spcasm's Blog

Listening to the airing of getting up early to put your turkey in the oven, many of us oldtimers have prepared the turkey/stuffing the night before.. perhaps for decades.....carefully wrapping,   washing with cold water, basting, buttering the skin, so why wait til morning to pop it into the oven!!!

   Esp. with the stuffing temp. at risk? News of the stuffing temp. staying at room temp in the deeper parts of the turkey.. . one year I decided to pop it into a slow oven and let the turkey bake while I was sleeping... due to travel time in the a.m.

This requires careful stuffing..buttering the skin, and adding  a little water...my secret is to put a raw apple quartered into the center to absorb excess 'grease' as the turkey slow-cooks. One part of the turkeys neck has mushroom onion stuffing and the inside has cranberry stuffing for choosey eaters....

Two years in a row I have put my turkey prepared as above into my oven at say 9-10 p.m.  or so and set my oven temp. at  250 degrees....setting my alarm for the wee  hrs. to drain excess licquid  that I save for gravy makings.. When I get up at  8 a.m. for the day; my turkey is deliciously golden and ready for the noontime meal...It is baked so slowly that the meat falls from the bone......a bit of imagination, sealed in foil insures the moistness of the beast!!    It is .cooked through and through....Removing the top foil at the wee hrs.  -1 a.m. or so--a bathroom break such as those of us who wake up in the night to potty!  This is the time to drain excess juices----- Well, that bathroom break is  wut happens as one enters the golden years.

  This frees my oven for those pies, casseroles, etc.

          This year we are taking mincemeat pie and a frozen keylime as my dau. will have the traditional pumpkin and my other dau. will bring a sweet potatoe pie...yes,   we are grateful for the opportunity to share our health and wealth and time with our loved ones....thinking of the military persons who are not so lucky while they are serving overseas!  Praying for their health, wealth, and happiness also when we are tucked safely in our homes. . .  now time to kick back and enjoy t.v., visit , and be thankful for our health.

      Carving the turkey comes at noon meal and also allows transport time to my grandkids house...  with the  cooked turkey in tow. . . wrapped to keep it warm..

     It is in the refrig today covered in foil and ready for  'rewarming' in another house!  Of course, put it back in the oven at 250 to rewarm. Enjoy!