[MinuteGal]

I have no doubt your fried turkey tastes ok, but there's a lot missing here. Have you ever tasted my ROASTED turkey? The savory bread stuffing, scads of yummy hot gravy, the whole apple roasting just inside the cavity giving the dressing luscious flavor and heartiness, the crispy skin, the tantalizing aroma emanating from the oven all afternoon?

Don't want no "fried" turkey, no way, no how.

Don't wanna worry about gallons of hot oil, fires, explosions, burns, fire extinguishers, brooms, 60-gallon pots, blue or yellow flames, BTU's, overnight soaking, undercooked meat, cookin' outside in the snow or surgical injections under the bird's skin. Is this Thanksgiving day or planning the Normandy invasion?

Fried turkey may be all the latest craze, but I'm an old-fashioned gal. I just wanna pop the bird of honor in the oven, watch a football game and relax. Don't have no chainsaw to carve the turkey with, anyhow.

Comanamy house!

;-)

Leni

[1Old Pro]

Great tips, thanks. One thing learned so far, if smaller birds are better than I'll get the 26qt pot ( up to 16lb bird) rather than the 32qt pot (up to 25-28 lb bird)

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

It's not very polite to entice a fellow FReeper with a description of such a delicious meal and then not even invite him over to enjoy the meal!

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Is this Thanksgiving day or planning the Normandy invasion?

Hahahahahahaha! Only guys would go to these lengths (wink, wink).

Don't have no chainsaw to carve the turkey with, anyhow.

You and me both, hun! :-]