Poll: Holiday food - Page 2

kaisersozei · 10-31-2008, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Opusfxd

I prefer smoked, I'd love to try brined and fried but I usually end up with my mom's roasted, overcooked version. She hasn't yet figured out to this day how to reverse engineer a cooking schedule or learned what hold time is. I'm trying.

Sounds like my mom. Have her brine, then roast it. Ought to help with maintaining some moisture.

We used to alternate frying & smoking each year, and everyone prefers the fried bird hands down.

That is, until we discovered Emeril's Turkey Bone Gumbo recipe. It's become my signature dish for the weekend after Thanksgiving, and is probably a bigger highlight than the main meal. Definitely a new family tradition. Fried/smoked turkey makes horrible stock, so it's now back to roasting that turkey every year.

10-31-2008, 12:58 PM

I like the small Cornish Game Hens roasted with lots of rosemary.

Each person gets their own.

Mikey202 · 10-31-2008, 01:06 PM

Also, if you put an apple or an onion, or both inside the turkey when you cook it, it makes it real moist. I always cook my stuffing by it's self. Plus I always use those cooking bags, too.

jledou · 10-31-2008, 01:42 PM

It will be a traditional with pretty much no flavoring at the parents this year. I will make a somewhat traditional one at home but it is heavily seasoned with a good rub and baked with about 2-4 oranges, halved and sitting in the pan around it.

Prozac_Puros · 10-31-2008, 02:01 PM

Old School....Traditional Turkey

Volt · 10-31-2008, 02:18 PM

Can't say I'm a Turkey fan. I usually do lasgana for Thanksgiving

PS - While listening to Alice's Resturant..... For you young pups, get a copy.

68TriShield · 10-31-2008, 03:59 PM

I tolerate Turkey for the family.Chicken would be fine by me

We've done fried and roast not brine though.

Now we have cooked a whole Beef Tenderloin before.Talk about

Skywalker · 10-31-2008, 04:49 PM

I will say smoked but it's in my BBQ!!! Usually takes an hour less than the oven!!! And tastes so much better!!!

Shadow · 11-02-2008, 11:18 AM

We're doing a Turducken again this year with shrimp and sausage stuffing.

Old Sailor · 11-04-2008, 11:43 PM

I do my bird the traditional way, as taught to me by Mom, with all the trimings. Usually do a 28lb turkey, 10lb bag of potatoes that get mashed, and do I have a great time doing it.

11-05-2008, 12:15 AM

We usually do a brine turkey, but this year I am trying my hand at a smoked turkey.

landhoney · 11-05-2008, 06:50 AM

I brine and smoke. Last year was my first and the family has "requested"

that it become a tradition. They actually have threatened my life if said turkey is not provided. We will continue to have a traditional oven baked turkey along side of mine.
My favorite turkey though is at my wife's family reunion. Its over a weekend and the whole family participates in making apple butter. Peeling 30 bushels of apples and slicing, cooking in 30 gallon copper kettle over open wood fire for 12-14 hours, and then jarring. Anyway, they cook 5 huge turkeys on a rotisserie over an open maple wood fire. The rotisserie is 6-7 feet long. The brine in just apple cider; then salt, pepper, lemon, and orange on the outside and inside cavity. In the words of Newan, "Its the wood that makes it good." I'll try to post a pic.

Mr. Ed · 11-05-2008, 06:01 PM

fried turkey sounds mmm mmm good.

gabebdog1 · 11-05-2008, 07:14 PM

have never had the chance to try fried turkey so went with the standard

View Poll Results: How do you do your Holiday main dish?
Fried Turkey	11	15.71%
Traditional Turkey	36	51.43%
Smoked Turkey	11	15.71%
Brined Turkey	3	4.29%
Other meats	9	12.86%
Voters: 70. You may not vote on this poll

10-31-2008, 12:58 PM	#22
hoax Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Poll: Holiday food I like the small Cornish Game Hens roasted with lots of rosemary. Each person gets their own.

10-31-2008, 01:06 PM	#23
Mikey202 Tight Lines !!!! Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mike Location: Clarkesville(Batesville), Georgia Posts: 643 Trading: (6)	Re: Poll: Holiday food Also, if you put an apple or an onion, or both inside the turkey when you cook it, it makes it real moist. I always cook my stuffing by it's self. Plus I always use those cooking bags, too.

