question about cooking a turkey?
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20 mins per pound is a good guide...use a meat thermometer to make sure that it gets to minimum of 170 degrees
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Yes, this is an old fashioned slow cooking technique and it causes a very tasty bird. BTW it is finished at about 1:00 so the 2:00 serving time allows the bird to rest for carving. Don't worry this is a common method from the west/mid west. Very tasty bird-you will love it.
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I'm inclined to agree with the first person who answered. I suspect that the second person has no cooking experience. What this person doesn't know is that the turkey will continue to cook for several hours after you remove it, and it should be fine if consumed around noon. After the meal, then promptly refrigerate any leftovers.
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make it sound like you are hiding a turkey, saving it from thanksgiving dinner... whisper, sound like your rushed, or in hiding, maybe sound like you are out of breath.... like you been running with  the turkey under your coat.  \n\n\n "Sorry cant talk right now...trying to save this turkey from the dinner table, pant pant pant... just wanted to let you know I was thinking of you, hope you hade good dinner... ( then tell the turkey, yeah I'm sure he had ham.. of course.. I know.. no your almost safe, just a few more hours) . later buddy, I'll tell ya all about it once we get across  the border! They dont have Thanks giving  in Canada do they?"
761150
First things first...Laugh.\n\nPick up the turkey, rinse it off and move on.
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We've barbecued a turkey and it was delicious.\nI barbecue over wood but you have to be careful not to burn it....turkey takes a long time especially if it's over 20 lbs.\nFirst you want to tent it with aluminium foil for the first couple of hours....use a disposable aluminium tray with a small grilling rack on the bottom. I would also suggest you have a meat thermometer handy and check it once an hour after say, 4 hours.\nUncover the turkey for the last hour- hour and a half so it browns.\n\nReal tasty.
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I like the white meat. If you cook the turkey right, the white meat will not be dry.\nI just ate my turkey and it was delicious! Hope you are having a great Thanksgiving!
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My goodness!  All those people and you're on bed rest?!?!?!\nLet everyone else bring the food, you can do potluck.\nI do have a story.  My nephew's wife was responsible one year for cooking the turkey.  She got up very early in the morning and put it on, fixed other things, then decided she would lay down for a while.  Well, of course she fell asleep, and when she woke up it was almost dinnertime.  The turkey had cooked to leather.  Luckily she is a quick thinker.  She borrowed leftover dark meat from a friend who had done her turkey the day before.  And she went to a restaurant in town and bought a cooked turkey breast.  She cut it up and stuck it on a platter together and came on to dinner at my sister's house.  Told them she had decided to carve it at home.  My mother bragged on how good and tender it was.  She didn't tell my sister (her mother-in-law) about it for years!\nSeriously, let the family help you.  They will understand.  So put your turkey in the oven (don't go to sleep and forget it, though!)\nLet the hubby straighten the house.  Let the others cook and bring a dish.  Then let them all clean up.  While they're at it, they can do the decorating while you supervise from the sofa!\nGood luck to you, and Happy Thanksgiving.
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3 pounds venison roast \n1 good-sized onion \n1 can tomatoes, no. 303 \n1 cup water \n1 can tomato hot sauce \nsalt \npepper \nflour \ngarlic salt \noil or shortening \nTrim the roast of fat and bad spots. Cut the roast as thin as possible. Sprinkle salt, pepper and garlic both sides of each piece of the roast. Then flour both sides. Use enough oil or shortening to cover the bottom of fry pan. Heat, brown on both sides. Put the pieces in a roaster or covered pan. Put the rest of the ingredients over the top the roast and bake in the oven at 300° for about 3 hours or until done. Take the meat out and use the rest for gravy. Serves 10 to 12.
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Can I carve the turkey?
708373
Take an old cardboard box and line it with aluminum foil. then cover the flaps of the box with foil as well. take this outside in the sun and use the flaps to shine all the rays on a biscut or cookie dogh. it will cook it, it may take a while but it is a solar cooker.\nLet me know how it works out.
