How are you cooking your bird Thursday?

msez2u

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LMAO..Poor renogaw..you are trying to figure out all this southern cooking aren't you...I'm with you I was born and raised for the first years in New York and then moved south. Soooo I'm really confused on how to make anything.
 

zman1

Active Member
I brine the turkeys. The one we take to my family get together is the traditional with raisin stuffing in bird and pack the skin with butter (this year I am going to bag it)and the small one we have at our house I smoke.
I brine most big meal or special get together meats, always when smoking any meat.
 

ruaround

Active Member
im not cookin it... lol...
but my sis is roasting one and deep fat fryin one and my uncle is smoking one...
 

sepulatian

Moderator
Originally Posted by MsEz2u
LMAO..Poor renogaw..you are trying to figure out all this southern cooking aren't you...I'm with you I was born and raised for the first years in New York and then moved south. Soooo I'm really confused on how to make anything.
LOL darn southerners
My brother-in-law is deep frying the turkey. Last year we (my sister and I) cooked one in the oven and her husband and step-son fried the other one. To tell the truth the meat tasted the same to me. I'm not a big turkey fan though.
 

renogaw

Active Member
my uncle deep fries his in one of those fancy .. deep friers.. and almost caught his house on fire (from 10 feet away) last year. so.. i'll stick with the oven.
 

prk543

Member
My dad has been cooking the turkey on the grill for years. He heats the grill up, puts the turkey in two roasting pans, and then when he puts the turkey in he turns the heat to low. Works just as great as the oven, and it frees the oven up to cook your side dishes!
 

stdreb27

Active Member
Originally Posted by sepulatian
LOL darn southerners
My brother-in-law is deep frying the turkey. Last year we (my sister and I) cooked one in the oven and her husband and step-son fried the other one. To tell the truth the meat tasted the same to me. I'm not a big turkey fan though.
It is some dern good chicken cooked like that! Us southerners it is simple, fire w/ mesquite or pecan wood, wait till it flames out, secret ingrediences are brown sugar and beer, salt n pepper, that will turn any meat into a finger lickin good time! And cook it SLOW!
Oh and if you killed it this afternoon, it is gonna be cooked tonight!
 

bronco300

Active Member
wellllll how did they all turn out????
it was just the cat and myself for turkeyday today, with no turkey except leftovers from what was brought home from the other half's thanksgiving in MI......just does not do justice! i demand a redo!!!!

thats it, turkeyday shall become saturday, sorry folks, start all over.
 

sepulatian

Moderator
Originally Posted by stdreb27
It is some dern good chicken cooked like that! Us southerners it is simple, fire w/ mesquite or pecan wood, wait till it flames out, secret ingrediences are brown sugar and beer, salt n pepper, that will turn any meat into a finger lickin good time! And cook it SLOW!
Oh and if you killed it this afternoon, it is gonna be cooked tonight!
LOL
I bet it was good
 

renogaw

Active Member
Originally Posted by Bronco300
wellllll how did they all turn out????
it was just the cat and myself for turkeyday today, with no turkey except leftovers from what was brought home from the other half's thanksgiving in MI......just does not do justice! i demand a redo!!!!

thats it, turkeyday shall become saturday, sorry folks, start all over.


i'll let you know how mine turns out today... thursday was ok :)
 

renogaw

Active Member
ok...
what the heck do i do with the giblets and the neck (yea... that's a neck, sure it is...).
and how come all my casserol dishes are in liters, and my recipes say to use quarts... hehe turkey's in the oven woot.
 

m0nk

Active Member
Originally Posted by renogaw
ok...
what the heck do i do with the giblets and the neck (yea... that's a neck, sure it is...).
and how come all my casserol dishes are in liters, and my recipes say to use quarts... hehe turkey's in the oven woot.
Well, the way my dad makes everything he'll take the giblets, boil them, cut them up, and put them in the turkey stuffing along with the water from boiling them as the broth that most stuffing recipes call for. Guess it's a bit late for that now....hehe.
 

lovethesea

Active Member
Originally Posted by renogaw
ok...
what the heck do i do with the giblets and the neck .

throw out...............YUCK!!
 

stdreb27

Active Member
Originally Posted by renogaw
ok...
what the heck do i do with the giblets and the neck (yea... that's a neck, sure it is...).
and how come all my casserol dishes are in liters, and my recipes say to use quarts... hehe turkey's in the oven woot.
Giblet gravy!!!!!!!!!! It is the best.
 
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