Originally Posted by strike for the south
I know it takes work but its amazing
Re: Your favourite traditional turkey recipe?
I know it takes work but its amazing
Re: Your favourite traditional turkey recipe?
More on the fried turkey:
Peanut oil is supposedly the best oil for the frying.
The frying contraption is, shall we say, pyrotechnically inclined. The most common mistake is putting too much oil in the pot, when the turkey is dunked in, the oil overflows, runs down to the burner, and ignites the whole batch in spectactular fashion.
http://www.ul.com/consumers/turkeys.html - movie for download!
Yeah, it's a lot of work, isn't particularly healthy, and could burn your house down, but it does taste great.
As a side dish, for Thanksgiving we always make a sweet potato dish that will either block an artery or send you into a diabetic coma. Senator Russell's Sweet Potato Casserole:
Enjoy!Mix together in a large bowl:
3 cups mashed sweet potatoes
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
2 Eggs
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
1/4 cup evaporated milk
Spray 2 quart casserole dish with Pam.
Spread mixture into casserole dish.
Topping:
1 cup light brown sugar, packed
1 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup butter softened
Mix the above ingredients together. Sprinkle topping over top of sweet potato mixture.
Bake @ 325º FOR 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
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Re: Your favourite traditional turkey recipe?
Hang about, I thought the frying thing was a joke, do you mean Americans REALLY fry WHOLE Turkeys?
Wow. I mean, wow. Who looks at a thing the size of a turkey and thinks, I know, I'll fry that sucker? (well, Americans, obviously)
Any other dishes we should know about? Potted Whale?
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Re: Your favourite traditional turkey recipe?
The Yanks espeicially in the south fry everything, I know this, my step-mom told me.....
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Re: Your favourite traditional turkey recipe?
The Yanks in the south???The Yanks espeicially in the south fry everything, I know this, my step-mom told me.....
This shouldn't surprise you Brits that much. The American South has a lot of Scottish immigrant descendents. Deep-fried Mars bars, anyone?
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Re: Your favourite traditional turkey recipe?
LMFAO...
I said Yanks.....not Yankees...
Hey, if it is an insult I am sorry, but y'all always be Yanks to us
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.
"The purpose of a university education for Left / Liberals is to attain all the politically correct attitudes towards minorties, and the financial means to live as far away from them as possible."
Re: Your favourite traditional turkey recipe?
I know, no offense taken, it just struck me as a funny way to phrase it.LMFAO...
I said Yanks.....not Yankees...
Hey, if it is an insult I am sorry, but y'all always be Yanks to us
I don't know the whole history behind the fried turkey, maybe it's been common for decades now in the rural areas. I think I first heard about it 15 years ago, and it has gotten more popular since.
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Re: Your favourite traditional turkey recipe?
the bird: yes, get a decent one.
keeping its tits moist: really fatty bacon laid on top. Maybe shove something moist between the skin and the flesh.
stuffing: pork sausagemeat, celery, raisins, smallish cubes of white bread, onion and some other stuff I can't remember. put in bird and in a baking dish (because you should make loads as it's lovely).
what about the sausages wrapped in bacon???
roast a load of root vegetables in nice tasty fat of some sort, maybe with some fresh herbs of your choice. Parsnip, potato and carrot are nice.
Re: Your favourite traditional turkey recipe?
Sounds lovely, Taffy_is_a_Taff, but I have already decided on the citrus stuffing because the AdrianII's generally like fruit with their game, for instance chicken with pineapple and canard à l’orange.We will have those soon since my homewarming party will be an Alsatian choucroute dinner with the works (which includes various sausages and other meats).What about the sausages wrapped in bacon???Allow me to return the favour with my chicory salad recipe. Cut 1 chicory lengthwise, remove bitter root part, chop leaves finely. Peel small sour apple, chop finely. Mix with dollop of mayonaise, sprinkling of kecap and ground black pepper. Serve at 10º Celcius. Delicious combination of sweet/sour/bitter.Parsnip, potato and carrot are nice.
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Re: Your favourite traditional turkey recipe?
Thanks, I will give that salad a try sometime.
If you like citrus in your bird then you could put some slices of lemon between the skin and the flesh on the breast: keeps it moist, keeps it lemony.
Edit: you should try that stuffing sometime as the raisins plump up from all the meat moisture and so it becomes nice and fruity that way.
Last edited by Taffy_is_a_Taff; 10-18-2005 at 21:51.
Re: Your favourite traditional turkey recipe?
I know I keep ruining this post, I'm sorry, but I have to add this to the subject of Americans frying things: I had a room mate in the U.S. who fried breakfast cereal! He would literally dump Cheerios into a frying pan and then eat them dry, as one eats candy. He said his father had taught him this!!
To mention the above after such good recipies is maybe in bad taste, but I think it will further amaze the Europeans.
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Re: Your favourite traditional turkey recipe?
Abdel: you've never met a Scot have you?
Re: Your favourite traditional turkey recipe?
Nothing amaze's me anymore.......
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.
"The purpose of a university education for Left / Liberals is to attain all the politically correct attitudes towards minorties, and the financial means to live as far away from them as possible."
Re: Your favourite traditional turkey recipe?
Twinkees you deep fry twinkees
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Re: Your favourite traditional turkey recipe?
SFTS:
Not in Scotland you don't. You deep fry Mars bars there.
they deep fry anything.
They reheat pies by deep frying them for God's sake!!!
They'd fry Twinkies too but you can't buy them in Scotland.
Re: Your favourite traditional turkey recipe?
A turkey bought in Holland always seems to be smaller than what you'd get in England. They don't seem so popular over here, most Dutchmen I know dislike the taste, finding it too dry. Are you going for some kind of gravy? Anyway, best of luck with this venture, I can't imagine a Christmas without a Turkey!
Oh, and don't forget to use the excess turkey for sandwiches after Christmas. Delicious.
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Re: Your favourite traditional turkey recipe?
and boil up the carcass to make the basis for a huge pot of turkey soup.
Should see you through 'til the new year.
Re: Your favourite traditional turkey recipe?
I believe The Third Man is up this year, next year it is The Italian Job, and then, maybe then we can envisage The Great Escape again...
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Re: Your favourite traditional turkey recipe?
You forgot Zulu.I believe The Third Man is up this year, next year it is The Italian Job, and then, maybe then we can envisage The Great Escape again...
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Re: Your favourite traditional turkey recipe?
Did I mention Zulu?
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Re: Your favourite traditional turkey recipe?
Oh. Looks like I'll have to search through the DVDs then...
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