# My kingdom for a brine... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kingdom-for-a-brine/603041 "2011-11-15T19:36:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kingdom-for-a-brine/603041/1 "2011-11-15T19:36:10Z")
Each year I get invited elsewhere for Thanksgiving, so on the day itself I smoke a turkey and throw a leftover party the next day. I’m using applewood to smoke this year. What ideas do people have for a good complimentary brine to use? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kingdom-for-a-brine/603041/2 "2011-11-15T19:43:03Z")
The smoke house near me has this brine recipe on their website: [http://www.goosethemarket.com/Tday/](http://www.goosethemarket.com/Tday/) ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kingdom-for-a-brine/603041/3 "2011-11-15T19:45:07Z")
That looks pretty good, thanks. You don’t happen to know what wood they use, do you? ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kingdom-for-a-brine/603041/4 "2011-11-16T08:29:38Z")
salt, dried apples, real cider (not applejuice), a warm spice (maybe some cinnamon and or allspice), a small amount of dried chile, dried bananas, and a tiny bit of chipotle dry seasoning. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kingdom-for-a-brine/603041/5 "2011-11-16T08:39:42Z")
Maybe some applejack. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kingdom-for-a-brine/603041/6 "2011-11-16T13:38:30Z")
What sort of ratio of water to cider? ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kingdom-for-a-brine/603041/7 "2011-11-16T13:41:49Z")
[Here’s one.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14454621&postcount=15) ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kingdom-for-a-brine/603041/8 "2011-11-19T07:32:15Z")
Maybe a gallon of cold water added to the heated gallon of cider, with a cup of salt, dried apples and bananasm, dried anchos and guajillos, pimenton (allspice), and dried chipotle powder… go 32 hours with a game bird. Smoke. 6 ounces of applejack.