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Please include a picture, dress size and most importantly if you know how to cook.
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A turkey\nBox of mashed potatoes\nBox of stuffing\n2 packets of gravy\ncan of corn\ncan of cranberry sauce\ncan of yams\nmini marshmellows\npumpkin pie & can of whipped cream\ninstant coffee\nhot coder packets\nI always include a cream or fruit pie also, because I do NOT like pumpkin pie & some others don't either...\nI also include the fixins for a green bean casserole & a green salad...  I try to include what "I" would like to feed my family on Thanksgiving & enough to feed a good sized family or at least enough for a couple of days leftovers.  I also throw in a foil roasting pan & box of foil & a gallon of milk.\n\nGood for you for doing this..... GOD BLESS!!!!
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Turkey(baked)\nTurkey(cajun)\nHam\nDuck\nSquash\nMac and cheese\nBroc and cheese rice\nGreen beans\nDressing(kind of like stuffing) w/giblet gravy on the side\nSome type of greens(collard or mustard)\nblack eyed peas(sometimes)\nlima beans\nspuds\nrolls\npies(sweet potatoe,coconut)\ncheese cake\nand then usually everyone brings a "NEW" dish\nsomething we haven't had for Thanksgiving before...\nI'm sure I'm leaving something out.... but yeah....oh Yams
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Well, well, well, quite a conundrum.\nI have a few thoughts.  \noption #1: Call up Lori ann directly and tell her you would love to cook the turkey, ask if she minds bringing side dishes instead, but if she insists on cooking the stupid bird, let it go.  I would tell her that you want to make a small turkey for yourself, just so she doesnt freak when she comes in your house.  I would cook one myself, for these reasons:\n1. to have the smell of cooking turkey in the house \n2. for leftovers for your family because bird # 1 will be devoured by the guests\n3. you will have the free range variety to ingest\n and \n4. just because its your house and you can do what you want, and you are getting to host, which you wanted to do and its a lot of work to host on its own.\nOption #2:\ndont call her at all and still cook your own bird and whatever else you want and let her bring the stupid bird .  you are getting to host it which is what you really wanted anyway. Just let your mother and her know that you are making a bird "on the side" or hide it in the basement ;0\nOption #3:\ndont cook a bird and you will have oh so much less hastle because the stupid turkey takes so much time to cook, that all the side dishes will be cooked effortlessly without Tom Turkey in the way\noption 4:\nput turkey in microwave to purge it from carcinogens because it is not a free ranger and explode it accidentally (just kidding)\noption 5:\nsmother turkey with mayonnaise from a squeeze bottle and ...oh, just kidding!\nLast part of my opinion:\ndont put your mother in the middle to communicate or things could get ugly ;)\nOption 2 is probably what I would do myself.  \np.s. hubby says if you lived down here, you could take her turkey out back when she arrives and use it as target practice, then serve your own ;)\nand I know, believe me, that it is frustrating to hear that mom doesnt want to hurt HER feelings, but what about yours???  But like I said, if you get to host it, then resolve it with one of the above or better suggestions, so that it goes well for you and doesnt cause your adrenal system to decompensate.
