Current Events > Yearly reminder that Turkey sucks and is overrated.

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Its only good for lunch meat. The white meat is easier to dry out and the dark meat doesnt even taste good. It takes a needless amount of time to prepare a decently sized one, and leftovers taste terrible. Ill never understand the leftover thanksgiving turkey trope. Turkey starts to taste gamey rather quick.

chicken is the superior poultry and what Ill be enjoying this thanksgiving. #Chicken4Thanskgiving.

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I always make ham. Ham is the best. Mmm ham.

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Imagine being this wrong

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Their leader is a dickhead, but the actual country is pretty nice.
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Commercial turkey is blah. They grow so much breast meat so fast it doesn't have a chance to take on much flavor. Even then it's perfectly fine as long as you cook it right.
A good heritage bird is great though. I bought some smoked turkey drums last week(Koch Farms) and they were incredibly delicious. It'll probably be much better than the thing I'm going to be eating Thursday, though I'll never say that to my mom.

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I'm making a shit ton of bacon for the family and friends.

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You can cut the cook time by half if you butterfly the turkey first.

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Agreed.

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My wife does a great job with our turkey every year, so I really like it. I handle the ham for Christmas. I slightly prefer ham, but both are great imo.
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(Drives up and rolls down window) Oh Topic creator!

I AGREE!!! (drives off quickly)

altered family guy joke

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having some whine on thanksgrievance

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You capitalized it. If you're gonna get political go all the way.

The_Hat posted...

I always make ham. Ham is the best. Mmm ham.

Yes, yes... come to the darkside

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Leading Countries in Consumption of Tea:

1. Turkey
2. Ireland
3. Great Britain

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It's pretty easy to make a delicious turkey via brining the bird a few days before cooking. That said it's really annoying you can only get like 14 pound turkeys. It's just me and my wife, we have no use for that much food.

Trying roast duck this year, hopefully it's good!

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Pork shoulder is a good substitute

my people aren't shit at cooking turkey, so i like it

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Traditional turkey dinners prepared without any care is meh. She cooks a deliciously moist bird that doesn't dry out and I coat it with garlic, onion, herbs, and spices so it has flavour, with sides like honey glazed asparagus and brown sugar carrots.

And then the leftovers go in the freezer and I get to have turkey in my omelettes and grilled cheese for weeks.

Taste is subjective, but it's super easy to make your turkey taste the way you want it to.

Only ham or Cornish hens, for me.

Stop eating dry ass turkey then.

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VipaGTS posted...

and the dark meat doesnt even taste good

BULLSHIT

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Turkey is great, sounds like you can't cook.

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Bishop9800 posted...

BULLSHIT

You know Im right!

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chicken wings or brisket every turkey day for me cant stand that foul turkey meat

smoking a turkey on thursday, brining it the night before and will be draping a blanket of bacon over the top as it cooks to keep the skin from getting burnt. i've done this before and loved it, gonna be great.

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no way of cooking or prepping a turkey can make it good

I hate turkey too.

While I do overall prefer chicken, I eat chicken all the time. Turkey is a special occasion change. And it does taste good.

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No lies detected

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idk had some p good turkey this weekend.

having brisket on thursday tho.

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Worst topic of the week

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Overrated my ass. There are far more people bashing turkey than praising it. Turkey sucks if you don't know how to cook it. However, if you do know how, it's juicy and delicious.

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I don't think I've ever had turkey that tasted gamey.

HOWEVER. Turkey is just blander dryer chicken.

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The side dishes make the turkey, if your side dishes suck of course your turkey is going suck too.

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pick4six posted...

The side dishes make the turkey, if your side dishes suck of course your turkey is going suck too.

no turkey sucks ass

FurryPhilosifer posted...

I don't think I've ever had turkey that tasted gamey.

HOWEVER. Turkey is just blander dryer chicken.

wild turkey will taste gamey, wild anything tastes gamey after all.

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MagnusX posted...

Traditional turkey dinners prepared without any care is meh. She cooks a deliciously moist bird that doesn't dry out and I coat it with garlic, onion, herbs, and spices so it has flavour, with sides like honey glazed asparagus and brown sugar carrots.

And then the leftovers go in the freezer and I get to have turkey in my omelettes and grilled cheese for weeks.

Taste is subjective, but it's super easy to make your turkey taste the way you want it to.

Damn. Honey glazed asparagus sounds legit. I need to look up a recipe

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pick4six posted...

The side dishes make the turkey, if your side dishes suck of course your turkey is going suck too.

Thats not really a defense of Turkey. The sides are usually the only good thing when Turkey is involved. Chicken is good on its own.

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Thanks Erdoan
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Turkey legs and turkey necks are A+ though
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VipaGTS posted...

Thats not really a defense of Turkey. The sides are usually the only good thing when Turkey is involved. Chicken is good on its own.

chicken is bland crap unless you season it right. there's a reason the "it tastes like chicken" joke is a thing, its because its the generic bland meat taste.

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It's not that bad a country right?

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Ham and potato salad is my favorite

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skermac posted...

Ham and potato salad is my favorite

if someone serves potato salad at thanksgiving i'm at i'd slap them.

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JimmyFraska posted...

You capitalized it. If you're gonna get political go all the way.

it's just a weird thing on gamefaqs that people capitalize the names of animals, foods, and flavors tbh

MC_BatCommander posted...

It's pretty easy to make a delicious turkey via brining the bird a few days before cooking.

Nobody fucking does this. Nobody.
It's pathetic.

I've had good turkey exactly once in my life, and it was at a church potluck. Don't even know who brought it :(

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