OT Turkey Alert!

Hey, Dreamweaver, I was at Mayo yesterday, too. Had an appointment in the Gonda building -- maybe we passed in an elevator or something. Mine did go better than yours, though, the way it sounds. Hope your date with your PCP today turns out better.

Julia > It wasn't quite that bad....he's entitled to his opinion....but he did

We had an Irish Setter that stole food all the time. One day my mother slid the oven rack with a ham in a roasting pan out. She must have gotten distracted, because when she turned back to the store, the ham was gone & Tara (the dog) was nowhere to be found. She had stolen it & taken it downstairs to the garage. Bad doggie!

Question - does anyone have any proven techniques for getting dog throw-up out of the carpet? Our 3 1/2 year old Brittany eats everything he runs across. We don't always see it happening, but we always find the dogs throw-up. It happens about every other month. We are almost ready to put new carpet down & after the dog threw up this afternoon, DH said & why are we putting new carpet down? (Because the old is disgusting & we knew we were replacing it, so we didn't care if we got paint on it when we were painting.)

Oh my gosh Julia! What time were you there? My friend was with me on her red scooter and I in my purple power wheelchair: we're kinda hard to miss dodging in and out of traffic!!! I was at Gonda 14 about 1:30. Have you seen the appliqué quilt on 15? And the embroidered one on I think 14? Next trip we're going to stop on all the floors to look at the art by the elevators. One of these days girl, we will meet up, I promise!

Dreamweaver

I'm no help with the spot removing dilemma but I would suggest other flooring besides carpeting because you will end up right back where you started! Just a thought!!!

Dreamweaver

I had a 1:15 appt on Gonda 9. I don't remember seeing anyone that had a purple wheelchair and a friend on a red scooter. You'd have likely used the other bank of elevators. As you probably know, they have one bank going from the bottom to 10 and another goes to floors 11 & above. I've often thought that some day I should go over there and just go from floor to floor checking out the art by the elevators. They have a lot of beautiful stuff.

Speaking of quilts at Mayo, take a look at the "Quilts of the Women's Cancer Program": . There are some beautiful pieces in there. I'm not sure if the quilts are displayed in a public area or where they are at Mayo. I've seen a few of the quilts "in person" because the designer is in my guild. I picked up a copy of booklet at the "museum" area in the lobby of the Mayo building a couple weeks ago.

Mayo also commissioned a quilt for the 20th anniversary of their clinic in Scottsdale. There are pictures at . It was on display at the Mayo in Rochester earlier this fall. It is quite lovely -- and obviously lots of work.

Sometime when you're at Mayo, give me a call. I'm only a few blocks away and can walk over and spend a little time with you between appointments.

Julia > Oh my gosh Julia! What time were you there? My friend was with me on

I know we should look at alternatives. When we redid the kitchen & family room, we put tile on those floors & in the entryway. We were going to put hardwood thru the rest of the house with some area rugs, but all the flooring people have told us the dog will scratch the hardwood. Personally, I like a "lived in" look, but I know DH would have a heart attack if the dog started scratching the floor. We do play with him in the house too; he likes to play "keep away" & it would be hard for him to do that on a slippery floor. I know - are we designing the house around the dog or around the people - clearly, it's around the dog! Someone suggested we look at commercial carpet, because it is more stain resistant - but it doesn't sound very homey to me. Maybe there are nicer commercial carpets than I realize.

Poor dog - clearly something didn't agree with him - he threw up 5 times & poor DH had to clean them all up. Since my hip is so new, I can't get down on the floor yet. Liam slept all night - no interest in dinner, but now that it's time to go to bed, he seems to be feeling better. Sure wish they could talk:)

Pauline Northern California

Try ZEP which we get at Home Depot. It's one of the foaming type cleaners. DH is the one who get the barf cleaning duty and that's what he uses. I get to remove the solid matter and then he gets to clean the residue -- LOL! We have just had a similar discussion over at RCTN. Someone said that if you let the mess dry out, it's easier to clean up and less residue is left in the carpet. Not sure how effective that is -- our babies have mostly hurled really soggy stuff so there's always a lot of liquid to soak into the carpet. The ZEP stuff really does a great job

