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Various Non-Bald Discussions => General Discussion => Topic started by: Mikekoz13 on November 12, 2008, 04:49:21 AM
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So what is it going to be at your house on Thanksgiving day?
We always get our turkey from the local turkey farm... FRESSSSSSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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No turkey here....this year everyone decided we were going out for Thanksgiving....some quaint Inn in the Catskills.....never been there but everyone says it's great....will see..... :-\
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Turkey Turkey Turkey. CAnt wait. We are in charge of the turkey this year...give me some pointers. I have my way of doing it...but i wanna hear from others.
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Hey I seen this commerical early this morning on tv. I know my wife probably thought I was nuts...because I was laughing so hard that early. You have to understand the reason i find it so funny is that my wife makes quilts and many many times I have to run to the basement and fix the washing machine because of her washing them..LOL
Here it is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRTYF88LzXY
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Tell you about my turkey....well, Timm is a pretty decent guy over all. Ohhhhhh, THAT turkey. If my folks host it, the turkey is always fresh about 28-29 pounds as it has to feed between 19-24 of us. I am having Thanksgiving this year so it's a frozen one since there will only be 5 of us.
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hey everyone: my beautiful wifey & i will B having a frozen turkey from a local grocery store. it might not B a "fresh" bird but it is deee-li-cious. O0
WARHAWK O0
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Gobble Gobble...
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Butterball turkey...Thawed a couple days before Thanksgiving...then generously coated with red pepper, bit of salt, garlic pepper and a few other of Hammers secret spices then deep fried .......and served with Mama Janes stuffing (my late mother in laws recipie) and a whole buch of other gut bustin goodies!!
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Don't know the details, but all I know is that turkey doesn't stand a chance.
`dr**l
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From frozen to fried.
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We always try to get a fresh turkey, but if not available, frozen will do.
TimmJ, you asked for pointers... We always use the oven bags. It helps keep the meat from drying out, and the turkey browns nicely. Clean and wash the bird inside and out real well. Put half an onion (cut into wedges and separated into slices) and a few stalks of celery inside the bird while cooking to add flavor. Rub garlic salt and pepper on the skin to add more flavor. Cook your stuffing separately, not inside the bird. We use a folding rack in the pan to keep the bird in position. If you cook the turkey breast down (what most people would consider upside-down), the white meat will come out moist and juicy.
Enjoy. Have a Happy Thanksgiving.
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Thanks for the info bro. I knew about cooking the turkey upside down to keep the breast meat moist. I just wish someone would pound that thru my moms thick head. LOL. Everytime she puts it in right side up....but not this year, Im doing it upside down.
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When we do a turkey at home I prefer to get one local if I remember to reserve it,, BUT for a real treat the last two years we have spent Thanksgiving at Kalahari in Sandusky Oh. No cooking, no cleaning, no feeling guilty for not cleaning. They serve a buffet style dinner,, before you say yuk,,, believe me,, it is FANTASTIC!!!! Selection is great, food is as good as I have had ANYWHERE, and when you are done you walk,, umm,, waddle away,, and return to the water park if you can. We spend three or four days there,, and spend about $1,000. Now, that is for room, four admissions to water park, everyday, Thanksgiving dinner, and also eating other meals while there.
They are building a new Kalahari in Fredricksburg VA so the drive will be MUCH shorter. If you are not familiar with Kalahari,, it is similar to Wolfslodge, but in speaking to those who have been to both, they prefer Kalahari. Sanduskys' is 120,000 sqft of INDOOR waterpark.
This year will be quieter,, going to visit family in Boston
Tom
Edit: WOW, just went online,,, the Fredricksburg Kalahari will be a 200,000 sqft INDOOR waterpark :D :o O0 O:O
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When we do a turkey at home I prefer to get one local if I remember to reserve it,, BUT for a real treat the last two years we have spent Thanksgiving at Kalahari in Sandusky Oh. No cooking, no cleaning, no feeling guilty for not cleaning. They serve a buffet style dinner,, before you say yuk,,, believe me,, it is FANTASTIC!!!! Selection is great, food is as good as I have had ANYWHERE, and when you are done you walk,, umm,, waddle away,, and return to the water park if you can. We spend three or four days there,, and spend about $1,000. Now, that is for room, four admissions to water park, everyday, Thanksgiving dinner, and also eating other meals while there.
They are building a new Kalahari in Fredricksburg VA so the drive will be MUCH shorter. If you are not familiar with Kalahari,, it is similar to Wolfslodge, but in speaking to those who have been to both, they prefer Kalahari. Sanduskys' is 120,000 sqft of INDOOR waterpark.
This year will be quieter,, going to visit family in Boston
Tom
Edit: WOW, just went online,,, the Fredricksburg Kalahari will be a 200,000 sqft INDOOR waterpark :D :o O0 O:O
Sounds like someone is still a kid at heart.....cant wait to see how he reacts on Christmas Morning LOL
Sounds like fun bro...never been there. Indianapolis has a hotel with an indoor water park. I dont think it is as big as the one you are talking bout but looks like it could be a nice thing to do on a cold winters day.
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I think I mentioned this before in another thread. We are having peacock. I managed to fatten 3 up real nice, I had them on double the protein that they normally get. I got the biggest one up to 21 lbs and the smallest was 17 lbs.
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I think I mentioned this before in another thread. We are having peacock. I managed to fatten 3 up real nice, I had them on double the protein that they normally get. I got the biggest one up to 21 lbs and the smallest was 17 lbs.
OK....so what does peacock taste like??
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I think I mentioned this before in another thread. We are having peacock. I managed to fatten 3 up real nice, I had them on double the protein that they normally get. I got the biggest one up to 21 lbs and the smallest was 17 lbs.
