A Day In The Life Of A Retired Guy

 

Started my day with making the dough.  

Easy peasy.

Braised and deboned a couple wild turkey hindquarters for soup, assembled a batch of Lenten tuna salad, prepped for Wednesday’s class and closed with that dough.

Daily Bread!

Entirely possible my kitchen likely smells better than yours...

Halftime

It is Super Bowl Sunday and naturally, halftime fare around here is highly likely to feature venison brats. 

Pan-seared much like they’re done on a flattop in the Fatherland.  Slowly finished in white wine and imported, barrel-cured kraut. 

Kaiser roll and chips.

Pretty good chow if you can get it….

Talking Turkey

 

After a couple year-long turkey drought the dam broke yesterday and I dropped a real nice gobbler with a record-breaking fifteen minute hunt.  

Yup.  No sooner than a sat down and made some initial calls this gobbler walks-in from behind me, quietly making a beeline for my jake decoy.

Kaboom!

I never even unpacked the book I brought to read.

I didn't pluck this bird choosing to butcher it and break it down into its component parts.  

I got two - three pound - pieces of breast meat; I'm thinking stir fry and risotto for starters.  The hind quarters are destined for homemade wild turkey vegetable noodle soup.

My pals Lawyer and Braumeister are on deck with tags for next week and the following.