I am practicing today. On Christmas day, at my daughter’s house, we will cook a turkey. My son, my daughter, my son-in-law and I have never cooked a turkey. Despite the reassurances from my brother that this is no great deal, we all are not so sure!
So, I decided to invite a family over tonight to try out a turkey. One that I would cook.
Now, I guess I got this approach to cooking from Jill. If you are going to have to cook something, make it something new. If they don’t like it, you can call it a trial. If they like it, you put it in your recipe book.
20 minutes per pound (this is 4 kgs – so 3 hours). And don’t put the stuffing inside – keeps the insides from heating up. Make the stuffing separately. The three basic instructions my brother gave me.
I can hardly wait. Might blog about this in the next while. Or, might not, depending on how it goes!!!
Sounds good, Ron. Good size turkey. I always do the stuffing separate too. Although I usually don’t do first time recipes for company. Always a tried and true recipe than I know it will turn out. I don’t like to experiment on guests !! Have fun !!
You will do just fine, brother dear! You can’t go wrong with turkey as long as the turkey itself is a good one (like one from a local farmer who lets it run around and eat grain, weeds, grasshoppers … ). On the other hand one from the store can be enhanced by making sure that you baste (pour the drippings from the turkey) over it every hour or so. It will help keep it moist. Oh yes, and a little salt and pepper to season the skin. (:
And it was delicious! Thanks so much for having us!
My pleasure. And yes, it actually did taste good!!