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There's a world of difference between undercooked and moist. I like to brine poultry, which guarantees my perfectly cooked birds will be moist. Just because you had a bad experience with an undercooked bird, don't assume an overcooked bird is the best answer.
I agree with this 100%. It doesn't have to be wet or drippy to be moist if it is then it's undercooked.
I prefer dried out meat, too. Dry turkey, well cooked steaks, etc. It's a texture thing for me - I like them to be firmer and chewier. The softer texture of a medium steak makes it feel, to me, like I am chewing on my own tongue or the inside of my cheek and it freaks me out.
I think you were brainwashed by a cook who habitually overcooked turkey.
"MMMMMM! This is SOOO good, isn't it??? Nooo! It's supposed to be dry and stringy like that!!!"
Just kidding. I love turkey. WITH cranberry sauce. Do you like it with cranberry sauce?
Love cranberry sauce! Love the whole Thanksgiving meal, dry turkey and all!!
My mother was a very good cook but she made her turkeys "moist and juicy". Never pink, but just disgustingly wet. Another of her "treats" was medium rare roast beef - ugh. I guess it would be safe to say that all my meat has to be very well done in order for it to be palatable, and it looks like I'm in the minority!
Love cranberry sauce! Love the whole Thanksgiving meal, dry turkey and all!!
My mother was a very good cook but she made her turkeys "moist and juicy". Never pink, but just disgustingly wet. Another of her "treats" was medium rare roast beef - ugh. I guess it would be safe to say that all my meat has to be very well done in order for it to be palatable, and it looks like I'm in the minority!
Very much so. Do you actually buy good cuts of neat to over cook them or just just ground beef?
Thanksgiving is a drag for me. Don't care for turkey and would much prefer roasting a couple large chickens. Do love all the sides especially oyster dressing and sweet potato casserole.
Well do you go ahead and roast your chickens then? For the last few Thanksgivings I've been roasting Cornish hens.
Thanksgiving is a drag for me. Don't care for turkey and would much prefer roasting a couple large chickens. Do love all the sides especially oyster dressing and sweet potato casserole.
I love turkey!! just not the taste of it when it is wet. It has an off-putting flavor that kind of tastes bloody. Bleh. I like all my meat well done so poultry is not any different. I make an awesome gravy, so my turkey never tastes like a dried out dessicated mess.
There is a huge difference between moist turkey and undercooked turkey. Eat it only where the cook knows the difference.
Love cranberry sauce! Love the whole Thanksgiving meal, dry turkey and all!!
My mother was a very good cook but she made her turkeys "moist and juicy". Never pink, but just disgustingly wet. Another of her "treats" was medium rare roast beef - ugh. I guess it would be safe to say that all my meat has to be very well done in order for it to be palatable, and it looks like I'm in the minority!
my gawd you sound just like a co worker,,,, in maine,,
she cant stand any meat that is the least bit pink,,,,and.... as you say disgustingly wet.....
Very much so. Do you actually buy good cuts of neat to over cook them or just just ground beef?
It's totally up to the OP and people like my hubby to buy whatever cut of meat and cook it to however they wish. My grandmother when she was alive loved her meat charred black. All meats.
If you cook it right you'll get both the drier meat (breast) and the fall off the bone meat (legs and wings).
Long and slow and covered for most of the cook time.
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