The meal was a triumph
I'm making a note here: huge success
The bird came out wonderful: cooked to a T, juicy, flavorful without being perceptibly salty.
The mashies (as per suggestion) were also top flight.
The assbread I am not calling quite the success. Flavor was excellent, but I didn't nail the texture.
It kind of fell apart upon being removed from the bird.
(However, seeing that this was my first-ever stuffing from scratch, I'm somewhat consoled ... and I think I know how to do it better next time. The boy gave it an 11 for flavor, and dismissed my texture complaints as unimportant.)
A Frei Bros. Reserve Chardonnay
anno 2012 and a combo beef/turkey gravy completed the repast.
Cleaning up and doing dishes while stuffed&buzzed suuuuucks.
But I got it done, and as i was cleaning the carcass for disposal i was popping unreasonable amounts of meat-shreds into my mouth. I am painfully full, and I'm fine with that. Now I can slack off with less guilt as I survey the mostly clean kitchen.
Now I will settle down with what's left of the bottle that
macht Frei.