[Mercat]

There have been times when the deep interior shows some pink but I go ahead and serve the outside. That’s why although we say the blessing with the turkey on the table (photo op), we carve it in the kitchen. I do use a temp prob and then let the bird rest at least a half hour. No one has every gotten sick by the way on the two or three occasions (in 40 years). I prefer it slightly underdone to over done.

[GOP Poet]

Oh my thank you for your honest post! That is very helpful. (Unfortunately I have an open concept home and a very intrusive mother in law (YET I may gather her experience for making sure we get the temp. taken properly :-). I agree with you though about over versus undercooking. The other part of the turkey was exquisite :-). I could see if it was in longer the dark meat would be dry. Instead it was perfect.

Does the turkey continue to cook after it has been 'let' out of the oven? We only let it sit 5-10 minutes as it was just me and my honey and we were HUN-GRY!

many Thanksgiving blessings to you and yours!