How do you cook your turkey?

Monkey Proof · Buttercup is awesomesexycool and smelly too.

How do you cook your turkey?

BlahBlahBlah · I Love Baseball

Monkey Proof wrote:

i'm looking for some ideas on how to cook mine. if you have a special recipe you'd like to share or any tips that you know of please post em

Dude......

I can never take you serious because you make my tummy hurt so darn much! ...

ronin · Beefcakes

Have you ever tried a fried turkey? Those are the best.

Monkey Proof · Buttercup is awesomesexycool and smelly too.

ok BBB, this is serious..i have a 22lb turkey that needs some serious attention. i want a kickass turkey, one that the whole family will be talking about for years to come. and Ronin, i have never tried fried turkey yet dispite the fact that everyone raves about fried turkey

i actually bought an extra 25lb turkey and a few other food items to give to a local food drive. but i think i should've kept the bigger turkey.

Buttercup · Monkey Proof is Beautiful yet hideous

Do you want to stuff it or cook the stuffing separately?

Monkey Proof · Buttercup is awesomesexycool and smelly too.

i dont know, good question. since you are the mad scientist in food stuff what do you normally do or suggest?

Buttercup · Monkey Proof is Beautiful yet hideous

Personally, I prefer to cook the stuffing separately and marinate the turkey prior to roasting. I'll post a couple of options for you.

ronin · Beefcakes

We fried a turkey one time, and have been hooked sinse. It's almost foolproof. Hang on a minute and I'll give you the instructions. If you decide to do it, let me know how it came out and how you liked it.

Monkey Proof · Buttercup is awesomesexycool and smelly too.

sweet!

Buttercup · Monkey Proof is Beautiful yet hideous

ronin wrote:

We fried a turkey one time, and have been hooked sinse. It's almost foolproof. Hang on a minute and I'll give you the instructions. If you decide to do it, let me know how it came out and how you liked it.

You should mention that you need a turkey fryer to do that.

Monkey Proof · Buttercup is awesomesexycool and smelly too.

Buttercup wrote:

ronin wrote:

We fried a turkey one time, and have been hooked sinse. It's almost foolproof. Hang on a minute and I'll give you the instructions. If you decide to do it, let me know how it came out and how you liked it.

You should mention that you need a turkey fryer to do that.

those things can boil over, create a huge fireball and singe your eyebrows off.

Buttercup · Monkey Proof is Beautiful yet hideous

Monkey Proof wrote:

those things can boil over, create a huge fireball and singe your eyebrows off.

Yes, you do have to be very careful with that. The resulting turkey is very good, but you just have to be extremely careful with the volume, type, and the temperature of the oil. Personally, I wouldn't do it for the first time as an "occasion" meal, I'd buy one just for the heck of it one day and do it to get the hang of it before planning a big meal around it.

By the way, giving to the food bank is a really good thing that you did.

ronin · Beefcakes

I was going to include that in my instructions. Along with peanut oil and where to get the items, and instructions on how NOT TO DO IT. So that he dosn't accidently set himself on fire. MP the equipment to do it is kinda expensive, but you can use it all again and again, for a lot of different things. Fish fry, boiling shrimp, (I feel a jimmy buffet song comming on), wings, chickens, etc, etc. The oil can be reused as well, up to a point. Once you get the set ups, it's not bad. It might take me a little bit to get all of the info, cost of equipment and the stuff you'll need. If you lived around me, I'd just invite you over, and show you.

Monkey Proof · Buttercup is awesomesexycool and smelly too.

im not going to go out and buy a fried turkey cooker right this minute and possibly ruin a perfectly good turkey. im going to take Butter's advice and eventualy experiment on one sometime well after the holidays are over with. but i still would like that info you wanna give me so at least i will kinda know what im doing when i actualy decide to fry one

-- Edited by Monkey Proof at 18:54, 2006-12-22

ronin · Beefcakes

I'll send it along with where to get the stuff, so that you're not running all over town looking for it.

ronin · Beefcakes

Monkey Proof wrote:

Buttercup wrote:

ronin wrote:

We fried a turkey one time, and have been hooked sinse. It's almost foolproof. Hang on a minute and I'll give you the instructions. If you decide to do it, let me know how it came out and how you liked it.

You should mention that you need a turkey fryer to do that.

those things can boil over, create a huge fireball and singe your eyebrows off.

Two of our firefighters burned their barn down that way.

Monkey Proof · Buttercup is awesomesexycool and smelly too.

i know Home Depot has em becouse i look at them almost everytime that im there

-- Edited by Monkey Proof at 19:17, 2006-12-22

Straight Up · Beer please

How do I cook a turkey .....

