@jouest yes! I’ve been doing it for at least 20 years. Now I see finally that companies are making products to make it easier. I may try one someday. But I typically use the Alton brown turkey recipe. The only thing different I do is from a Martha Stewart turkey recipe where I then cover the breast and wings with foil coated with oil to prevent over browning.
No dry meat or burnt skin. And the bird is beautiful. I also skip the AB aromatics part of his recipe. I tried it once or twice and didn’t notice a substantial difference. I’m weirdly excited for the new roasting pan I bought.
@jouest@remo28 I use the Alton Brown brine as well. But a lot of times if I’m at someone else’s house, it’s not brined and the consistency of packed sawdust.
@ironcheftoni@jouest I think some people still think you need to cook a turkey for like 6-8 hours. So they over cook it and dry it out. My ex-mil did that, she would get up at like 4am to stick a turkey in the oven for hours (we didn’t eat until noon at the earliest). It was the worst turkey ever. My mom did the cook in a bag, I don’t know for hour long, but it was better than the ex-mil. My kids will even eat the white meat as long as I cook it.
@jouest I brine mine for 2-3 days. It really is great. I actually use a brand new bucket with lid or a large cambro for mine. And if you don’t have the capacity for a wet brine, you can always just salt the bird and wrap it in loads of cling film or a bag and it will be the same principle. It’s best to turn the bird to redistribute the fluids from the osmosis process. I do this when I cure slabs of pork belly to make bacon. Granted you typically use salt Peter instead of “regular” salt in that method. Sorry. I’m now rambling because I’m still a little under the weather and my aderall wore off.
Nope. As you can already see, the only way for turkey to actually be good is to do things to it. Smoke it, brine it, deep fry it, etc. It’s not the turkey that’s good, it’s the method of cooking it.
@chienfou@cinoclav This is what I’ve always thought about escargot - the snails are about as interesting as erasers, but that garlic butter sauce makes almost anything taste great.
@chienfou@cinoclav@Kyeh My wife had escargot on a cruise and now thinks it’s the best thing! Means really good salty garlic butter. For a slug. But whatever.
@chienfou@Kyeh@pmarin I had the most amazing buffalo tofu wings. Cubes that were super crispy and dipped in buffalo sauce. Sadly that restaurant closed.
@mediocrebot@MrGoodGuy@phendrick This is pretty amazing. The AI must be trying to communicate something. These are clues to an ancient mystery no doubt. I think I will try to make the description explicit and see what happens :
/showme A Turkey in a bowling alley with 3 piles of peanuts.
@cfg83@mediocrebot@phendrick I think the ancient mystery remains hidden because I actually see FOUR piles of peanuts in my pic, and there may be a hidden pile behind Mr. Turkey’s spread tail feathers! I believe @mediocrebot believes Bowling is done is a Honky Tonk setting where patrons toss peanut shells on the floor. Let me try another prompt:
/showme a realistic Turkey in a bowling alley busy gobbling up 5 piles of peanuts so it can reveal an ancient AI mystery that will amaze all of humanity.
@mediocrebot@MrGoodGuy But it goes even deeper. The Turkey appears to be eating a peanut, but we can’t know for sure. Maybe the Turkey is actually creating peanuts from it’s saliva, orrrrrrrr maybe peanuts are actually … Turkey eggs!!!
This makes sense because I remember the X-Files episode where Mulder and Scully investigated a peanut farm next to a turkey farm. Mulder said “wherever you find peanut farmers, you also find Turkey farmers”.
/showme person eating peanut and saying “Tastes like Turkey”.
Smoked turkey or cajun fried turkey as long as it’s not too dry
@ironcheftoni I like my turkey, shaken, not stirred.
/showme Turkey shaken by the news of the day.
@mediocrebot I apologize. I should have been more specific.
/showme A feathered turkey shaken by the news of the day.
brine your turkeys, people!
@jouest yes! I’ve been doing it for at least 20 years. Now I see finally that companies are making products to make it easier. I may try one someday. But I typically use the Alton brown turkey recipe. The only thing different I do is from a Martha Stewart turkey recipe where I then cover the breast and wings with foil coated with oil to prevent over browning.
No dry meat or burnt skin. And the bird is beautiful. I also skip the AB aromatics part of his recipe. I tried it once or twice and didn’t notice a substantial difference. I’m weirdly excited for the new roasting pan I bought.
@jouest @remo28 can I come over for dinner on Thanksgiving?
@jouest What?!?!? I know about brine shrimp but I never heard of brine turkeys.
/showme A brine shrimp crossed with a turkey.
@mediocrebot I apologize again. That is creepier than I imagined it would be.
