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posted 11-28-2002 12:36 AM         

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Chefs, how will you be cooking your Turkey feast tomorrow? Oven Baked, Deep Fried, grilled, smoked or other. Just curious. After seeing Laddies pictures of his deep fried turkey last year, I'm going to give it a try. I am oven baking a small turkey breast in the oven, just in case!

Laddies great looking Turkey form last year!

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posted 11-28-2002 12:42 AM         

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Judy, we had a deep fried turkey two years ago at Sandy's parents and I thought it was a sacrilege to cook turkey that way. UNTIL I tasted it. Outstanding. One tip, about ten minutes before the turkey is supposed to be finished, pull it up and take off the drum sticks and wings or they will be way overcooked. Trust me on that one. Also, be extremely careful not to use too much grease so that it does not overflow when you lower the turkey, causing a fire.
I am actually cooking the entire dinner tomorrow, Turkey in the oven, the old fashioned way. (Then we will probably have to go out to eat) lol. Happy Thanksgiving to you guys. (It is in the mid teens here now so it will seem like Christmas in the morning. Got way too cold way too quickly.) We are going to Canton to watch the high school football championship Saturday and probably to Rock N Roll Hall of Fame on Sunday so we will be in your old stomping grounds.

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posted 11-28-2002 07:56 AM         

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Judy - cooking the small turkey breast extra,,,is a good idea. You never know. One time I went to a home for Thanksgiving and the turkey was baked with the giblet bag still in the neck cavity. All the meat tasted like plastic, which was what the giblets were inside,,ick.

Actually, I don't cook. On the big holidays, I just try to look like I fit in with the homeless, and go down to the charity dining halls for my free holiday meals

ENJOY YOUR THANKSGIVING MEAL

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posted 11-28-2002 08:01 AM         

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Lots of footage of fires with the deep fryer on television lately. People putting a frozen turkey in the hot oil exploded and about burnt the house down. Be careful out there.

Richard

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posted 11-28-2002 08:06 AM         

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Judy.

We're doing Fried Turkey at my brother's house this year. We'll be doning one whole turkey and several Turkey breast (most folks like the white meat). You can do two Turkey Breast at once in the Fryer...

Follow the other mentioned safety tips... I always wear long sleeves and have a glove for lowering and raising the Turkey...

My job this year was to make the dressing which I did yesterday...

Happy Thanksgiving...

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posted 11-28-2002 09:20 AM         

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My brother, sister and I rotate hosting the family Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter holidays. My sister will be cooking the turkey this year since she is the host. Rebecca baked two pecan pies to take.

Everyone have a great day.

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posted 11-28-2002 11:39 AM         

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Originally posted by ALLEY CAT:

On the big holidays, I just try to look like I fit in with the homeless, and go down to the charity dining halls for my free holiday meals

ENJOY YOUR THANKSGIVING MEAL

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TRY, are you telling us you are TRYING for that look??? They must have 365 holidays per annum in Phoenix. lol.
Happy Thanksgiving and good luck in the food lines.

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posted 11-28-2002 01:36 PM         

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We had a traditional Thanksgiving meal with the Boy Scouts 2 weeks ago, 5 deep fried turkeys and all the fixin's.

Baked a turkey breast with some fixin's last night.

Going to a friends house today, having lamb for dinner. We always try to do something other than Turkey, last year was lobster and crab.

The deep fried turkeys are the best!

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posted 11-29-2002 09:48 AM         

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Well the deep fried turkey sounds good, but one method of cooking a bird I haven't seen mentioned here is BBQ'ing, I found this works great at least on my BBQ it has a back burner rotisserie with a large tray for wood chips. The people that have had my smoked BBQ turkey have just raved about how moist and flavorful they have been, I use my own wood chips that I make with my planner Alder, Maple Apple, Plum, Red Cedar I mix them all together but first I soak them really good so they give out lots of smoke, this is way better than using dry chips. I use the same method for doing Pork, Beef, chickens etc. I use my Ducane BBQ 12 mnths a year, their little slogan is "Buy you last BBQ first"

Well I wish all you a happy Turkey day enjoy and AC I hope the Turkey they serve you on the soup line is Tofu

PK

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posted 12-02-2002 09:45 AM         

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Judy,

We took a recipe from a November 2000 Bon Appetit magazine - RED CHILI AND HONEY-GLAZED TURKEY WITH ANCHO PAN GRAVY. The Ancho Pan Gravy takes a bit to prepare and it is good but I think we will skip it next time. It made way too much gravy for us and took most of the time to prepare. The turkey on the other hand was fantastic and will probably become the tradition around our house

Here is a link to the recipe if anyone is interested;
http://www.epicurious.com/run/recipe/view?id=104309

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posted 12-03-2002 07:31 PM         

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Forget the oven and the fryer...

I barbequed our bird for the first time, and it came out great!!!! 23 lbs. - done to a "T" in 3.75 hours, browned and juicy!!!

Get yourselves a Weber kettle for next year - Yum!!!

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posted 12-03-2002 08:44 PM         

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I just finished doing 3 large chickens on the Barbie tonite, everyone is stuffed the chickens don't have enough meat left on their bodys for soup even.. This was the first time any of these people had tryed my world famous BBQ Birds You gotta get a Ducane with the rear burner and wood chip tray. I used a mixture of red cedar, alder, and maple this time.

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