11:17 AM >> Ted

Finally, I have catured a decent enough photograph of the Ted Turner portrait that is hung in the lobby of Ted's downtown bungalow situated right next to the downtown Atlanta location of his restaurant -- Ted's Montana Grill. I love this restaurant. They serve buffalo meat. Buffalo is really good.


I ordered a MONTANA (prepared medium) which is cheddar cheese, grilled ham, onions & barbeque sauce. It was perfect. There was a reddish drip of something squirting out of my burger at one point and I could not tell if it was BBQ sauce or blood. Oh, my it was tasty. And they do pickles right there. Not too pickled. Just right. All sorts of great condiments on the table too. I am a huge fan of Ted's creamed spinach and the buffalo meat loaf. My friends love their onion rings, the lemonade, and their malted shakes.


GO THERE IT'S AWESOME.


And if you are at the downtown Atlanta location get your own personal glimpse of the Amazing Ted Turner portrait in the lobby leading up to Ted's penthouse. It's quite a stunning tribute to the Man. Just don't take photographs because it is strickly prohibited and security will be called. The receptionist, who I've run into on a number of occasions, is not waving at me. She is telling me that photographs are not promitted and that she is calling security. She does not like me.

10:22 PM >> Dumpster Find

Over the last couple of days I've had some heck of a couple of finds in the dumpster at my apartment. I've estimated a 134 dollar value on the items. This is remarkable. Until now I've only found things like cheap books and magazines and a couple of bedknobs and random bits. But a $100+ find that is nice. That is sweet. Weights are not cheap and I needed a couple to add to my collection so I am very happy about this all.

9:45 PM >> TurkProj2ko6 > Done

Turkey Project 2K06und07 is now complete. Repeat. Turkey Project complete.

Last night I prepared the last of the turkey. It was leftover chili that had been frozen about a month ago.

Below I have listed all 22 meals that were yielded from the turkey. By the end of the week I will post which meals were rated as my favorites. I think that I'll do a top 5. If people out there want me to rank and order all 22 I can do that but I'll wait to see if there is a need before taking on that task.

The project was a huge success and if anyone has a big turkey they're trying to get rid of please call me first. I have enjoyed the experiment and found that there are many many ways to enjoy turkey. It was a lot of fun.













m1.0 (12/10/2006) - For pre-meal dessert a slice of Mint Ginger Raspberry, Wild Blueberry, and Strawberry pie. Steamed corn, broccoli, and cauliflower.
Turkey leg and breast meat and little bites here and there from the platter.

m2.0 (12/11/2006) - An ear of corn boiled with parsley and ground pepper. 2 saltine crackers with homemade quacamole. A turkey (white with a little dark), roasted red pepper and onion, a small application of parmesean, parsley and pepper, and quacamole panini thing on wheat bread. And an after dinner slice of pie.

m3.0 (12/12/2006) - A guacamole toasted turkey sandie with dark meat, provolone, tomato slices, parsley and pepper, and a smear of quac. Served with steamed broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots - a little parsley and pepper and salt too. Followed up with a slice of pie.

m4.0 (12/13/2006) - Baked Buttermilk Turkey Fingers: Pre-dinner strawberries with vanilla yogurt. Parsley and pepper corn. Some tomatoes and carrots. Soda crackers and quacamole. Turkey fingers marinated in butter, milk, black pepper, cayenne pepper, some lemon, and Texas Pete hot sauce. Then breaded with Vigo bread crumbs, corn meal, pepper and cayenne pepper, some salt and some pepper.

m5.0 (12/14/2006) - Yum Stuffed Pepper (Red): Roasted red pepper stuffed with turkey which was heated up on the stove with sauteed onion, fresh pressed garlic, salt, pepper, parsley, a little bit of beet juice, lemon squirt, chopped tomato, and a little tomato paste, and also a little bit of some fancy-style shredded white cheese. Served with cracked wheat crackers and guac. And finished off with a slice of pie.

m6.0 (12/15/2006) - A panini-style grilled turkey sandwich on the wheat with grilled onions and red pepper, provolone cheese, and jalapeno pepper jelly. Served with corn and green beans steamed with pepper, sea salt, and freshly dried rosemary.

m7.0 (12/16/2006) - Turkey omelette in bag with grilled onions and peppers, parmesean cheese, pepper, and just a tad of rosemary. A piece of toast that had a quarter sized hole in it straight out of the bag. Toast was used to make a omelette sandie with half of the omelette. Some sliced up cherry tomatoes. And vanilla yogurt topped with wild blueberries. And coffee cause it was breakfast.

m8.0 (12/16/2006) - Regular old turkey and ham sandwich with yellow mustard and provolone cheese and a little fresh ground pepper. Served with 3 carrots. Dessert of a pear and a slice of pie.