OK....so what does peacock taste like??
I bet its good, but the name just steers me away. lol
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Seems you would have maybe a pound or 2 of meat left after removing 20 lbs of feathers....I don't know.....just being funny.....I heard that some people do eat it but it's an awfully dry meat.....what about it Mike??
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I seen the Turducken on the poll and I guess I'm the only one going that route this year.
If anyone is looking for something different that is one hell of an alternate. O0 O0 O0
My thanksgiving day will be a little postponed this year because of work. :(
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There isn't an option for me. My grandparents are bringing over a wild turkey that my cousin shot.
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There isn't an option for me. My grandparents are bringing over a wild turkey that my cousin shot.
Still a turkey!!! Just gamier!!
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Lol. They weighed that much after plucking. After I gutted them they are still pretty heavy. Peafowl are dark meat and they taste more like a pheasant. When I finish them I feed lots of sweet feed and citrus and such to give it a sweet taste. The males grow much faster and are less fatty than the females. Technically they are still peachicks because they arent mature yet but still, lol. And before anyone says anything about me eating chicks the turkeys in stores are only about 17 weeks old, the cornish game hens they sell in the stores are only about 3 weeks old, and a nice big fryer chicken still has the cute chirp when you butcher them.
The only bad thing is the skin is more tough so I normally just fry it.
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Thanks for the info Mike.... O0
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and a nice big fryer chicken still has the cute chirp when you butcher them.
LOL. Guaranteed my g/f would shed a tear if she read that.
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Yeah, its always funny when we get ready to butcher meat birds and friends see the little fuzzy chicks and they cant believe we are eating them. One of my friends actually thought that the cornish game hens were a full sized game bird like a partridge or something. When I told them that they are just a young hybrid chick that most of the time is a male they almost didnt believe me. Then I told them that they were bred to gain 2 lbs a week and they were really suprized, lol.
I noticed someone mentioned a turducken. I have friends that make Phezturduckens, they make it ike a turducken but they put the pheasant in the chicken.
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For the guys that haven't tried a Fresh, not frozen, turkey.... you don't know what you're missing.
We've been doing the faamily Thanksgiving with 20 or more people every year for 14 years. For the first 8 or 9 we had frozenturkeys from the market. Then one year I decided to try a fresh turkey but nobody but my wife and I knew.
We had rave reviews that year so it's been s fresh bird every year since. Do yourselves a favor and try it. Pay the little extra, it's worth it.
Cut some oranges and apples and stuf them into the bird along with some fresh sage and rosemary. Don't pack themin.... the aromas need room to move around.
I ordered a 28 pound bird for our gang.............
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Lol. They weighed that much after plucking. After I gutted them they are still pretty heavy. Peafowl are dark meat and they taste more like a pheasant. When I finish them I feed lots of sweet feed and citrus and such to give it a sweet taste. The males grow much faster and are less fatty than the females. Technically they are still peachicks because they arent mature yet but still, lol. And before anyone says anything about me eating chicks the turkeys in stores are only about 17 weeks old, the cornish game hens they sell in the stores are only about 3 weeks old, and a nice big fryer chicken still has the cute chirp when you butcher them.
The only bad thing is the skin is more tough so I normally just fry it.
Just stay away from my duck....
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We have to split the holidays every year between my side and my wife's side. We usually eat Thanksgiving Dinner with her side and Christmas with mine. So it's pretty much whatever her mom is serving up. I think it's usually a frozen bird. Being honest I don't know if I would be able to even tell once it's been cooked and I pour tons of gravy on it. ;D
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Turkey out of the bucket, y'all! O0
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Damn...thats a big bucket of chicken!
I had to laugh at a story that I have. My wife...she is always making me laugh. You have to remember she grew up in the country at one time lived out in the deserts of Arizona...away from civilization. She once told me that her first trip to McDonalds was when she was in Highschool. Well I had been dating her for about a year and I guess she has never noticed the big bucket on the signs at some KFC's...its a 3D bucket on some. We drove past the one here in our town and suddenly I heard her say...DAYUM Thats a big bucket of chicken! I was like What are you talkin about . She said up there on that KFC sign by the road...it has a big bucket of chicken on it. I was like ...well yes...its always been there. She argued with me that it hasnt...but it had been..at least for 5 years. So anytime we pass a KFC i holler out ...DAYUM THATS A BIG BUCKET OF CHICKEN! LOL
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So anytime we pass a KFC i holler out ...DAYUM THATS A BIG BUCKET OF CHICKEN! LOL
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WARHAWK O0
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I think I mentioned this before in another thread. We are having peacock. I managed to fatten 3 up real nice, I had them on double the protein that they normally get. I got the biggest one up to 21 lbs and the smallest was 17 lbs.
I have to say that I have never heard of anybody eating peacock! Does is taste like chicken? That's what they say about everything else.
As for my Thanksgiving, I am taking my stepmother over to my stepbrother's house. His wife does her turkey well. But she also adds a middle eastern flair to it since she is of Lebanese desecent. She adds pine nuts to the stuffing. It just adds a great texture to it.
But on Christmas eve, I will be having people over to my place for Christmas Eve dinner as my company gives away organically grown turkeys at Christmas. YUM!!!!!!!!! I cooked on the first time last year and it turned out great!!!!
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I think I mentioned this before in another thread. We are having peacock. I managed to fatten 3 up real nice, I had them on double the protein that they normally get. I got the biggest one up to 21 lbs and the smallest was 17 lbs.
I have to say that I have never heard of anybody eating peacock! Does is taste like chicken? That's what they say about everything else.
Yeah, what does that taste like?