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You lucked out. Head to Furrs for TG.
Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
I Dindo Nuffin
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Campfire Kahuna
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An oven bag speeds up the cooking a lot.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Campfire Outfitter
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yes, we have been using bags for a few years now,and also never-frozen birds
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We always use bags as well,but we have been talking about switching to rib also.
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Campfire Sage
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Put the 16 pounder in the fridge last Saturday night. Thought it would be plenty of time to thaw...not yet it ain’t. Good grief I don’t want to have to do the water thaw tomorrow. You can let it sit out so long as you periodically touch it to make sure the exterior temp is at least equally cool as things in your refrigerator.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Now, just say a turkey does spoil some. Would cooking for the time needed at say 350 kill any bacteria?
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Campfire Ranger
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Brine that sucker!
Always works at our house. Brine is the only way to roll.
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I deep fry mine...that’s why it must be completely thawed.
Buy once, cry once.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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come on over..........
have a 20# bird & plenty extra !
T R U M P W O N !
U L T R A M A G A !
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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I bet you that 90 percent of turkeys are over cooked.
They say the best thing you can do is to schit can that pop up thermometer and get an accurate thermometer.
I am MAGA.
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My wife put ours in the refrigerator Sunday to thaw, still not totally thawed Wednesday night. In the sink for about four hours, then back in the refrigerator overnight. Good to go this morning.
If we live long enough, we all have regrets. But the ones that nag at us the most are the ones in which we know we had a choice.
Doug
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I bet you that 90 percent of turkeys are over cooked.
They say the best thing you can do is to schit can that pop up thermometer and get an accurate thermometer. I use a roasting bag...........always down just right........ be the first bird on my new Weber grill....... pics later..............
T R U M P W O N !
U L T R A M A G A !
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I’ve thawed them out every way possible including the “forgetting it on the counter overnight” method and I’ve never been sick. I’ve left many of them in the sink to thaw and then cooked them the next day. Mom always did the long thaw in the fridge or the water drip method but I’m too impatient.
Good luck and happy Thanksgiving. That’s how defrost pretty much everything. Put it in the sink before bed, put it in the fridge when I get up.
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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I bet you that 90 percent of turkeys are over cooked.
They say the best thing you can do is to schit can that pop up thermometer and get an accurate thermometer. I use a roasting bag...........always down just right........ be the first bird on my new Weber grill....... pics later.............. Use a bag on the grill? That Weber was made for the job. Mine cooks better than my indoor oven.
I am MAGA.
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My lovely bride has a pretty bad cold right now. She insisted on cooking Thanksgiving dinner today. She got up early to put the bird on. Came back 2 hours later and noticed she had not turned the oven on.
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Campfire Regular
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There were a few birds in the field across from the house this AM. Nothing a 223 couldn't fix for ya.
Happy Thanksgiving.
'If you say the parent you were most afraid when you were a kid was your dad, you grew up in the city.'
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Campfire Kahuna
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I just read a frantic article about the evils of washing a turkey before you cook it. Apparently they're all swimming in bacteria. The bugs will be killed during cooking, of course, but while washing it, the bugs will splash all over the counter, infecting the salad, pumpkin pie, and cranberry sauce. The hospitals are putting on extra staff tomorrow to deal with the myriad cases of gut bugs we'll all injest today. We're dead men, guys, and it's all because we washed our turkeys.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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Wild turkeys are cleaner.
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