Happy Thanksgiving: What's your favorite part?

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Firing up the turkey fryer while freezing and drinking red wine.
 
Firing up the turkey fryer while freezing and drinking red wine.

must be from the south...

i hear those turkey fryers are DANGEROUS!
 
must be from the south...

i hear those turkey fryers are DANGEROUS!

Got hooked on frying turkeys after I saw a demo in a home depot and tasted the turkey.

As far as dangerous... so are drugs like pentothal and Sux.
 
Turducken, now that is a food from the south. I think all the Turducken comes from Pensacola, Florida. I love fried turkeys my pops would fry 2 turkeys every year for thanksgiving. I just bought a greaseless turkey fryer basically its a fryer mount with a bucket in bucket design. So the flames permeate bucket A and bucket B sits inside of bucket A with the turkey hanging. Comes out just as good as if I fried it without the grease. I also think a big factor in taste is what you inject the turkey with.
 
The best is after - sipping the wine while sitting in your backyard, enjoying the view, while somebody else is doing the dishes :smuggrin:

This year's turkey was delicious ( I do not like poultry). No wonder why - it has been soaking in the dark beer for 24 hours :D
 
Turducken, now that is a food from the south. I think all the Turducken comes from Pensacola, Florida. I love fried turkeys my pops would fry 2 turkeys every year for thanksgiving. I just bought a greaseless turkey fryer basically its a fryer mount with a bucket in bucket design. So the flames permeate bucket A and bucket B sits inside of bucket A with the turkey hanging. Comes out just as good as if I fried it without the grease. I also think a big factor in taste is what you inject the turkey with.

Tried flavor injectors. My favorite technique is simply to brine the turkey the night before, or keep it simple and use a kosher turkey which is essentially the same thing.

Anybody else do side by side comparison with fried turkey versus "oilless" infrared "fryers"? I hate the cleanup and the oil is expensive.
 
i love thanksgiving! happy thanksgiving to you all, especially those of you that are eating the "special cafeteria meal."
 
Turducken, now that is a food from the south. I think all the Turducken comes from Pensacola, Florida. I love fried turkeys my pops would fry 2 turkeys every year for thanksgiving. I just bought a greaseless turkey fryer basically its a fryer mount with a bucket in bucket design. So the flames permeate bucket A and bucket B sits inside of bucket A with the turkey hanging. Comes out just as good as if I fried it without the grease. I also think a big factor in taste is what you inject the turkey with.

I think Turducken is not quite as good as turkey alone which is not nearly as good as chicken alone. I don't care for duck. Turducken is popular around here though; I suspect primarily because people like to say Turducken. I don't really get turkey cooking in the first place. It's ok, but why go through SO much trouble for a pretty mediocre entre? Tradition is the obvious answer, but still.
 
I think Turducken is not quite as good as turkey alone which is not nearly as good as chicken alone. I don't care for duck. Turducken is popular around here though; I suspect primarily because people like to say Turducken. I don't really get turkey cooking in the first place. It's ok, but why go through SO much trouble for a pretty mediocre entre? Tradition is the obvious answer, but still.

That's why we had BBQ ribs as well as turkey this year. I'm just not the kind of guy who can binge eat turkey, it's just not that interesting a flavor.
 
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used to be watching barry sanders do unreal things on the football field and the stuffing. now, its just the stuffing, the lions are unbearable to watch.
 
Turducken, now that is a food from the south. I think all the Turducken comes from Pensacola, Florida. I love fried turkeys my pops would fry 2 turkeys every year for thanksgiving. I just bought a greaseless turkey fryer basically its a fryer mount with a bucket in bucket design. So the flames permeate bucket A and bucket B sits inside of bucket A with the turkey hanging. Comes out just as good as if I fried it without the grease. I also think a big factor in taste is what you inject the turkey with.

Uh, that's basically roasting.
 
Tried flavor injectors. My favorite technique is simply to brine the turkey the night before, or keep it simple and use a kosher turkey which is essentially the same thing.

Anybody else do side by side comparison with fried turkey versus "oilless" infrared "fryers"? I hate the cleanup and the oil is expensive.

Amateurs ;)

The Big Green Egg is the way to go. Once you've tried it, everything else is just average.

Mine was 21#, stuffed with onions, hand rubbed with spices, maple chips added to the fire, cooked indirect on a V-rack with chicken broth in the drip pan, 7 hours at 325-350. Absolutely perfect.
 
Tried flavor injectors. My favorite technique is simply to brine the turkey the night before, or keep it simple and use a kosher turkey which is essentially the same thing.

Anybody else do side by side comparison with fried turkey versus "oilless" infrared "fryers"? I hate the cleanup and the oil is expensive.

I know a guy who bought one of the infrared fryers this year. He did a test bird using his usual orange juice/brown sugar/salt/spice brine. He said it turned out well and was pretty close to how his fried turkeys turn out. He said that brining is a must since you don't have that hot oil crisp shell that helps keep in the moisture like you do with frying. The infrared is definitely a cleaner process.

Amateurs ;)

The Big Green Egg is the way to go. Once you've tried it, everything else is just average.

