Every year we have two kinds of turkey; boy turkey and girl turkey.
No, we don’t pay extra to have our birds sexed. The boy turkey is the one that Roger puts in the smoker and tends to all Thanksgiving day, and the girl turkey is the one that I get drunk the night before and throw in the oven late Thursday morning.
Roger’s turkey is has tender meat and a dark, smokey skin. So yummy.
My turkey is juicy and savory and falls off the bone.
Since we are all about saving time, I will not tell you the boy recipe – if your husband is crazy enough to want to buy all the stuff to do it, I will not contribute to the madness.
If you want a delicious, easy turkey that requires a large garbage bag to prepare, (really, it’s not as gross as it sounds…) check out this recipe of Emeril’s here.
Plus, I would love to have your recipe for the dish you just can’t do Thanksgiving without. You know I love a new recipe…
Hi Kathi! I’ve been thinking about brining our turkey this year. I saw a really cool maple brine recipe that I’ve been thinking about trying…but now I’m sold. Sounds so yummy.
I don’t have any superfamous recipes for Thanksgiving, but I do make a mean chocolate pecan pie (really I just sprinkle high-quality chocolate on the crust before pouring the normal pecan pie ingredients in) that everyone loves.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Grandma’s Sage Stuffing — all measurements are negotiable
She use to make 3 loaves of home bread white 3-4 days before the holiday, let it get stale and hand shred it.
I save all of my crusts and stale bread, bagels, rolls or whatever in a ziplock bag in the freezer during the year and shred it in my vegetable shredder — about 2 gallon bags full.
2 large onions, chopped
2 sticks of real butter, melted
1/2 – 3/4 bottle of sage leaves (not rubbed sage)
salt and pepper to taste
Mix everything together. Grandma would have stuffed the turkey and then complained about the dressing being soggy. I put about half of it in a covered glass dish — add about 2 cups of turkey broth (from boiling the neck and innards) and microwave it for 10 minutes. I then freeze the other half and save it for the next holiday. EZ-PZ Grandma would roll over in her grave but everyone loves it!