T-Day idea, the benefits of cutting up turkey BEFORE cooking

[kenny]

As usual the speech is sped up using technology so the production seems more cool and "brat" to young people.
Also faster takes up less time, and time is money and bandwidth.
The technology removes the "dead" time between words and even during vowels.
I say, and !!!

A generation ago 90% of stuff on today's Internet would seem ridiculously too fast to follow, funny even, like Alvin and the Chipmunks, just without raising the pitch of the voices.

I slow many things down by clicking on the gear icon at the bottom right, then changing the speed to 75%.

Penny for your thoughts, on this video, or on the above ...

 

[dk168]

I don't like turkey, and would not buy a chicken, a duck or a goose and cut it up into joints/chunks before roasting.

If I were to roast joints/chunks, I would buy packs of thighs or legs or wings.

I seldom buy or cook chicken breasts. If I roast a chicken, the breast meats go to the pets and I eat the skin, wings, thighs and drumsticks.

I do like duck breasts though - duck is my favourite meat, and I am having a roast duck this year (alternate with roast belly pork).

DK

 

[stracci2000]

Sure, you can cut it up, and roast it like you would a cut up chicken.
But I hate cutting up chicken. Tedious and messy!
Roasting the whole bird, without stuffing, is just so simple.

 

[LightBright]

I don't like turkey, and would not buy a chicken, a duck or a goose and cut it up into joints/chunks before roasting.

If I were to roast joints/chunks, I would buy packs of thighs or legs or wings.

I seldom buy or cook chicken breasts. If I roast a chicken, the breast meats go to the pets and I eat the skin, wings, thighs and drumsticks.

I do like duck breasts though - duck is my favourite meat, and I am having a roast duck this year (alternate with roast belly pork).

DK

My family was at a popular local Chinese restaurant recently and the roast duck was wonderful. It was the best we’ve ever had. At the register they had a big sign up for roasted Thanksgiving turkey done in the same way. I think you can also order duck instead. As someone who doesn’t cook very well I thought this would be a great idea!

 

[AllAboardTheBlingTrain]

I’ll comment on the video style - maybe I’m just young lol but I actually prefer it this way. I tend to watch a lot of videos on 1.25x anyway so this works great for me at regular speed

In general when it comes to recipes I tend to watch the videos in a go 1-2x, and then refer to the written recipe if needed while cooking. I don’t cook from a video recipe so I prefer a sped up and easy to digest video like this.

 

[dk168]

My family was at a popular local Chinese restaurant recently and the roast duck was wonderful. It was the best we’ve ever had. At the register they had a big sign up for roasted Thanksgiving turkey done in the same way. I think you can also order duck instead. As someone who doesn’t cook very well I thought this would be a great idea!

I push the boat out on Christmas and Boxing Days, cooking wise as I love cooking, and have a roast on the big day with all the trimmings for the leftovers to be used up later.

This year is a roast duck, and I shall have duck pancake on Boxing Day, with duck noodle soup and duck fried rice the following 2 days.

There will more than one portion of duck fried rice for the freezer.

I don't make fried rice often, however, when I do, the big wok comes out so as to make it worth the time and effort involved.

DK

 

[Snowdrop13]

We have cooked the turkey the day before then cut it up and cooked it in gravy on Christmas Day. Saves a lot of stress. A lot of supermarkets are offering pre cooked or slow cooked birds too, again to save fuss.

 

[pearlsngems]

My method is to spatchcock (i.e. butterfly, flatten) the turkey, which reduces roasting time to about 1.5 hours for a 12 lb. bird.

To do this I first disjoint the legs and wings from the body of the bird and set them aside. Then I cut out the backbone (using poultry shears or a meat cleaver) and set it aside for soup. Turning the bird breast side up, I break/cut the ribs where they attach to the breastbone and apply pressure to make the breast lie flat. I then arrange the legs and wings alongside the breast in a long rectangular foil pan (doubled for strength).

At least, that is what I used to do-- last year I switched to roasting a leg of lamb for Thanksgiving instead. I've already bought the leg of lamb for this year.

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

I'd do this....but I don't cook turkey anymore as I don't really like it. But the lesson was great.

cheers--Sharon

 

[MissGotRocks]

No, wouldn’t work for me. I prefer cooking it whole as I always stuff the turkey!

 

[Matata]

I've cooked turkey like that in the past and last year I made Ina Garten's tuscan turkey roulade. I prefer roasting the whole bird simply because it's a rite that I carried over from childhood and it's one of very few holiday traditions I enjoy.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

I’ll comment on the video style - maybe I’m just young lol but I actually prefer it this way. I tend to watch a lot of videos on 1.25x anyway so this works great for me at regular speed

In general when it comes to recipes I tend to watch the videos in a go 1-2x, and then refer to the written recipe if needed while cooking. I don’t cook from a video recipe so I prefer a sped up and easy to digest video like this.

i had no idea they do this, i keep thinking ive clicked a button by mistake and i go in and return it to normal speed

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

i noticed that the butcher where i buy the pet mince has turkey drums again this year
last year i brought a bag for xmas,
this year we might just have a cold smoked chicken,, ill boil up new potatoes but otherwise it will be cold salad, its too hot in December for cooking and eatting big roast meals -although leftovers are always good for boxing day