The Guild - The Wonders of the Fried Turkey

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[JRandomFreeper]

(Professional Kitchen Answer) Use a calibrated, instant-read thermometer at the leg joint... away from the bone. Insert the thermometer until the dimple in the shaft is covered. The dimple is to measure how deep you need to go for an accurate reading.

Cooked fowl will also give off clear juice when punctured. After you pull out the thermometer, check to ensure that there are no pink juices flowing from the thermometer hole.

Always use two methods (at least) to check for proper doneness.

If you were local, I would show you a third method, but it's kitchen demo-only for teaching.

/john

[JRandomFreeper]

It was a great question. You've earned a Timeout. ;>)

But I giggled a little bit, too.

/john

[Timeout]

Oh, believe me...I'm taking notes!

[JRandomFreeper]

I'm supposed to be a culinary professional, capable of teaching advanced kitchen skills to those under my training (whether students, airmen, or employees). Without innuendo.

Sometimes you're the statue, sometimes the pigeon.

/john

[Iowa Granny]

We really appreciate your help with the cullinary questions and answers. Thank you for monitoring us,, I'm sure this thread will probably run thru Friday, so keep checking on us.

[Timeout]

Holy moly!

Have you heard the speculation that Kim Jong Il may be a goner in N. Korea?! There was speculation a couple of weeks ago when some of the labeling changed on gov't broadcasts out of that barren wasteland. But now there's talk of generals defecting, widespread resistance and even the SoKo government has publicly speculated about "regime change".

First Arafat and now Chairman Kim?! Wouldn't that be somethin'?!

http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/

[JRandomFreeper]

That seems to happen, this time of year.

I get to cook for a bunch of swell guys this year. The pay and prestige isn't quite the same, but I'd rather be here than anywhere else, given the situation.

I'm just a cook.

/john

[Iowa Granny]

Thank you for all you do for those kids, john. God Bless.

[ConservativeLawyer]

Ping for later. My mouth is already watering!

[Utah Girl]

My former boss fried a turkey for us a couple of years ago for a work party. It was the best turkey I've ever had.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

I have never had a fried turkey but I hear it is amazing.

I might get a small breast and deep fry it in my home fryer, but then again, I am pretty lazy and might just open up a can of Spaghettios.

[Rebelbase]

"Heat the oil to 365-375 degrees F. Depending on the amount of oil used, this usually takes between 45 minutes and 1 hour."

My burner gets the oil up to temp. in about 20 minutes.

Something I've learned is that the oil temp drops 40-50 degrees or so when the bird is introduced to the pot, so I heat my oil to 400 before lowering the bird (higher temps cause the oil(peanut) to smoke, a no-no).

Also, there are peanut allergies so if you're cooking for a large group of unknown folks its a good idea to annnounce that the turkey was fried in peanut oil. (I put a small sign beside the turkey when served at church functions.) If peanut oil cannot be used, Canola oil is an acceptable substitute, but its pushing the limit on Canola to heat it to 400 before dropping in the bird so be very carful not to get it any hotter.

[mountaineer]

This morning I've started prepping a complete TG turkey dinner of which we won't take a single bite. We'll deliver it Thurs. to f-i-l and b-i-l so they can eat around noon, then head over to my mother's for whatever she's fixing. No Spaghetti-Os, but my suggestion of doing a roast beef for the f-i-l was shot down by Mr.M in the interest of tradition.

I just checked my email, and my sister has sent a desperate plea for your choc. chip cookies. Thankfully, I'm pretty sure where I put it, but if I can't find it, you'll be getting a desperate plea yourself!

Never mind, I just found it, titled "HLL Cookies."

[BigWaveBetty]

Funny thread here.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1286656/posts

[BigWaveBetty]

Her Majesty getting tough on terror.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (news - web sites) delivers her speech in the House of Lords. The British government announced a range of new measures to fight global terrorism and organized crime, as the Queen set out its new lawmaking agenda ahead of expected polls next year.(AFP/POOL/Kirsty

A very grateful guy this Thanksgiving.

November 23, 2004 -- Mega Millions winner Juan Rodriguez's entire life savings couldn't buy him a cup of joe.

The $149 million man — the biggest single winner in New York lottery history — had just 78 cents in his bank account the day he filed for bankruptcy, court papers show.

The destitute 49-year-old Queens man was almost $45,000 in debt — and considering he only earned $31,000 a year as a parking attendant, there was no way he could repay it. More

[MaeWest]

Her Majesty looks like the fairy godmother reading a bedtime story to the wee ones.

