Posted on 11/26/2014 1:51:49 PM PST by TurboZamboni
Spatchcocking a turkey is a beautiful way to cook the Thanksgiving Day centerpiece.
While you won't end up with a traditional round turkey served on a platter, the method of spatchcocking will give you an evenly brown roasted turkey that will be the envy of all of your dinner guests.
What is spatchcocking? Much like butterflying, spatchcocking involves cutting the turkey - basically removing the backbone - so it lays flat.
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If you remove a turkey’s backbone won’t it look like a RINO.
Hmmmmm ... Interesting,, like butterflying shlimp or filet mignons..
Got a 15 pound butterball defrosting as we post..
I don’t cook dressing in turkey anyway,, hmmmm.
Thanks for this one.
If Elaine Chao saw that quivering on the platter, she’d pile on. Speaking of turkeys.. Mitch was out hunting for bird? Who’s his guide, Dick Cheney?
I don’t want anything that sounds like spatchcocking around my turkey!!
I use two different methods. A turkey breast goes into a crock pot. Throw in Turkey legs to flavors the gravy. Or, I cover it with Reynolds wrap and bake at 450°. If anyone wants the Times for the second method, just ask. Turkey cooks in about 3 hours or less.
Heck -- why not just chop it up like a fryer and roast the pieces?
Mitch’s caruncles are bigger than most .
Andy Griffith solved a lot of mysteries on that Spatchcock show.
Can you see him in a cankle-off with Hillary??
Gridlock taken to a whole new level.
Spatchcock your Turkey?
Didn’t I see here, just last week, about a guy doing that to a goat?
Or wrap your stuffed turkey in two layers of aluminium foil and cook in the oven for about 2 and half hours. Brown and done. One of my girlfriends taught me that years ago. Her turkey was always delicious.
A Chef friend of mine ,debones the turkey , yum yum
I'm sure it is.
Looks kind of like a battery-powered chain saw.
I like the ritual of the 5am stuffing of the bird. I pour myself a glass of Frangelico and get to work. Nobody else is up at that time. I toss on some Christmas music. I make the stuffing. I cook up the giblets for the dog. Then I dress up the bird, stuff it, and slather it in herbs and olive oil. Then I let it sit in the oven at 325 degrees for about 7 or 8 hours, basting every 40 minutes or so.
The turkey is my only real job on Thanksgiving. My wife does most of the rest. But that turkey comes out perfect every time. And if it cooked faster, my wife would find other things for me to do. So let the turkey cook all day so I can spend the rest of the time sipping wine and watching football "keeping an eye" on the roasting turkey.
The day after (Friday), I'm home alone hanging Christmas lights while the wife and rest of the family are out shopping in that Black Friday madness. That's my favorite part of Thanksgiving. Having the house to myself and hanging Christmas lights the day after. While wolfing down leftover turkey and pies and such.
If it got cooked sooner,
Sounds like what beastiality fans do with fowl.
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