Watercooler Talk

[Roasted By John]

https://www.martinsroastapig.com/cook-o ... hael-moran

[Ömür Tokman]

Do you have a service to Turkey?

[Roasted By John]

I'll Send Michael -

[Roasted By John]

Last Friday cooked for a Wedding Rehearsal - pig and Chicken - The process for the chicken is to grill it for at least two hours, first hour is just charcoal and garlic salt, the next hour I add wood to smoke and our homemade sauce, cooked slow, ends up juicy.

Most people in our area don't have a clue on how to grill chicken, pull off the skin and it tastes just like baked chicken, ours the flavor goes all the way to the bone.

[Roasted By John]

Do you have a service to Turkey?
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We also do "Turkeys" for people from Turkey

[Ömür Tokman]

We are in the month of Ramadan in Turkey,
we do not eat or drink anything between 04:15 and 20:00 during Ramadan. (fasting)
I usually do not get hungry until 17:00
But these photos you posted! I'm passing out. I feel like I can smell it. (Chickens)
If I come to America I will pass by you and eat a chicken alone.

[AlexLachance]

We are in the month of Ramadan in Turkey,
we do not eat or drink anything between 04:15 and 20:00 during Ramadan. (fasting)
I usually do not get hungry until 17:00
But these photos you posted! I'm passing out. I feel like I can smell it. (Chickens)
If I come to America I will pass by you and eat a chicken alone.

Ramadan Mubarak!

[Frederick_Law]

We are in the month of Ramadan in Turkey,
we do not eat or drink anything between 04:15 and 20:00 during Ramadan. (fasting)
I usually do not get hungry until 17:00
But these photos you posted! I'm passing out. I feel like I can smell it. (Chickens)
If I come to America I will pass by you and eat a chicken alone.

I'll eat one or two in your name.

[Ömür Tokman]

Roasted By John
I did my military service for 18 months, lunch and dinner were turkey. I never ate a turkey after my military service.
(en 18 months of compulsory military service, now 6 months)

AlexLachance
Thank you very much bro. You are one of the few people on the forum that I do not forget in my prayers.

Frederick_Law
Noooooo.

[AlexLachance]

Roasted By John
I did my military service for 18 months, lunch and dinner were turkey. I never ate a turkey after my military service.
(en 18 months of compulsory military service, now 6 months)

AlexLachance
Thank you very much bro. You are one of the few people on the forum that I do not forget in my prayers.

Frederick_Law
Noooooo.

Is military service obligatory in Turkey? Just noticed your picture too, beautiful family there!

[Ömür Tokman]

Is military service obligatory in Turkey? Just noticed your picture too, beautiful family there!

Yes, 3 years in my grandfather's time
1.5 years in my term
1 year after
Now 6 months
The current government now focuses on mercenaries.

Yes, my 3 children are with me and we are very happy with them. I love crowded families. Thanks.

[Roasted By John]

Roasted By John
I did my military service for 18 months, lunch and dinner were turkey. I never ate a turkey after my military service.
(en 18 months of compulsory military service, now 6 months)

AlexLachance
Thank you very much bro. You are one of the few people on the forum that I do not forget in my prayers.

Frederick_Law
Noooooo.

This is American Turkey, not Turkey Turkey, big difference

[AlexLachance]

This is American Turkey, not Turkey Turkey, big difference

To be honest, it does look pretty darn good on that picture you posted.

[Roasted By John]

My wife bakes a pretty good turkey with stuffing and all, but really, it's hard to beat the turkey that comes off of a rotisserie. The skin is tough, which protects and stops the moisture from releasing from the turkey, let me tell you it is better then any turkey I tasted, plus with the Rub on the outside, unreal.

[Glenn Schroeder]

My wife bakes a pretty good turkey with stuffing and all, but really, it's hard to beat the turkey that comes off of a rotisserie. The skin is tough, which protects and stops the moisture from releasing from the turkey, let me tell you it is better then any turkey I tasted, plus with the Rub on the outside, unreal.

I'll agree that barbecued turkey is better than baked, but turkey fried deep-fried in peanut oil is better.

[Roasted By John]

I'll agree that barbecued turkey is better than baked, but turkey fried deep-fried in peanut oil is better.

