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SheilaT

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55. Oh, no. Take that bacon off once it's cooked -- a couple of hours

Fri Nov 23, 2012, 04:47 PM

Nov 2012

and just eat it. The turkey bacon is the best thing ever!

And you're the only other person outside of my family I've run across who does the bacon thing. I got it from my mother who probably got it from her mother. I suspect the bacon thing got its start back when turkeys were much leaner than they are now, and the basting grease served a good purpose. While I do love the turkey bacon, it does leave me with a LOT of grease to remove from the drippings.

Oh, and because my husband did not grow up with that tradition, he has no interest in eating the bacon, and our two sons never really developped a taste for it either. Lucky me!

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How do you prepare your turkey? [View all] Panasonic Nov 2012 OP

set it free and wish it a long and happy life? hmmm nt msongs Nov 2012 #1

Stuffed in the oven, with some 7up and red apple chunks in the bottom of the pan. n/t Tx4obama Nov 2012 #2

I let others prepare the Turkey... virgdem Nov 2012 #3

If I had my way, I'd coat it in corn flakes and deep fry it Brother Buzz Nov 2012 #4

I say.... greatauntoftriplets Nov 2012 #5

Blindfold. woofless Nov 2012 #6

NOT by frying in one of those fire hazard oil cookers.. Iggy Nov 2012 #7

Well.... PoliticalBiker Nov 2012 #8

A "La Venezolana" mecherosegarden Nov 2012 #9

I put a half of whole white onion in the cavity along with fresh rosmary from my garden just for southernyankeebelle Nov 2012 #10

e.z. Botany Nov 2012 #11

Usually do traditional oven roast w/cornbread stuffing. This year doing the 'beer brine' roasted txwhitedove Nov 2012 #12

Gather the Syrian opposition near the border. dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #13

LOL!!!! dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #41

Well, first I.. SomethingFishy Nov 2012 #14

Like you, oven roast. I don't know the exact details sakabatou Nov 2012 #15

I Get Him In A Primary Race With Gingrich, Cain, Santorum, Bachmann, Etc... WillyT Nov 2012 #16

LOL Arctic Dave Nov 2012 #37

DUZY! Bravo! - n/t coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #59

deep-fried! Odin2005 Nov 2012 #17

Roasted with a lattice-work of pepper-bacon on top Maeve Nov 2012 #18

Oh, no. Take that bacon off once it's cooked -- a couple of hours SheilaT Nov 2012 #55

I tell it, "This is necessary" upi402 Nov 2012 #19

slow roasting in oven, basted with white wine, butter and sage, butter and sage tucked under niyad Nov 2012 #20

Yum yum. Panasonic Nov 2012 #21

here you go--enjoy niyad Nov 2012 #27

how to cook a turkey niyad Nov 2012 #22

Funnty Panasonic Nov 2012 #29

that was also me niyad Nov 2012 #48

how to cook a turkey with wine niyad Nov 2012 #23

LOL nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #28

LOL !!! - Perfect !!! WillyT Nov 2012 #32

Skipped the turkey -- went straight to the California Pinot Noir. FarCenter Nov 2012 #33

Tried a new recipe this year and I will never go back. Got it from Tricia Yearwood's catbyte Nov 2012 #24

I am confused.. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #43

Here's what I did. Use no larger than a 12 pound turkey. catbyte Nov 2012 #50

ahhhh.....that was very helpful. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #58

NO. You have to keep the turkey in the oven without opening until the oven cools catbyte Nov 2012 #61

It cooks from the residual heat as the oven cools down catbyte Nov 2012 #62

My wife is doing an Alton Brown thing......We'll see. Bonhomme Richard Nov 2012 #25

Don't worry, she'll probably come back to you before the weekend is out pinboy3niner Nov 2012 #39

That's funny. The bird was very good. n/t Bonhomme Richard Nov 2012 #44

The turkey is happy nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #26

I hope your conures are very patient! Panasonic Nov 2012 #30

They really eat duck nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #31

Duck and goose are seriously under-appreciated. They are far better than turkey. FarCenter Nov 2012 #34

We tried goose two years ago nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #35

American traditional. Butter, spices, salt & pepper, baste it every 30 - 40 minutes. n/t Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #36

I tell him that everything is going to be OK liberal N proud Nov 2012 #38

This year, we brined it overnight, stuffed with a handful of aromatics and herbs, gkhouston Nov 2012 #40

I tell him that there are some strange stories going around milestogo Nov 2012 #42

hahah gmta Voice for Peace Nov 2012 #53

Roasted one, brined and smoked another. Autumn Nov 2012 #45

In the oven, no brine. LancetChick Nov 2012 #46

Marinade with beer and lime juice PD Turk Nov 2012 #47

Weber kettle grill WinniSkipper Nov 2012 #49

Rub it down with butter, then salt and pepper notadmblnd Nov 2012 #51

I sit him down over a cup of tea and some bugs, tell him (again) the story of Thanksgiving, and Voice for Peace Nov 2012 #52

Spatchcock that bird. aikoaiko Nov 2012 #54

I had a long talk with mine, and explained that MineralMan Nov 2012 #56

I tell it "This won't hurt a bit." n/t cherokeeprogressive Nov 2012 #57

Brined two birds. Roasted one and grilled the other. nt hack89 Nov 2012 #60