" Hey baby .... cook us a turkey "

It's easy ....

ronin · Beefcakes

I know you can get the peanut oil at Sam's. The cooking temp is 375. With a bigger turkey, it's okay to cook it a tiny bit lower, say 370 or so. You need to get a thermometer. It's also a good idea to go a little light filling the pot with the oil. After you lower the bird, if it's not totally submerged, you can always add some after. It won't take a few minutes to get the temp back up. You have to fry it so many minutes per pound. I'm trying to find the ratio for you now. Once you have the ratio, you can occasionally pull it partway out to see what the outside looks like. When it's a nice golden-brown color. You need to drain it for a couple of minutes. and that's all there really is to it. But I think you and butter are right: Try it out on a smaller turkey first. It would totally suck if something went wrong and it screwed up your Christmas dinner. I'll get that ratio for you ASAP.

Monkey Proof · Buttercup is awesomesexycool and smelly too.

Straight Up wrote:

How do I cook a turkey .....

" Hey baby .... cook us a turkey "

It's easy ....

"if you think that you can do better then you cook the next one becouse i'm not doing it"

Straight Up · Beer please

Naw ... Sweet heart .... your doing just fine ....

If I'm cooking .... It's " I'll have the turkey and dressing please " down at the local restaurant

BlahBlahBlah · I Love Baseball

My cousin is cooking this Christmas dinner. I will help him with whatever he needs. So I am no help when it comes to cooking/baking a turkey.

Buttercup · Monkey Proof is Beautiful yet hideous

Monkey Proof wrote:

"if you think that you can do better then you cook the next one becouse i'm not doing it"

"How hard is it to cook a turkey anyway? I'm hungry."

ronin · Beefcakes

I'm sure there are people out there who can screw it up.

ManImBored · Mack Daddy

This is how I roast mine and it always turns out good. Its a pretty simple recipe. I take some oranges and lemons and cut them in quarters. Put those and some herbs in the cavity. Take a brown grocery bag and smear in the inside of the bag really good with butter on the top and sides. Lay the bag down in a roasting pan. Rub the outside of the turkey with some salt and pepper or whatever else you like. Place the turkey inside the bag and roll up tight. Roast the turkey based on the directions on the turkey. The butter inside the bag helps keep the turkey moist and keeps the bag from burning. I do this every Thanksgiving and its great.

Buttercup · Monkey Proof is Beautiful yet hideous

That sounds similar to one of the recipes I'm going to post, except without using the paper bag method.

ManImBored · Mack Daddy

I dont remember where I learned the paper bag thing. I have been doing it for a few years. Makes a pretty damn good turkey if you ask me. I love the citrus inside. It runs a really good flavor throughout the turkey.

Buttercup · Monkey Proof is Beautiful yet hideous

ronin wrote:

I'm sure there are people out there who can screw it up.

That's not at all what I was inferring. Cooking is not everyone's forte or pleasure, and I recognize that what I find easy is not always so for many people and would never be critical of anyone's cooking mishaps. I've certainly had my own.

-- Edited by Buttercup at 00:43, 2006-12-23

Buttercup · Monkey Proof is Beautiful yet hideous

ManImBored wrote:

I dont remember where I learned the paper bag thing. I have been doing it for a few years. Makes a pretty damn good turkey if you ask me. I love the citrus inside. It runs a really good flavor throughout the turkey.

It sounds really good. I don't use cooking bags, though, I prefer to use dry heat. The recipe that I've used is with lemons, limes, and oranges. Then I slide spices under the skin of the turkey, rub it with butter, and roast it. I mix white wine, the fruit juices, and brown sugar, and use that to baste it during cooking. I'll post the whole recipe tomorrow, I'm afraid I'll make a mistake if I do it right now and ruin MP's turkey if he decides to use it.

texaschickeee · Seductively Sassy

Get a turkey, stuff it was 4 stalks of celery- halved; 1/2 lemon (can use all if wanted); 1 apple, quartered, and 1 med onion, quartered. salt and pepper, and season to taste.

Melt 1 stick butter and 1/2 cup maple syrup in a pot over med. heat. pour over the turkey before putting it in to roast.

baste every 20 minutes and cook at 325 untill its 175 to 180 with a meat thermor. (i think its about a 45 minutes per pound of turkey)

rest 20 minutes before carving.

yummy.

She cooked it breast down, so that the breast got all the juices and it was in the juice as it cooked.