Turkey Week 2005

We bought a turkey. It’s gently resting in the refrigerator now.

Butterball - are they good? We’ve never made a turkey before. (That’s bad!) I think they have a hotline to call if you get stuck. (That’s good!) But it will be just for my wife and myself. (Oh, that’s bad!) And it’s 14 pounds. (Oh, that’s a massive amount of leftovers!)

Alton Brown had a show that aired this week in which he baked the turkey at 500 degrees for 30 minutes to brown it up and seal in the juices and then lowered it to the normal 350, put in a temperature probe and took it out when it hit 161 degrees an hour and a half later.

This is the plan. Will toss in a some rosemary and sage into the gut of the bird and will let it rest for a half hour after taking it out.

If all this doesn’t seem right let me know. Soon.