Turkey what kind are you buying? how to know what to pick?

Britbrit13 · ‎07-12-2011

Its almost TG

What kind are you buying? how to know what to pick?

For some reason my turkey is always not up to par..this year i decided to go with a brined trader joes turkey..

How does your turkey turn out? whats the secret to a good turkey!! My mom always used to say low and slow..what do you,all think??

TY so much for all your help, Brittany

house_cat · ‎03-09-2010

I bought a frozen turkey breast, Ralph's Private Selection. I cook it in a covered roaster - always turns out fine. I don't have the time or inclination to do all the fancy stuff I hear people doing. Maybe I'm missing something.

~ house cat ~

jaxs mom · ‎04-18-2012

I bought an organic free range turkey from Costco.

Don't Change Your Authenticity for Approval

Britbrit13 · ‎07-12-2011

House_cat, im very simple for TG i always say TG is not your time to play Julia child!!

terrier3 · ‎03-10-2010

I got an organic free range turkey from a local farmer at our food co-op.

EXCELLENT taste! They had samples yesterday.

house_cat · ‎03-09-2010

On 11/23/2014 Britbrit13 said:
House_cat, im very simple for TG i always say TG is not your time to play Julia child!!

I agree! In my case, it has to be transportable. I cook it at my house and transport it to my mom and dad's apartment. Nothing fancy happening here, but it will be yummy.

Enjoy yours!

~ house cat ~

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

I always buy fresh. The difference, over frozen turkeys, is huge. One store I shop at mostly has a brand, from a ranch in California, they buy that is very good. It's a west coast chain, so it's not nationwide.

If you're looking for cheap, it's not that cheap I don't think. I ordered mine last week and I believe it was $2.69lb.

It always comes out very well, if I do say so myself. I do a wet brine, overnight. Then I create a dry rub that goes on after it's rinsed and dried from the brining. Then it's pretty much a conventional roasting.

I don't do the stuffing thing because I think that's gross. But I do put a bunch of aromatic stuff inside like onion, lemon, thyme, sage, rosemary, and I forgot what else but, fortunately, I have it written down.

GCR18 · ‎07-03-2013

I bought a frozen butterball turkey at the grocery store. I put butter and spices under the skin. Cook it at 450 for the first half hour, then 350 for the rest of the time. It's uncovered at 450, then I put tin foil loosely over it until the last basting. It always turns out good. I'm not much of an experimental cook. This is how my mother cooked turkeys.

BornToShop · ‎03-10-2010

Due to work demands, I'm not able to do my TG weekly ritual & labor of love of brining & air-drying, etc. Someone on this forum recently suggested Trader Joe's brined turkeys. We just had a TJ open up close to me, so DH & I went last night & got a 20 lb brined bird. Chickenbutt, what is your dry rub you put on your turkey after you brined it? TIA!