Made it to WA!👏|| Wknd at Mema's + Lexxy Comes to Visit! || Cross Country Move to Alaska Vlog!

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We FINALLY made it to WA state! Made it across the USA in just 5 days. Come meet my mom or "Mema" as my kids call her. She's preparing an early Thanksgiving dinner for us + our daughter Lexxy flies up to see us for the wknd! Last leg of our trip is coming up, we're heading to Bellingham, WA to catch the ferry to Alaska! Thanks for joining us on our Alaskan adventure! Cheers...

MEMA'S GIBLET GRAVY RECIPE:
Use approximately (1) stick of butter, bring to a nice bubble in a large skillet, slowly add 2-3 heaping tablespoons of sifted flour, once you have a good rue base then slowly add broth/drippings from your turkey or chicken broth, keep a nice gravy consistency (approximately 1 1/2-2 cups).

Then add milk (a good cup full) slowly, maintaining your nice gravy consistency, you should have prepared your giblets by simmering them for a good hour with plenty of salt & pepper to taste.

Chop up giblets into nice small pieces, as well as peel off ALL the meat you can from the neck bone, add the giblets to your gravy, then you should have boiled (3) large eggs (chop them up nice & small or I use a cheese grater for dicing my boiled eggs.

Add them to your giblet gravy, stirring frequently to keep a nice consistency to your gravy. You should be simmering your gravy on a low- medium heat. Stir boiled eggs in well. Add salt and pepper to taste. I tend to use a good amount of pepper because for me, it just perfects your giblet gravy.

Should make a very nice portion of gravy, certainly enough for a large family.

As for your giblets, use all of them, including the neck. Some people don't care for liver, however it adds wonderful flavor to your giblet gravy and I personally don't feel it has a strong liver taste.
(Neck, heart, gizzard, & liver, for best flavor)

MEMA’S KOSHER DILL PICKLES:

1. Use a good portion of firm, unblemished pickling cucumbers, slice into quarters.
2. Make a brine with filtered water and Kosher Salt (or pickling salt: 1/4 cup salt to 2-3/4cup white vinegar to 3 cups water.
3. Place your sliced pickling cucumbers into pint size jars (they're best), packed firmly.
4. Cut a small piece of cheesecloth, if you don't have cheesecloth I just cut up a clean, white soft t-shirt. Lay it out on the counter and add a nice size garlic clove (fresh), approximately 1/4 tsp. of mustard seed & dill weed, add a dehydrated red chili pepper ( if you don't have one, add a pinch of crushed red peppers. Add 4-5 peppercorns.
5. Then enclose the spices in the cheesecloth (I personally just have a needle and thread handy and sew the material closed.
6. Drop the spices into the center of the jar with your pickling cucumbers and pour you brine over top. Leave a 1/4 inch headspace.
7. Make sure your brine is hot. Add your lids/rings to your jars. And lower into your hot water bath canner.
8. Process jars for 3 minutes, with the pot uncovered.
9. Remove and let cool. All jars should seal themselves for shelf life. Enjoy!

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