Turkey time any good ways of cooking it?

[isabel]

I saw in Winco a kit to inject a Turkey with Cajun broth. It came with the injector and the broth.

I stuff my turkey with Dressing Mix package/ with seasoning packet and add: apple saugage, onions, butter, can of cream of mushroom soup, apples, eggs, and the broth from boiling the inners of the turkey.

I coat my butter ball with a cube of butter and salt and pepper. I put a large can of chicken broth in the bottom of the pan cover it with foil and put it on the BBQ.

Holiday favorites for my family are:

Stuffed eggs (with shrimp or olives), Egg Nog, Edward's turtle pie/key lime pie, Brigsford rolls (buy the freezer dough and raise them on the back of the stove)

Homemade cranberry sauce...which is really easy...recipe on back of raw cranberry bag. I add a little orange juice. Only takes ten minutes. Ten times better than can.

Izzy

[Wyoming53]

Your not deep frying it? Can't be good. hahahaha I fry my turkeys. 350 degrees, about 3.5 minutes per pound. Sure, I inject it. Nothing better. Want my recipe for what I inject?

[isabel]

Yeah, I want the recipe!!!

Izzy

[Panterro]

Me 2. Even though we don't do Turkey.

[Wyody]

Originally Posted by Panterro

Me 2. Even though we don't do Turkey.

Curious, Pan. What do you folks do? Do you still "celebrate" the holiday?

I usually go on a "Down with Whitey" tirade ... then by about 8:30 a.m., I'm fine. Like getting all nostalgic about it after that.
Not sure what I will do this year. We're having a free-fest for about 50 but I will probably remain meatless. That ain't so bad ... but I really wonder if we'll have Chess Pies this year ... and if I'll eat any of it. Dang stuff is a week's worth of meals in one pie.

[isabel]

I've never heard of Chess Pie. More details please:)

Izzy

[Panterro]

Thanksgiving, my Mom and Aunt do Ham, or Cornish Hens... Christmas Dinner we do a huge Brisket 20+ pounds.

I do like Turkey tho and often buy one every now and then to cook, so I can shred it for Turkey and rice, turkey soup, turkey sandwiches.. and so forth.

[Wyody]

Pan, I agree with your style there. A Turkey is one of the smartest food purchases going, useable and keepable and so many different uses.

Izzy; Last time I did any studio work in Nashville, I took my wife with. Chess Pie is a southern staple but she had never had it or even heard of it. It's a very unique pie that satisfies a variety of cravings and also changes over the days. Often you will find recipes for "lemon chess pie" and other flavors. My wife doesn't like lemon so switched it to vanilla and doubled the recipe for a deep-dish. I'll post her recipe here and also her pie-crust recipe:
Title: Chess Pie

Description:
Dan and I discovered this pie at the oldest still operating restaurant in Nashville, Tennesee.

Ingredients:
1 TBSP Cornmeal
1 1/4 Cup Sugar
2 TBSP Flour
3 Eggs, Beaten
1/4 Cup Oleo, Melted
1 TBSP Vanilla
1 TBSP Vinegar
1 Unbaked Pie Shell

Directions:
Mix cornmeal, sugar and flour; add to eggs. Add oleo; cream thouroughly. Add vanilla and vinegar; pour into pie shell. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
All the pies I make are deepdish so I double this recipe and extend baking time to 1 hour.

Number Of Servings:Depends on how big of slice you want!

Preparation Time:Depends on how slow you are!

**Title: Mrs. Halley's Pie Crust

Description:
This is one of the best Pie Crust recipe's that I've found so far, it's easy to make but It's a soft dough and should only be rolled once.

Ingredients:
3 Cups Flour
1 1/2 Cups Shortening
1 Teaspoon Salt
7 Tablespoon Water
1 Egg, beaten
1 Teaspoon Vinegar

Directions:
Cut Shortening into flour and salt. Add water and vinegar to beaten egg. Add egg mixture to flour mixture and chill for a few minutes while you prepare filling.
This makes 2 double crust 9 inch pies plus one shell or 3 double crust 8 inch pies.
You can't make it tough! Use plenty of flour while rolling out dough.

