Board 8 > Annual reminder: Turkey is a dry, bland meat.

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On a day we celebrate by supposedly eating a lot of food, why don't we eat better things?

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I would argue the same thing about chicken.

I would not usually pick it, but the dark meat is pretty tasty every once in a while

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Mine was plenty moist and tasty. Which surprised me because the oven bag burst at some point and the juice all spilled out into the pan.

Also there was ham too.

Yum.

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Annual rebuttal: It doesn't have to be dry.

Case in point: The turkey I ate today.

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The turkey being smaller seems to make it taste significantly better btw.

Still an inferior meat.

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the annual red13 can't cook turkey topic.

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masterplum posted...

I would argue the same thing about chicken.

Objectively true.

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The secret to big turkeys is acknowledging the white meat is going to suck and throwing it out

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I don't really like turkey but I still get one anyways because making stuffing to put into the turkey is absolutely delicious.

Honestly I enjoy turkey sandwiches as leftovers if I must eat it.

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beavis666x2 posted...

the annual red13 can't cook turkey topic.

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Just spatchcock it

eat better turkey

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Lord Ephraim posted...

I don't really like turkey but I still get one anyways because making stuffing to put into the turkey is absolutely delicious.

Yeah thats the thing, we have to throw all this shit onto the turkey because it just isn't good enough to stand on its own.

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red13n posted...

Yeah thats the thing, we have to throw all this shit onto the turkey because it just isn't good enough to stand on its own.

What meat do you eat that stands on its own?

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Turkey by itself is delicious, and then afterwards makes incredible soup and curries.

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redrocket posted...

What meat do you eat that stands on its own?

People who put salt on steaks aren't eating the real thing!!!!

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Dark meat is always good.

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There is almost no food that you don't have to season.

Also never put stuffing in turkey. Always make it separate. If you want the turkey juices in it pour some of the drippings in after you cook the turkey. Otherwise you are risking illness.

And again, it should be spatchcocked anyway so you shouldn't have anything to put it in in the first place.

I also risk illness when I order hamburgers medium

"Oh well"

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Try stuffing it with citrus fruits. That seems to have been doing the trick for quite some years for my family now.

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Dry and bland is exactly how I like it. People always say the flavor is in the dark meat, and I agree. That flavor is BAD though

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Anyway, as usual, I ask why we don't just make a bunch of steaks for Thanksgiving or something delicious. No one goes to restaurants to order turkey(Other than to eat healthy).

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Turkey clubs are an amazing sandwich.

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masterplum posted...

I also risk illness when I order hamburgers medium

"Oh well"

there's a pretty significant different between undercooked beef and undercooked poultry

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red13n posted...

Anyway, as usual, I ask why we don't just make a bunch of steaks for Thanksgiving or something delicious. No one goes to restaurants to order turkey(Other than to eat healthy).

turkey sandwiches are delicious

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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

Turkey clubs are an amazing sandwich.

Definitely but not something you are going to serve for a big dinner.

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I can eat a turkey sandwich at a big dinner

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Turkey is great

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LeonhartFour posted...

I can eat a turkey sandwich at a big dinner

If you serve a bunch of turkey sandwiches people are going to be disappointed.

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I'd rather have turkey than steak, I've never been a big steak guy. It's alright/good but it's never something I will really go out of my way for. Not that I will for turkey per se, but more likely than steak.

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Bane_Of_Despair posted...

I'd rather have turkey than steak, I've never been a big steak guy. It's alright/good but it's never something I will really go out of my way for. Not that I will for turkey per se, but more likely than steak.

Got to have something you'd prefer on the menu though at least.

I'm particularly fond of the various BBQ we end up having on like the 4th of July or whatever.

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I think most birds are dry but ducks are delicious

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this topic bothers me every year

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So you eat your steaks without any seasoning?

*Doubts*

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redrocket posted...

So you eat your steaks without any seasoning?

There are plenty of ways to make steak good that don't involve slathering it up with basically another dish.

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red13n posted...

If you serve a bunch of turkey sandwiches people are going to be disappointed.

no you are going to be disappointed

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red13n posted...

There are plenty of ways to make steak good that don't involve slathering it up with basically another dish.

I feel like people give you the same advice about turkey each year and you purposefully ignore it so you can make this topic again the following year. Turkey isn't even that hard of a meat to make flavorful/moist; I'd argue it's easier than steak even though it has a longer cooking time. If you don't want to use a deep frying/flavor injector method, you can use a brining method for oven roasting which will work great.
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I've had steaks the past 3 thanksgivings, skipped the turkey. If you want to do it then do it, people need to stop acting like it's a law to eat turkey.

That said I'm ok with turkey. I much prefer chicken, but neither has to be dry. It's entirely a temperature thing. Even people who watch for temp forget about carry over cooking, that's probably the main culprit. But if you get that right then you can have a moist white and dark meat.

The problem is turkey just doesn't taste that good. It has a gamey flavor vs chicken's savoriness, and the fibers are so large. The worst part is the super thick skin (yes even after separating and stuffing under it). It's not nearly as satisfying as a crispy roast chicken.

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The reason I prefer turkey to chicken in terms of like, a whole roasted bird, is because turkey is more plentiful. With chicken, it's just gone too quickly. By that I mean I favor breast meat and don't really like dark meats as much so when the chicken breast is gone, then I'm left with things I don't like as much and I won't be full yet. With turkey, the breast is more than enough to feed several people and let's you have as much of one type of meat as you desire.

In terms of dark meat, turkey legs are a lot better than chicken legs too.
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Brine the Turkey. Makes a world of difference.
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It's pretty good for meat you can buy @ 99 cents a pound. I'd rather eat dollar turkey than dollar beef >_>

I agree that the dark meat is better, which is why I prefer that on Thanksgiving night, and I use the breast meat for sandwiches and other random dishes over the next few days.

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The key for me is to inject the turkey with a butter sauce a couple of times during cooking. I cooked a 22 lb bird yesterday that was very juicy.

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CaptainOfCrush posted...

It's pretty good for meat you can buy @ 99 cents a pound. I'd rather eat dollar turkey than dollar beef >_>

I agree that the dark meat is better, which is why I prefer that on Thanksgiving night, and I use the breast meat for sandwiches and other random dishes over the next few days.

See this argument I can get behind. It is better to feed a lot of people cheaply than feed a lot of people cheap food.

But if you aren't hurtting for money why do we celebrate by eating like we are poor?

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Also there were like 10 times the amount of people at the park trying to exercise their food off today.

These people are doing it wrong and are still going to be fat.

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I ate Turkey and roast beef (or prime rib idk it was good)

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Annual reminder that no one has ever prepared you turkey properly. I'm sorry.

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greengravy294 posted...

I ate Turkey and roast beef (or prime rib idk it was good)

When I think about thanksgiving I just compare it to a vegas-style buffet.

They usually have turkey and prime rib. But its the prime rib they are going to advertise.

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tcaz2 posted...

There is almost no food that you don't have to season.

Also never put stuffing in turkey. Always make it separate. If you want the turkey juices in it pour some of the drippings in after you cook the turkey. Otherwise you are risking illness.

And again, it should be spatchcocked anyway so you shouldn't have anything to put it in in the first place.

This guy knows what's up.

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v_charon posted...

I feel like people give you the same advice about turkey each year and you purposefully ignore it so you can make this topic again the following year.

My family is huge. Pretty much every Thanksgiving I have 0 hand in the turkey.

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Today some of our turkey was turned into taquitos.

They weren't bad.