Yes, Willie, I have suffered through a dry turkey. Yuck! But it must be an awfully big turkey to cook for 2 hours. I cooked my bird, which was just over 20 lbs., in 4 hours at 325. Came out nice and moist. Poured seasoned, melted butter over it and covered with tin foil, then uncovered during the last half hour to brown it.
I would definitely like to make that cinnamon monkey bread. Sounds very delicious!
Karen
Let's Talk Turkey - Year-End Edition
This was only a 13 pounder. Regular instructions suggested 4-5 hours in the oven for this small one. I have done 25 pounders in the grocery bag for three hours with identical results. Though, unlike mom, I don't stuff the bird.
I am sure you will love monkey bread .... as Candyce states, it's always a big hit. You can even vary it using herbs and grated / shredded cheeses to match the dinner entrιe.
I bet you would love my Country Mashed Potato Cheese Bread. It's like a jelly roll, only you fill it with cheeses, pimento, herbs, etc., roll it up, let it rise one final time, then, split the top before you pop it into the oven ...... MMMMMMMM.
Wow............now that is one find brown bag lunch. This guy never heard of this technique but one is never to old to learn. Thanks for the post. Geese my "wonder ifs" are running a mile a minute. That should be good for a venison rump roast too.
Suddenly, I'm very hungry.
I really like herb 'pull apart bread'. I will have to tier it up and try as a monkey bread now
Willie, that's crazy that the regular instructions said to cook a 13 lb. turkey for 4-5 hours. My instructions said 4 hours for a 20 lb. turkey. I think a 13 lb. one would come out very dry cooked for the same length of time. Hmmmm..... I think next year I'm going to do your method. Sounds delicious!
Wow, that country mashed potato cheese bread sounds very tasty!
Karen
All those recipes sound yummy--I love a moist turkey, & chicken, too, which is what I baked yesterday---under the breast skin I placed lemon slices, fresh sage & sliced kalamata olives--in the cavity went a halved orange, & halved onion--rubbed olive oil over it & it was very good---gave most of the leftovers to Mom & sister, but saved enough for tonight!
I can cook up to a 14lb. turkey on my "Set it and forget" Rotisserie and it's always moist too. We didn't do turkey for the holiday this year though, we rotisseried a Prime Rib instead... Oh YUM!!
Holy bejesus I all most fell out of my chair!
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=5918636
Isn't Joanna amazing schickenlady!?!?!? Seeder Extraordinaire!! Check our her trading list on her homepage for trades. OT but too funny: She sent me some seeds and it took less than a week during the Christmas rush. Of course seeds coming from my buddy in Denver took a month LOL
Me too and she's incredibly organized :O She has little niches and cubbies and alphbetically labelled thingies just for seeds. Of course my seeds are all just thrown willynilly in a fridge. They make a nice cascade though when I open the door ^_^
a nice cascade - very funny!
ok willie I'm confused....what do you with the brown paper bag after coating it with crisco???
That's a lot of winter sowing...Wow
OMG I'm worn out just reading the list, only A-M. Wow!
LOL Cascade. Good one. That is more my style, definitely not organized here.
That is quite the list, I am envious that one could have the time for all that fun!
Karen: I'll post the potato bread recipe. It's my fav. bread recipe.
Jen: I don't use "tons" of crisco, just enough to rub through the paper, which must be completely saturated. What doesn't rub through from the inside, I finish up from the outside. I stick my hand/arm in an old bread bag, trust me, you'll not want a greasy arm.
Do with the turkey what you will before you place it in the bag. I never do anything to it, just throw it in, unseasoned. You can do anything, peanut butter, rosemary, oranges, what ever, I would imagine.
Once it is inside the bag, seal the open end tightly and completely shut.
If a big bird, fold over the opening and staple it shut, that's what I do. If small enough (like the photo), you can just fold over the opening so the bird sits on top of it to roast. If two big to fold the opening over and staple, simply use two bags.
It is important to make sure the bag is sealed shut, as I think the superheated steam is what cooks and moistens the bird. For gravy, I simply strain the pan drippings, add water and cornstarch. Even withOUT any seasonings the gravy is always tasty (I believe the turkey has broth in it).
Here is a picture of the turkey in the bag as it sits in the roaster on the oven shelf. This is after the 500ΊF hour and the 400ΊF hour, just as I turned it down to 300ΊF. You can see, I just folded the open part of the grocery bag underneath the entire thing so the bird sits on top of it and seals it shut.
I hope that made some sense!
(I see I need to clean the oven again! oops)
awesome thanks!
Sherrie - I didn't know that happy new years came from New Hampshire! ^_^
LMBO. ahhh I get it now. I was going, huh? I thought maybe NH was in a wormhold and had New Year's already (tee hee).
