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Fried Turkey |
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11 | 15.71% |
Traditional Turkey |
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36 | 51.43% |
Smoked Turkey |
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11 | 15.71% |
Brined Turkey |
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3 | 4.29% |
Other meats |
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9 | 12.86% |
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![]() 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. ![]() |
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#22 |
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I like the small Cornish Game Hens roasted with lots of rosemary.
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#23 |
Tight Lines !!!!
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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.
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#24 |
Have My Own Room
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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.
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#26 |
I'm nuts for the place
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Can't say I'm a Turkey fan. I usually do lasgana for Thanksgiving
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#27 |
Got Torque?
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I tolerate Turkey for the family.Chicken would be fine by me
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#29 |
Who knows what evil lurks
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We're doing a Turducken again this year with shrimp and sausage stuffing.
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#30 |
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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.
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#31 |
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We usually do a brine turkey, but this year I am trying my hand at a smoked turkey.
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#32 |
Mr. Charisma
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I brine and smoke. Last year was my first and the family has "requested"
![]() 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. |
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