#2137839 - 11/26/09 03:50 AM
Happy Thanksgiving & a great day to all of you everywhere!
|
10k Club
Registered: 04/05/02
Posts: 16714
Loc: The Great Spirit's Handprint o...
|
Happy Thanksgiving & a great day to all of you everywhere!
_________________________
Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do?
~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~
_ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#2137841 - 11/26/09 03:58 AM
Re: Happy Thanksgiving & a great day to all of you everywhere!
[Re: Caevan O'Shite]
|
MP Hall of Fame Member
Registered: 06/13/04
Posts: 9566
Loc: A few miles from the corner of...
|
Y'all boys & girls eat a big bird! Happy Thanksgiving to all and sundry!
_________________________
Don't worry about what people think - they don't do it very often.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2137855 - 11/26/09 05:42 AM
Re: Happy Thanksgiving & a great day to all of you everywhere!
[Re: picker]
|
MP Hall of Fame Member
Registered: 11/05/04
Posts: 7891
Loc: UK East Midlands via Scotland
|
We 'do' turkey at Christmas over here, but +1 on the above.
G.
_________________________
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the World will know Peace": Jimi Hendrix
Frank M:Back in the day you could have a trio with two people.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2137940 - 11/26/09 09:52 AM
Re: Happy Thanksgiving & a great day to all of you everywhere!
[Re: Gifthorse]
|
Gold Member
Registered: 05/02/05
Posts: 824
Loc: Naperville, Illinois
|
Ditto! Happy Thanksgiving to all. Bring on the stuffing and beer!
_________________________
[Schecter] Stiletto Studio 5 Fretless | Stiletto Elite 5 [Ampeg] SVT3-Pro | SVT-410HLF my myspace | TheTragicEnd
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2138014 - 11/26/09 04:31 PM
Re: Happy Thanksgiving & a great day to all of you everywhere!
[Re: Larryz]
|
MP Hall of Fame Member
Registered: 06/13/04
Posts: 9566
Loc: A few miles from the corner of...
|
Tripping on Tryptophan. Good feeling...zzzzzzzzz
_________________________
Don't worry about what people think - they don't do it very often.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2138070 - 11/27/09 02:19 AM
Re: Happy Thanksgiving & a great day to all of you everywhere!
[Re: picker]
|
Senior Member
Registered: 08/14/09
Posts: 192
Loc: California
|
Y'all boys & girls eat a big bird! Happy Thanksgiving to all and sundry!  GASP
_________________________
My Gear: 82 Gibson Explorer
Ibanez '03 JEM7VWH
Greg Byers '01 Classical
Darren Hippner 8 String Classical
Taylor 614ce
Framus Texan se. # 5/196
Diezel Herbert 2007
Mesa Recto 2x12
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#2138074 - 11/27/09 02:46 AM
Re: Happy Thanksgiving & a great day to all of you everywhere!
[Re: theTragicRich]
|
10k Club
Registered: 04/05/02
Posts: 16714
Loc: The Great Spirit's Handprint o...
|
We 'do' turkey at Christmas over here, but +1 on the above. Glad tidings, good cheer, comfort and joy, comfort and joy!  Tripping on Tryptophan. Good feeling...zzzzzzzzz Aaaah, those sneaky turkeys! Always >yawn< after me... lucky charmzzzz...  Happy Thanksgiving. Unfortunately I will probably be eating Chinese food. Not that, that is a bad thing, but I miss my Mom's home cooked Turkey, and all the fixings. As well as more importantly missing my family. Here's to family, and friends! Even when you can't be together- kinda puts the "thanks"-fulness part of "Thanksgiving" in perspective... I love turkey ONCE A YEAR!! Aaaah, I can't get enough smoked turkey and habanero omelets; mmmmmmnnnn.... Or leftover turkey in sandwiches or spaghetti or some half-@$$3d stir-fry sorta kinda thing or chili or... Happy Bird Day to all, have fun, eat a ton, drink sparingly drive carefully and enjoy the family....  Yeah, good times with family and friends and safe travels!  Ditto! Happy Thanksgiving to all. Bring on the stuffing and beer! Oh, man, I stuffed a relatively smallish turkey with LOADS of good stuffing stuff- a couple of large apples, two entire bulbs of fresh garlic, lots of mushrooms, walnuts, celery leaves and slices, a little cream sherry and seasonings, etc. etc. etc., and plugged the thing with half an apple; man, it came out sweet 'n' good! Yum!  Y'all boys & girls eat a big bird! Happy Thanksgiving to all and sundry! Why, Big Boid, we'd love ta have ya fa dinnah sumtime... 
_________________________
Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do?
~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~
_ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2138217 - 11/27/09 05:31 PM
Re: Happy Thanksgiving & a great day to all of you everywher
[Re: Caevan O'Shite]
|
Senior Member
Registered: 07/28/04
Posts: 197
|
For the first time in a few years, I didn't do one of my killer Steamed Turkeys. Somehow, my mom convinced her cousin to do a few Cajun Fried ones. When I heard that, I thought I was off the hook.
WRONG!
My time in the kitchen this year was spent doing Cajun Dirty Rice, Oyster Dressing, Mirliton, Roasted Garlic Cloves, and a huge Beef Stew/Soup (Stoup?).
The Fried Turkey has, at this point, been deboned, its meat in a nice, compact tupperware container, and its carcass has been made into a turkey stock for future use.