Tee hee that makes it even funnier. Glad I'm not the only dull pencil in the box (snort).
Holy cow!!!! Joanna's list really is a long one.
So can you winter sow any kind of seeds? And do you just spread them on top of the soil, or should you cover them a little? I would like to do some winter sowing the next day we have of warm temps. Someone please fill me in on this. Thanks.
Another thing I'd like to know, how do you make words bold, underlined, etc. in a post, and how do you add smilies?
Willie, could you coat the bag with butter instead of Crisco? Peanut butter on a turkey, Willie? You're joking on that one, right? I have cooked roasting chickens in those plastic roasting bags you can buy, and they come out very moist in those as well, as it steams the whole thing.
Oh, another question, how do you post a link to a single post like you did, Sherrie, if there is not picture to click on to get it to a single one?
Karen
Smilies bold underline italic etc go to the test page top one that says smilies
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/test/all/
Look to the left every post has a number next to it click on the number and copy and paste like you would a post. If you leave DGs you have to take off the http:// just start the webpage with www. or should I say www dot as that one is not taking you anyplace.
Thanks, Sherrie. Let's see if I can do that smiley. ^_^
Oh, good, it worked!
I'm wondering if you can get Arabic characters and Chinese characters? I know you can get Spanish accents.
Karen
There is a WinterSowing Forum Nutsfor. It's huge here. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/coldsow/all/
Hi y'all Just have to let y'all know that spring is on its way!!!!!! The maple trees are blooming down here in Northeast Florida and so are the Daffodils in my yard!!!! I will share pictures of them tomorrow. I will try to prod that old snail that is bringing spring north to get a move on it.
Hope y'all have a Happy and safe New years.
Sandy
Get proding, I need it. Thanks for the WS forum link! Dahlianut!
Thanks Sandy - that's encouraging! Happy '09 to you and yours too!
Nice picture of the Christmas cactus, Sandy.
Thanks for the link, Dahlianut.
Karen
Wren pretty please post your daffodils on the Bulb Forum too if it's not too much trouble. There is a thread 'Early Blooms' that some FL members have started. This is important for those who in the time of the cold and the dark, live vicariously through other's gardens. This can be the toughest time cuz waiting.... waiting..... waiting... o and waiting too. Thanks muchly Wren. Isn't this just SO exciting!!! I just KNEW it was the first day of spring already ^_^
edit: here ya go wren an easy/peasy link to the 'Early Blooms' Thread. Of course I'm all over it like a white on rice already ^_^ http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/936816/
This message was edited Dec 29, 2008 6:24 PM
Oh wow just imagine daffodills already. Nice. Poke that little slug in the butt and get him moving this way. He can't move fast enough for me. A really happy and healthy New Year to you and yours too. Looking forward to your pics.
Oh yes! We can use the encouragement! Thanks Wren!
I am not sure butter would work. Though, I do not know.
I know when you are frying in butter, the butter burns quickly if the heat is too high. And this is pretty high heat. I always keep the heat low when cooking with butter.
I and not sure the butter would "burn" as in to start a fire, but "burn" in the sense of to scorch.
I've heard you can rub peanut butter under the turkey skin before roasting. Never tried it.
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And now for the Chinese
前日，转战舟山桃花岛拍摄的张纪中版《倚天屠龙记》在桃花岛举行新闻发布会，张无忌邓超(下图)以一身乞丐装亮相。
身穿乞丐装邓超说，当天他正拍摄张无忌和赵敏在古城相遇的一段戏。说到这一次拍摄金庸剧，邓超表示其实自己不在乎之前有过各种版本的张无忌，自己从来都不去看，也不希望看，只想拍摄一个邓超版的张无忌。而拍摄到现在，我觉得自己还是希望演一个有禅意的张无忌，也就是要体现一个博爱精神的张无忌。拍摄到现在，邓超说自己最喜欢的是张无忌身上的这种博爱精神，从一开始，我觉得自己就已经是张无忌了，因此不在乎别人怎么说。
因为第一次拍摄打戏，作为武打新人的邓超说自己并不会因为缺乏武打经验而束缚自己，重要的还是表现张无忌身上的内涵的东西。他说，这一次武打的戏给了自己锻炼身体的机会，虽然很辛苦，但就好像爬山，自己很享受那种感觉。(记者 钱佳芸)
(I do not know Chinese, so I apologize if this text is inappropriate, I clipped it from the news Entertainment Section .... I think it is Kosher.)
Thanks for answering that, Willie.
Hey, that doesn't look much like Chinese to me.
Karen
Greek to me.
Druid to me.
Kosher druish??