Number Of Servings:Depends on how big of slice you want!

Preparation Time:Depends on how slow you are!

[Panterro]

Cool deal, thanks. I will give that a try. See even if we disagree we can still help and share with one another..

Even though we may not always see eye to eye.. I still respect you as a person.

[Wyody]

Pan, we have come a long way. We can now tee right off on each other ... and both remain on-site. Pity the poor foo' that we choose to gang-up on.
See, we both know something that most people don't ... the Scorpio secret. I won't tell if you won't.
Peace, Alfonzo.

[isabel]

Afonzo...is that your real name Wyody?

Okay, I'm going to try your chess pie...never heard of it. I never heard of Oleo either...is that butter or Marg.?

Still waiting for 53's broth recipe.:)

Thanks always like to try something new.:)

Izzy

[Wyody]

Originally Posted by isabel

Afonzo...is that your real name Wyody?

Okay, I'm going to try your chess pie...never heard of it. I never heard of Oleo either...is that butter or Marg.?

Still waiting for 53's broth recipe.:)

Thanks always like to try something new.:)

Izzy

Not sure 53 would make a good broth ... a little too old ... but maybe.
Yes, Izzy - Oleo/Margarine/?? - that stuff they thought, 60 years ago, was gonna be healthier than butter but ain't. In the first days, it came white and you mixed the color in. These days, there are a jillion kinds - you probably use some at home - although, most is now moving toward less caloric, vegetable bases.
Let me clue you in a little on this pie - the "corn meal" sort of rises and forms a top layer that is very similar to a crust. The pie already has a "cheesecake" type of texture to it. As the days go on and the pie dries out (have to fridge it - a million eggs in it), it becomes more breadlike. Weighs a ton.
So, don't overdo, try to keep it covered in the fridge and try to get it "et-up" as soon as reasonably possible. It's very filling - and payday, go pick up a slightly larger pair of jeans for everyone who eats it ... unless they don't like it.
It satisfies my cravings for Coconut Creme pie, Cheesecake, cornbread, etc.

[Wyoming53]

It's not broth. It's straight up Italian dressing straight off the shelf. Inject that turkey in about 10 or 12 places and lower it into the fryer. Everybody here loves it, but I won't tell them what I use for injecting.

One of these years I'm going to really puray my salsa and use it to inject a turkey. I think it would be good.

Last year I only did 4 turkeys. The year before I did 11.

[Wyody]

Cool. Oregano and Olive Oil. Who woulda thunk it?
Why so many, Fi'ty?

[Torrey]

If you bake your turkey, bake it upside down. It comes out juicy rather than dry.

[Panterro]

I have never had deep fried turkey.. I am gonna have to try that someday.

[Wyoming53]

Originally Posted by Wyody

Cool. Oregano and Olive Oil. Who woulda thunk it?
Why so many, Fi'ty?

If your going to use 3 gallons of peanut oil you tend to walk up the street and see if anybody else wants theirs fried.

[Wyody]

I understand 53.
It was a few years back, in Idaho, when I tried the "deep-fried" Turkeys. Went over to Boise, the boss fixed a couple in deep-fryers.
They didn't really taste "deep-fried". They weren't charred - just had the juices sealed in a little better ... although neither was of the "melt in your mouth" variety. Very good though. Weren't lackin' whatsoever.
Hey, Fi'ty ... don't tell anybody I said this - but (Happy V Day). Salute.

[isabel]

Yes, Happy Veterans day to all our Vets. It is also my hubby's birthday. Our 3 year old picked out his cake. She got on the phone and told Dad all about it.

"It's got flowers on it Daddy...pink, purple, and orange...and a Smiley face sun and Bees too." Hubby said..."Just what Daddy (a 55 year old man) wants baby...pink and purple flowers and bees."

Life is grand. All this excitement over a cake and buying it for Daddy.

