tOfficial “how I’m doing my bird” for Thanksgiving thread.

by **DWags** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 8:29

Traditional? Smoked? Deep fried?

Pics on Thursday also. Any other meats?

by **Floyd Robertson** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 8:45

I'm not telling you how I'm stuffing my bird.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 8:46

In laws are cooking them. All I have to do is drink. tOfficial “how I’m doing my bird” for Thanksgiving thread. 969504605

by **DWags** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 8:54

Floyd Robertson wrote:I'm not telling you how I'm stuffing my bird.

Then just post pics

TIA

by Guest Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 9:23

Me:
Oven Roasted Turkey
Spiral Sliced Ham
Mashed potatoes
Gravy
Stuffing
Butternut Squash

Sis2:
Green Bean Casserole
Bacon Baked Beans

Sis1
Rolls
Pumpkin Squares

Me:
Blueberry Pie
Custard Pie
Raisin Pie

Smaller crowd than normal this year - expecting 16

by **I.B. Fine** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 9:33

By the pool, with a cold beer, in Fort Myers.

by **Jake from State Farm** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 10:14

Oven roasted turkey
grape salad
sour cream and cheddar mashed potatoes
brown butter brussel sprouts
skillet cornbread
apple pie
rolls

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 10:26

spatchcock

Considering taking the skin off.

by **I.B. Fine** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 10:30

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:spatchcock

Considering taking the skin off.

I like the spatchcock idea, you've got the grill for it...and eff stuffing.
Skin off, before cooking??? I'd be worried about it drying out..

by **DWags** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 10:35

I e done chickens like that WBH. Too risky for Dwags fam on thanksgiving

by **Rocinante** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 10:43

Traditional. Rubbed down with salt and then slathered with a garlic herb butter. We’re actually doing it today as we will be in Northport for Thanksgiving with my dad and we want my mom to have some good food. And my sisters kids will probably eat most of it anyway. Wife making a cinnamon pie and a pumpkin pie and a green bean casserole. Various roasted or pan fried veggies.

by Senior Dickfist Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 10:51

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:In laws are cooking them. All I have to do is drink.

Same here!

by **Dendrobates** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 11:13

We will be doing to double thanksgiving again. Drive an hour 45 min for my family, eat, drive back for in-laws.

My family always does roasted chicken. My grandpa who has been the main chef until the last few years, doesn’t like turkey.

I have no idea how the in-laws do it. There are 2 of 3 turkeys as there is usually around 65 people . They also have meatballs, kielbasa, and ham on thanksgiving.

by AvgMSUJoe Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 11:46

Hopefully the wife will know...

Oh... For the turkey? Whatever. I'll show up.

by Guest Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 12:15

DWags wrote:I e done chickens like that WBH. Too risky for Dwags fam on thanksgiving

Spatchcocked chickens on the grill are great....should work on a turkey if you can keep the moisture up.

by MSU addict Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 12:26

Dry brined and roasted. The exact roasting method is still to be determined.

by **DWags** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 12:36

LooseGoose wrote:
DWags wrote:I e done chickens like that WBH. Too risky for Dwags fam on thanksgiving

Spatchcocked chickens on the grill are great....should work on a turkey if you can keep the moisture up.

If anyone can, WBH will, but I'm waiting to see how he does this sans skin.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 12:38

I will not be cooking, but drinking.

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 12:41

DWags wrote:
LooseGoose wrote:

Spatchcocked chickens on the grill are great....should work on a turkey if you can keep the moisture up.

If anyone can, WBH will, but I'm waiting to see how he does this sans skin.

Yeah I've done the spatchcock for the past few years. Just reading that without the skin is how Franklin does his turkeys. I'm not sure if true. I see info online about him doing boneless or bone-in breasts that way, but not whole birds. Still researching....

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 12:44

Here's last year's split bird cooking. 22 lber.

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by **tGreenWay** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 13:00

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:Here's last year's split bird cooking. 22 lber.

Nice chicken.

by **tGreenWay** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 13:01

Thinking I’ll serve mine dead this year.

by Senior Dickfist Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 13:12

tGreenWay wrote:Thinking I’ll serve mine dead this year.

Dude, that takes out the flavor!

by **I.B. Fine** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 14:30

tGreenWay wrote:Thinking I’ll serve mine dead this year.

How are you going to serve anything if you're dead, tGreenway?

