Turkey is the worst meat
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Someone of you clearly never had a good tailgate turkey.
Haven’t made a turkey in years and just don’t miss it at all.
Almost always would end up throwing away pounds of it.
I will not stand here and let you talk shit about turkey. It is good hot and cold. If you are cooking one and it is too dry....that is on you.
Rather eat a turkey than a hog that loves to bathe in its own shit pile.
BTW we had both turkey and ham for our 16 guests today.
Nobody complained about either.
Rather eat a turkey than a hog that loves to bathe in its own shit pile.
BTW we had both turkey and ham for our 16 guests today.
Nobody complained about either.
Seems there are several in this thread that don’t know how to cook a turkey which, frankly, I am one of. Fortunately for me, my brother has been hosting thanksgiving for years now and it probably has to do with his ability to make a killer turkey. One is a Cajun fried injected with franks hot sauce and the other is a hickory smoked blackened honey turkey. It’s ridiculous.
Trust me, being a couple making things work out for a T-Giving dinner for others can either break you or make you. We haven't been on the best terms lately. But we high fived it when people left. Felt great.
We always have turkey and ham. I don't care for turkey when other people make it but I like it the way I make it. All of my recipes are in a box somewhere so I don't have the exact measurements but essentially it is slathered in butter and garlic, between the skin and the meat. Stuffed. Then pour beef broth and Worcestershire sauce over it. Bake it for an hour at 500 covered in foil, turn off the oven leaving the bird in there for I believe 8 hours or so. Depending on the size of the turkey. Do not open the oven. When you take it out you can't even carve it because it falls apart. And the amount of beef broth basically makes it something other than turkey, lol.
In all my years of any turkey prep neither my Mom or my siblings have never ever dreamed of beef broth and Worcestershire sauce used in ruining a Thanksgiving dinner. And I’d be inviting food poisoning if I left a mostly raw large bird in an oven that was turned off.
Honestly we really only have turkey one day a year, eat sandwiches the next day and make turkey soup the day after. The soup goes into Tupperware containers and heads to the freezer where we enjoy it through the winter.
Beef broth and Worcestershire get used at Christmas when I make gravy to go with a beef tenderloin. 😋
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I am impressed by your remarkable ability to have a bad take on…well…everything.
Anybody rolling thru Piedmont NC should stop by this iconic joint to feed the savage beast. In keeping within the parameters of this thread, the smoked Turkey is awesome and the plate is a pile of food.
The pulled pork is classic western style and consistently righteous.
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When husband was alive, we went to a friend’s house regularly with several friends. She did Thanksgiving, and Christmas Eve, another friend did Christmas Day. I did New Years Day, and major summer party.
I smoked a turkey breast one year, corn pudding and sweet potato crisp. The smoked turkey breast was devoured. My friend’s feelings were hurt. I wasn’t allowed to bring it again.
I smoked a turkey breast one year, corn pudding and sweet potato crisp. The smoked turkey breast was devoured. My friend’s feelings were hurt. I wasn’t allowed to bring it again.
I wouldn’t get mad over what a pleeb thinks. Go back to the kiddie table.
I'm all for poking fun at people but palate burns are pretty cringe
Follow up.. I roasted a small turkey (basically the breasts, bone in - found this is much easier than a whole large turkey). I think it turned out well, and everyone said it was great.
To add to my OP, I think as I’ve gotten older I’ve realized I just like all the sides and desserts the best at Thanskgiving.
To add to my OP, I think as I’ve gotten older I’ve realized I just like all the sides and desserts the best at Thanskgiving.
Odd take in a thread where everyone is providing opinions based on their palate…
But it’s more so poking at Scruddy (specifically), since he has distinguished himself as a ‘Harvard man’ numerous times on this board. Intended as a joke, not a serious admonishment for anyone who doesn’t like chicken/turkey of the sea.
That guy is the worst. I guess I have ignored him long enough to miss out on his Harvard era.
Looks like a day for leftover Turkey Reubens today. Get in my belly!
LOL, the skin is the hardest part to get cooked right.
I always just do the straightforward approach. Rye bread toasted/buttered, sauerkraut, Swiss, thousand island, leftover turkey. In a typical Midwest move, can use homemade Ranch as well/alternatively.
I usually just try to make some sort of sandwich with the leftovers on hand... so on a leftover dinner roll it's some turkey, ham, stuffing and gravy with a tiny dollop of cranberry sauce.
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“Well my friend Jay Reimenschnieder eats horse all the time. He gets it from his butcher.”
🤷♀️ even Food Network has a recipe where you roast it at 500 for an hour then shut off the oven. Our oven is always still warm when we take it out and the turkey has always been fully cooked.
3 days into eating turkey and my rating of it is dropping quickly. The chewy bendy bits in the legs are a total pain to eat.
Never would I have thought such shade be thrown your way, let alone for Turkey!
I live fairly close by and have eaten there a lot and I never knew they severed turkey. Great Lexington style BBQ though.Anybody rolling thru Piedmont NC should by this iconic joint to feed the savage beast. In keeping within the parameters of this thread, the smoked Turkey is awesome and the plate is a pile of food.
The pulled pork is classic western style and consistently righteous.
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Enjoy delicious meals at Lexington Barbecue. We are a barbecue restaurant in Lexington, NC, serving Western-style Carolina BBQ since 1962.
Only if you’re the guy that puts it in a bag and waits for the stupid thermometer to pop.
Brine it, stuff it with moisturized aromatics, double probe it, cook it in a low lipped roasting pan while elevated on a rack with just a little stock.
Turkey is the best sandwich meat in existence. Possibly the worst dinner meat except for a perfectly roasted piece of breast sliced across the grain with a heavy au jus gravy, and for the work and time of it, there’s a reason it is a seldom cooked entree.
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