Turkey Tips, Batch Baking, Black Friday Deals, and More

November 23, 2021

Tip of the Day

Is your soup, stew, or other warm kitchen concoction a bit too fatty? You can skim an ice cube along the surface to cool and harden the fats, making it trivial to remove a little from the batch.

Happy Tuesday! If you’re scrambling to get ready for Thanksgiving, we have some holiday prep tips for you. Yesterday we shared one of our favorite turkey-prep tips: pouring a cold beer on your turkey. Not feeling in a turkey sort of mood this year? Good thing there are lots of fun alternatives to turkey you can serve. And if you’re doing a lot of baking this holiday, we have all the gear you need to knock it out more efficiently with batch baking.

Speaking of the holidays and holiday shopping, we’ve also rounded up our favorite Wal-Mart Black Friday deals. And every morning when I write this letter, I pop over to see if any products I know and love are on sale as part of Amazon’s ongoing early Black Friday sales just to share with you. Today they have the Blue Air 211+ air filter on sale. I own several Blue Air filters and they are amazing. From pollen to pet smells, just suck up everything and shoot out clean fresh air.

And water cooler trivia? You know we have some. Here’s one for the sci-fi fans out there. On this day in 1963 the iconic and long-running sci-fi TV show Doctor Who debuted on the BBC. After nearly 900 episodes, 18 TV specials, and 1 movie, it’s safe to say the series is here to stay.

– Jason

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