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Such a difficult decision....

I can't decide if I should put the turkey in now and let it cook over night or get up early in the morning and pop it in te oven. 

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Re: Such a difficult decision....

I vote for the morning.

 

  Once I cooked soup in the crock pot over night. I couldn't sleep it smelled so good.  Now if I cook over night it's on the patio.

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving @chrystaltree

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Re: Such a difficult decision....


@Mary Bailey wrote:

I vote for the morning.

 

  Once I cooked soup in the crock pot over night. I couldn't sleep it smelled so good.  Now if I cook over night it's on the patio.

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving @chrystaltree


 

        Morning it is!   Have a great Thanksgiving !

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Re: Such a difficult decision....

I'd set the alarm, pop it in and go back to bed.  

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Re: Such a difficult decision....

How big is this turkey, I would never let anything cook while I was alseep

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being positive what could go right.
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Re: Such a difficult decision....

Oh please don't do that, nothing should bake overnight without you sitting there.

 

Sleep is the best and tomorrow will be a new day and cook tomorrow....at the most a stuffed turkey would be 4-6 hours depending on the size.

 

The turkey needs attention, needs TLC, needs some basting, you can't do that sleeping.

 

Gobble Gobble

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Re: Such a difficult decision....

Why does it take so long to cook. My turkey is 25 lbs. And it only takes 2 1/2 hrs. Maybe it's because I use a turkey bag.

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Re: Such a difficult decision....


@sweetee2 wrote:

Why does it take so long to cook. My turkey is 25 lbs. And it only takes 2 1/2 hrs. Maybe it's because I use a turkey bag.


 

Wow 2 1/2 hours doesn't seem near enough time for a 25lb. turkey! Did you insert a thermometer? We celebrated Thanksgiving last Saturday with our whole family. I had a 20 lb. stuffed fresh turkey and it took exactly 5 hours!

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Re: Such a difficult decision....

I started a thread about this already, but here is the information for those who missed it-

HTH

 

How Long to Cook a Turkey

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Re: Such a difficult decision....


@ID2 wrote:

@sweetee2 wrote:

Why does it take so long to cook. My turkey is 25 lbs. And it only takes 2 1/2 hrs. Maybe it's because I use a turkey bag.


 

Wow 2 1/2 hours doesn't seem near enough time for a 25lb. turkey! Did you insert a thermometer? We celebrated Thanksgiving last Saturday with our whole family. I had a 20 lb. stuffed fresh turkey and it took exactly 5 hours!


I thought the same thing too unless it's being cooked on the surface of the sun!