Great talking to you the other evening

I respectfully disagree to the point where we need a cook off, there is no way that you can make a better turkey using ground grubbers and their oil, compared to a good but mild Dry Rub marinated/permeated through the meat, and allowing that said Turkey to get mounted on a spit, put in the cooker and right below have some nice hot charcoal coals and also wood pellets for the smoky flavor, this said Turkey releases its oil from it's own skin and constantly bastes it's own meat. (Just like the Dove Soap "I love my own skin" commercials)

You're trying to tell me that you extract oil from ground grubbers and use that...

Cheers @Glenn Schroeder

[AlexLachance]

Great talking to you the other evening

I respectfully disagree to the point where we need a cook off, there is no way that you can make a better turkey using ground grubbers and their oil, compared to a good but mild Dry Rub marinated/permeated through the meat, and allowing that said Turkey to get mounted on a spit, put in the cooker and right below have some nice hot charcoal coals and also wood pellets for the smoky flavor, this said Turkey releases it oil from it's own skin and constantly bastes it's own meat. (Just like the Dove Soap "I love my own skin" commercials)

You're trying to tell me that you extract oil from ground grubbers and use that...

Cheers @Glenn Schroeder

That statement made my mouth watery, it's the type of thing you'd hear in a commercial

[SamSpade]

That statement made my mouth watery, it's the type of thing you'd hear in a commercial

I'm with you Alex, all this chat about roasting / barbequing has got my stomach rumbling. I feel like chicken tonight. (any fowl will do)

[Roasted By John]

I'm with you Alex, all this chat about roasting / barbequing has got my stomach rumbling. I feel like chicken tonight. (any fowl will do)

Now that's Foul

You could try our Turpiggy

[mike miller]

Now that's Foul

You could try our Turpiggy


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That pig needs to learn appropriate behavior....sniffing.....yuck.

[Roasted By John]

That pig needs to learn appropriate behavior....sniffing.....yuck.

You got your head turned the wrong way on that Idea, the pigs inside the turkey is only to keep the turkey from excessive moving, which will knock most of the meat off as it's getting ready.

I actually ran into an, almost, a really bad issue on that job, I needed to have the pig ready by 3:30 last Fri and about 1:45 I noticed that we got a problem. We needed to deliver the pig whole and serve it as well, so the problem was that the pigs face that was inside the turkey didn't absorb any smoke and was actually white, so I yelled SOS to my wife and had to actually hack that Turkey off the spit. Lucky for us it took that hour & a half to smoke it up to where you couldn't hardly see it, so I'm thinking that's the last time you'll see that in my Rotisseries

[SamSpade]

Now that's Foul

You could try our Turpiggy


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Man that looks amazing! I've always wanted to go whole hog, but tackling an entire piglet is intimidating to say the least. Maybe you can try stuffing the turkey into the pig, or better yet a turducken in there. Nah, it'll probably take forever to get to the right internal temperature, and too much of a good thing can be bad.

My wife tells me that we should cut down on our meat intake and eat more fish. I tell her, 'when I can fish for cows and pigs we will do just that'.

[Frederick_Law]

so I yelled SOS to my wife

And put make up on the pig so it looks smoked?

[Merovingien]

[Roasted By John]

And put make up on the pig so it looks smoked?

I figured that I would brush on Liquid Smoke if nothing else worked, but came out ok

[Roasted By John]

Man that looks amazing! I've always wanted to go whole hog, but tackling an entire piglet is intimidating to say the least. Maybe you can try stuffing the turkey into the pig, or better yet a turducken in there. Nah, it'll probably take forever to get to the right internal temperature, and too much of a good thing can be bad.

My wife tells me that we should cut down on our meat intake and eat more fish. I tell her, 'when I can fish for cows and pigs we will do just that'.

85 to 90% of our customers are first time Roasters, so we make it easy for ya

[SamSpade]

85 to 90% of our customers are first time Roasters, so we make it easy for ya

John, when and if I make it down there, I'll be sure to pay you a visit. Our company's head office can't be that far away in Lancaster.

[Roasted By John]

John, when and if I make it down there, I'll be sure to pay you a visit. Our company's head office can't be that far away in Lancaster.

No we're not far let me know when

[AlexLachance]

85 to 90% of our customers are first time Roasters, so we make it easy for ya

Roasting entire pieces like these is definetly not easy and it takes a lot more time then most think. I live in one of the more "rednecks" part of Quebec and it's something we generally do each year on both sides of the family.

This is very similar to what we use in general:

[Roasted By John]

For guys with 3D printers, this will keep it busy...

