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Happy Thanksgiving...
Firing up the turkey fryer while freezing and drinking red wine.
must be from the south...
i hear those turkey fryers are DANGEROUS!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
Anyone ever have a Turducken?
My favorite part is the "special holiday meal" at the hospital cafeteria. Yup, working today.
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.
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Happy Thanksgiving, y'all.
Right back atcha, Dream. What's everybody pouring today? My opening bid will be a selection of Pinot noir from the Russian river valley.
Right back atcha, Dream. What's everybody pouring today? My opening bid will be a selection of Pinot noir from the Russian river valley.
...all four of these into a cup of ice...my standard drink from Thanksgiving until Xmas.
Happy Thanksgiving, y'all.
Looks like two bottles of Penfold's Grange... but it's blurry... Not familiar with the other two...