Friday, November 6, 2009
HELP
My mother in law (who has been so amazing to me during my cancer treatments), wants me to cook a thanksgiving turkey with stuffing for the family party. I have NEVER cooked a turkey. I feel like me head is going to explode. The pressure of cooking a turkey for a family party and having it turn out right UGGH. I keep picturing the Christmas vacation scene where the turkey pops open and there is only steam coming out, it is totally over cooked and leathery. Or the cooked on the outside, but frozen on the inside scenario. I have never been a good cook. I can follow a recipe, but the last thing I want to do is cook my first turkey for a big family party. Am I making too big of a deal out of this and psyching myself out? She is going to help me. I am so stressed by the thought. Help my sisters. Do you have any tips?? I love you guys. I love my mother in law, but man this is stressful.
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Just put it on early with a low heat. Make sure to reach in and take the neck out and all the goodies inside. Mom used to do it the night before so in the morning we smelled Turkey. Depends on when your Thanksgiving is. After the little thing pops out saying it's done, you take the tinfoil off and brown it I believe. Then don't throw away the juices cause you'll use them for gravy. This is just something I've watched for 32 thanksgivings...Pretty standard. I'm sure others have a better idea for you. If you don't have a big roasting pan, buy one of those tinfoile like pans that mom used to get...only thing is they bend a lot. Love you! Oh as for the stuffing thing. NO CLUE other than doing stove top afterwards. Some people do it inside the Turkey...and do like apple stuff to it. again, I've never liked stuffing so I wouldn't know. I think mom puts it on 200 for the slow cook. I've also heard if you put the turkey upside down then all the juices run to the top so it's not dry... try with caution...don't know the outcome cause mom never did that.. lol Had a date last night. He was SOOOOO cute. Met him on match.com. Bad thing is that I clammed up on our date at the end. He walked me to my car and I was silent! :-) oops. Guess I better not get nervous like that again. He did say, Well we'll do that on our second date... :-)
Wow, I am so happy for you. I just hope he is a decent human being, a rare breed apparently. Thank you for all of the directions. I think we are going to cook it in a turkey bag to keep it moist. I might use a roaster. I am not quite as stressed now. I had a long talk with the Lord and told him I needed him to help me with it, and I know he will. I love you Hodge!
Ewwww Wee I hate turkey that is cooked in roasters! Moms been doing that for the last few years and it just does not taste as good! Brigham brought some stuffing from his families thanksgiving one year and it was Paula Deens recipe... it was yummy! Holly since you know so much you are going to have to make our Thanksgiving this year evidently you have been playing us all for fools for years with the I'm just a single gal that knows nothin of cookin and such!
I was thinking it would be easier to cook in the roaster. My mother in law wanted me to cook it in my oven, but my oven does not cook evenly. I guess I still can. Paula Deans recipe. Isn't she Donna May's favorite cook. I think she inspired the Chef in Donna. I was having a terribly stressful day when I posted that. Today I feel like a million bucks. If only I felt like that everyday. If I did I wouldn't feel so pressured or overwhelmed. I get that way because I have so little energy and strength. I know it will all be ok. Hey Mindy, how bout that stuffing recipe from Paula Dean??? Post it if you have it my friend. I love you all. Wish I could be spending Thanksgiving with you.
K mindy ruthy we have beauty and the beast ready for you! Laurie do you have snow white and the seven dwarfs? we have an extra one.
I think we do. If not we can get it pretty easily. I love you, you are so sweet to think of us.
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