m9.0 (12/17/2006) - Yum Stuffed Pepper (Orange #1) (cf. m5.0, 12/14/2006) next to a bed of quick cook barley and a scoop of guacamole. Two cracked wheat crackers with guac. And a sliced up pear.

m10.0 (12/22/2006) - Yum Stuffed Pepper (Orange #2) Omelette (cf. m9.0, 12/17/2006). A YSP placed in the center of a omelette style egg (with parmesean cheese) and topped with a little circle "egg hat". Served with toast, coffee, and OJ.

m11.0 (12/24/2006) - Turkey, egg, onion, red pepper, and parm breakfast sandwich.

m12.0 (12/29/2006) - Test Batch BBQ served on a Dixie brand paper plate with leftover Christmas day sweet potato souffle and stuffing and a roll. Test Batch BBQ was prepared with the reserved test batch Ziploc pouch of turkey meat as well as 2 bits of dark meat, 5 slices of packaged turkey bacon (diced), sauteed onions and garlic, Albino Skunk 2004 Secretion BBQ sauce, some apple cider vinegar, butter, a squirt of lemon, several splashes of worcestershire, and finally salt and pepper.

m13.0 (1/03/2007) - Test Batch BBQ served with sweet potato souffle and stuffing and a roll. And for dessert a slice of Honey Apple & Pickle cake.

m14.0 (1/04/2007) - Test Batch BBQ Sandwich on rye with a slice of provolone and warmed in the toaster oven. Served with celery and veggie dip and a slice of HAPC.

m15.0 (1/8/2007) - Spinach Stuffed Turkey Breast. Left breast of turkey marinated in oil, vinegar, lemon juice, Texas Pete hot sauce, pressed garlic, salt, pepper, onion powder, cayenne pepper, and coriander. Stuffed with chopped spinach sauteed with onion, garlic, salt, pepper, butter, and lemon juice and mixed with some mystery gourmet cheese (I got the cheese from work months ago can't remember it's variety). Baked in the oven for a while in marinade juices. Served with honey, butter, fig, and mystery gourmet cheese bake.

m16.0 (1/9/2007) - 2 egg omellet with leftover spinach stuffing and chopped up turkey from SpinStuffTurkBrst in the omellet. Served with coffee and a small glass of OJ (not as small as grandma's OJ glasses).

m17.0 (1/10/2007) - SpinStufTurkBrst with remainder of spinach and cheese mixture and green beans steamed with pepper, salt, lemon juice, and rosemary.

m18.0, meal (a) (2/13/2007) - Hammer's Make-It-So White Bean Chili, which includes the following: ("everything by feel") onions, anaheim peppers, garlic, oil, Abita Amber Beer (1), turkey bits, chicken stock, white kidney beans, and great northern beans. Seasoned with cumin, coriander, mex oregano, chili powder, ground jap, paprika, salt and pepper, and a slurry of cornstarch. Served with homemade seasoned corn tortilla chips (butter, oil, lemon juice, mex oregano, cumin, ground jap). *NOTE: The chili was made with the last batch of turkey reserved in the freezer from carving day. So the remaining meals will be derivatives of the white bean chili.

m19.0, meal (b) (2/14/2007) - A bowl of Hammer's Make-It-So White Bean Chili and chips and for dessert of bowl of Ken's Crock Cherry Cobbler.

m20.0, meal (c) (2/23/2007) - A bowl of Hammer's Make-It-So White Bean Chili a top of some short grain rice. And for dessert a slice of banana coconut cream pie.

m21.0, meal (d) (2/26/2007) - Open-faced Double Decker White Bean Chili Verde Corn Tortilla Quesadilla. Deck one: shredded lettuce, green verde salsa, chopped scallions, and sliced plum tomatoes. Deck two: Hammer's Make-It-So White Bean Chili spinkled with scalls and more sliced toms.

m22.0, meal (e) (3/20/2007) - Two heaping bowls of Hammer's Make-It-So White Bean Chili garnished with chunks of Onion Carrot Cornbread [cornbread muffin mix with diced red onion, carrot, jalepeno pepper jelly, honey, black pepper, and ground jalepeno].

6:05 AM >> A noisey crow, a frothy me, and a Mazzio's



This very noisy stalked me on my way to my truck. He was pounced to attack. The parking lot was in a run down shopping center where I spotted a boarded up Mazzio's pizza joint. My family used to eat at Mazzio's at least once a week. We'd get pizza and cheese nachos. The nachos where made, I am sure, by putting shredded cheddar cheese over tortilla chips and microwaving, usually a little too long so some of the cheese got burnt. My brothers and I would play video games for about 20 minutes before we actually got to eating. [NOTE: carefull of their website it's got some very loud music that plays.]

11:42 PM >> 35th Anniversary Pickle and Pepperoni Pizza