute pair of shoes and headed out to change a few things.
He packed up his potential and all he had learned, grabbed a pair of suede shoes and headed out to change a few things. ~ Together nothing is impossible! ~