10-31-2008, 01:42 PM	#24
jledou Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Jay Location: Kansas Posts: 2,224 Trading: (27)	Re: Poll: Holiday food It will be a traditional with pretty much no flavoring at the parents this year. I will make a somewhat traditional one at home but it is heavily seasoned with a good rub and baked with about 2-4 oranges, halved and sitting in the pan around it.

10-31-2008, 02:01 PM	#25
Prozac_Puros Non-Medicated Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Cary Location: On the back 9 of life Posts: 494 Trading: (13)	Re: Poll: Holiday food Old School....Traditional Turkey __________________ Mentally, I've got a full 6-pack, but lack the plastic thingy to hold it together

10-31-2008, 02:18 PM	#26
Volt I'm nuts for the place Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,799 Trading: (19)	Re: Poll: Holiday food Can't say I'm a Turkey fan. I usually do lasgana for Thanksgiving PS - While listening to Alice's Resturant..... For you young pups, get a copy. __________________ Curing the infection... One bullet at a time. Last edited by Volt; 10-31-2008 at 02:24 PM.

10-31-2008, 03:59 PM	#27
68TriShield Got Torque? Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dave Location: Maryland Posts: 7,194 Trading: (40)	Re: Poll: Holiday food I tolerate Turkey for the family.Chicken would be fine by me We've done fried and roast not brine though. Now we have cooked a whole Beef Tenderloin before.Talk about

10-31-2008, 04:49 PM	#28
Skywalker BABOTL Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dice Location: Galaxy Far Far Away Posts: 10,168 Trading: (18)	Re: Poll: Holiday food I will say smoked but it's in my BBQ!!! Usually takes an hour less than the oven!!! And tastes so much better!!!

11-02-2008, 11:18 AM	#29
Shadow Who knows what evil lurks Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Martinsburg, WV USA Posts: 124 Trading: (0)	Re: Poll: Holiday food We're doing a Turducken again this year with shrimp and sausage stuffing. __________________ The Churchill Society

11-04-2008, 11:43 PM	#30
Old Sailor Black Ops - S.O.B. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dave Location: Side Porta!! Kingsville, Ont., Canada Posts: 4,201 Trading: (22)	Re: Poll: Holiday food I do my bird the traditional way, as taught to me by Mom, with all the trimings. Usually do a 28lb turkey, 10lb bag of potatoes that get mashed, and do I have a great time doing it. __________________ Canadian Armed Forces 1976! Canadian Coast Guard, retired in 2012 after 32 years!!

11-05-2008, 12:15 AM	#31
Darrell Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Poll: Holiday food We usually do a brine turkey, but this year I am trying my hand at a smoked turkey.

11-05-2008, 06:50 AM	#32
landhoney Mr. Charisma Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Seth Location: In the forest Posts: 2,639 Trading: (32)	Re: Poll: Holiday food I brine and smoke. Last year was my first and the family has "requested" that it become a tradition. They actually have threatened my life if said turkey is not provided. We will continue to have a traditional oven baked turkey along side of mine. My favorite turkey though is at my wife's family reunion. Its over a weekend and the whole family participates in making apple butter. Peeling 30 bushels of apples and slicing, cooking in 30 gallon copper kettle over open wood fire for 12-14 hours, and then jarring. Anyway, they cook 5 huge turkeys on a rotisserie over an open maple wood fire. The rotisserie is 6-7 feet long. The brine in just apple cider; then salt, pepper, lemon, and orange on the outside and inside cavity. In the words of Newan, "Its the wood that makes it good." I'll try to post a pic.

11-05-2008, 06:01 PM	#33
Mr. Ed A horse is a horse... Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Ed...duh Location: THE Burgh Posts: 499 Trading: (6)	Re: Poll: Holiday food fried turkey sounds mmm mmm good.

11-05-2008, 07:14 PM	#34
gabebdog1 Adjusting to the Life Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 307 Trading: (1)	Re: Poll: Holiday food have never had the chance to try fried turkey so went with the standard