turkey recipe

[flatfloor]

Once again in response to the thousands of requests we get at this time of year we publish our world famous recipe.

BAKED STUFFED TURKEY

20-25 lb. Turkey
1 cup melted butter
1 cup stuffing (Pepperidge Farm is good.)
1 cup uncooked popcorn
(ORVILLE REDENBACHER'S LOW FAT)
Salt/pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Brush turkey well with melted butter, salt, and pepper. Fill cavity with stuffing and popcorn.

Place in baking pan with the neck end toward the back of the oven.

Listen for the popping sounds.

When the turkey's ass blows the oven door open and the turkey flies across the room, it is done

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[EEEO]

Hah! :lol2:

Our preferred method the past few years has been frying, although, should I have the time, a smoked turkey is probably the best I've ever had.

[Scooter]

Anyone Brine a Turkey?

[EEEO]

Actually you have to brine it if you're going to put it in the smoker. If I'm frying I inject it with a marinade of some sort as well.

[dgunnels]

We just do the breast at my place. Used to just do the old baking route as per my mother. (I loveher, she's a highly educated and intelligent individual but cooking just ain't her thang.) A few years back I used a marinade of spices, burboun, and maple syrup. Soaked it for at least 24 hours,then smoked that puppy until the fancy thermometer gadet with remote sensor (Marge, you might want to put that on Wiley's gift list.) registers the correct temp, about 4 -6 hours. Everyone was just crazy about it so I do it every year. The only way top get it more moist is to fry it.

[prashster]

I brined our turkey last year. Soaked in salt water over nite. Does a lot for the juiciness, but came out too salty. IMHO, hold back on the salt. But I'd do it again.

Another thing that worked for me: Fill a syringe with melted butter and inject the bird with it until you see swells.

[ShannonT]

If you want that traditional bird, you need a large roaster, a rack to get the bird out of the juices, soak it in brine for 24-48 hours. Rinse well. Place butter and herbs under the skin and cook breast side down for the majority of the time. Only turn over the last bit to brown/crisp the breast side.

I have done a butterball turkey(already brined at the factory) with and without brining it and cooking it breast side down ensures juicey breast meat. :nod: Some times it is hard to get a 20 lb turkey in a bucket for brining and my husband objects to seeing his turkey in a Home Depot bucket :x:

[Eugenius]

Don't cook your turkey in an electric skillet unless you're really hungry.

Thanksgiving 1972, my wife and I had been married 3 months. We were living on the Hollycott camp of the Fulton Quien Sabe ranch in the Texas panhandle drawing $300 a month. We had an oven but we were we awaiting a propane orrifice. I shot a turkey on the Canadian River and after plucking and cutting it up, my wife cooked it in the new-fangled electric skillet someone had given us at the wedding reception in August. I dug a hole in the ground and buried potatoes with hot coals. They came out good. That turkey was so tough but that is my favorite Thanksgiving of all time.

[EEEO]

That's a cool story Eugene! What's the Hollycott Camp?

[south]

My mum does this beautiful apple and bacon stuffing with loads of fresh herbs every year but we've found the best way to cook it is to smear it with butter, drape bacon over it and cook it in a kettle BBQ. Keeps it super moist and also helps keep the house cool when its 40C!!!!! But my favourite way to eat turkey is on Boxing Day on sourdough with camembert and cranberry, watching the cricket. Can't beat it! :yummy:

[Chris the Rep]

I love to get together with the family on Thanksgiving, that is the bset part of the whole holiday. However, I prefer to drink too much and eat too many appetizers. That way I am passed out when they serve up that nasty fowl. Give mine to my sister's dog, I don't like him anyway.

And to quote Alton Brown..."Stuffing is EVIL"

Is there a Thanksgiving version of Bah Humbug?


Chris

[jay f]

You can always try my 8 year old's recipe. Ingredients: turkey, bbq sauce, ketchup, salt. First put bbq sauce on the turkey, put into 500 degree for 500 minutes, then remove from oven. Last, take it to the table and eat it. :lol2: Hope you like your bird well done! :)

[flatfloor]

Last, take it to the table and eat it.

I assume you're referring to the table, correct? :D

[jay f]

THAT would probably have more flavor and be easier on the teeth. :yummy: