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11-27-2008, 08:02 PM
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No one in my family can cook a decent turkey, my girlfriend's side is mostly veghead. We decided to skip the bird and had salmon, steak, oysters, and a tofu turkey thing my girlfriend's mom made along with the usually candied yams, mash potatoes, stuffing, etc...
Did anyone else have substitutes for the usual feathered friend?
(ps I've never liked Turkey since I've never had a good one, just dries up in my mouth!)
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11-27-2008, 08:04 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | I have about two bites of turkey a year. I mostly use the bird as an excuse for plenty of gravy.
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11-27-2008, 08:05 PM
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11-27-2008, 08:08 PM
|  | Lone Wolf and Renagade Miner | | | | | We usually do an Italian dish or a porketta as opposed to turkey.
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11-27-2008, 08:15 PM
|  | Funkify your Life | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Bucket, RI. | | | There's always ham.
Anywho, turkey is great when it's not overcooked.
Don't use the pop up timer on the bird, and don't go strictly by time ( X pound bird = X amount of time @ 325 degrees). Use a thermometer and take it out of the oven when it reaches 165 degrees. Tender and juicy every time.
You know,,,,,,,,,, next year. |
11-27-2008, 08:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NY, NY | | | I like steak better, I think turkey usually tastes like crap, except when its in cold cut form.
I've made whole turkies before, and they usually turn out fine since I learned how to make them in restaurants. Nothing special, but it tastes good. However my family is possessive of turkey production rights and I never get to cook it on Thanksgiving. I've cooked it other days of the year, and people like it. (Unless they ransack and butcher the turkey carcass in the fridge over the course of a day to make it look like they ate it)
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11-27-2008, 08:24 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Madison WI | | | we did cornish hens from whole foods this year. this year it was just my wife and i. Im a veg except fish and thanksgiving. It was great with the vegan mushroom gravy from whole foods also
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11-27-2008, 08:31 PM
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11-27-2008, 08:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Orlando | | Uhmmm, please move away from the USA, thanks. 
Just kidding... kind of. My family is blessed with plenty of great chefs. I've never had a bad turkey. This thanksgiving was no exception.You can't learn to cook turkeys from following the directions that come on it. There is a lot more that goes into it that can only be passed down by family showing other family how to do it.
Also, if you haven't had fried turkey... I'm sorry, you've really missed out  .
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11-27-2008, 08:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Listowel/KW Ontario | | | Deep fry it, you can't mess it up.
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11-27-2008, 08:49 PM
| | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | Quote:
Originally Posted by iamlowsound Deep fry it, you can't mess it up.
lowsound | The last two that I had were a little over cooked. 
But usually they are very tasty. |
11-27-2008, 09:33 PM
|  | Supporting Curmudgeon Moderator | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Suburban Chicago, IL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by alembicguy We usually do an Italian dish or a porketta as opposed to turkey. | Us flatlanders can't get porkettas, and I miss the hell out of them. Gotta recipe?
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11-27-2008, 11:25 PM
|  | Hip No Ties | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York, NY | | Turkey is OK, but I'll take some nice roast beef any day... 
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11-28-2008, 12:02 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Inland Empire | | | I had ham and prime rib today. Tur-Duc-Hen is good but I find the duck part to be too greasy and it reminds me of "duck butter" (look it up) |
11-28-2008, 01:42 AM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | Prime rib. A superior experience. |
11-28-2008, 01:43 AM
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11-28-2008, 04:55 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Marathon Man | | Quote:
Originally Posted by alembicguy We usually do an Italian dish or a porketta as opposed to turkey. | Porchetta?
I like a bit of roast duck if there is no turkey around. But then, I only really have a roast turkey at Christmas. If we have a lot of faily around we'll usually have a huge roast turkey and a huge roast duck or goose! |
11-28-2008, 07:02 AM
| | Nihavend Longa Vita Brevis | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Turkey-Istanbul | | There is no alternative to Turkey!  |
11-28-2008, 07:09 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Marathon Man | | | Also, a well cooked turkey that has been stuffed to a good standard should never be dry, although thats still no excuse not to put loads of gravy on it! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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