where's jonesy?

Submitted by dave on Thu, 11/23/2006 - 8:10am
entry type: 
family
Can you see the turkey in this picture? Look hard - he's in there! No, you're not looking for a reflection of the photographer; there is a real turkey in this picture... click on the picture for a bigger view, if you need help - read the full article to learn the secret...
There he is! He's inside the Home Depot buckets! We're brining a turkey for Thanksgiving this year just like Alton Brown. We've used Alton's brine a few times in the past with great success. Doesn't all good cooking involve some kind of tool from Home Depot?
By the way - most of my blog entries have titles with hidden meanings. In this case, the reference to "Jonesy" is from the original movie to feature the song, "White Christmas". That movie was "Holiday Inn", which introduced many well known holiday favorites including "Easter Bonnet", "Happy Holidays", and, of course, "White Christmas". "Mr. Jones", or "Jonesy", was the name of the Thanksgiving turkey toward the end of the film - which Bing just couldn't bring himself to eat... until Mamie tells Bing to stop feelin' sorry for hisself and tell that girl what she needs to hear! This just happens to be my favorite film of all time...

Comments

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 11/23/2006 - 10:27am.

David, I clicked on the picture and started to immediately look for a cat. The feline actor in the movie "Alien" was named "Jonesy", and nothing says HAPPY HOLIDAYS like slime-dripping aliens. So naturally that was my first guess.
Was this some kind of film/cat association Rorschach test? Is this going into my permanent record? Can I change my answer? :)

Happy Thanksgiving to you and the family. I am very thankful for having such a fine friend. Good luck with the briny Jonesy project!

Submitted by Brad56 on Sat, 11/25/2006 - 7:03pm.

Hey Dave,

I didn't catch on to the part about "Jonsey". I just figured it was in the orange thing in the middle of the picture, like maybe you were deep frying it.

Submitted by dave on Sun, 11/26/2006 - 6:21am.

Yup - he was in the bucket soaking in a brine solution.