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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 11-21-2007, 01:36 AM:

...you turkeys! HA! [Razz]

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 11-21-2007, 02:01 AM:

Have "A GREAT TURKEY DAY!"

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 11-21-2007, 08:44 AM:

Gobble Gobble!

Posted by Richard May (Member # 2627) on 11-21-2007, 02:48 PM:

Oh those poor animals.........I prefer the dark meat myself [Big Grin]

Posted by Floyd Justin Newton (Member # 1316) on 11-21-2007, 07:29 PM:

YUMMY! [Wink]

Posted by Charles Caron (Member # 3247) on 11-21-2007, 10:47 PM:

Mary had a little lamb,a little pork, a little jam, a little egg on toast, a little potted roast, a little stew with dumplings white, a little shad, for Mary had, a little appetite.

'Twas in a restaurant they met, a Montague, a Capulet. He had no cash to pay the debt, so Rome owed what Juli et.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 11-21-2007, 11:04 PM:

Posted by Jim Cassedy (Member # 4115) on 11-22-2007, 08:39 AM:

COOKING TURKEY WITH CARBON ARCS: For many years back in the 1970's, I was a union projectionist (Local 640IATSE) at a big old UA Theater in Farmingdale NY. I'd always work the holidays, becuase you got big bux for shifts on those days. I was in my early 20's and still living at home after several years in the Army. On Thanksgiving and Christmas, my mom would make up a big platter of food and send it over to the theater with a couple of my cousins, who would bring it up to me in the booth and then they'd stick around and watch a free show from the balcony. The theater was about a 20min drive from my house so I'd wrap the food well with tin foil and then re-heat it by placing it in the carbon arc lamphouse for 1 reel. It one of those huge old Ashcraft lamps, so there was plenty of room. You could also cook a TV dinner in there, as long as it wasn't frozen solid, in about 2reels. You just had to make sure the food was wrapped well with foil to keep the carbon dust out; and you had to position the tray carefully and use a fresh carbon trim so that it didn't get jammed in feed mechanism. In speaking with fellow operators over the years, I've found out that "cooking with carbon" was not an uncommon practice for those of us 'stuck' working long weekend shifts. (Remember, this was before microwave ovens were a cheap and common commoditiy.) You also had to make sure you wiped down the reflectors when they cooled down to get rid of any possible grease or other deposits left by the food. I tried, but never did successfully figure out a way to make a grilled cheese sandwich in there...... [Big Grin]

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 11-22-2007, 12:56 PM:

Humm... leads me to wonder if you could cook a whole turkey in a Jet Arc? There is certainly room for at least a 15 pounder.... I wonder what size trim it would take? I can just see the instructions on the Turkey wrapper... cook for full duration of "Oklahoma" or "West Side Story". Caution! Turkey will be over cooked if left in for Directors cut of "Lawrence Of Arabia", use edited version only and be sure pop up thermometer is well away fomr the positive carbon holder...

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 11-22-2007, 02:12 PM:

..lol, I used to warm up Hot chocolate in an Ashcraft, and cook steaks in a Cretor's President... - Monte

Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 11-22-2007, 03:28 PM:

This is my only holiday off this year.
I bet there are bunches of people at the theatre waiting for it to open, gnawing at the door handles, scaring the staff inside...the patrons wanting to see new holiday fare like The Mist, and the cerebrial vomit known as Enchanted.
I'll get my turn with this tomorrow night. Black Friday. Yay.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 11-22-2007, 04:32 PM:

Cerebrial vomit...I have a new favorite term to describe movies with! [Big Grin]

Posted by Jim Cassedy (Member # 4115) on 11-22-2007, 05:06 PM:

quote: Monte L Fullmer
...and cook steaks in a Cretor's President.

Hahahaha!...hey, Monte: I'd forgotten about that trick. I once came down from the booth at one theater I worked at to find one our young staff members, who just happened to be Chinese, using a Cretors 'Merchant' as a wok to cook up a kettle full of stir-fry vegetables & fried rice for himself & the staff. He gave me a plate-full and it was darn good too!

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 11-22-2007, 08:09 PM:

Yea, one theatre that I worked at that had this President, the staff wanted a late night party/sneak but wanted ribeye steaks to go along with it since there was a large grocery store to get the steaks at, which was just down the walkway of this plaza that we were located in.

Some just couldn't get electric skillet idea going and I though of the kettle idea since it was, in actuality, an electric skillet, just tons hotter and bigger.

I took the agitator out, used the popcorn oil as the cooking grease and just controlled the heat by controlling the kettle heat switch on and off at needed times. Added seasoning to whomever wanted what, and I have to admit - best bunch of steaks that I ever fried up and was greatly complimented on it as well.

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 11-22-2007, 09:44 PM:

quote: Mark Gulbrandsen
I can just see the instructions on the Turkey wrapper... cook for full duration of "Oklahoma"

1) Place turkey in lamphouse.
2) Cook at 150 amps for three reels, basting at every changeover.
3) Rotate turkey 180 deg.
4) Cook at 150 amps for an additional three reels.
5) Test for doneness. Continue to cook until meat is tenter and skin turns golden brown.
6) Tent with aluminum foil and let stand fur duration of credits.
7) Serve.