What did I cook this weekend.....

[user 211287]

I roast then tent it in the oven. No need to form anything. Just loosely cover it in foil. The BIG deal with turkey is let it rest awhile before slicing. If you slice into a breast and a huge cloud of steam comes out its WAY too hot to carve. A big bird can set for a good 45min and its still plenty hot inside if you keep it covered. The breast wont ever be dry if you let it rest before carving.

Unstuffed cooks faster and "dressing" on the side is just fine with me. I use the giblets and a couple turkey necks for the meat in the dressing. Use the stock you used to cook the giblets in for the dressing. Use plenty of celery and oysters are a nice touch too. (totally optional but sooo good)

 

[davidabcd]

Maybe it was a different celebrity chef… I’ll see if I can check on that.

Thanks.
At the very least, I'm going to do both parchment and foil. I double-checked the link. It's Martha from '95. She looks pretty young. I'll end up flipping a coin as to whether or not to cheese cloth it.

Unstuffed cooks faster and "dressing" on the side is just fine with me.

Thanks. That seems to be the most recent technique. The video and recipe I hyperlinked above with Martha has her stuffing the bird which I'd skip.

I have a backup plan no matter what happens.

 

[user 211287]

I meen "stuffing" is good and that is how grandma did it a lot but you get more crunchy outside when cooked in a dish/pan/ect. I topped one with the fried onions one year. Everyone loved it. Same Durkee fried onions lots of people put on top of green bean casserole.

 

[Staestc]

I’m behind. Too much going on at work am for thanksgiving. Doing so thighs tonight.

 

[Jonakr]

I have a pressure cooker and a slow cooker but I don't know much about the instant pot other than it looks versatile. I'd want one of those, a sous vide whatchamacallit and an air fryer but I'm not sure how much mileage I would put on them.
I might use the pressure cooker to speed up the pinto beans for refried. Since I'm not making them until tomorrow, I might soak them overnight.
I get really different finish times on my black beans. I wonder if it has to do with freshness. I get all my beans from Nuts.com.

We were given a Ninja Foodi. It does all of the above including sous-vide. We use the pressure cooker and air fryer at least once a week. I want to try the sous-vide, but then you still have to grill when you are done, but it's on my list.

 

[davidabcd]

sous-vide,

We just saw a huge sous vide setup at Costco. It looked like a jacuzzi. I think it was around $150.

 

[DBhomebrew]

Turkey's spatchcocked and salted.

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Sourdough English muffins

 

[BongoYodeler]

Sourdough English muffins
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Homemade? If so, awesome!!

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Homemade? If so, awesome!!

Yes from scratch. Every time I feed my starter I either make 19 English muffins or pancake batter.

 

[davidabcd]

@Brewbuzzard
Those. Look. Great.
I use an embarrassingly large amount of butter on mine. My English muffins are just okay but my wife swears by them--forgiving audience.

 

[davidabcd]

Menu set for Friday (not a typo)
Cooking a turkey in the oven which I have never done.
The rest of the dishes are ones I've made over and over. Stuffing will be fun. I might add some dried cranberries and walnuts. I'd do oysters but the guests aren't those types of guests.

 

[Brewbuzzard]

@Brewbuzzard
Those. Look. Great.
I use an embarrassingly large amount of butter on mine. My English muffins are just okay but my wife swears by them--forgiving audience.

There is a gob of butter under the cream cheese.

 

[davidabcd]

There is a gob of butter under the cream cheese.

Seems like we are on the same page--I could eat butter, sour cream or cream cheese as a snack--or mayo.
Sister in law gawped at how I made a turkey sandwich many moons ago. She was cool about it but she had to be thinking, "How much butter is he going to put on that sandwich?"

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Seems like we are on the same page--I could eat butter, sour cream or cream cheese as a snack--or mayo.
Sister in law gawped at how I made a turkey sandwich many moons ago. She was cool about it but she had to be thinking, "How much butter is he going to put on that sandwich?"

We are on the same page, I love Mayo. Fries and Mayo, to hell with the ketchup.

 

[passedpawn]

You can't put too much mayo on a turkey sandwich. Mmmmm, hellmans.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Thanksgiving Lasagna dinner tonight since we aren't doing it on Thursday.

 

[davidabcd]

hellmans.

That one's great, great, great. I also like restaurant mayo a lot. GFS carries something similar to what I'm talking about.

 

[Brewbuzzard]

That one's great, great, great. I also like restaurant mayo a lot. GFS carries something similar to what I'm talking about.

I'm a Hellmans man. Love real mayo.

 

[Temptd2]

I have been a Best Foods (Hellman's) girl all my life, until about 3 years ago - I didn't want the crappy oils any more. MUCH taste testing ensued and we finally found Chosen Foods mayo (avocado oil) and that has become the standard in this house now. And yes, I am looking forward to turkey sandwiches slathered with mayo, homemade SF cranberry jalapeno sauce, and piled with turkey breast meat! Yummo!

Yesterday I butchered the 18.5 pound bird, put it in brine, and this morning I took it out, rinsed, vacuum sealed, and it's in the sous vide. I'll remove the breasts when they've been in there at 150* for 5 hours, crank the heat up to 175* and continue to cook the thighs for another 4 hours. Then they'll go into the fridge; tomorrow I'll take them out and pat dry and broil til the skin gets golden and crispy. Can't wait!

 

[Jonakr]

You all pick the weirdest ways to spell "Miracle Whip". The one. The only.

 

[BongoYodeler]

You all pick the weirdest ways to spell "Miracle Whip". The one. The only.

To each his own I guess.

 

[Jonakr]

To each his own I guess.

Yeah, I actually prefer the tangy zip.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Yeah, I actually prefer the tangy zip.

Was just never my thing.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

IDK, Hellman’s has changed… not as good, but Aldi has a mayo Burman’s that I’ve been using seems like the good ol’ Hellman’s. As for Miracle whip

 

[KyBeer]

Okay Hoppy2B. Is that moji a good thing or a bad thing?

 

[KyBeer]

Got it! Barf. Miracle Whip reminds me of that show, " Dr. Pimple Popper".

 

[Temptd2]

The only reason for Miracle Whip in our house growing up was the once or twice a year it got used in my Grandma's Heavenly Hash recipe. It got mixed with whipped cream and then the fruits went in - fresh orange segments, pineapple chunks, sliced bananas, chunks of apple, and then walnuts and miniature marshmallows. Gawd I loved that stuff! Decidedly NOT keto-friendly though.

 

[DBhomebrew]

Turkey's spatchcocked and salted.

Herbed butter spread under and over the skin. Weber kettle set up for indirect heat with a Smokenator 2000. Temps monitoring by @inkbird.

 

[corkybstewart]

Boudin blanc. It's not Thanksgiving over here