Thanksgiving

Ghost Rider wrote:

Joanimaroni wrote:

Ghost Rider wrote:

ZVUGKTUBM wrote:And, the day after Thanksgiving, for breakfast I will have everything I ate the day before during the main meal, and I will do the same for dinner.

Oh, and the smells that waft through the house as the turkey is cooking...... Dang, Joanie, I am glad you started this thread. I wasn't thinking much about Thanksgiving before I read this thread, but now I am looking forward to it!

When I do cook a turkey I always deep fry it. I  like it oven baked, but like deep fried a bit more.

We like the fried turkey....but it is missing the giblet gravy.

The gravy can be made separately. That is what we do.

Markle wrote:

Ghost Rider wrote:

Joanimaroni wrote:

Ghost Rider wrote:

ZVUGKTUBM wrote:And, the day after Thanksgiving, for breakfast I will have everything I ate the day before during the main meal, and I will do the same for dinner.

Oh, and the smells that waft through the house as the turkey is cooking...... Dang, Joanie, I am glad you started this thread. I wasn't thinking much about Thanksgiving before I read this thread, but now I am looking forward to it!

When I do cook a turkey I always deep fry it. I  like it oven baked, but like deep fried a bit more.

We like the fried turkey....but it is missing the giblet gravy.

The gravy can be made separately. That is what we do.

Yeah...but you don't have all the good scrapings in the bottom of the roasting pan.

Sal wrote:Have y'all ever brined a turkey?


Again, kinda bizarre, but you end up with an incredibly juicy and tasty turkey. 

Markle wrote:
Yeah...but you don't have all the good scrapings in the bottom of the roasting pan.

gulfbeachbandit wrote:I do things for the community,  I start by collecting shopping carts from bums and return them to the rightful owners.   walmart, target, publix....the people who bought them and had them stolen by criminals.

Bob wrote:That heavenly oyster dressing my aunt made in Panama City at Thanksgiving.
And the rest of the food.  But it was the family more than the food.  
I wish I could go back.

Ghost Rider wrote:

Markle wrote:
Yeah...but you don't have all the good scrapings in the bottom of the roasting pan.

That's OK also, because we do not eat the liver, heart, gizzard, and neck. So instead, I make my gravy from broth forgoing the giblets.

ZVUGKTUBM wrote:

Ghost Rider wrote:

Markle wrote:
Yeah...but you don't have all the good scrapings in the bottom of the roasting pan.

That's OK also, because we do not eat the liver, heart, gizzard, and neck. So instead, I make my gravy from broth forgoing the giblets.

I don't eat giblets either. Yecchh.... I also like plain old gravy.....

One year, I accidentally forgot to remove the plastic bag holding the neck, heart, liver, and gizzard from the neck cavity of the turkey. The bag got roasted with the rest of the stuffed turkey, LOL.

cool1 wrote:

gulfbeachbandit wrote:I do things for the community,  I start by collecting shopping carts from bums and return them to the rightful owners.   walmart, target, publix....the people who bought them and had them stolen by criminals.

So true!  

Jake92 wrote:An uncle in Ocala used to dig a hole 5' deep and about 5' across and fill it with oak and other types of wood..  (NO treated lumber)  He would light it on fire first thing in the morning and start wrapping a 22 pound turkey in 6-8 layers of aluminum foil in alternating directions, then tie stiff wire around it with a few loops for grabbing it with a steel rake..  After the fire burned down to very hot red coals, he lowered the turkey into the coals and turned it occasionally with the rake, using the loops..  After 45 minutes, it was finished, basically steamed in it's own juices along with a stick of butter and spices..  It was the best turkey I've ever had.....