Laugh all you want...and feel free to make fun of me... I do it all the time about my lack of culinary skills. I've wanred my husband a few times that he's likely to be poisoned now that our "taste tester" cat had to be put to sleep.
ANYWAY.... I've never cooked a turkey before, and went and bought a 20lb+ frozen bird. It's been defrosting in the fridge for almost a week (wanted the slow but sure method as I didn't need it till THIS week). Just borrowed a roaster pan from my sister (Did I mention my kithcen is also undomesticated---LOL).
I DO have an oven!!! (One gold star for me!!) And I DO know how to turn it on, set it, etc (Hey...baby steps here, people!) I plan to use a Reynold's Oven bag which is SUPPOSED to cut an hour off of cooking time and make for no basting (Cause let's be serious...THAT ain't happening).
So how long do I cook the monster and at what temp? Do I need to add broth, water, or stock to the bag?
Any help from experienced cooks, who have yet to burn down their house, is welcome! TIA!
1|1|Giggling and going to call you ... poor poor dh lol|Kristy|mi3zons1@yahoo.com|16:28:41|11/23/2009|
"Women should not have children after 35. Thirty-five children are enough." - anonymous (Only 28 to GO!) 2|2|I'm at work, Kristy!!!|Abbicca|Abbicca@insightbb.com|16:31:17|11/23/2009|
Just thought I'd get the ridicule portion of the post over early. ROFL
As you can tell...I'm working hard here!!!
I'll be home around 5:30...:) 3|3|Yea I talked to Corey. Told him I'd help a guy out LOL|Kristy|mi3zons1@yahoo.com|16:56:09|11/23/2009|
"Women should not have children after 35. Thirty-five children are enough." - anonymous (Only 28 to GO!) 4|3|Been awhile since I used a bag but I think all that info is on the box hehe also check it as I think there is a limit to the size now|teener|teenerzacsneenee@yahoo.com|16:56:48|11/23/2009|
on a different note I am sorry to hear that you had to have a kitty put down :( Which one? 6|4|I always use a roasting bag, keeps the bird juicy! :) |saint6811|waylan@comcast.net|17:26:04|11/23/2009|
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
--Thomas Jefferson--
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.
~Abraham Lincoln
5|1|the only thing you have to add is a table spoon of flour to the bottom of the bag( keeps the bag from bursting.|ppe1952|MATWELL3@ROCHESTER.RR.COM|17:07:45|11/23/2009|
follow the directions on the box and you will be fine. they are really easy to use and really do take an hour off the cooking time. next time use a disposable roaster.. a lot less clean up.
Remember your manners: when god answers your prayers----- say thank you.
7|1|Do what I do...|sunriver|lithiasalt@cheerful.com|18:15:58|11/23/2009|
Make your DH cook the bird. Mine doesn't cook anything all year, so I figure a turkey a year is pretty fair. I do everything else and between the two of us we manage to make it edible. LOL. He just cooked ours yesterday (early I know) in a bag and a disposable pan (ditto on that for next year because you can just toss it and it is so much easier!) He got all fancy this year and took rosemary and olive oil and garlic and covered it all before closing the bag. It is so good! Normally he just tosses it in the bag and that's it so this was unique for us.
Looking forward to Thursday when I will make all the sides and everything. Yum! 8|2|ROFL..... if I didn't honestly fear that the house WOULD burn down if he cooked it, I'd try it|Abbicca|Abbicca@insightbb.com|18:48:34|11/23/2009|
But as undomesticated as I am..... my Dh is worse when it comes to anything not microwaveable, or pre-mixed, with easy directions.
9|1|I have 3 goddesses that cook for me its a lot easier|tollman62|thebossatnight@yahoo.com|18:56:42|11/24/2009|
When I was younger I would cook and bake all the time I lived alone for years or have worked away from home so I learned early but the someone else method is easiest
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you always hear noises in the dark when you work at night 10|2|apartment house in town burned today,caused by someone deepfrying a turkey!|couponsnsamples|cpsnsamples@aol.com|22:53:07|11/25/2009|
i didnt hear all the details...but they said 3 familys were living in the building and apparently one of the familys was deep frying a bird...or trying too...burned the whole building down......and they were trying to keep it from getting to a mobil gas/oil storage place and then a gas station right next to that....... 11|3|Shirley, I saw that on the WPSD website.. (my tv is out).. so sad, so sad|car_mont|car_mont@hotmail.com|11:31:15|11/26/2009|
PLEASE INCLUDE - USER NAME AND YOUR OFFER if we are in a trade. 12|4|Here is the link to the fire: http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/local/73989627.html|car_mont|car_mont@hotmail.com|11:34:25|11/26/2009|
http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/local/73989627.html
PLEASE INCLUDE - USER NAME AND YOUR OFFER if we are in a trade. 13|1|**UPDATE**|Abbicca|Abbicca@insightbb.com|21:09:02|11/26/2009|
For all those that were worried or had prayers going up for the safety of me and my house.... apparently they were heard. Home is still standing. :) Turkey got cooked. AND (wonder of wonders) we have eaten of the bird and are still alive to tell about it!!!
