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All Stocked Up?

So are you all ready for next week? Did you make your stock yet for basting the turkey? You still have time to make your cranberry sauce over the weekend. Make sure you have enough vege to use as a " bed " to cook that guy up on Thursday. Lastly make sure you have some recipes for the leftovers . OK - you can proceed now. Vege waiting to go into the stock - sitting in the pasta strainer insert All stocked up!

Let's Talk Turkey (and Gravy)

2010 Turkey In addition to using homemade stock , sometimes I use white wine and the stock. It makes a flavorful gravy. I usually try to buy an organic free-range turkey. I find that they are moist - probably because they are usually fresh. I am definitely in the camp of stuffing the bird. I know there are people that say that by stuffing the bird, this dries the bird out and you can kill your family by stuffing the turkey. Well the turkey has always come out moist and I haven't killed any family member yet.  I remove the turkey from the oven after ensuring that the turkey thigh is about 165. I immediately remove the stuffing and set it in a covered dish to keep warm. I never stuff the bird the night before. But let me get back to actually getting the bird in the oven. First off, the night before I wash the turkey and place it in a shallow bowl in the refrigerator with no covering. This dries out the skin and allows it to become nice and crisp in the oven. I place the turk...