Got to get my turkey today, to brine and then dry out and then roast early weds. I need most things done early because Weds night we have a big birthday hockey game to go to!
I hate that the “fresh” turkeys are always still too frozen to get the metal out of them. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. So you are forced to carefully leave them out of the fridge for an hour, put it back in, take it back out, til you can get that **** out.
Brining is an excellent way to keep a turkey moist, I believe.
My mother would get up early to put the turkey in the oven, but there were 7 children in our family, so we always had a big bird. Our turkey this year is only 11 pounds. :)