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MissMillie

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15. I think the timing is the hardest part
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 06:13 PM
Nov 2020

Getting everything on the table while it's hot. A second pair of hands can be useful in this endeavor.

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I highly recommend brining the turkey. Even a really cheap turkey ends up tasting fierywoman Nov 2020 #1
brine a turkey? What if you MUST watch your sodium? I have congestive heart failure trueblue2007 Nov 2020 #17
Oh dear -- that would be a no for you then! fierywoman Nov 2020 #18
i thought i would not be able to eat a turkey that had been brined. trueblue2007 Nov 2020 #19
Have tried all manner leighbythesea2 Nov 2020 #20
I tell you -- the best of all: spatchcocked, brined in bourbon (+who knows what else) and fierywoman Nov 2020 #21
Weve done spatchcocked also leighbythesea2 Nov 2020 #22
Good luck to you. We don't read another story similar to this one that I posted last night: TexasTowelie Nov 2020 #2
It'll be good! I use Pepperidge farms stuffing and add cooked sausage meat to it, black olives and Karadeniz Nov 2020 #3
I bought the Pepperidge Farms stuffing. I'm being told to add bacon, and I've had that ladies brewens Nov 2020 #5
I like sausage and apples in my turkey stuffing and/or dried cranberries. Demsrule86 Nov 2020 #14
I do sausage and apples in my stuffing too! MissMillie Nov 2020 #16
I made the whole dinner by myself when I was 22... BigmanPigman Nov 2020 #4
Reynolds cooking bag. LSFL Nov 2020 #6
Tune everybody out and watch this Warpy Nov 2020 #7
Have you consider the herbs de provece & citrus recipe? SheltieLover Nov 2020 #8
Good Luck! happybird Nov 2020 #9
This is how I feel... Phentex Nov 2020 #27
Brining and Turbineguy Nov 2020 #10
Agreed Sherman A1 Nov 2020 #25
Baking a turkey isn't even remotely hard. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #11
I just advised my Grand daughter on her first turkey the other night flotsam Nov 2020 #12
I suggest an oven timer. After I stopped overcooking my turkeys out of fear that someone Demsrule86 Nov 2020 #13
I think the timing is the hardest part MissMillie Nov 2020 #15
I always start my turkey around midnight. dem in texas Nov 2020 #23
Best of luck to you Sherman A1 Nov 2020 #24
If you're planning on a chestnut stuffing Retrograde Nov 2020 #26
I appreciate your spirit... Phentex Nov 2020 #28
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