Comments on: Starts with Love, Ends with Turkey http://planetmfiles.com/2008/11/13/starts-with-love-ends-with-turkey/ Welcome to Our Planet! It's filled with kids, dogs, and crocheted guinea pigs! (A real guinea pig, too!) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:04:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: I Am Also Thankful For… http://planetmfiles.com/2008/11/13/starts-with-love-ends-with-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-469 I Am Also Thankful For… Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:29:26 +0000 http://planetmfiles.com/?p=1037#comment-469 [...] was really nice.  The turkey was not bad!  It wasn’t dried out at all.  I followed your advice in the comments to keep it moist and it worked!  Thank [...] [...] was really nice.  The turkey was not bad!  It wasn’t dried out at all.  I followed your advice in the comments to keep it moist and it worked!  Thank [...]

]]> By: Gayle http://planetmfiles.com/2008/11/13/starts-with-love-ends-with-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Gayle Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:35:04 +0000 http://planetmfiles.com/?p=1037#comment-392 Hi maya! I saw that one today. I'm anxious to see what PW's brine recipe will be. Hi maya!

I saw that one today. I’m anxious to see what PW’s brine recipe will be.

]]> By: maya http://planetmfiles.com/2008/11/13/starts-with-love-ends-with-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-389 maya Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:22:56 +0000 http://planetmfiles.com/?p=1037#comment-389 hey gayle - i think i'm going to try PW's method: http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/10/roasted_thanksgiving_turkey/ hey gayle – i think i’m going to try PW’s method:

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/10/roasted_thanksgiving_turkey/

]]> By: Gayle http://planetmfiles.com/2008/11/13/starts-with-love-ends-with-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Gayle Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:01:01 +0000 http://planetmfiles.com/?p=1037#comment-381 Hi Liss! Wow, that must have been a cool display! Hi Liss!

Wow, that must have been a cool display!

]]> By: Liss http://planetmfiles.com/2008/11/13/starts-with-love-ends-with-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Liss Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:46:01 +0000 http://planetmfiles.com/?p=1037#comment-380 Too freaky, but very cute. I saw a museum display a few weeks ago which was a collection of heart shaped rocks. I was disappointed that I was not allowed to take photographs there. Nice photo Too freaky, but very cute. I saw a museum display a few weeks ago which was a collection of heart shaped rocks. I was disappointed that I was not allowed to take photographs there. Nice photo

]]> By: Gayle http://planetmfiles.com/2008/11/13/starts-with-love-ends-with-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Gayle Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:53:21 +0000 http://planetmfiles.com/?p=1037#comment-378 Hi Monkey's Momma! Thank you! Hi m. heart! Thank you for the great advice! Now I'm going to check out your stuffing recipe! Hi Monkey’s Momma!
Thank you!

Hi m. heart!
Thank you for the great advice! Now I’m going to check out your stuffing recipe!

]]> By: m. heart http://planetmfiles.com/2008/11/13/starts-with-love-ends-with-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-377 m. heart Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:09:42 +0000 http://planetmfiles.com/?p=1037#comment-377 that's a fantastic found heart! i would have been excited to find it too! as for cooking turkeys, i've been hosting thanksgiving at my house for about 7 years now (not this year, unfortunately because of my parents' health). the recipe i use for my turkey comes from my mom and it always comes out amazing. i believe it is french canadian. this is a similar concept to the stick of butter in that it adds flavorful fat to the meat. before you put the bird in the oven you lay small strips of salt pork across the top and tuck some into the space between the drumsticks and the body. as the oven heats up the salt pork begins to drip and basically bastes the outside of the bird in salty fat the whole time it roasts. the skin browns beautifully and it is always very moist. i also have a great recipe for the stuffing (i stuff the bird before roasting) here: http://secretnotebookswildpages.blogspot.com/2007/11/cooking-with-heart.html j and i will be traveling to rhode island for thanksgiving this year but roasting our own small turkey on the weekend. good luck with yours! that’s a fantastic found heart! i would have been excited to find it too!

as for cooking turkeys, i’ve been hosting thanksgiving at my house for about 7 years now (not this year, unfortunately because of my parents’ health). the recipe i use for my turkey comes from my mom and it always comes out amazing. i believe it is french canadian. this is a similar concept to the stick of butter in that it adds flavorful fat to the meat. before you put the bird in the oven you lay small strips of salt pork across the top and tuck some into the space between the drumsticks and the body. as the oven heats up the salt pork begins to drip and basically bastes the outside of the bird in salty fat the whole time it roasts. the skin browns beautifully and it is always very moist. i also have a great recipe for the stuffing (i stuff the bird before roasting) here:
http://secretnotebookswildpages.blogspot.com/2007/11/cooking-with-heart.html
j and i will be traveling to rhode island for thanksgiving this year but roasting our own small turkey on the weekend. good luck with yours!

]]> By: Monkey's Momma http://planetmfiles.com/2008/11/13/starts-with-love-ends-with-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Monkey's Momma Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:30:27 +0000 http://planetmfiles.com/?p=1037#comment-376 Very cool pic! Very cool pic!

]]> By: Gayle http://planetmfiles.com/2008/11/13/starts-with-love-ends-with-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Gayle Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:35:36 +0000 http://planetmfiles.com/?p=1037#comment-375 Hi maya! I think I might try that, too. Also, I'll try not to cook it too long! Hi maya!

I think I might try that, too. Also, I’ll try not to cook it too long!

]]> By: maya http://planetmfiles.com/2008/11/13/starts-with-love-ends-with-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-374 maya Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:10:31 +0000 http://planetmfiles.com/?p=1037#comment-374 wow! cool heart! that's only happened to me once - in the roots of a tree! i'm clueless about turkeys. i'm making one for the first time this year. i'm tempted to try the whole stick of butter thing. wow! cool heart! that’s only happened to me once – in the roots of a tree!

i’m clueless about turkeys. i’m making one for the first time this year. i’m tempted to try the whole stick of butter thing.

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