Ok, so we have the picked designated dinner bird. I was surprized at how light she seemed, or maybe it was only because the others we did were bronzes. Am I going to have a skinny turkey for dinner? Will I be going out to look for a nice commercial turkey Wednesday night so I won't ruin my "Martha Stewart" reputation? I'd love to know if all Narries are this way, anybody else raising them for meat?
Naragansett turkey anybody cooked one?
I gave my narrie hen to a friend and he butchered her Friday. He said she was nice and meaty with a good amount of fat on her.... she looked the size of a wild turkey that visits a feeder...lol, if that helps any. I didn't think to ask him to weigh her after she was dressed. He sounded well pleased though.......
I've delivered all my turkeys so I just have mine left which is a bourbon red tom and I plan to weigh him after I have him dressed out. I know the tom I delivered yesterday felt like a porker and I was glad to put him down on the tailgate to put him in the cage. That was a bourbon red as well.
Julie
Well, the exicution is about to begin. I'll let you know what mine weigh, they are hens.
Well after it was all said and done, cleaned 16.5 lbs. They don't get anywhere near as big as a meat specific breed and before dressing it was about 10 lbs heavier..
After seeing LoraK's 47 lber I may reconsider and do a bronze breasted meat or similar next year. Although my mind will waffle several times over...lol. That would be a LOT of left overs...
Ya'll have a great Thanksgiving !!
Julie =0)
Julie, Let us know how the flavorful the meat is! And Happy Thanksgiving!
My bourbon red tom tasted delicious. I'm normally a big white meat fan but the dark meat was awesome. My daughter said the white meat was better than normal so I thought that was good praise. I had soaked him in a apple cider brine for almost 4 days in a cooler on the back porch.
So how was everybody elses bird ???
I heard from someone I gave a bird to that said they smoked theres and it was very good, said the dark meat was twice as flavorful as the white. Said he served it with the chipolte gravy recipe I gave him ...Rachel Ray's...lol Someone else I gave a bird to was jalapeno brining ...haven't heard how that turned out and his was a narrie hen.
Julie =0)