The Mr. Shipley Experience

For Thanksgiving we only had 4 people. so instead of cooking the whole bird I separated it and put a bunch in the freezer.  Now that it's extra cold up here in New England, it's a great time to take some of those parts and make a turkey dish with rice and gravy.  I'm going to stream this on Twitch  and then I'll push to YouTube and make a link back on this blog.  I may also change the recipe as a I go, and if I do I'll update it here. Equipment: Big ol pot for the turkey (I'm using my 7 quart dutch oven) 2 quart pot for rice Tongs Strainer (for pulling out the bones) Spoon or ladle Cutting board (for vegetables) Chef/chopping knife Ingredients Cooking oil of choice (Canola?) 1tablespoon butter Water Onion Celery Carrots  (I ran out) Garlic Peas (frozen, fresh, or canned - some other veggie, I like peas) Corn (see above) Mushrooms  (I prefer a crimini/baby bella for flavor, I just happened to have some left over) Brown rice (or white, whatever you have, I te...

So sometimes I've found that knowing what pans, knives, equipment etc people were using in their recipes and kitchens would have been helpful.  So when I write recipes, I like to consider even things like a spatula or a chef's knife.  There are plenty of lists of "kitchen essential" pieces of equipment out there and I'm not here to put my spin on those.  But I am open to dialogue on my posts about equipment use and substitution.  That pictured right up there is a 7 qt Misen Dutch Oven  I picked up when it was still in Kickstarter.  I asked my gf to carve up the silicone lid a little for me so I can use it as a sous vide bath! I'm not a huge fan of single-use gadgets, so I try to learn multiple uses for things or how to accomplish the end result in a different way.  Let's take rice cookers for example.  First, they aren't just for grain cooking - you can use them for a lot of things.  But if all I ever did was make rice in one, I'd still consi...