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I bought some turkey breasts really cheap pretty recently...I roasted the ones that had the bones, but the boneless ones went in the crock pot. I don't do the whole turkey dinner with all the trimmings except for Thanksgiving, but I'll buy almost any meat if it's on sale cheap enough and figure out a good way to cook it.
I make one for Thanksgiving, strictly to adhere to tradition. We aren't fans. The past two years I've only bothered getting a breast, and it was great to not have to deal with leftovers that nobody wanted.
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Never! I don't eat turkey, even on holidays.
Commercial turkey (like chicken) is tasteless. Bred to be ready for slaughter when they are three to three and a half months old, it never matures and never puts on the layer of fat, and that's why their meat taste real dry, and why they are injected with liquid or soaked in brine. It need lots of seasoning, stuffing and gravy to be palatable.
Cardboard seasoned, stuffed and covered with gravy would probably taste the same...
There are other tasty, moist and delicious meats to enjoy
What?
A brined organic turkey is delicious. Lately I just cook a breast and it is delicious!
Never! I don't eat turkey, even on holidays.
and that's why their meat taste real dry, and why they are injected with liquid or soaked in brine. It need lots of seasoning, stuffing and gravy to be palatable.
Cardboard seasoned, stuffed and covered with gravy would probably taste the same...
There are other tasty, moist and delicious meats to enjoy
Oh believe me, I have had some very overcooked dry turkey dinners at other peoples' houses (including my mother's). I use a meat thermometer and it is always finished cooking way before the recommended 15-20 mins a lb. There is nothing worse than an overcooked turkey. But that's the only time I've found it to be dry.
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Oh believe me, I have had some very overcooked dry turkey dinners at other peoples' houses (including my mother's). I use a meat thermometer and it is always finished cooking way before the recommended 15-20 mins a lb. There is nothing worse than an overcooked turkey. But that's the only time I've found it to be dry.
Memories of Clark W Griswold cutting the turkey at Christmas!!!
I never think about it, but every time that I make a turkey for Thanksgiving or Christmas, I always ask myself why I don't do it more often!!
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