Let,s Talk Turkey

byrolland

710 followers

12 years ago

It seemed like just the other day we were celebrating the fourth of July. Now we have Thanksgiving upon us. That means there will be friends partying and family gatherings. The house will have to be cleaned up and a few ordure,s put together. With one of the most importance dinners we will prepare for our family's,we want to get it right the first time.

So lets talk Turkey. There are a number of brand name birds available ( Norbest,Foster Farms,Butterball,Honeysuckle) just to name a few and store brands as well.Most all turkeys are a grade A bird. What sets them apart is whether they are pumped with butter or a water enhanced solution, or an oil based butter. Only a few manufacture use real butter.

Then you have to decide on the quality of them being raised The biggest portion of them will be manufacture raised( massed produced )

There are free- range , meaning the animal is free to roam outside the cage and get exercise and look for bugs to eat.

A natural labeled bird has never been shot with growth hormones or antibiotics

And there is the Organic bird ( same as natural ) but has never been feed anything that has been sprayed with pesticides

Next is to decide is do you want a fresh or frozen turkey. I have cooked both and in my opinion a frozen bird cooks just as well. although if you do decide on frozen give your self a three to four hour thawing time in the fridge.

One last thing a HEN is 16# or less and a Tom 16# or more. If you get up into the 25-30# birds they will be a little tougher meat. Serving suggests size is a pound and a half per person. Keep in mind there is a lot bone carcass on a turkey.

Happy holidays to you and your family's

Rolland