What do you stuff your turkeys with?

[KentDog]

Thanksgiving is coming up and it's going to be mostly me cooking this year. I don't remember there being much to roasting a turkey, but apparently some people get pretty into the stuffings. I have never stuffed a turkey before and was wondering what sorts of items you guys put in there. Please include any special instructions. Thanks!

Note: Doesn't have to be healthy, tastes come first this year .

 

[ffemt]

www.kraft.com

meat on meat?

 

[obz]

Note: Doesn't have to be healthy, tastes come first this year .

In that case, the best thing I have ever had stuffed in a turkey was...

A duck.

That was stuffed with a chicken.

That was stuffed with sausage stuffing.

Once I tried the turducken, I never looked back. It's alot of work, but if you do it right, you will have a new favourite Thanksgiving meal... for life

Google Turducken for recipies, instructions, or where to order a ready to cook frozen one. Trust me, it rules.

 

[KentDog]

In that case, the best thing I have ever had stuffed in a turkey was...

A duck.

That was stuffed with a chicken.

That was stuffed with sausage stuffing.

Once I tried the turducken, I never looked back. It's alot of work, but if you do it right, you will have a new favourite Thanksgiving meal... for life

Google Turducken for recipies, instructions, or where to order a ready to cook frozen one. Trust me, it rules.

I actually just heard about this on the radio.

 

[KentDog]

Do you guys ever buy stuffing prepackaged?

 

[KentDog]

www.kraft.com

meat on meat?

 

[obz]

You can, it all depends on what you like. You'll get out of any meal, exactly what you put into it. I'm all about being the man of the kitchen, and would never use stovetop or any of that garbage. But, I've had it made for me, and it's perfectly edible... void of nutrition, but it doesn't taste bad at all.

There are millions of stuffing recipies out there though, mosy of them are idiot proof. Just grab one and tweak it to your tastes

 

[cjrmack]

I have a great one with bread, water chestnuts, sausage, white wine, green pepper, celery, onion, and lots of butter, MMMMMMMMMMMMMM

 

[bigss75]

I don't actually put the stuffing inside the turkey but frying it creates the most juicy turkey you'll ever have.

 

[KentDog]

What kind of bread do you guys usually go with, and how much of it?

Post recipes please .

 

[KentDog]

Does anyone here use fruit as stuffing?

 

[loki]

science h. logic that sounds good!

 

[vortrit]

I don't actually put the stuffing inside the turkey but frying it creates the most juicy turkey you'll ever have.

It's so delicious that way.

 

[obz]

Does anyone here use fruit as stuffing?

Fresh cranberries and cashews go great in stuffings!

 

[theglyphon]

I tend to make it up as I go. Something like corn bread or muffins crumbled with chesnuts and apples.

 

[I Are Baboon]

In that case, the best thing I have ever had stuffed in a turkey was...

A duck.

That was stuffed with a chicken.

That was stuffed with sausage stuffing.

Once I tried the turducken, I never looked back. It's alot of work, but if you do it right, you will have a new favourite Thanksgiving meal... for life

Google Turducken for recipies, instructions, or where to order a ready to cook frozen one. Trust me, it rules.

Looks like a bomb went off inside that bird.

 

[ozzieblackcat]

Thanksgiving is coming up and it's going to be mostly me cooking this year. I don't remember there being much to roasting a turkey, but apparently some people get pretty into the stuffings. I have never stuffed a turkey before and was wondering what sorts of items you guys put in there. Please include any special instructions. Thanks!

Note: Doesn't have to be healthy, tastes come first this year .

I never stuffed my turkey when I made Thanksgiving dinner but I'm not a great cook. My daughter has taken over preparing Thanksgiving at her home which is great.

Each year she makes a homemade stuffing for the bird. It's pretty yummy!

 

[largepkg]

It's best not to stuff the bird with stuffing! By doing this you increase the cooking time of the bird which in turn dries the meat out significantly. It's best to prepare the stuffing separately, after all what do you find so appealing about digging wet bread out of a fowl carcass?

Ask any self respecting chef and you'll get the same answer as above.

 

[KentDog]

It's best not to stuff the bird with stuffing! By doing this you increase the cooking time of the bird which in turn dries the meat out significantly. It's best to prepare the stuffing separately, after all what do you find so appealing about digging wet bread out of a fowl carcass?

Ask any self respecting chef and you'll get the same answer as above.

Kind of a silly question, but wanted to make sure... do you put the stuffing in after the turkey is cooked or just eat it separately (as a garnish)? (I guess I have eaten stuffing separately before with an ex girlfriend which is what her family does which is why I ask).

 

[KentDog]

obz - for turducken, do you cook the birds separately or altogether at once? Seems to make more sense to do it all at once, but wouldn't it be harder to cook consistantly and to get them within another?

 

[katt]

It's best not to stuff the bird with stuffing! By doing this you increase the cooking time of the bird which in turn dries the meat out significantly. It's best to prepare the stuffing separately, after all what do you find so appealing about digging wet bread out of a fowl carcass?

Ask any self respecting chef and you'll get the same answer as above.

Exactly!!! I never put the stuffing in the turkey - I use the stock from boiling the neck and organs for flavoring in the stuffing and bake it separately

 

[largepkg]

Kind of a silly question, but wanted to make sure... do you put the stuffing in after the turkey is cooked or just eat it separately (as a garnish)? (I guess I have eaten stuffing separately before with an ex girlfriend which is what her family does which is why I ask).

If you're looking for presentation then sure, I don't see a problem with it.

 

[largepkg]

Exactly!!! I never put the stuffing in the turkey - I use the stock from boiling the neck and organs for flavoring in the stuffing and bake it separately

I use them and the drippings for a kick ass gravy, but I dig your style.

 

[tucker01]

Ah to have thanksgiving in a couple of days

 

[largepkg]

Ah to have thanksgiving in a couple of days

What's wrong Ian, you Canucks don't celebrate some form of Thanksgiving?

 

[obz]

What's wrong Ian, you Canucks don't celebrate some form of Thanksgiving?

Yeah, it's in Oct up here.

obz - for turducken, do you cook the birds separately or altogether at once? Seems to make more sense to do it all at once, but wouldn't it be harder to cook consistantly and to get them within another?

All together, the juices from the duck really soak into the chicken and turkey well! Makes everything super juicy and tastey.
The two times i have had it, we ordered it pre-prepared.. all we had to do was cook it. Though, my mom insists on cooking Thanksgiving, so I don't remember the exact time and temp, seemed like it was in the oven on low temp for something like 8 hours. If you google it like I said you will find a million recipies and sets of instructions to sort you out .

 

[tucker01]

What's wrong Ian, you Canucks don't celebrate some form of Thanksgiving?

We celebrate Thanksgiving when it is meant to be celebrated(october), not because some politicians decided to move it to coincide with christmas shopping

 

[largepkg]

We celebrate Thanksgiving when it is meant to be celebrated(october), not because some politicians decided to move it to coincide with christmas shopping

We celebrate Thanksgiving the way proper capitalist should! We need the extra week to spend money we don't have.

What could Canadians have to be thankful for anyway?

 

[tucker01]

Beer Hockey and hot Chicks.


Oh I mean pilgrims and native indians.

 

[Pepper]

What could Canadians have to be thankful for anyway?

That we are below them so they don't have to have a real army.