How do you prepare your turkey?

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50. Here's what I did. Use no larger than a 12 pound turkey.

I started it about 7am because I needed the oven for other stuff. I washed & dried turkey then stuffed the insides with the peeled Vidalia onion & about 2 carrots both veggies chopped roughly in quarters. I used about 3 stalks of celery chopped to about 3" long. I then smeared about a stick of softened butter all over the skin then I put about 4T butter under the breast skin. I seasoned heavily with salt & pepper-inside & out. I poured the stock in the bottom of the roasting pan. My roaster has a cover, but if you cover well with foil it should work too. The turkey was done about 3 hours before dinner so I set aside in a cool place & carved just before dinner. Didn't heat it because gravy was hot. Oh, I chopped up the onions & celery from the bird & put in the stuffing. Yum. Carrots in stuffing seemed weird so I sered on the side. Delish!

There's probably a better recipe on foodnetwork.com. Just look up No Baste No Bother turkey. I will never cook a turkey any other way. I even liked the white meat!