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« on: November 22, 2007, 05:33:18 PM »
Let's get some numbers.  How are you cooking your turkey this year?
  • Oven
  • BBQ
  • Deep frying
  • Smoking

or
  • Ham of some sort
  • Different type of bird (not chicken)
  • Chicken
Any modifiers?  Brines, injection, etc?

I'll start off:

Deep frying (as usual), trying a butter injection (not usually a fan of gimmicks like this, but trying it out again).
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« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2007, 05:36:36 PM »
We had oven cooked turkey with a spiral cut ham.  It was....delicious.
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« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2007, 06:07:02 PM »
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« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2007, 07:15:03 PM »
Frying with jalapenos stuffed into the breast along with a few spices injected.
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« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2007, 07:21:18 PM »
<-- always gets stuck going to wifey's family reunion...no say whatsoever, or late night turkey sammiches :cry

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« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2007, 07:29:45 PM »
I must say best turkey I ever had was injected oil fried . We made it at work , two of them one year . One was just oil fried and the other was injected , oil fried .

The injected one there were NO LEFTOVERS , it was that good .

Think the injection was

one flat beer
Newman's own dressing
cagen spices
some hot sauce
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« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2007, 07:56:40 PM »
TxDad did the turkey this year. It was awesome. I don't know how he did it; it was great though. :)
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« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2007, 08:15:34 PM »
No turkey this year, but I did get a nice 8lb roasting hen. Coated it in MrsDash, roasted bell pepper, garlic and herbs. I stuffed it with dressing and put it in a cooking bag with 1/2 a beer.

3 hrs @ 350. Collard greens, green beans and pecan pie.

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« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2007, 08:36:56 PM »
I deep fried a 16lb turkey this year with some injected cajun butter.  It was dryer than it usually is and the skin was burnt because I tried some cajun spice on it wich was entirley to spicy.

The mistake I think I made was that I injected it overnight and I think it dried out a bit.  It was still 10 times better than any baked turnkey I've ever had.

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« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2007, 08:49:02 PM »
You guys still do actual fire for your deep fryers or have you tried one of the electronic ones?  It just seems kind of strange having a fryer that big electronically controlled but then sell like hot cakes.
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« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2007, 08:52:11 PM »
Brother + 15 people + 2 20 lb Turkeys + Brine + 12 hours + Grill + 5 hours = great bird!
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« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2007, 09:14:12 PM »
My recipe for wild mushroom and fugu stuffing

2 onion and 3 stalks celery, chopped
1 cube butter or margarine
Poultry seasoning, salt and pepper
2 cup chicken bouillon or giblet broth
8 oz wild mushrooms
2 medium size puffer fish
add croutons to fill out

Sauté onion and celery in butter or margarine until tender. Add croutons (seasoned or plain), mix and heat. Add chicken bouillon to moisten well, add fugu and wild mushrooms. Season to taste.

The field book I had was a little vague on which mushroom we have, but I am pretty sure we gathered mutsutakis.

The fugu preparation was a lot easier than the book made it out to be,  I don't understand why they make such a big deal out of it.

We just took it out of the oven, it's in the bird cooling now, we are going to try it in about a half an hour.
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« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2007, 09:25:16 PM »
Anyone know which medivac services Crater Lake?  He's about 40 minutes away from me.  

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« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2007, 10:04:56 PM »
Quote
Originally posted by Shuffler
Frying with jalapenos stuffed into the breast along with a few spices injected.


Holy crap that sounds awesome...you gotta sister?

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« Reply #14 on: November 22, 2007, 10:13:05 PM »
How are you cooking your turkey this year?



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