Izzy

[isabel]

Only in American does turkey take on a culture. Some Italian, Mexican, Etc. Are there turkeys in other parts of the world...wild ones I mean? Thanks for the tip 53. I have a favorite dressing I will try. I'm thinking of doing two small turkeys this year instead of one big one. Then I can do one the old way and one the new way. I also want to try a new stuffing. An Italian one I saw on TV.


Maybe I should buy several turkeys and deep fry them and freeze them. I have a large freezer. We haven't deep fried before because it seemed a waste to use all that oil for one turkey.

Izzy

Originally Posted by Wyoming53

It's not broth. It's straight up Italian dressing straight off the shelf. Inject that turkey in about 10 or 12 places and lower it into the fryer. Everybody here loves it, but I won't tell them what I use for injecting.

One of these years I'm going to really puray my salsa and use it to inject a turkey. I think it would be good.

Last year I only did 4 turkeys. The year before I did 11.

[Emanuel labor]

Originally Posted by isabel

Yes, Happy Veterans day to all our Vets. It is also my hubby's birthday. Our 3 year old picked out his cake. She got on the phone and told Dad all about it.

"It's got flowers on it Daddy...pink, purple, and orange...and a Smiley face sun and Bees too." Hubby said..."Just what Daddy (a 55 year old man) wants baby...pink and purple flowers and bees."

Life is grand. All this excitement over a cake and buying it for Daddy.

Izzy

Well when he gets about 80 hill be happy if he don’t need dippers, has all his teeth, most of his hair, an you still think he’s a catch .
besides he eats it it’s all the same color!

[Wyody]

Yo, E- Manwell; just wondering what the Spanish phrase is for "gobble-gobble"??

And Happy B'Day to Mr. Izz. Y'know, most Scorpios are murdered by someone they know - take care, young'un.

[Emanuel labor]

You ever heard the faze , when in Rome , wile hear in America I never
Speak my country’s language , trying to fit in you know , so you an all the rest trying to make some sort of fun at me , go eat some crap!

[Wyoming53]

Thanks for all the well wishers on V day.

The local news station made a terrible blunder. They said, "Happy Veterans Day to all the Active duty military."

Huh? Say again?

[Wyody]

Very good effort Manwell - however, more correct may have been "go AND eat some crap".
By the way, since I am not held to quite the same standards of judgement as you, I can say freely that, the Spanish way to say "gobble-gobble" is ... "gobble-gobble".
Now YOU can go and eat some crap ... as well, Manwell
and really, I mean that - welcome to the 'ood Cabrone

[Panterro]

Oh I go to Kuwait get run over by a Deuce and a half, and I get no respect. Heh heh.. I see how it is.

Veterans day is on the eleventh of the month.. so your all a day late. But thanks for the sentiment..

[catfish]

Originally Posted by Emanuel labor

You ever heard the faze , when in Rome , wile hear in America I never
Speak my country’s language , trying to fit in you know , so you an all the rest trying to make some sort of fun at me , go eat some crap!

You say you want to fit in ? Yeah right! With a profile like ( I like Amer..Eca especially all the give away programs , your pollutions are dumb but very germanous ) And your picture with that dumb A mexican getup on. You are saying you are here to rip off and take everything you can from hard working Americans. So pull that race card Mr, Bean
People like you, Your days in the US are short.

[Wyody]

Shucks Catfish; I can recall a day when we all thought the days were numbered for people like you! Seems things don't always turn out the way we predict.
Now Pan - don't be such a stickler;
I mean, really, which is more important? ... to play by the calendar ... or to play by the day off? I say it's the day off - that's one of the true spirit things of Vets Day.
Remind me to come see you for my history lesson/updates as, if I recall properly, you were involved in the Serb/Bosnia thing ... then, I saw you mention being in the Arab area in the 90's and didn't understand. It's my fault about the Serb/Bosnia thing - it's an entire era I just kinda let slide under my radar (like many people, much to your dismay) but I'm not sure I can tie enough pieces together to recall Kuwait of the 90's (sorry guy, I was busy getting laid).
(say that on C-D. Go 'head, I dare ya - unless you're Wilkes-Barre you'd never get away with it)