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Default that big dangly piece of fat on the turkey...

blake wrote on Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:07:08 GMT:

>> Karen wrote on Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:27:42 -0800 (PST):
>>
>>> Don't!

>>
>>> Tear it off and slip in under the skin of the breast and it
>>> will slowly melt while basting that white meat and keep the
>>> skin from turning too brown.

>>
>> Not very PC but it's called the Pope's Nose in the north of
>> Britain!


> or 'parson's nose' or even 'sultan's nose,' depending on your
> feelings about those personages. it evidently started as a
> derogation of catholics, although that's how my (very) lapsed
> father refers to it.


Yes, I've heard of the "Parson's Nose" too and its use is not confined
to Catholics. On the other hand, "tried it once, didn't like it!"

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