We had deep fried turkey and we did not burn anything down.

[texanwitch]

Who all out there had deep fried turkey, it is so good.

We will have fried turkey again for Christmas, but two of them.

[SPKrazy]

1. Had One Here

visiting relatives in South Louisiana

deep fat fried, injected, and gooooood!

[texanwitch]

5. I just wished we would have had more.

The turkey doesn't taste fried at all.

Just good.

[SPKrazy]

8. No, It's Moist, and Not Greasy Tasting At All

Of course it is a little more greasy, but it tastes wonderful!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

2. My turkey was New England roasted (in an oven)!

:P

Glad to hear it was good. :hi:

[texanwitch]

7. We had a smoked turkey but the fried turkey didn't last long.

Glad you had a great turkey.:toast:

[VespertineIconoclast]

3. I wanted one...

but, my cousin didn't follow through today and didn't cook the turkey. :cry: I'm happy that you got to have some though -- I know that it was heavenly. :9

I will be hounding my cousin this Christmas though.... ;)

[texanwitch]

4. I am so sorry you didn't get your fried turkey.

We should have had two of them but this was our first time, just a little scared.

We bought an electric model for $21, the peanut oil was about $21, it is not cheap but so worth it.

[trof]

12. Oh hell. ELECTRIC. So did my friend Carl.

I posted this elsewhere, but...

My buddy Carl down the street with the amazing outdoor kitchen has his cookers cranked up and ready to go.
One propane, and one...ELECTRIC?
Damn. That just ain't right.

It's completely silent and automatically maintains the proper temperature.
No roaring propane burner and no open flame.
And he got it at...WALMART.
:-(
No constant adjusting of the valve to keep the temp at 350.
Where's the delicious feeling of high risk and danger in that?
That subtle adrenalin rush?

Hell, now ANYBODY can deep fry a turkey.
Your baby sitter.
Little old ladies.
5 year old kids.

Carl was always my ideal of the mucho macho good ol' boy.
Another icon gone.
:-(

[texanwitch]

14. The thought of 3rd degree burns really got to me.

Electric is the only way to go for us chickens.

Still we have to worry about fools who put to much oil in the pot, the fun is still there.

Good post there, hope you had a good day trof.

[MsKandice01]

23. We're all about the propane over here...

Dangerous but not really, if you know what you're doing. My husband pretty much has it down to a science.

[texanwitch]

24. We may use propane next year.

Electric is a good way to start, did I say how good it was.

[Generic Brad]

6. I had one too

We had potato wedges a deep fried hors d'oeuvre. Mmmm.

[kedrys]

9. Oh, so that wasn't you on KO earlier this week

:rofl: Glad you had a great time and a great meal! :hi:

[BOSSHOG]

10. AND I BET IT WAS DELICIOUS

I think its a great way to make Turkey. We didn't have it this Thanksgiving, maybe for Christmas. I consider Fried Turkey a delicacy. I chuckle at those who ridicule the feast without having any knowledge of it except for occasional burnt down house.

[texanwitch]

11. It was great, I think we did pretty good for the first time.

Turkeys are still on sell, think I will go to the store and buy a few more.

Thinking of deep frying one tomorrow, didn't get very much fried turkey yesterday.

:9 :hi:

[trof]

13. Run the oil through a cofee filter & reuse.

Store in cool dark place.
I get at least 2 fryings from a batch of oil.
Not rancid at all.
If you want more turkey, get a turkey breast.
About 7 minutes a pound for bone in.

[texanwitch]

15. Thanks for the info about the oil.

Damn the turkey went fast yesterday, even sliced thin.

[MsKandice01]

16. My husband fried 6 turkeys yesterday

One for us, 5 for friends of his. They get better and better every year. This year, they were superb.

[flamingyouth]

17. Wow - how long did that take him?

That sounds like quite the project! :D

[MsKandice01]

20. It only took him about 7 hours total

Each turkey takes about an hour to fry, depending on the size.

[flamingyouth]

22. Well, you've got some lucky friends.

:)

[texanwitch]

18. Wow 5 turkeys.

That will be us next year.

I bet they were great.:hi: :9

[trof]

19. Same in our neighborhood.

Once you've gone to all the trouble of cranking that sucker up...

[MsKandice01]

21. Yep, once all that oil is hot

It's not all that much trouble to inject it and drop it in there.