[BigWaveBetty]

Brains are not a requirement to be Mrs. Nicholas Cage.

November 23, 2004 -- SOMEBODY get Nicolas Cage's new wife, Alice, an American history book — and quick! Spies at the L.A. premiere of "National Treasure" last week said Alice, 20, seemed befuddled when someone talked to her about the Declaration of Independence. "She looked at them and said, 'What is the Declaration of Independence?' " our witness relates — an account confirmed by another attendee. Cage, 40, quickly came to the rescue and said, "I'm sorry — please don't ask my wife any history questions." Another source said, "Nic is so odd — a day before he married Alice, he was asking friends for advice because he didn't want to go through with the wedding. He just can't be alone." Cage and Alice met on Valentine's Day at a sushi joint where she was a waitress, and just six months later tied the knot. Annett Wolff, Cage's representative, said: "I am sure Alice knows about the Declaration of Independence and they could not be more in love or happy."

http://www.nypost.com/gossip/32101.htm

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Rut roh!

November 23, 2004 --
IS George Pataki a "girlie-man," as his gubernatorial colleague Arnold Schwarzenegger would phrase it? The guv is declining to respond to William F. Buckley, who called Pataki "epicene" in a recent piece in the New Yorker as he dismissed Pataki's prospects as a presidential candidate in 2008. "Epicene" means "common to both sexes" and "effeminate," although Buckley probably meant it in its other definition, "neither one thing nor the other." We'll apparently never know how Pataki took it. He wouldn't comment when the Albany Times-Union called last week and when PAGE SIX called yesterday. Other meanings given for "epicene" are "sexless, neutered and unmanly."

http://www.nypost.com/gossip/32093.htm

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From the Twilight Zone:

SINGER Moby will be honored Mon day at the Jazz at Lincoln Center's Allen Room. It happens during this year's Music Has Power Awards, and Moby's efforts for the Institute for Neurologic Function are being recognized.

http://www.nypost.com/gossip/liz.htm

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Can't remember if this was already posted on the last thread, sorry if so...
The nerve of these celebrattys. I'm so grateful we have such a gracious first couple. I'm NOT grateful for pompass blowhard brats who think anyone outside their little bubble wants their opinion.
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Strong-willed [aka RUDE] celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz gave President Bush her two cents after a Vogue shoot at the White House.

The fashion bible has a tradition of featuring the president after every election, so they rushed Leibovitz and feature editor Julia Reed down to D.C. on Nov. 11 to get the story in time for the January issue. But after the president and First Lady Laura Bush posed for her lens, Leibovitz surprised everyone, including Reed, by letting him have a piece of her mind.

"These are going to be hard times ahead," the fearless snapper admonished the prez, according to sources.

Liebovitz could not be reached for comment.

http://www.nypost.com/gossip/elisa.htm

[najida]

Yeppers,
Here in town we have at least one house a year that goes up in smoke due to a turkey frier fracas.

Last year, a co-worker started frying his turkey at 6am. Next to his vinyl sided house (under a carport). At 7:00am he decided he needed to run to the store for something.

Did I mention it was windy?

At 7:30am he returned to a melted mess on the side of his house about to catch fire and on the other side of the wall his kids were sleeping.

~~sigh~~ Some folks should just buy their turkeys already cooked.

[Slip18]

I love fried turkey, but I also love gravy and stuffing. So what you do is this: Fix your regular 18-20 pound turkey in the oven the day before Thanksgiving. Stuff the heck out of it. Yesterday I found a recipe for stuffed balls (as in meat balls). Sounds good and I'm trying it.

Then you get to clean the kitchen the DAY before Thanksgiving. All Cyber does it fry the other one on the day of Thanksgiving. Voila!

Arghie, I love mince meat pie, but no one else around here likes it, so I don't make it. Cyber's mom makes the traditional pumpkin pie, but I don't like pumpkin pie. So I always say, "I'm too full to eat desert."

[BigWaveBetty]

Cute! Lots of beautiful pictures of Her Masjesty and the Duke of Edinburgh at the Palace of Westminster. I'll bring them by later if daisyscarlett doesn't get to them before I get back.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth (center L) and the Duke of Edinburgh (center R) sit before the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster, during the State Opening of Parliament in London, November 23, 2004. Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites) put terrorism at the heart of his re-election bid on Tuesday, drawing accusations of scaremongering like those leveled at his ally U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites). REUTERS/Adrian Dennis/Pool

The snippy little girlie men doing their best to bring down Blair.