-- we have tried just about everything and this is what we have used for at least 5 or 6 years now. Sometimes it does take 2 or 3 cleanings but that's usually only when the baby was sick. If they just hurl from eating too much, too fast or the wrong thing, then one cleaning is usually sufficient. CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

I love mine too!!! So did my mother-she had a different company and was still always borrowing mine until finally she got her own pro heat. With 2 young boys, 2 cats and a dog, I too have all sorts of dirt and pet hair in my carpets. Like you, it doesn't matter how often I vacuum, there will always be plenty that has worked it's way in. That shampooer is wonderful at getting it out. For spot treatments (cat hair balls and puke, puppy training accidents, kid spills etc) I use a product called spot shot. I'm sure it doesn't get everything out, but for us it has done wonders. We even managed to get permanent marker from DS out of the carpet with it once. NAYY, just very happy with their product. BTW, they have changed their formula a bit so I'm not sure how it compares to the old. We haven't 'tested' it as much as the old yet, but so far it still works on those hair balls and cat puke just fine. HTH.

My sister & I have always had good luck with Oxyclean. You mix it with VERY HOT tap water, then let it cool before using it. It gets most stains and the smells, too, and doesn't leave any soap residue for dirt to stick to. Her last two dogs were incontinent sometimes when they got old, and the Oxyclean got the smell out completely. Bissell also makes a special shampoo for pet stains, but the carpet store doesn't recommend it because of the residue, even though it gets the stains out.. About letting the mess dry out- it seems easier to get the dry part out, but the liquid that my cat barfs up along with the food sinks in more if I wait and is harder to remove.

Has anyone tried the TV product ShamWow? I suspect it is more sham than wow, but would like to know it anyone has tried it. Of course the commercials make it look fantastic. It is supposed to be a super absorbent washable imitation shammy.

Jane in NE Ohio

"Tia Mary" wrote

Thanks for all the tips - I've made up a shopping list. I think the acid in the barf is what makes it so difficult to get the stains out. It's funny - all the carpet stores have told us that there is nothing that will get the stain out. Clearly, they haven't consulted with the members of RCTQ!

Pauline Northern California

Carving a turkey is not too hard if you use the restaurant method. If you like to have it all cut before serving let the turkey cool some (my MIL is roasting hers today, will carve & refrigerate it until tomorrow & rewarm the meat at dinner time)

1- Remove the wing and leg from one side. Joints should be easy to move if the turkey is done. 2- Separate the wing into a drumstick-like upper part and a smaller, crispy skinned lower part, remove the wing tip and save for broth, or eat the skin off it right away while the skin is crispy and hot. You deserve a treat. 3- Separate the leg into drumstick & thigh. You can leave the drumstick whole or cut the meat off. Cut the thigh meat off and slice it. Discard bones or save for broth 4- With a sharp knife, cut down next to the breastbone on the side you took the leg & wing off. Cut along the ribs until the whole breast can be pulled off in 1 piece. 5- Slice the breast perpendicular to the breastbone edge as thick or thin as you like 6- Repeat on the other side 7- Turn turkey upside down and use a fork to pull off the meat from the hollows on each side of the back & anything that was left from the wings & thighs 8- Make sure you got all the stuffing out 9- Discard bones or save with the less desirable skin & wingtips etc to boil for more broth. 10- Bag up all the less attractive, scrappy, pieces of meat in packages for turkey hash, soup, pot pie, nachos, or casserole right away & put them in the fridge (or car) to chill, also any meat you are sure will be too much for the meal package separately for sandwiches or leftovers-to-go for family to take home. The sooner it is cooled the better it will keep.

If you carve at the table, in step 4 leave the breast meat on the turkey but still cut perpendicular to the breastbone, not parallel. the meat will be more tender because it will be cut across the grain, not with it. Cut slices the whole length of the turkey and then take the slices off a few at a time to serve.

I read about this about 10 years ago & it has worked for me ever since.

