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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2014 16:15:12 GMT -5
Yep, turkeys have thighs just like chickens do.
interesting.....hopefully Wegman's will have some turkey legs and then we can all be happy
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2014 16:16:38 GMT -5
I've taken to only cooking a turkey breast....can you buy legs separately (DS1 likes those)? Wegman's! I've only ever seen the honey brined breast but then again, I've never actually looked for turkey thighs
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Nov 5, 2014 16:20:24 GMT -5
When I see turkey legs/thighs in the supermarket they are usually under the Butterball brand. Try looking for the brand and see if they have any.
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Post by Firebird on Nov 5, 2014 16:22:52 GMT -5
When I see turkey legs/thighs in the supermarket they are usually under the Butterball brand.Are you calling turkey legs fat?
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Post by wvugurl26 on Nov 5, 2014 16:25:57 GMT -5
I've only ever seen the honey brined breast but then again, I've never actually looked for turkey thighs I'm trying to think but in two stores I'm in the most I think they are in a different case than those honey brined breasts. I did an online search and the drumsticks and thighs come up at my store.
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Post by raeoflyte on Nov 5, 2014 17:03:24 GMT -5
Everyone who said they "might" come to our place for Thanksgiving this year has now bowed out. Which is very okay with me. Holidays got really relaxing in a big hurry when we stopped trying to cater to various family members. We spent years traveling to family. The new rule is, if they want to come to us they're welcome. Sometimes we even offer to pay, depending on the family member. But no one ever comes. So for the past couple of years it's been me, DH, Babybird, and my parents. It's nice because we actually don't eat together all that often. It still feels like a special occasion, and it's relaxed and laid back. I'm totally happy with our current arrangement. Our family is all local so we'd never get away from having get together's, but you have to set limits. There was one year where we ended up with 5 christmas get together's between mine and dh's side of the family. SIL hosting for us and her in-laws, presents/brunch at dh's parents, Dinner and carols at my grandmothers, gifts at my parents, and another dinner worked in there too. We said 1 holiday per family after that and I know I hurt some peoples feelings, but it really was too much. Anyone would hate Christmas after that.
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Post by Annie7 on Nov 5, 2014 17:05:35 GMT -5
It just dawned on me that you must be Buddhist. Sigh (you know you're a boring, focused (and probably an idiot) for not realizing what the symbols on someone's posts are) Sorry Tiki. Oh no its OK!! Except I'm Hindu person. Tiki,
Make a cauliflower like a turkey - that's what we do. Take a whole cauliflower, stuff it with some spices (maybe like you make okra or eggplant in India), cover and microwave. You could make a paste or dry spices. Then you can cut it up like folks do a turkey
Have other sides which are vegetarian - mashed potato, cranberry sauce (make it spicy like chutney instead of sweet if you prefer), rolls, beans, etc. Enjoy.
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Post by Firebird on Nov 5, 2014 17:49:47 GMT -5
Our family is all local so we'd never get away from having get together's, but you have to set limits.
Yeah, for sure. And I would actually love to have people over more often. That's why we offer. We really mean it, but no one ever accepts.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2014 18:09:01 GMT -5
Oh no its OK!! Except I'm Hindu person. Tiki,
Make a cauliflower like a turkey - that's what we do. Take a whole cauliflower, stuff it with some spices (maybe like you make okra or eggplant in India), cover and microwave. You could make a paste or dry spices. Then you can cut it up like folks do a turkey
Have other sides which are vegetarian - mashed potato, cranberry sauce (make it spicy like chutney instead of sweet if you prefer), rolls, beans, etc. Enjoy.
I like it thank you Annie7
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2014 18:22:04 GMT -5
I think we might try a spatchcocked turkey this year. Yes, really, and look it up before you take this thread somewhere it really shouldn't go. We did a spatchcocked chicken a few months ago and it cooked more quickly and evenly. I usually brine my poultry, but a yogurt marinade does the same things and adds a lot of flavor without the mess of brining.
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Post by chiver78 on Nov 5, 2014 18:28:50 GMT -5
Everyone who said they "might" come to our place for Thanksgiving this year has now bowed out. Which is very okay with me. Holidays got really relaxing in a big hurry when we stopped trying to cater to various family members. We spent years traveling to family. The new rule is, if they want to come to us they're welcome. Sometimes we even offer to pay, depending on the family member. But no one ever comes. So for the past couple of years it's been me, DH, Babybird, and my parents. It's nice because we actually don't eat together all that often. It still feels like a special occasion, and it's relaxed and laid back. I'm totally happy with our current arrangement. since spring of 2006, I've been the central meeting spot between parents/sis/family we actually like. for the holidays, I've been hosting my parents plus sis/BIL for the past few years, both T-day and xmas (that I don't even really celebrate, if left to my own devices). a super close cousin has been a couple times, once with her kids. I wish I'd had a camera with me when my sis realized aloud that we had our last holiday at my old place - last T-day. it was priceless! this year, everything will be here at my sis/BILs place (I'm crashing here until I find my next place) and I'm the sous chef. I cannot wait to sit back and just help. and if I play my cards right, my parents will want to do xmas not actually on the 25th, and I can go skiing in peace like I did last year.
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Post by kittensaver on Nov 5, 2014 18:36:47 GMT -5
I think we might try a spatchcocked turkey this year. Yes, really, and look it up before you take this thread somewhere it really shouldn't go. We did a spatchcocked chicken a few months ago and it cooked more quickly and evenly. I usually brine my poultry, but a yogurt marinade does the same things and adds a lot of flavor without the mess of brining. I've done this (spatchcocking the turkey) and it worked great! Removed the gizzards, cut out the backbone, flattened it out in a roasting pan over the prepared stuffing and put it in the oven. The juices from the cooking turkey dripped down into stuffing and gave it that great turkey flavor. The backbone, wing tips and assorted scraps were used to make bone broth/stock that was then turned into gravy.
Both Jacques Pepin and Julia Child have their versions of this method in their cookbooks, if anyone is interested.
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Post by weltschmerz on Nov 6, 2014 13:20:18 GMT -5
Why? You didn't realize that turkeys had necks? I love eating the neck.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Nov 6, 2014 14:37:57 GMT -5
I toss the neck. And the giblets. However, if DH wants to make gravy or whatever out of them, he can.
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Post by kittensaver on Nov 6, 2014 14:39:26 GMT -5
I toss the neck. And the giblets. My cats would hunt you down . . . just sayin' . . .
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Post by alabamagal on Nov 6, 2014 14:50:27 GMT -5
Apparently I have spatchcocked a chicken and not known it!
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Post by raeoflyte on Nov 7, 2014 10:13:32 GMT -5
Why? You didn't realize that turkeys had necks? I love eating the neck.
I didn't realize I had to pull it out of the bird, and it was just...icky...
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Post by Firebird on Nov 7, 2014 11:20:19 GMT -5
This is somewhat off topic, but I was just watching the trailer for Mockingjay (the third Hunger Games movie). It comes out a week before Thanksgiving.
Talk about a missed opportunity, is that a perfect Thanksgiving Day movie or what??
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