And as of this writing, a friend of the family (a former caterer) has stopped by bringing a tray of pralines.
And I still have a 9.5lb Pork Roast to cook...
_________________________
Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: “Ninety percent of everything is crap”. My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#2138279 - 11/28/09 03:58 AM
Re: Happy Thanksgiving & a great day to all of you everywher
[Re: Dannyalcatraz]
|
Senior Member
Registered: 07/29/05
Posts: 366
Loc: Regina, Canada
|
For the first time in a few years, I didn't do one of my killer Steamed Turkeys. Steamed turkey? That's a new one to me. Gotta check that out. One other thing. Is Thanksgiving only normally celebrated in North America and if that's the case, why do we up here in Canada have it in early October? Earlier harvest maybe? Newf
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2138359 - 11/28/09 12:07 PM
Re: Happy Thanksgiving & a great day to all of you everywher
[Re: Newf]
|
Senior Member
Registered: 07/28/04
Posts: 197
|
Its just a modification of a regular turkey cooking method that I discovered by accident.
I stuff my turkey with raw veggies- typically 3 kinds of onions, garlic cloves, carrots, celery, zucchini and mushrooms- and place it in a pan on an elevated rack. Additional veggies are also in the pan.
...And over my bird, I pour a mix of melted butter, dry white wine (not a "cooking wine"- one good enough to drink, but not a really good wine) some lemon juice and various seasonings. In our house, that usually means powdered onion & garlic, black & red pepper and a few others, depending on what I'm going for.
I make enough of that mix to cover the bird (inside & out) and give me a minimum of 1" depth in the pan.
Set your oven for 450deg. Put your bird in at that temp for 15 minutes to sear it, then drop the temp to a regular "slow-cook" temp...@350deg.
Don't take it out while the oven temp resets. Don't baste it. Don't cover it. Don't cook it upside down.
The liquid will steam up, supersaturating the atmosphere in your oven with enough moisture that most of the juices in the bird simply have no place to go.
When you slice it open, it will be as moist as any turkey you ever had.
In addition, your veggies will soak up some of the butter/lemon/wine mix...
FWIW, when I start carving, I don't stop. I debone the bird immediately- it will take up less space in the 'fridge afterwards- and take the carcass and start making a stock with it.
That stock gets used later for making pot roasts, gumbos & soups, sauces and beans.
Edited by Dannyalcatraz (11/28/09 12:10 PM)
_________________________
Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: “Ninety percent of everything is crap”. My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2138428 - 11/29/09 01:11 AM
Re: Happy Thanksgiving & a great day to all of you everywher
[Re: Dannyalcatraz]
|
Senior Member
Registered: 07/29/05
Posts: 366
Loc: Regina, Canada
|
Its just a modification of a regular turkey cooking method that I discovered by accident.
I stuff my turkey with raw veggies- typically 3 kinds of onions, garlic cloves, carrots, celery, zucchini and mushrooms- and place it in a pan on an elevated rack. Additional veggies are also in the pan.
...And over my bird, I pour a mix of melted butter, dry white wine (not a "cooking wine"- one good enough to drink, but not a really good wine) some lemon juice and various seasonings. In our house, that usually means powdered onion & garlic, black & red pepper and a few others, depending on what I'm going for.
I make enough of that mix to cover the bird (inside & out) and give me a minimum of 1" depth in the pan.
Set your oven for 450deg. Put your bird in at that temp for 15 minutes to sear it, then drop the temp to a regular "slow-cook" temp...@350deg.
Don't take it out while the oven temp resets. Don't baste it. Don't cover it. Don't cook it upside down.
The liquid will steam up, supersaturating the atmosphere in your oven with enough moisture that most of the juices in the bird simply have no place to go.
When you slice it open, it will be as moist as any turkey you ever had.
In addition, your veggies will soak up some of the butter/lemon/wine mix...
FWIW, when I start carving, I don't stop. I debone the bird immediately- it will take up less space in the 'fridge afterwards- and take the carcass and start making a stock with it.
That stock gets used later for making pot roasts, gumbos & soups, sauces and beans. Mmmmmmm...Thanks Danny!
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2138589 - 11/29/09 05:18 PM
Re: Happy Thanksgiving & a great day to all of you everywher
[Re: Newf]
|
Senior Member
Registered: 07/28/04
Posts: 197
|
Dannyalcatraz...
Spreadin' the Steamed Turkey Gospel, one online thread at a time!
_________________________
Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: “Ninety percent of everything is crap”. My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2138670 - 11/30/09 06:55 AM
Re: Happy Thanksgiving & a great day to all of you everywher
[Re: Dannyalcatraz]
|
Senior Member
Registered: 07/29/05
Posts: 366
Loc: Regina, Canada
|
Well it wasn't Thanksgiving but we had a 8 1/2 lb chicken yesterday for supper and man was it good. Basically prepped it like a turkey and it turned out great. Was the best chicken I've ever had. It was one that we got from the Hutterites that my son-in-law sometimes does work for and it tasted like chicken but texture like turkey (churkey?). I mentioned to the wife about the steamed idea but she already had the bird stuffed. She wants to try it next time. BTW Danny, your recipe has now been immortalized and captured for posterity on wordpad. heh
Edited by Newf (11/30/09 06:56 AM)
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
Previous Topic
Index