It's done!

[greatbear]

Here's my turkey, fresh outta the oven. What made me laugh then take this picture was the fact that I was using two thermometers to check for doneness and the thought occurred to me that it seems it does not take long for me to fit gauges to certain things. This is looking just as bad as some of my cars.

A high-performance turkey?

Time to take this one for a spin!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

Comments

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

LMAO!

Well, it had to sit for a while anyway.

Maybe the next turkey I do will have an ethernet jack and the oven will have a webcam fitted inside. ;-)

[beastbriskett.livejournal.com]

If one is good, two is better, right?

The webcam idea is a hoot. Do it!

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

I need to find a webcam that can take 425 degrees!

TAKE COVER! TAKE COVER!

[alpenhorn.livejournal.com]

She's gonna blow!

Happy Thanksgiving, Phil.

Re: TAKE COVER! TAKE COVER!

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

I'm giving herrr all she's gott, Keptin. Any more, an; she's gonna BLOW!

:)

Hope you had a good one too.

[bonkishnurtaz.livejournal.com]

Happy Thanksgiving Phil. Your turkey looks magnificent. Oh BTW, are you interested in picking this (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BOH90Y/103-3592832-3364661?v=glance&n=130&s=dvd&v=glance) up this weekend? HUGS

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

That's on my short list, as is all sorts of oddball music from Opeth to the latest Porcupine Tree. I'm just trying to avoid Retail Hell around these parts. I think most of it will be bought over the intarweb.

I hope you have a good TDay as well.

HUGS

[bonkishnurtaz.livejournal.com]

BTW, I love that new Rush icon. CHEERS!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_angry_alan/]

Mmmm.. Roasts Per Minute.

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

This one was more of an easy cruise rather than redlining every shift. ;)

[clickboo.livejournal.com]

Happy Thanksgiving, bud. :)

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

Back atcha. I hope you had a good one up North. Loved the snow!

Hugs!

[digibob.livejournal.com]

That is a fine looking specimen. You should be proud. The few turkeys I've done have been so bone dry I gave up on them.

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

What has worked for us is to put the bird in a 450 oven for an hour in a covered pan for an hour, then reduce the temp to 350 and bake for a total time of 10 minutes per pound. Remove the lid few minutes before it's done to brown the skin. Butter the skin and sprinkle flour over the bird at the start for a nice crisp skin. It's done when the inside temps are about 165 degrees.

[kdotdammit.livejournal.com]

That's like the CUTEST turkey (dead turkey) I've ever seen in my whole life. I never knew a dead turkey could be so cute.

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

This reminds me of my partner's nephew. He'd eat turkey, chicken, fish, beef, whatever with no problem. BUT, if you tell him that it's dead turkey, chicken, etc, he'd want nothing to do with it. I like waiting till he's mostly done eating before I say "Mmmm, that was the best dead _____ ever!". He'd get upset. X-D

[airbearma.livejournal.com]

I monitored my turkey by plugging my probe into the oven so it would alarm when the temp was right. I love hi-tech gadgets...lol

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

I have a nice industrial thermocouple meter and probe I can use, but I never think of it.

[jn1701e.livejournal.com]

It almost looks like a Turbo charger and a tachometer.. nothing wrong with a high performance turkey.. it looks good.

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

The recipe never says how much boost to use. :-)

[le-lapin.livejournal.com]

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

I think it's the angle that the pic was taken and the depth of field. It's a 14 pound bird, and one thermometer is a commmon oven thermometer, the other is one of those little pocket with a dial less than an inch. Being that they were sticking up closer to the lens, I guess that made them look big (and I agree, they do look big, and the turkey much smaller than it is. lol).

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

LOL. That turkey does look rather like it's about to zoom off. :-)

My bro-in-law did two turkeys yesterday, one in da oven, the other on da grill and he used two electronic thermometers that beep when the inside reaches 160-165. The unit itself sits outside the oven and a wired probe goes into the bird and the door can close on the cable safely. High tech but works wonderfully.

Both birds came out wonderfully and there was virtually no meat left after all was consumed. 19 people were at the festivities yesterday. :-)