Food Report

[peteyfrogboy]

Okay, before I forget it all and/or fall asleep:

This year's Thanksgiving feast:

turkey
gravy
mashed potatoes
homemade egg noodles
sweet potato casserole
green bean casserole
Grandma Pung's dressing (with ground turkey and shiitake mushrooms)
canned cranberry jelly
orange Jell-O
Pillsbury crescent rolls
deviled eggs
apple pie
chocolate pecan pie (bought)

The turkey was the one adelavanbrugge gets every year from work. I got up under the skin and arranged most of a stick of butter on the breast, along with "Complete Seasoning" that went under the skin and all over the rest of the outside. I preheated the oven to 325°. The turkey started out upside down on top of a canning rack in a large casserole dish, then covered it with foil. It cooked for 3 hours upside down, then I uncovered it and turned it right side up to brown. I put in the meat thermometer since the little pop-up timer had suffered enough trauma that I didn't trust it (and indeed it never popped). Once it got to 165° I pulled it out and let it rest while we finished side dishes.

The upside down method resulted in very juicy white meat, and the browned skin reportedly tasted like bacon. It is by far the best turkey I've done yet. I look forward to lots of sandwiches. :) The drippings also made excellent gravy, which I stretched by making it with half drippings and half milk. No extra seasoning was required.

Comments

[baronesspixie.livejournal.com]

Ah, now I have to go do something with the shitakes in my fridge, you have me thinking about them.