Mine was 21#, stuffed with onions, hand rubbed with spices, maple chips added to the fire, cooked indirect on a V-rack with chicken broth in the drip pan, 7 hours at 325-350. Absolutely perfect.

I'd love to buy a Green Egg someday. Too spendy and big to own one while in med school though. I'm sure the results were fantastic.

I just did a basic kosher salt brine for 10 hours followed by a spice/butter mixture packed in between the skin and the meat (roasted in the oven for 3 hrs). I was pleased with the results and I am sold on brining. I've never had turkey this moist before, so I'd say it's worth the extra effort.
 
Amateurs ;)

The Big Green Egg is the way to go. Once you've tried it, everything else is just average.

Mine was 21#, stuffed with onions, hand rubbed with spices, maple chips added to the fire, cooked indirect on a V-rack with chicken broth in the drip pan, 7 hours at 325-350. Absolutely perfect.


Just had my first Thanksgiving with the Big Green Egg. Smoked the turkey in it, and never tasted a better turkey.
 
Anyone ever have a Turducken?

Had one this year, as noted above, I had it mailed from Pensacola, FL. I actually liked it better than a plain turkey, since it was pre-spiced with cayenne and something else. The cornbread dressing with cajun sausage that came in the bird(s?) was interesting as well, and made for a nice counterpoint to the traditional stuffing served by my aunt.

I can imagine that I can make a turkey that tastes better than the turducken, but this was pretty good, and super easy.

But, my favorite part of thanksgiving food is the fresh pumpkin pie from scratch, no canned goods involved.
 
My favorite part is the "special holiday meal" at the hospital cafeteria. Yup, working today.

:laugh: I feel for ya brother. I was shocked when I noticed on the schedule that I had today off, given that I'm in the ED this month.......
 
Amateurs ;)

The Big Green Egg is the way to go. Once you've tried it, everything else is just average.

Mine was 21#, stuffed with onions, hand rubbed with spices, maple chips added to the fire, cooked indirect on a V-rack with chicken broth in the drip pan, 7 hours at 325-350. Absolutely perfect.

Second tha a year later. Love my green egg.
 
It's a toss-up between the casino and the strip club... I guess it depends on how well I do at either place.

Here's a holiday tip from Jay - Hit the casino first, cause you definitely won't have any cash left if you hit the club first.

Happy Thanksgiving ya'll.
 
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My favorite part... getting the fam up at 3AM so that we can make the necessary connections to get from BFE Montana to BFE New Mexico before Thanksgiving Dinner is served. :laugh:

My favorite way to do turkey is 24-48 hours of brining followed by ~12 hours in this baby.

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Delicious.


This years favorite part will be the Penfolds Grange and Cuban Cigars that I brought with me for apres-dinner enjoyment.

- pod
 
So I was trying to think of a way that I could get my wine to travel safely with me on the airplane.

I obviously wanted it well protected, and I also wanted to lock it with a non-TSA approved lock (since I assume all of the airport workers have a copy of the master key for the TSA approved locks and I don't want them pilfering my wine). Well the only way I know of to lock a suitcase with a non-TSA approved lock is to have a hard-sided case with a firearm in it. So...


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Hey you gotta know how to use the rules to your own benefit. The TSA dude that screened my case just laughed his ass off. I asked him if he wanted to see the gun to verify it is unloaded. He said no, I just want to see what kind of wine you will be drinking tonight.

- pod
 
Right back atcha, Dream. What's everybody pouring today? My opening bid will be a selection of Pinot noir from the Russian river valley.

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...all four of these into a cup of ice...my standard drink from Thanksgiving until Xmas. :thumbup:
 
Right back atcha, Dream. What's everybody pouring today? My opening bid will be a selection of Pinot noir from the Russian river valley.

Just looked it up. Pretty cool history. I didn't know the Russians were big settlers out West, during that time period.

My uncle is a big Newcastle fan, but I'm sure there will be some wine as well. I'll probably have a Cab or something.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
 
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...all four of these into a cup of ice...my standard drink from Thanksgiving until Xmas. :thumbup:

That's the spirit (pun intended)! Seriously though, that's some good stuff. But, the calories!!!
 
Happy Thanksgiving, y'all. ;)

Copy that DM... Happy thanksgiving... to you and all SDNers.

Lot’s to be thankful for.

On call Wednesday-Monday.... so no drinks for me until Monday night after an epic tennis match (keeping my fingers crossed for the W :xf: then some Macallan 16).

However, everybody eats turkey at my house on turkey day.... :laugh:


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This turkey has had it pretty easy so far... 10 minutes with our carnivore and he is only missing one extremity. I give "talking turkey" another hour before he’s a pile of turkey bites. :laugh::laugh:

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The other two are Opus One.

Best part of this turkey day was when the fire department was dispatched to our place of mirth for a second time.

Don't ask. Everyone is okay except for a couple of broken arms and a mild concussion.

- pod
 
Had a nice T-day. Was on home call, did a femur ORIF, made it home in time to eat turkey and watch all the games. And the Cowboys and Longhorns won (albeit barely for both).
 
Bummer my 4 day weekend is done. We shunned turkey this year. The wife and I had 2 giant bone-in ribeyes. One of the best turkey day meals I've had.
 
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