After doing slaughter inspection on them for a while, well I plain don't stuff them anymore with edibles period!!! Now-a-days I only stuff them with things that I plan on flavoring the bird but not eat, for instance apples, or citrus, or others.
If you do not mind me asking, what exactly could be wrong with a turkey on the inside, that "stuffing them with things you plan to flavour them with", as opposed to "stuffing them with edibles" would make. If there is some kind of bacteria or the like in the bird, the whole bird would be affected, turkey juices/blood runs their course in the cooking process. Drippings that are used to baste the turkey and make gravy, are the by-product of the juices/blood that run through the "whole" turkey. Correct ?
Now-a-days I only stuff them with things that I plan on flavoring the bird but not eat, for instance apples, or citrus, or others.