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Yeah I have a whole EBOOK full of camping recipes.  I wish I could email it too you My husband & I use it when we go camping.  It's like our Camping Bible.   Here we go Ready?\n\nAll-in-One Breakfast\n3 sausage links (or other)\n3 eggs\nhalf a potato\n1/4 cup shredded cheese\n3 tablespoons milk\nCook sausage and cut into small pieces, cut the potato into small pieces and cook in sausage drippings. Drain. Beat eggs and milk together and add to potatoes. When almost cooked, add sausage and cheese. Ready when cheese is melted. Serving : 1\n\n\nBacon & Egg in a Paper Bag\n3 thick slices of bacon\n1 egg\n1 paper lunch bag\n1 stick\nPlace bacon in the bottom of the bag, covering the bottom. Crack egg and put in bag on top of the bacon. Fold top of bag down securely. Poke a hole through the top of the bag for the stick. Hold over the hot coals till cooked. \nServing : 1\n\n\nFoil Breakfast\nHash brown potatoes\nEggs\nSausage\nSpices\nAluminum foil\nPlace potatoes, scrambled eggs (uncooked), sausage and spices in aluminum foil. Wrap securely. Place on coals for approx. 15 minutes. Turn and rotate as needed.\n\n\nOmelet in a Bag\nEggs\nMilk\nOther ingredients as desired ( mushrooms, cheese, onions, ham etc)\nZiplock freezer bag\nPut eggs and milk mixture in bag. Add other ingredients. Seal the bag tightly. Place bag in boiling water and cook until done. \n\n\nTrash Breakfast\n1 bag shredded hash browns\n6 eggs\n1 lb sausage or ham, cooked\n1 chopped medium onion\n2 cups shredded sharp cheese\nseasoning salt and pepper\nButter\npeppers (optional)\nTake an aluminum foil cooking bag and spray with Pam. Sprinkle with seasoning salt and put some butter in the foil bag. Open the hash browns. Beat the eggs and chop the onions and peppers. Pour all ingredients into the bag of hash browns. Mix by squeezing the bag. Then pour the mixture into the foil cooking bag and spread out. Add more seasoning salt and pepper and a bit more butter on top of the hash brown mixture. Place the aluminum cooking bag on a preheated grill (medium heat) and turn the bag every five minutes. The bag will start to puff and you can open it to check for doneness.\nServings: 6\nPreparation time: 30 minutes\n\n\nCamp Confetti \n1/2 dozen eggs\n1/2 pound bacon\n1/2 pound sausage\n1/2 package potatoes obrien\n1/2 package frozen vadallia onions\n1 -2 cups shredded cheddar cheese\nFry bacon and sausage together. Drain some grease then add potatoes obrien. Fry with bacon and sausage until golden. Beat the eggs with a little milk then add to sausage mixture and cook until eggs are scrambled. Add the onions and heat thoroughly. Add cheese and cook until melted.\n\n\nBacon/Potatoes Foil Breakfast \nPotatoes, sliced\nBacon\nOnion, chopped\nMargarine\nSalt/Pepper\nCooking Spray\nAluminum Foil\nTake a piece of aluminum foil and spray it with cooking spray. Lay bacon down first, then put your sliced potatoes on top. Then add some chopped onions. Put a dab of margarine on top and season with salt and pepper. Cook over hot coals.\n\n\nBreakfast Burrito's \nThere are two ways to make these...\nFirst way is to scramble some eggs and mix in chopped/sautéed sausage.\nHeat a soft flower tortilla directly over the stove burner for a few seconds on each side.\nRemove and butter one side.\nFill with egg/sausage mixture, add cheese, sour cream & salsa as desired.\nThe other way is to fry up a couple eggs, and also fry up a couple of sausage patties.\nHeat tortilla as described above. \nPlace two fried eggs on tortilla, then two sausage patties.\nAdd a couple slices of cheese, sour cream and salsa as desired.\nBoth are simple to make, easy to handle, and the kids love them!\n\n\nCooking Eggs \nCut an orange in half. Remove the pulp. Try not to tear the peal. Crack an egg open and put into orange peel. Set peel filled with egg onto a bed of coals. The moisture from the orange peel will cook the egg. Add salt & pepper.\n\nFoil Dinner\n1/4 lbs Ground beef*\n1 Carrot, sliced*\n1 Potatoes, sl
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cook chicken by grilling, baking or frying in teflon frying pan, (which require practcally no oil) to avoid addition excess fat while cooking and also burn excess fat present in the chicken. also trim excess fat before cooking, which is easy.