Posted on 11/27/2020 8:22:55 AM PST by SeekAndFind
We were directed not to have any Thanksgiving gatherings with people outside our households unless they had been “tested” and “quarantined” for two weeks before the gathering. And I would bet that we have as many self righteous Karens in our neighborhood than just about any place in the country. I am not aware of one other house in our neighborhood that had people over for Thanksgiving.
But i can’t even stand the taste of a grilled steak or chops- the taste of smoke just really doesn’t sit well with me- repeats on me terrible
Birds are tough to gauge for temp- at least for me- seems like one spot would be like 140, another spot 180-90, another 165- always overcook it- then again i can burn boiled water-
[[the other guys tried to fry a huge turkey and it was a disaster. I assumed that they knew what they were doing but sadly not one of them had a clue]]
LOL that would be me- a complete disaster- The fire crew would need to be on standby lol
I have an electronic thermometer with a cable from the sensor to the display. I poke it in the same spot deep into every turkey. My primary concern is the safety of the meal. But typically if I take it out of the smoker or oven when it hits 165 they have never been too overcooked. When I was a kid... I just assumed that turkey was tough and dry. It wasn't until I was married that I discovered that turkey could be very tasty.
lol- yep- growing up everything was cooked to a char it seems (Maybe that’s why i don’t care for anything smoked)- chops had to be 165- because word was out about trichinosis- (Oh- and hte new FDA guidelines on Trich is 145f- domestic pork today is apparently much much safer than it was in past- has something to do with how they wrre fed or something which caused more Trich) but we always managed to cook them even further for fear o f Getting Trichinosis- - dried out pucks is what they were- chicken, same thing-
Although the burgers we did eat 1/2 raw- we’d even pick scrambled burger out of pan while it was frying- still dripping blood- As best i can recall, we never got Ecoli back then- either that or we ‘built up a resistance to it’ lol
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