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Offline LostArrow

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What Turkey do you prefer?
« Reply #-1 on: October 29, 2014, 06:02:35 PM »
What turkey do you buy & how do you prep before cooking?
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Re: What Turkey do you prefer?
« on: October 29, 2014, 07:27:33 PM »
My Mom always bought ButterBalls for the big Turkey day.....sure gonna miss her this Thanksgiving.....
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Re: What Turkey do you prefer?
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2014, 08:13:26 PM »
I brine and inject.  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
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Re: What Turkey do you prefer?
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2014, 07:28:25 AM »
For last few years we have been getting honeysuckle turkey. I have been brining them the last two years and I think it does make a difference. When it comes to holiday meals I tend to stick to what my wife likes, makes life easier.  ;D
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Re: What Turkey do you prefer?
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2014, 07:36:28 AM »
I'll be straight out honest -- I buy the cheapest turkey I can find  :o

Turkey meat and turkey sandwiches in the days following the Thanksgiving feast are nice, of course, but the main purpose for the bird is to produce drippings for GRAVY

My plate, on Thanksgiving day, is composed of very small portions of everything on the table taking up as little space as possible in order to leave most of the plate open for a huge glomp of stuffing slathered with lots and lots of GRAVY

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Re: What Turkey do you prefer?
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2014, 09:54:09 AM »
Hub I might be making a huge assumption but from your various posts here on the forum I get the feeling you really like gravy :P
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Re: What Turkey do you prefer?
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2014, 10:08:34 AM »
Cheapest!  No injection as pretty much all store bought turkeys have already been injected.
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Re: What Turkey do you prefer?
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2014, 11:25:02 AM »
for the last 4 years we have only done a on bone turkey breast
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Re: What Turkey do you prefer?
« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2014, 01:08:16 PM »
I'd like to see who voted for factory enhanced, LOL.
I prefer no turkey at all. If I want a center piece I look for the largest chicken that I can find.
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Re: What Turkey do you prefer?
« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2014, 01:27:03 PM »
Quote from: 1Bigg_ER on October 30, 2014, 01:08:16 PM
I'd like to see who voted for factory enhanced, LOL.
I prefer no turkey at all. If I want a center piece I look for the largest chicken that I can find.

Unashamedly... me.  When I can get turkey for under $0.50, I'll take it.  I have cooked frozen non-enhanced and injected/brined my own.  I have also done all of the work with fresh.  The truth is, after the smoke and rub I do not see anything resembling a value add in taste that justifies the price increase.
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What Turkey do you prefer?
« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2014, 05:09:15 PM »
I once tried a fresh turkey from my butcher....didn't notice much difference. So now I buy what ever Costco is selling. I favor 2 smaller birds over one big one. I also brine.

Anybody else think Hub needs help for his gravy issue? ;)
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Re: What Turkey do you prefer?
« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2014, 05:17:01 PM »
Quote from: Pappymn on October 30, 2014, 05:09:15 PM
I once tried a fresh turkey from my butcher....didn't notice much difference. So now I buy what ever Costco is selling. I favor 2 smaller birds over one big one. I also brine.

Anybody else think Hub needs help for his gravy issue? ;)
Yes I do but then again he deserves it for his Ph.B!   ;) ;) ;)
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Re: What Turkey do you prefer?
« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2014, 05:25:54 PM »
Quote from: Pappymn on October 30, 2014, 05:09:15 PM
I once tried a fresh turkey from my butcher....didn't notice much difference. So now I buy what ever Costco is selling. I favor 2 smaller birds over one big one. I also brine.

Anybody else think Hub needs help for his gravy issue? ;)

Maybe he should fill a jacuzzi with gravy and sit in it with a bucket of ice cold Fat Tire.   :P :P :P
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Re: What Turkey do you prefer?
« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2014, 10:00:36 AM »
Don't pay too much attention to the brand, etc..    Shop more for size cause like to grill as close to 20# as we can find.   Not always easy.   Usually start looking about the first of November (tomorrow) and if find the right size, buy it.    Thaw in the frig for several days, brine al night Wed night, then on the rotisserie Thanksgiving morning.    Paste of kosher salt and peanut oil in the cavities, basting mix of peanut oil and soy sauce once it's cooking.   Baste about every 30 mins or so.   Comes out VERY good, if I say so myself.   Get requests all year long to do them for various church functions, etc.   Problem is off season finding the right size.   Have also been known to do them in the SRG when in a hurry, or they don't specifically ask for my "specialty," as described above.   
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Re: What Turkey do you prefer?
« Reply #13 on: October 31, 2014, 10:43:48 AM »
Quote from: Las Vegan Cajun on October 30, 2014, 05:25:54 PM
Quote from: Pappymn on October 30, 2014, 05:09:15 PM
I once tried a fresh turkey from my butcher....didn't notice much difference. So now I buy what ever Costco is selling. I favor 2 smaller birds over one big one. I also brine.

Anybody else think Hub needs help for his gravy issue? ;)

Maybe he should fill a jacuzzi with gravy and sit in it with a bucket of ice cold Fat Tire.   :P :P :P

That'd be a little slice o' heaven  ;D

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