How You Gonna Cook That Bird?

[scotrace]

What's your secret for a perfect turkey? Mine goes into the brine Wednesday night, and is basted with white wine and butter.

What kind of stuffing do you want?


I'm supposed to make an appetizer of small crab cakes also. If I'm doing all this, someone else better make sure the bar is stocked!

 

[panamag8or]

The soon-to-be-ex Mrs. panamag8or stuffs little pockets in the meat with a paste of olives, garlic and other spices, then puts butter under the skin. It's really good, but she is feeding our daughter's softball team this year, so I don't get any.

 

[cooncatbob]

I recently got a new gas grill with a rotisserie. So I got a 9lb turkey that I'm going to cook on it. I've already done chickens, Cornish hens and a pork roast.
Bob.

 

[Steve]

Smoked, with homemade cornbread dressing served on the side. My jaws are tingling already.

 

[Diamondback]

This year, looks the menu's ham. Mrs. PG's recipe sounds really good, but some year I'm gonna try something I saw at Deep Fried Live!... (click the Turkey link on that link, and be ready with Kleenexes to dry your eyes from laughing, and your fastest point-and-click finger... gives "playing with one's food" a whole new meaning!lol

 

[panamag8or]

This year, looks the menu's ham. Mrs. PG's recipe sounds really good, but some year I'm gonna try something I saw at Deep Fried Live!... (click the Turkey link on that link, and be ready with Kleenexes to dry your eyes from laughing, and your fastest point-and-click finger... gives "playing with one's food" a whole new meaning!lol

A ham will join our turkey this year. I make a killer Coca-Cola basted ham.:essen:

 

[Emmababy]

Sausage meat and Sage and Onion stuffing, butter under the skin, bacon draped over the top of the bird, cooked with stuffing balls and bacon wrapped chipolatas

 

[imoldfashioned]

Well, I'd best figure it out quick since today I got roped into cooking Thanksgiving dinner for several of my friends who aren't traveling! Did a huge shopping trip tonight.

I usually do the butter/wine basting thing over cheesecloth for the turkey, no brining for me. I use a friend's recipe for an Italian inspired stuffing (Pepperidge Farm stuffing mix, onions, garlic, parsley, salami, and parm. cheese).

As for the rest; mashed potatoes, broccoli, and by request sweet potato casserole (I refuse to use marshmellows though!). Pumpkin pie and apple crisp for dessert.

The good news is I'll have leftovers (yay!).

 

[Diamondback]

Other than the chipolatas (never heard of 'em, with my luck it's some kinda real hot pepper), that sounds pretty good too, Miss Emma... yours too, Ms. IOF.

Galldurnit--y'all are making me hungry, and I'm already doing all-you-can-eat-or-till-it-runs-out spaghetti...

 

[Emmababy]

they're little sausages!

 

[Diamondback]

Ah so; must be a regional thing--please bear with me, I'm almost all the way across the world from you. Early morning over there? (I'm GMT-8 hours) Pardon my ignorance, please.

 

[sweetfrancaise]

I'm in charge of making the turkey again this year--I use a recipe I found from Sandra Lee (once in a while she's useful! ) in which I mix butter with onion packet soup and various herbs, freeze it, cut it into rounds, and slide the pieces under the skin. The glorious bird is then buttered on the outside, set on a bed of various vegetables and stuffed with Mrs. Cubbinson's stuffing, onions and celery. I also make a lovely sweet potato casserole with apples and maple syrup, and pumpkin bread. I'm so excited!

 

[Diamondback]

Mmmm... dingdingding, we have another winner from the lovely young lady in Valencia! Since I linked my intended recipe, anyone else gonna post theirs?

 

[jazzzbaby]

SouthWestern Turkey ~ My husband marinates it in an amazing array of flavors for two days & bakes it.
I make a SouthWestern Stuffing with fresh made cornbread, fresh cooked tamales, & such.
It's really quite delicious and I look forward to it!

 

[scotrace]

A ham will join our turkey this year. I make a killer Coca-Cola basted ham.:essen:

Some day, try dark beer and brown sugar. Then bake the snot out of it.

 

[eightbore]

Greek style stuffing containing rice, hamburger, pork sausage, pine nuts, white raisins, black raisins, chicken broth and chestnuts. Just the thing to annoy militant vegetarians like my sister in law....stuffing a bird with three other kinds of meat.

 

[Spitfire]

How I cook the bird?

It's very simple: I dont!

Over here we don't do Thanksgiving - so no turkey!
We've had Halloween pushed down our throat - that must be enough for the time being.

 

[jgilbert]

I am a guest this yr so I have no clue.
However, I am bring the beverages! Lots of beverages!

 

[KittyT]

The best tasting and juiciest turkey is deep fried.

 

[Starius]

Has anyone ever done the "Turducken" for thanksgiving?

We did that about 3 years ago, and it was fantastic... but a heck of a lot of work to prepare, so will probably be a few more years before we try that again.