Now what to do with the rest of a 20-21 lb bird---and having only had 2 people eat off of it (that means LOTS of leftovers)... so THAT is the next problem. We know we have many turkey sandwiches in front of us. But since it was just the 2 of us, we didn't go ALL out...just turkey, jello, green bean casserole, and mashed potatoes. No dessert. We had planned on corn but vetoed it at the last minute after seeing too much other food with just 4 dishes.
Apparently, one of our friends was not quite so fortunate.....we asked if they wanted to come over for supper (they had lunch with their family)....and somewhere today the girl had an accident and is on crutches. OUCH! Still not entirely sure what happened and won't find out till tomorrow.... or maybe it was a polite excuse since it was my first time cooking the bird...LOL.
We now have 4 gallon bags of leftover turkey (2 white meat, 1 dark meat, and 1 mix). I'm sure that there are many here who could have done a much better job of cleaning the meat off the bird---but it is still more leftovers than we know what to do with. Hope everyone else had a safe, non-poisonous, and happy T-day.
14|2|you can freeze some turkey to have for another day :)|lydzkydz|lydzmcss@yahoo.com|21:15:46|11/26/2009|
and congrats on making it thru with out burning stuff
me on the other hand not too sure if i could even cook a turkey either
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Lydia
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THANKS!! 15|3|Lydia sure you could.. it's a lot easier than it seems|Kristy|mi3zons1@yahoo.com|21:16:29|11/26/2009|
"Women should not have children after 35. Thirty-five children are enough." - anonymous (Only 28 to GO!) 16|4|i dunno i had a baking dish of fish explode in my oven one time and i don't use my oven much |lydzkydz|lydzmcss@yahoo.com|21:34:26|11/26/2009|
it scares me LOL
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THANKS!! 17|5|Stick with metal pans then you won't be so afraid of a glass dish exploding on you :) LOL|saint6811|waylan@comcast.net|21:40:17|11/26/2009|
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
--Thomas Jefferson--
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.
~Abraham Lincoln
19|6|Or buy the $1 throw away ones... even easier lol|Kristy|mi3zons1@yahoo.com|21:45:17|11/26/2009|
"Women should not have children after 35. Thirty-five children are enough." - anonymous (Only 28 to GO!) 18|2|CALL BILL lol lol He'll gladlety take it off your hands lol|teener|teenerzacsneenee@yahoo.com|21:45:07|11/26/2009|
>Posted on Nov-26-09 at 09:09 PM (Eastern)
>by 74.132.217.118For all those that were
>worried or had prayers going up
>for the safety of me and
>my house.... apparently they were heard.
> Home is still standing.
>:) Turkey got cooked.
>AND (wonder of wonders) we have
>eaten of the bird and are
>still alive to tell about it!!!
>
>Now what to do with the rest
>of a 20-21 lb bird---and having
>only had 2 people eat off
>of it (that means LOTS of
>leftovers)... so THAT is the
>next problem. We know we
>have many turkey sandwiches in front
>of us. But since
>it was just the 2 of
>us, we didn't go ALL out...just
>turkey, jello, green bean casserole, and
>mashed potatoes. No dessert.
>We had planned on corn but
>vetoed it at the last minute
>after seeing too much other food
>with just 4 dishes.
>Apparently, one of our friends was not
>quite so fortunate.....we asked if they
>wanted to come over for supper
>(they had lunch with their family)....and
>somewhere today the girl had an
>accident and is on crutches.
>OUCH! Still not entirely sure
>what happened and won't find out
>till tomorrow.... or maybe it
>was a polite excuse since it
>was my first time cooking the
>bird...LOL.
> We now have 4 gallon bags
>of leftover turkey (2 white meat,
>1 dark meat, and 1 mix).
> I'm sure that there are
>many here who could have done
>a much better job of cleaning
>the meat off the bird---but it
>is still more leftovers than we
>know what to do with.
>Hope everyone else had a safe,
>non-poisonous, and happy T-day.
20|1|*applauding Amy and Corey on their culinary adventure together* Encore, Encore!! (no, not the frozen dinners, now that you've tackled T'giving dinner, you can broaden your horizons!) :D|saint6811|waylan@comcast.net|21:48:49|11/26/2009|
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
--Thomas Jefferson--
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.
~Abraham Lincoln