PRELUDE TO A TURKEY

[user 6493]

well it is almost Turkey time the annual pig out day,,one of my favorite days of the year,,,,,I am kicking it off with a stuffed chicken just a practice run for the big day,,,,,I am not going all out just the bird mashed potatoes and gravy......

 

[jimLE]

Im thinking of getting a turkey. But it'll be for home canning turkey soup.
As for thanksgiving goes.i prolly won't be doing anything this year.including not going anywhere,to spend it with family.we've gone our separate ways to much,for it to be a enjoyable visit.

 

[lonewolf]

we don't celebrate Christmas in our house..which is when most people eat turkey and at no other time of the year, its a very over rated meat and unless you cook it right its very dry. and most turkeys are commercially bred in huge flocks.
we celebrate the Pagan festival of Yule, usually with a decent piece of beef.

 

[user 6493]

we don't celebrate Christmas in our house..which is when most people eat turkey and at no other time of the year, its a very over rated meat and unless you cook it right its very dry. and most turkeys are commercially bred in huge flocks.
we celebrate the Pagan festival of Yule, usually with a decent piece of beef.

yes Turkey can be dry,but the trick is using a cooking bag,,,we have used them for about 45 years maybe longer,,,the result is a Turkey that is not dried out,,,,,,TRY IT YOU WILL LIKE IT

 

[Maverick]

We still use the big brown paper bag coated with butter on the inside for turkey and whole chicken, I've use the plastic oven safe bags and they work too. Bagging them is the only way to assure moist meat.

 

[Mountain trapper]

The wife won't be home for Thanksgiving, or Christmas this year. So it'll be just me and the dog. We might make a pizza or smoke a chicken for dinner. I hope to have the pigs butchered before Thanksgiving too.