[Roasted By John]

Roasting entire pieces like these is definetly not easy and it takes a lot more time then most think. I live in one of the more "rednecks" part of Quebec and it's something we generally do each year on both sides of the family.

This is very similar to what we use in general:
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That thing is huge, but has a lot of bells and whistles

[AlexLachance]

That thing is huge, but has a lot of bells and whistles

Yeah, most of the rentable ones are very similar to this and we don't use enough to buy one, so we stick with the rentable ones.

One of my uncle built one, but it's not really transportable

[Ömür Tokman]

irrelevant to matters, but I'm curious.
I always keep a sponge under my elbow. otherwise my arm always goes numb.
How do you guys work?

[AlexLachance]

irrelevant to matters, but I'm curious.
I always keep a sponge under my elbow. otherwise my arm always goes numb.
How do you guys work?
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Hey Omur,

I get a numb arm when my elbow is dangling in the air, not pressed against a surface, so generally when working I will setup my chair so that the arms arrive flush with the desk surface.

Have you tried a vertical mouse? A few of my co-workers work with this in order to not get a wrist tendonitis

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[Frederick_Law]

irrelevant to matters, but I'm curious.
I always keep a sponge under my elbow. otherwise my arm always goes numb.
How do you guys work?
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Huge mouse pad

[matt]

irrelevant to matters, but I'm curious.
I always keep a sponge under my elbow. otherwise my arm always goes numb.
How do you guys work?
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Like @AlexLachance says, I set up my chair so my arms are flat or slightly above the surface. Plus, I got a desk with a curved edge so that I don't get a sharp edge in my arm. Plus, I use a trackball, so my right hand stays mostly stationary and doesn't have to keep repositioning, especially the wrist.

[Ömür Tokman]

Frankly I thought but I don't know if I can get used to it.
If I request it from the company and cannot use it, it would not be nice, I would spend unnecessary costs. I looked around for someone using this mouse to try it, but there isn't.
frankly i'm wondering, is it useful?

[AlexLachance]

Frankly I thought but I don't know if I can get used to it.
If I request it from the company and cannot use it, it would not be nice, I would spend unnecessary costs. I looked around for someone using this mouse to try it, but there isn't.
frankly i'm wondering, is it useful?

2 of the guys I work with were suffering from tendonitis and switching to this mouse has solved their pains. I personally don't like it but if I were to have the same issue I would most likely adapt.

To avoid long-term injuries, your shoulder has to be "loose", not "pushing upwards", and your elbow needs to do a nice 90degree. If you have to lift the elbow, your mouse sensitivity is not high enough. At least, that is my opinion.

[MJuric]

Man that looks amazing! I've always wanted to go whole hog, but tackling an entire piglet is intimidating to say the least. Maybe you can try stuffing the turkey into the pig, or better yet a turducken in there. Nah, it'll probably take forever to get to the right internal temperature, and too much of a good thing can be bad.

My wife tells me that we should cut down on our meat intake and eat more fish. I tell her, 'when I can fish for cows and pigs we will do just that'.

I did a Hawaiian Style pig roast for a few years. Dug a pit in the field, lined the bottom with a bunch of granite rocks 4-8in in Dia. Placed probably 1/4-1/2 face cord over the rocks and set it on fire. I then wrapped the piggy up in a combination of wet cheese cloth and an outer layer of a few layers of commercial aluminum foil.

After the wood burnt down to nice glowing embers I dropped the pig in and burried the entire thing in dirt around 4-6PM. Noon to one the next day I dug it up. I buried it with 4-6 steel loops around the piggy. Threw a pole thru the hoops and pulled the piggy out. Unwrap, eat.

Worked very well except the one year we had a torrential downpour. Bottom side of the piggy was cooked....top side, not so much. Had to break out the grill.

If I were to do it again I would probably try to find a big piece of semi flexible sheet metal and place that over the wrapped piggy after putting a small layer of dirt over it and then burry it deeper. Biggest pain was getting the dirt off without stabbing the pig. I figure surround the pig with dirt, enough to absorb the direct heat, cover and bury to keep the heat in. You can then aggressively dig it out to the sheet metal, pull the sheet metal out and probably pull the pig out.

Alot of work but kinda fun.

