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A reusable way to tie up your turkey

A few days ago, I decided to roast a chicken for dinner. I looked up a recipe I hadn't tried yet, took my time to make a delicious-smelling herb rub that I stuffed underneath the skin and inside the cavity of the bird, and when the time came to lace up the chicken and put it in the oven, I realized that I had no string. Anywhere.

Thankfully, when I asked my roommate for a backup length of string, he came through. But the string he found came out of a desk drawer and was wrapped around a pencil. … Read more