Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Rachel Ray saves Turkeys everywhere!

Since many of us are about to make Turkey for Christmas dinner I figured this would be useful.
I was happened to be on YouTube when I saw a Turkey 911 video featuring Rachel Ray. She talks about ways to cut down the time it takes to cook a turkey. You can watch the video or you can save time by reading the tips below.

- If you need a 20lb bird, cook two 10-12 lb turkeys instead, the cooking time is less.
- If you have a 20lb Turkey but slept in and forgot to put it in the oven on time, cut the bird in pieces and it will cook in 90 minutes.
- If you burnt your pan drippings so can't make gravy with them just create a roux by combining flour and butter, then add turkey stock which you can buy at the grocery store.
- If you took the bird out too early and its not cooked enough, warm up some turkey stock on the stove, carve up the bird and put the pieces that aren't cooked enough in the stock and they will cook in minutes.
- If you took the bird out too late and its not as moist as it should be, (Turkey Stock to the Rescue!) warm up some turkey stock in a pan on the stove then carve up the bird and put the pieces that aren't moist into the stock and they will become moist again.


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