I cool meat & soup in my car in the wintertime, It is plenty cold out there & less likely to be carried off by wild things than if I cooled it outside, & less strain on the fridge.

Jane in NE Ohio- Snow is 5-20 inches deep in my yard- 5 inches under the trees and 20 inches where it has drifted.

OMG. Come on down to Columbus----beautiful day. We're putting up outside lights in shirtsleeves. Sunny and clear. Of course, it won't last. Gen

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When I worked in a grocery store meat dept. there was a phone call asking about how to cook a turkey so the skin wasn't so tough. She had taken the turkey out of the mesh bag, washed it and cooked it. I was juicy, but the skin was tough as shoe leather so they had to cut that off. Turned out she had never removed the plastic bag it was packed in before cooking, so the skin she was asking about was actually the plastic bag. Debra in VA See my quilts at:

A lack of bones is no excuse for not making soup. I just made turkey soup for the first time in my life and just used left over turkey meat that had been frozen in some chicken broth and the turkey pan drippings. It was the most awesome soup I've ever made.

I added mixed veggies, some herbs, and chicken stock, and that was about it.

I'm cooking my bone in turkey breast in the morning. It only takes about 2 hours and will feed the two of us for a week. I doesn't get much better than that! Debra in VA See my quilts at:

Last year, DH & I celebrated Thanksgiving with one of his cousin's daughter's family - they live very close to us. I totally forgot that at the end of the evening last year, the husband walked outside to the garbage with the stripped turkey carcass in a plastic bag. He was placing it in the outdoor garbage. DH & I talked about it on the way home - we couldn't believe he wasn't going to make soup out of it. So - last night, John is headed out the door with the turkey carcass in a plastic bag - I said, wait - is that the turkey carcass. He said yes - - - I said, are you throwing it away - - - yes, he says - - - do you want it. YES!! So into the refrigerator it went for me to take home. Two minutes later, he is headed out the back door with a huge bag of garbage. He stopped, looked at me & said - Do you want the recyclables?? I'll never live it down, but, in my big soup pot, I have turkey soup/stew almost ready for tonight's dinner! My husband calls it gruel, because I put lots of veggies in it & one scant cup of rice & it ends up more stew like, than soup like.

Can't wait till next year's turkey carcass:)

Pauline Northern California

i'm always amazed at what some folks dont do with what they have at hand. gobble gobble, literally, lol. j.

"Pauline" wrote... Last year, DH & I celebrated Thanksgiving with one of his cousin's daughter's family - they live very close to us. I totally forgot that at the end of the evening last year, the husband walked outside to the garbage with the stripped turkey carcass in a plastic bag. He was placing it in the outdoor garbage. DH & I talked about it on the way home - we couldn't believe he wasn't going to make soup out of it. So - last night, John is headed out the door with the turkey carcass in a plastic bag - I said, wait - is that the turkey carcass. He said yes - - - I said, are you throwing it away - - - yes, he says - - - do you want it. YES!! So into the refrigerator it went for me to take home. Two minutes later, he is headed out the back door with a huge bag of garbage. He stopped, looked at me & said - Do you want the recyclables?? I'll never live it down, but, in my big soup pot, I have turkey soup/stew almost ready for tonight's dinner! My husband calls it gruel, because I put lots of veggies in it & one scant cup of rice & it ends up more stew like, than soup like.

Can't wait till next year's turkey carcass:)

Paul> A lack of bones is no excuse for not making soup. I just made turkey

I wish I could tell you the dog grabbed the turkey off the stove. I wish I could tell you I dropped it on the floor and it got coated with quilting fuzzies. Nope. It smelled funny. I pondered about it overnight and tossed it in the trash. It just smelled funny. So we had a really very nice Thanksgiving feast without the Big Bird. Maybe it would have been okay but I just couldn't take the risk. DD had asked me to teach her how to roast a turkey. Fortunately, she had so much company come in that she missed this one. Wasn't a good time for cooking lessons. At least I wasn't appearing live on the food network. More Spam, anyone? Polly