Sounds like you're watching too much of the zombie shit.

by **MiamiSpartan** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 14:45

Hopefully it's a nice enough day to lounge in my MIL's pool while she does the cooking. And for the record, she doesn't allow anyone to help help, let alone ever allow someone else to do the cooking, so it's not like I even have to feel guilty about it.

by **Jake from State Farm** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 15:11

tGreenWay wrote:Thinking I’ll serve mine dead this year.

Fresh dead or roadkill dead?

by **tGreenWay** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 15:23

Senior Dickfist wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:Thinking I’ll serve mine dead this year.

Dude, that takes out the flavor!

Too tired to fight this year.

by **Dendrobates** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 15:24

From what I recall, and if my historical knowledge is fact, didn’t the Indiana bring deer to the dinner? Overall nothing is known what was first eaten. Maybe my thoughts are wrong, and I’m too damn lazy to look shit up.

But venison sounds better for thanksgiving anyway. My 2 cents

by **tGreenWay** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 15:24

I.B. Fine wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:Thinking I’ll serve mine dead this year.

How are you going to serve anything if you're dead, tGreenway?

Sounds like you're watching too much of the zombie shit.

Been doing it that way with my dick for years. tOfficial “how I’m doing my bird” for Thanksgiving thread. 3557613862

by **tGreenWay** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 15:26

Jake from State Farm wrote:
tGreenWay wrote:Thinking I’ll serve mine dead this year.

Fresh dead or roadkill dead?

Fresh dead. Uncle Fred and Aunt Eunice always bring the roadkill.

by **Floyd Robertson** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 15:27

Dendrobates wrote:From what I recall, and if my historical knowledge is fact, didn’t the Indiana bring deer to the dinner? Overall nothing is known what was first eaten. Maybe my thoughts are wrong, and I’m too damn lazy to look shit up.

But venison sounds better for thanksgiving anyway. My 2 cents

I think they did bring a deer. But then they took it back.

by **tGreenWay** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 15:29

by **I.B. Fine** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 15:30

Dendrobates wrote:From what I recall, and if my historical knowledge is fact, didn’t the Indiana bring deer to the dinner? Overall nothing is known what was first eaten. Maybe my thoughts are wrong, and I’m too damn lazy to look shit up.

But venison sounds better for thanksgiving anyway. My 2 cents

Lobster, venison and turkey. tOfficial “how I’m doing my bird” for Thanksgiving thread. 361471007

by **MiamiSpartan** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 15:41

Dendrobates wrote:From what I recall, and if my historical knowledge is fact, didn’t the Indiana bring deer to the dinner? Overall nothing is known what was first eaten. Maybe my thoughts are wrong, and I’m too damn lazy to look shit up.

But venison sounds better for thanksgiving anyway. My 2 cents

Leave it to the Hoosiers to not know the difference between a deer and a turkey. Forks down!

by **I.B. Fine** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 15:43

This looks like a great way to spice up your road-kill Greenway
Hot Cheetos turkey will spice up Thanksgiving dinner
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by **Watch Out Pylon!** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 15:58

I.B. Fine wrote:This looks like a great way to spice up your road-kill Greenway
Hot Cheetos turkey will spice up Thanksgiving dinner

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by Guest Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 16:11

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:
I.B. Fine wrote:This looks like a great way to spice up your road-kill Greenway
Hot Cheetos turkey will spice up Thanksgiving dinner

Such an old stick in the mud.

by **tGreenWay** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 16:42

I.B. Fine wrote:This looks like a great way to spice up your road-kill Greenway
Hot Cheetos turkey will spice up Thanksgiving dinner

Aunt Eunice’s bird (I always start with the assumption Uncle Louis and Aunt Eunice will find a roadkill bird) always looks exactly like that. Not from hot Cheetos, but from about four full cans of Old Bay.

by **The Pantry** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 17:43

Undecided on spatchcock or whole but will definitely be throwing it in the smoker with some pecan chunks. This one came out great a couple years ago. 16# and was done in a little over 2 1/2 hours

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by **The Pantry** Mon 19 Nov 2018 - 17:54

LooseGoose wrote:Me:
Oven Roasted Turkey
Spiral Sliced Ham
Mashed potatoes
Gravy
Stuffing
Butternut Squash

Sis2:
Green Bean Casserole
Bacon Baked Beans

Sis1
Rolls
Pumpkin Squares

Me:
Blueberry Pie
Custard Pie
Raisin Pie

Smaller crowd than normal this year - expecting 16

All sounds good but may I make a suggestion? Substitute mashed rutabaga for the butternut squash. It's awesome with turkey gravy. Been a regular part of Thanksgiving dinner since I was a kid.

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