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Wednesday, November 25. 2015

Turkey

Turkey meat is just an excuse to eat lots of mashed potatoes, cranberry dressing, stuffing, and gravy.


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Posted by The News Junkie at 12:57 | Comments (12) | Trackbacks (0)

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Yup.

I like green olives on the turkey/dressing/ cranberry sandwich.
And mayo.
#1 fjord on 2015-11-25 13:33 (Reply)
I like the turkey well enough, though gravy is an important part of it. The potatoes and stuffing are less important, but gravy is necessary there as well. Perhaps good turkey gravy is the point. It is certainly much of the draw in the excellent Blake's Turkey Farm pies out of Concord, NH.

But as Garrison Keillor said, "pumpkin pie is just a vehicle for nutmeg."
#2 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2015-11-25 14:48 (Reply)
The Turkey is basically for sandwiches on Friday, Saturday...
#3 tim on 2015-11-25 14:48 (Reply)
I like turkey once a year at Thanksgiving. I wouldn't want to make a steady diet of it. As I have grown older, the mashed potatoes and gravy, while still good, don't have the appeal they once had.

My mom at age 83, still makes the best pumpkin and apple pie anywhere, bar none.
#4 feeblemind on 2015-11-25 15:04 (Reply)
If you are not eating the turkey drowned with gravy, and the stuffing on the side, also drowned in gravy, you're not eating it correctly.

While pumpkin pie is an excellent dessert, no holiday meal should be without EGGNOG pie!
#5 Earl T on 2015-11-25 16:12 (Reply)
I like the turkey just fine. The trick is to eat the dark meat.

Of course it's also wonderful in turkey soup, turkey tetrazzini, and turkey sandwiches.

Which reminds me of something I saw on FB yesterday: a picture of long lines to wait for some kind of special organic turkey that's fashionable in Falls Church, Va., these days. The posting friend said something about being in time to get a turkey. Someone responded: "If you are Russian jet, Turkey get you.
#6 texan99 on 2015-11-25 16:18 (Reply)
Turkey tastes like I would expect buzzard to taste. Eat least amount required to stay out of trouble with the missus and the daughters(5).
#7 BillH on 2015-11-25 16:34 (Reply)
Gronk says stuffing. Belichick says "any pie." These days, I think we have to go with what they say.

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4787906/rob-gronkowski-says-nothing-beats-stuffing-on-thanksgiving
#8 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2015-11-26 00:29 (Reply)
Roast turkey is usually dry and lacking in flavor. You need to brine the bird. I have a 5 gallon white plastic bucket with a lid ((Home Depot Paint Dept). For a 15-18 lb. turkey (if you get a really big one you may need to increase the recipe)
2 gallons water + 2 cups kosher salt + 1/2 cup brown sugar + 1 1/2 quarts buttermilk. Mix all together, put the bird in head first and soak for 10 hours. Dry with paper towels and stuff. roast as normal.

This makes the meat moist and tender, more closely grained, and more flavourful. Too late for this year, but I'm on the west coast and just putting mine in the brine.
#9 The Elephant's Child (Link) on 2015-11-26 04:09 (Reply)
I use a garbage bag.

Doubt it makes any difference, but it' s a ritual.
#9.1 Bird Dog on 2015-11-26 10:01 (Reply)
"Discuss"...let's eat...finished...
#10 forks make us fat on 2015-11-26 10:47 (Reply)
Cooked a boneless turkey (white and dark meat)and a bacon wrapped pork shoulder wrapped in bacon with smashed sweet potatoes and a green bean casserole to share with a friend and his dad who would not have had a Thanksgiving meal but for me. I am grateful I could.
#11 Jeffersonian on 2015-11-27 02:48 (Reply)

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