Well this year I will be cooking my first turkey. Mom usually always cooks the turkey but with her chemo and radiation she is not up to the task this year, so I decided I would do it. Does anyone have any good recipes or suggestions for a first timer?
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First Timer Cooking A Turkey!!!! Any Suggestions????
- Thread starter bsh4x4
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you should ask your mother and follow her advice. i havent cooked any turkeys really but that would be my guess
Yes, Kill it first, its easier to keep it in the pot.
bout half as fun though
This ^^^^ and don't burn your house down
Just kiddin, Its actually very easy. Most of them have directions on the wrapper, and there are plenty of places on the internet that take you through it step by step.
Butterball has a hotline each year to help people cook turkeys. http://www.butterball.com/tips-how-tos/turkey-experts/overview 1-800-BUTTERBALL (1-800-288-8372)
The fryer you buy, or already own, show have instructions with it. However, if your mom has been making them all of these years, I would ask her how she use to cook them. That way, as small, or as big, as it may seem, the way you have remembered the turkey for many of years can be passed on to you and you can continue on with that same method.
You could always smoke it on a big green egg or similar. I have done this about a dozen times and it never fails.
I also heard today that covering it cheese cloth soaked in butter is a good way to get good skin and keep some oils on it.
Good luck!
I also heard today that covering it cheese cloth soaked in butter is a good way to get good skin and keep some oils on it.
Good luck!
Are you baking, smoking or deep frying it? A whole lot of variation just in that decision alone.
