27772nd poster gets a cookie (cookie thread (Part 7)) (Part 10)

[notblackorwhite]

I had a smoked turkey today

Point stands.

[orangeandblack5]

genuinely experience-changing cooking method for an otherwise mostly-unappealing meat

[Aleph (Ishmael)]

ham clears turkey

[May]

We cook turkey in the oven and it’s literally good? I don’t get why people complain??? I’ve never disliked it??? It’s good???

[Amelia]

i usually drench my turkey in the gravy my dad makes

[May]

It’s on the drier side for a meat but not overly so, the skin and the gravy are always very good, it’s something I look forward to. Are you people from another planet

[May]

Specifically the fact that it’s exclusively a holiday meat for us is what makes it I think, like I think a good pot roast outodes turkey in taste but it feels quite ordinary, whereas I never get worn out on turkey because it’s 2x a year

[May]

Ham isnt even good

[notblackorwhite]

Anyway the real trick is probably just spatchcocking it, and brining it ahead of time. (I would just dry brine (salt only is fine, but you can probably put like a compound butter under the skin you want extra seasoning) because wet brining is a lot more effort, and it doesn’t actually improve the moisture of the meat (that’s the salt).) You don’t get a nice looking bird to present on the table, but it’s food not just a centerpiece. But yeah a spatchcocked bird just cooks and browns much more evenly (and faster). I cooked a chicken this way once, and it was phenomenal. Easily the best roast chicken I’ve ever had.

[Marshal]

turkiye

[May]

You ROAST. The Turkey. WHOLE. And it tastes GOOD. You people are INSANE

[Marshal]

thought experiment (should be easily guessable)

which of these did I make?

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[May]

(I dunno if this is a matter of my taste or a matter of different cooking styles, I’ve never paid attention to how my dad does it and I’ve never eaten any other turkey.)

[Kelsier]

No way an bakery

Summary

Lets the ginger man in such a miserable position

[Kelsier]

Imo obviously and if it wasnt made by friends or fanily

[Aleph (Ishmael)]

may the known bad opinion haver

[notblackorwhite]

The geometry of a turkey makes it almost impossible to thoroughly cook in an oven without overcooking the breast. That’s fine, but that overcooked meat is going to be dryer and not taste as good. You don’t have to do anything else if you don’t want to.

[Silviu200530]

We managed to restore our friends for the epilogue and now we are going to the magical show of Marissa the Magical for one of the jolliest times. Thank you Marissa for being so magical.

[CRichardFortressLies]

Here’s a secret to avoiding dry turkey. Leave the skin on before heating it up in the oven.
Turns out fat is great at keeping the turkey from drying up, and hence being unappetizing.

[May]

I just don’t understand…