Turkey Appreciation Thread

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  • sweetpotato
    sweetpotato Posts: 1,278
    glaze turkey with a reduced (by half) mixture of butter (one stick) and 4 cups of apple cider, with a few cloves of garlic thrown in for good measure, plus some salt & pepper. cool the mixture in the fridge for a few hours. right before roasting, spread that stuff all over the turkey, then pour the remaining liquid over the top and into the roasting pan.

    after the turkey's done, collect the drippings are into a shallow saucepan to make an AMAZINGLY YUMMY gravy. bring the drippings to a boil, then add your basic flour & cold water thickening mixture, adding gravy master and some sherry (NOT "cooking sherry", but the real thing). simmer until thickened, add salt & pepper to taste, and serve hot. everyone will kiss you. :)
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  • Pegasus
    Pegasus Posts: 3,754
    AmentsChick wrote:
    Does Australia have anything similar to the US's Thanksgiving?? I think I read/heard somewhere that Britain has 'Thanksgiving' (which I don't quite understand).
    first I hear of it..must be damn bloody low key if I missed it for 10 years!

    maybe you're thinking of Guy Fawkes day aka Bonfire night, which has nothing to do with it?
  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    AmentsChick wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AuMsg4ZI1I

    haha... Friends had hands down the best thanksgiving episodes!


    "More tourky, Meester Shandeler?" :D
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
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  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    catefrances wrote:
    ive always wanted to travel to istanbul.
    Not Constantinople?
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    I'm so sick of turkey now.

    It was soooooo good a couple days ago though! :)
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    jamie uk wrote:
    Not Constantinople?

    actually boyo, i'd like to visit both. ;):p:D
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    catefrances wrote:
    actually boyo, i'd like to visit both. ;):p:D

    boyo makes me laugh :D

    carry on :)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    dunkman wrote:
    boyo makes me laugh :D

    carry on :)

    See you Jimmy (and any other stereoptypical national nick names)
    Anyway, Turkey. I hate it when people throw out that old chestnut....and you'll hear it at least 37 times this Christmas again,..."I don't like turkey...it's too dry". It's covered in gravy for crying out loud, it's soaked!
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    jamie uk wrote:
    See you Jimmy (and any other stereoptypical national nick names)
    Anyway, Turkey. I hate it when people throw out that old chestnut....and you'll hear it at least 37 times this Christmas again,..."I don't like turkey...it's too dry". It's covered in gravy for crying out loud, it's soaked!


    if it's too dry, then youre cooking it wrong. my meat is always moist, so i doubt i'd be soaking it in gravy. :)
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  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    catefrances wrote:
    if it's too dry, then youre cooking it wrong. my meat is always moist, so i doubt i'd be soaking it in gravy. :)

    Gotta have gravy sorry love, gravy or nothing on my turkey dinner.
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    catefrances wrote:
    if it's too dry, then youre cooking it wrong. my meat is always moist, so i doubt i'd be soaking it in gravy. :)


    that sentence gave me a willy twitch :)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    dunkman wrote:
    that sentence gave me a willy twitch :)

    i bet it did. ;):p:D
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    jamie uk wrote:
    Gotta have gravy sorry love, gravy or nothing on my turkey dinner.

    so what are you saying jamie? you eat your turkey naked? :)
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  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    catefrances wrote:
    so what are you saying jamie? you eat your turkey naked? :)
    What, with steaming hot veg at risk..? Not likely.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    jamie uk wrote:
    What, with steaming hot veg at risk..? Not likely.


    mmmm carrots. :p:D
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    jamie uk wrote:
    What, with steaming hot veg at risk..? Not likely.


    two petit pois and a dwarf carrot? you'll be fine :)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    dunkman wrote:
    two petit pois and a dwarf carrot? you'll be fine :)
    Hah, more like 2 hairy sprouts and a bacon wrapped chipolata.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    jamie uk wrote:
    Hah, more like 2 hairy sprouts and a bacon wrapped chipolata.

    thanks jamie, green tea just came out my nose. :D
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  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    catefrances wrote:
    thanks jamie, green tea just came out my nose. :D
    Well, anything green that comes out your nose again...just keep it to yourself thanks.
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