FOOD

[elblat]

tin foil shield

Someday you should try a real roasting. A lot more work to keep moist, but oh so better flavor! Beats the shit out of stewed bird.

[pmahnn]

What does a real roasting consist of?

[elblat]

Pat dry, stuff, coat with butter, sear at 450, then open air at 325 and basting the fuck out of it (every 10 minutes). Takes about six hours to do a 20lb bird, but worth it. My wife used to think she hated turkey, but she had only had tinfoil turkey or bag bird before.

If you neglect to baste, you will end up with turkey jerky...

[Lox]

Unless you go upside-down and brined... then it's moist to the edge and there is more than enough drippings to do the dressing and the gravy.

Seriously, after roasting several in the method Elblat suggests, I will never not brine a turkey unless I have to for some reason.

[pmahnn]

Pat dry, stuff, coat with butter, sear at 450, then open air at 325 and basting the fuck out of it (every 10 minutes). Takes about six hours to do a 20lb bird, but worth it. My wife used to think she hated turkey, but she had only had tinfoil turkey or bag bird before.

If you neglect to baste, you will end up with turkey jerky...

Okay...so my method involved searing (at 500) without basting and it was exceptionally juicy and flavorful. Aromatics and brine. I'm not entirely certain why your method would be better, considering basting can actually add to moisture loss and uneven cooking.

Send samples.

[elblat]

LEAVE OFF THE FOIL, FOOL! (And never use a bag). This

Basting, despite your half-baked theories, does not lead to uneven cooking and moisture loss IRL. But it does take a lot longer and a lot more work.

[Lox]

The oven bag is best used for brining.

[pmahnn]

WTF bag?!

And still waiting on samples. This is 2009 it should be here by now!

[skav]

Best turkey ever is made of ham. Or lamb.

[elblat]

WTF bag?!

Some people reportedly prefer the funky miasma. No one I have fed will admit it.

And still waiting on samples. This is 2009 it should be here by now!

Everybody done et them.

[malachi]

I didn't get shots of all 12 courses.
Here are some I did get.

egg custard with shaved white truffles and paprika potato crisp


confit turkey leg


turkey confit risotto


fingerling potatoes with butter poached halibut and shaved white truffles


pork belly (post cure, post braise, pre fry)


beverages

[elblat]

Best turkey ever is made of ham. Or lamb.

Ham-fed turkey? So wrong it has to be right!

[hweight]

Predictable, but I must say it:

I'm having Thanksgiving dinner at malachi's next year.

[Tronic]

Predictable, but I must say it:

I'm having Thanksgiving dinner at malachi's next year.

No kiddin!

[malachi]

the full menu

[skav]

You have menus printed?

That is the kind of yuppie you can appreciate. Do you have a separate garage/barn with a driveway significantly distant from your front door for your basketball hoop? Certainly a dedicated wine cellar room in your basement. What are your thoughts on wider sails running loose on small boats?

[Lox]

If the term "fistfuls of stuffing" doesn't apply, you're doing it wrong.

[malachi]

You have menus printed?

That is the kind of yuppie you can appreciate. Do you have a separate garage/barn with a driveway significantly distant from your front door for your basketball hoop? Certainly a dedicated wine cellar room in your basement. What are your thoughts on wider sails running loose on small boats?

nope (no garage, no driveway, no basketball hoop)
nope (no wine cellar room, no basement)
no idea what you're on about with sails loose on boats

menus printed?
fuck yeah.
12 years cooking in restaurants for a living.
I take PRIDE in what I do.

[VTP]

slow food with wine pairings ftmfw.

i get so full, and so drunk, yet...i dont...but i do...?

[Tronic]

Haha "ftmfw"! Dang that sounds good. We rode bikes to the thanksgiving meal and i had the "i get so full, and so drunk, yet...i dont...but i do...?" HICCUPS for half the ride home. I would like to have had some truffle burps. Just think of the poo hai ku possibilities with that meal!