How do you cook your turkey?

[tridim]

I'm a brined turkey fan (salted water, brown sugar, pepper, cinnamon for 24 hours), unstuffed, basted with butter and soy sauce. I usually put aromatics in the cavity, onions, herbs, cinnamon, apples, and whatever else I can find in my fridge.

[ohiosmith]

1. Deep Fry

[theivoryqueen]

2. Tofurkey all the way!!

Delicious turkey flavored chewing rubber for kids of all ages!

[htuttle]

3. Turkey brats simmered in beer!

Ya, hey! Gonna eat 'em down by the lake!

(staying home tommorrow and cooking for one)

[SOteric]

4. As cook my turkey as a duck.

[Bertha Venation]

5. how to make the brine?

I have a 16-lb bird. I imagine enough water to cover the bird. But how much salt?

[Serial Mom]

6. Link to brine recipe from Good Eats - Alton Brown

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_8389,00.html

After more than 30 years of just roasting it (stuffed & unstuffed) I'm trying brining it this year for first time.

[tridim]

7. Opinions vary

but from what I've read, the norm is 1 cup of kosher salt per gallon. Seems like a lot, but most of the salt stays in the water. Kosher salt is the key, never use table salt.

[Soloflecks]

8. Brine Recipe

I don't have it with me but you could google it. Mine calls for 2 cups kosher salt, 1 cup sugar, 2 T crushed tyme, garlic, juniper berries and I can't remember how much on those last two. I didn't bother with the juniper berries.

Brining the turkey makes it so juicy and tender you won't believe it.

[trof]

10. Keep adding salt

a cup at a time till an egg floats.

[Robb]

9. Deep fry that sucker.

Plus, while it's goin', you can chuck in some donuts and won tons. ;)

[Mr. McD]

11. I will be roasting one and smoking two

For brine I use 1 cup salt, one cup sugar, and 1 Tbs. each of Onion powder, Garlic powder, Rosemary, Sage and Thyme per gallon of water. I will be smoking with a mixture of Apricot and Apple wood.:loveya:

[Lisa]

12. Al Gore roasting a turkey in the fireplace ...

http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/from_redirect/0,10987,1101000828-52947,00.html

I guess this might work, if the turkey were reasonably small, it was a good fireplace (and you had proper fuel and a nice bed of embers) -- and of course, the aluminum foil.

[commander bunnypants]

13. In an oven

Bawhahahah


DDQM