slapstick_37
Marble Falls, TX
age: 55
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I plan to brine our turkey, starting tomorrow, with a recipe from Food and Wine website. It sounds wonderful, and I love the results of a brined turkey.
[Edited 11/24/2009 4:59:47 PM PST]
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eyes4onlyu
Burley, ID
age: 54
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I have not tried to brine a turkey....I am just plain so that is how I cook my turkey...so moist & so delicious.
Please, let us know how your turkey turns out when you us the brine.
I have tried a smoked turkey & it was so delicious. Good Luck with the brine. & Happy Thanksgiving!
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friedtatersalad
Belton, TX
age: 51
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I have brined a turkey before smoking it and it turn out really good,but be warned if you brine a self basting turkey you might get a really salty mushy bird especially if you bag it and cook in a closed roaster.
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slapstick_37
Marble Falls, TX
age: 55
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The turkey was fabulous. The brine (water, sugar, kosher salt, coriander seeds, mustard seeds, fennel seeds, bay leaves) was on the turkey overnight.
I then rinsed and patted the turkey dry. I had made the herb butter (butter, sage, thyme, parsley, pepper - no salt), and put that under the breast skin and over the bird.
Roasted at 450 for 30 minutes and then lowered oven to 325 for about two hours. The turkey was not covered - just had it in the roaster.
Tented the turkey with aluminum foil and let it rest or about 45 minutes while getting everything else ready.
The meat was extremely moist and flavorful. I recommend brining every time. Even the leftovers were very moist and good!
Go to http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/herb-roasted-turkey-with-gravy. That's the recipe I followed. Gravy was darn good, too!
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julymorning07
Saint James, MO
age: 57 online now!
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I've brined mine the last two years with whatever I happened to have here. This year turned out to die for! I let it soak for about 30 hours.
This year I used kosher salt, raw sugar and refined white sugar, grapefruit juice, pepper, allspice and celery leaves. (cooked, cooled and added to ice water before emersing bird)
Rinse really well and pat dry before drizzling seasoned melted butter over it.
It spent it's first 30 minutes uncovered at 500 degress, tented it with foil and cooked one hour at 350, and last 90 minutes at 325.
Friend commented it was hard to carve, kept falling apart, lol.
Brining makes the juiciest white meat I've ever eaten.
[Edited 11/30/2009 7:49:05 PM PST]
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singleagainmike
Houston, TX
age: 49
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Know this is late relative to Thanksgiving but it is the best turkey I have ever ate. The last 5 years I've even had more then a few folks ask if I would do their turkey after eating this recipe:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/brined-and-roasted-turkey-recipe/index.html
I bought one of those orange igloo water coolers just to brine the turkey. It is the perfect size.
[Edited 12/20/2009 5:45:05 PM PST]
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