@cfg83 You have only yourself to blame
@jouest @remo28 I use the Alton Brown brine as well. But a lot of times if I’m at someone else’s house, it’s not brined and the consistency of packed sawdust.
@ironcheftoni @jouest I think some people still think you need to cook a turkey for like 6-8 hours. So they over cook it and dry it out. My ex-mil did that, she would get up at like 4am to stick a turkey in the oven for hours (we didn’t eat until noon at the earliest). It was the worst turkey ever. My mom did the cook in a bag, I don’t know for hour long, but it was better than the ex-mil. My kids will even eat the white meat as long as I cook it.
@jouest I brine mine for 2-3 days. It really is great. I actually use a brand new bucket with lid or a large cambro for mine. And if you don’t have the capacity for a wet brine, you can always just salt the bird and wrap it in loads of cling film or a bag and it will be the same principle. It’s best to turn the bird to redistribute the fluids from the osmosis process. I do this when I cure slabs of pork belly to make bacon. Granted you typically use salt Peter instead of “regular” salt in that method. Sorry. I’m now rambling because I’m still a little under the weather and my aderall wore off.
Nope. As you can already see, the only way for turkey to actually be good is to do things to it. Smoke it, brine it, deep fry it, etc. It’s not the turkey that’s good, it’s the method of cooking it.
@cinoclav
I have a brick I can let you prepare if you want …
@chienfou As long as it’s a brick of tofu. Should taste about the same.
@chienfou @cinoclav This is what I’ve always thought about escargot - the snails are about as interesting as erasers, but that garlic butter sauce makes almost anything taste great.
@chienfou @cinoclav @Kyeh My wife had escargot on a cruise and now thinks it’s the best thing! Means really good salty garlic butter. For a slug. But whatever.
@chienfou @cinoclav @pmarin Yeah, it would be just as good on tofu cubes, probably!
@chienfou @Kyeh @pmarin I had the most amazing buffalo tofu wings. Cubes that were super crispy and dipped in buffalo sauce. Sadly that restaurant closed.
Yes, love turkey
Turkey legs at events like fairs always look good, but I’m always disappointed.
I enjoy a good thanksgiving turkey though.
@kittykat9180 maybe because they sat there under the heat lamps since 7AM? (At the fair)
I am over the “dark meat is bad” thing from the 90s, so if I don’t get a full turkey I might do turkey legs. ( for 1 or 2 people).
@kittykat9180 @pmarin Dark meat is the BEST!
I voted yes because it’s what’s for dinner.
/8ball Is turkey any good?
Very doubtful
Sure is!! (in bowling lingo anyways).
/showme a realistic turkey bowling 3 strikes in a row.
@mediocrebot Um … don’t serve @mediocrebot any more pitchers of beer waitress!! He’s clearly drunk!
@mediocrebot @MrGoodGuy Um … yeah. How did the peanuts get there? The peanuts must be the “strikes”, right???
@cfg83 @mediocrebot @MrGoodGuy And more peanuts a lane over. And not a reflection, they’re different.
@mediocrebot @MrGoodGuy @phendrick This is pretty amazing. The AI must be trying to communicate something. These are clues to an ancient mystery no doubt. I think I will try to make the description explicit and see what happens :
/showme A Turkey in a bowling alley with 3 piles of peanuts.
@cfg83 @mediocrebot @phendrick I think the ancient mystery remains hidden because I actually see FOUR piles of peanuts in my pic, and there may be a hidden pile behind Mr. Turkey’s spread tail feathers! I believe @mediocrebot believes Bowling is done is a Honky Tonk setting where patrons toss peanut shells on the floor. Let me try another prompt:
/showme a realistic Turkey in a bowling alley busy gobbling up 5 piles of peanuts so it can reveal an ancient AI mystery that will amaze all of humanity.
@mediocrebot AHA!! The mystery is that there are SIX piles of peanuts!! WOW!!
@mediocrebot @MrGoodGuy there are four lights
@mediocrebot @MrGoodGuy But it goes even deeper. The Turkey appears to be eating a peanut, but we can’t know for sure. Maybe the Turkey is actually creating peanuts from it’s saliva, orrrrrrrr maybe peanuts are actually … Turkey eggs!!!
This makes sense because I remember the X-Files episode where Mulder and Scully investigated a peanut farm next to a turkey farm. Mulder said “wherever you find peanut farmers, you also find Turkey farmers”.
/showme person eating peanut and saying “Tastes like Turkey”.
The only thing better than Turkey is Garlon, pronounced “Gharrrrrrrr-Lonnn” :
@cfg83 The herbicide?
@werehatrack No, but go to 7:23 for description and 10:58 to witness the Glory of the Garlon!