[Tom G]

irrelevant to matters, but I'm curious.
I always keep a sponge under my elbow. otherwise my arm always goes numb.
How do you guys work?
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My desk is L-shaped. I face the left half, and my entire forearm rests on the right half. Mouse is (at the center) where the two meet. It is comfortable to me, but I admit that my mouse hand rests a foot (~30cm) from my keyboard.

[Ömür Tokman]

2 of the guys I work with were suffering from tendonitis and switching to this mouse has solved their pains. I personally don't like it but if I were to have the same issue I would most likely adapt.

To avoid long-term injuries, your shoulder has to be "loose", not "pushing upwards", and your elbow needs to do a nice 90degree. If you have to lift the elbow, your mouse sensitivity is not high enough. At least, that is my opinion.

For a few days I had been looking for a method similar to @Frederick 's for my elbows. I don't want to raise the chair because then I'm sitting hunched over (back pain). Yes I will take the risk for my wrists and ask for this mouse.
@matt I don't think my boss will get a 3d mouse or trackball. these devices are quite expensive in Turkey.

[Tom G]

My dog had seizures again last night. Not much rest.
Simple prayer request for comfort and health.

[AlexLachance]

For a few days I had been looking for a method similar to @Frederick 's for my elbows. I don't want to raise the chair because then I'm sitting hunched over (back pain). Yes I will take the risk for my wrists and ask for this mouse.
@matt I don't think my boss will get a 3d mouse or trackball. these devices are quite expensive in Turkey.

You're tall, aren't you Omur? I'm 5'6"(168cm) so I don't face this issue haha

From my understanding, either the chair is not made for you, or your desk could be a little higher for you.

[Roasted By John]

My dog had seizures again last night. Not much rest.
Simple prayer request for comfort and health.

Wish you the best Tom, hang in there

[Roasted By John]

I did a Hawaiian Style pig roast for a few years. Dug a pit in the field, lined the bottom with a bunch of granite rocks 4-8in in Dia. Placed probably 1/4-1/2 face cord over the rocks and set it on fire. I then wrapped the piggy up in a combination of wet cheese cloth and an outer layer of a few layers of commercial aluminum foil.

After the wood burnt down to nice glowing embers I dropped the pig in and burried the entire thing in dirt around 4-6PM. Noon to one the next day I dug it up. I buried it with 4-6 steel loops around the piggy. Threw a pole thru the hoops and pulled the piggy out. Unwrap, eat.

Worked very well except the one year we had a torrential downpour. Bottom side of the piggy was cooked....top side, not so much. Had to break out the grill.

If I were to do it again I would probably try to find a big piece of semi flexible sheet metal and place that over the wrapped piggy after putting a small layer of dirt over it and then burry it deeper. Biggest pain was getting the dirt off without stabbing the pig. I figure surround the pig with dirt, enough to absorb the direct heat, cover and bury to keep the heat in. You can then aggressively dig it out to the sheet metal, pull the sheet metal out and probably pull the pig out.

Alot of work but kinda fun.

That does sound like a lot of work, but the trick is long and slow, best in lovin and cookin

[Ömür Tokman]

You're tall, aren't you Omur? I'm 5'6"(168cm) so I don't face this issue haha

From my understanding, either the chair is not made for you, or your desk could be a little higher for you.

I'm 1.82cm (71.6")
Yes, the tables are higher than standards. (10cm)
Maybe I should shorten the legs of the table. (If the boss permits)

[MJuric]

That does sound like a lot of work, but the trick is long and slow, best in lovin and cookin

My Wife's a vegan. I'd pull the pig out, cut enough up, well pull apart enough, for people to eat and then go take a shower. Every year when I came back down to eat, the pigs head was covered with a towel.

[Frederick_Law]

For a few days I had been looking for a method similar to @Frederick 's for my elbows. I don't want to raise the chair because then I'm sitting hunched over (back pain). Yes I will take the risk for my wrists and ask for this mouse.
@matt I don't think my boss will get a 3d mouse or trackball. these devices are quite expensive in Turkey.

I got my own mouse, two, one at home and one at work.
Got my own 3D mouse also. Found one at work. Someone ordered but didn't like it.

At other job, I bring my LCD for second screen.

Whatever I need to do my job. Just a lot to carry when they send me home. One cardboard box is not enough

[Roasted By John]

They do sell moving vans

[Frederick_Law]

They do sell moving vans

Easy to rent one from HomeDepot if they let me know I'll be going home before I go to work