Bill, thanks for tracking down that thread. The run-on words didn't come up in my search, but it makes sense that there would be something out here! (Maybe I should have done a search on Rick Fielding--he seemed to start a disproportionate number of food threads, though they encompassed kitchen disasters as well as triumphal recipes).

Something that is a big deal down here in Texas but that I've never actually tried, or seen, is deep-fryed turkey. I guess they must dip the entire bird in the oil. Whole or cut up, I can't say. I have seen these stainless steel gas "turkey fryers" and 5-gallon containers of peanut oil on sale just about everywhere over the last couple of weeks.

SRS