Your sides should be thrown away, your turkey should be frozen or almost gone.

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• kindred@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is because the turkey is always so dry.

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  • kensand@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Try brining the turkey overnight before roasting. Keeps the bird nice and moist in my experience.

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    • kindred@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Rather than all of that stress, I’d rather we collectively agree that it’s just not worth it.

      Cook smaller poultry.

      It’s easier to cook evenly and it usually tastes better anyway.

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  • MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Seems like something someone who isn’t cooking turkey would say, but in case you are cooking it, or are able to share with the person cooking it, Gordon Ramsey has a turkey recipe that involves buttering the meat directly that has never failed. I like to pre brine for alternative flavor, but for most cases his method is more than sufficient: gordonramsay.com/…/roast-turkey-with-lemon-parsle…

    There’s also a video if you prefer.

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    • kindred@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I can and have cooked turkey for myself.

      **I have "won" at turkey.**

      When I lived on my own and worked in the restaurant industry, I took it as a point of pride to figure out how to do it well. I tried brines, but found that simple salting and leaving it on the bottom shelf overnight was easier and just as effective. And that cutting it up and sous vide was a more reliable way to get it evenly cooked. And that I could still brown the skin on a cast iron pan in high heat afterwards.

      And then decided it wasn’t worth it. Not when I can cook a chicken, a duck, and a Cornish hen for half the effort.

      Nowadays, I don’t even do that much.

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  • thenewred@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Don’t overcook it. A lower internal temp is still safe if held for a period of time, e.g. 145 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes.

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    • kindred@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Try telling that to your mother who’s been handling the turkey for decades.

      You get what you get and you either like it or you shut up and pretend that you do, because that’s your mum and she’s tired and hasn’t seen you in weeks and turkey is always a little dry, trust me I know, I’ve been doing this since before you were born, eat it with some cranberry sauce, have you seen your cous…

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• Kertyna@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What, the sides cure cancer or something??

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• notreallyhere@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  lol I forgot all about this

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  • grahamja@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It was about 4 months after the invasion of Iraq, it was a pretty happening year.

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    • notreallyhere@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      who is on the right?

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• obinice@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Dawg we’re not even 3 days into the Advent season yet, my turkey is still frozen outside waiting 😂

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My sides don’t even make it past Thanksgiving. They’re the best dishes.

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• melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That was the last time Madonna was relevant. Now most won’t even watch her hardcore porn. /s

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