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What's the fascination with deep frying turkeys?

N8 v2.0

N8 v2.0

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When I moved to La in the late 80's, deep frying a turkey (aka cajun turkeys) was a little known regional thing. Now I see it everywhere.

I don't think that the added peanut oil make the turkey meat taste better. And the added oil can't be that good for you.

Perhaps it goes will with deep fried twinkies?
 
Tenchiro

Tenchiro

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I have no idea, I have tried it and wasn't impressed.

Now brining then smoking them on the other hand, is the delicious method. :drool:
 
pnj

pnj

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I've never had deep fried turkey but I have had brined and I couldn't tell the difference....
 
OGRipper

OGRipper

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The novelty factor is probably the biggest draw. That and it's faster. A chef friend of mine deep fried a brined turkey one year and said it was the best ever. But he also said the hassle and clean up of the whole deep fry set up were just not really worth it, now he just brines and roasts.
 
narlus

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pnj said:
I've never had deep fried turkey but I have had brined and I couldn't tell the difference....
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do a ABX comparison between brined and unbrined (use chicken or pork chops, easier and cheaper than turkey).
 
sanjuro

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N8 said:
When I moved to La in the late 80's, deep frying a turkey (aka cajun turkeys) was a little known regional thing. Now I see it everywhere.

I don't think that the added peanut oil make the turkey meat taste better. And the added oil can't be that good for you.

Perhaps it goes will with deep fried twinkies?
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I don't know about deep fried cheesecake or some of the other nasties I have heard about. But deep frying a turkey really seals in the juices and it takes less than an hour to cook. It has been a great and easy way to cook one.
 
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Mike B.

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I love roasted turkey but it is hard to do when tailgating. We did 4 turkeys this year for our homecoming tailgate this year.


Chicks dig it

I have no idea who these two are but we welcome everyone that comes by to our big party before, during, and after the games.
 
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scurban

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Jul 11, 2004
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I like em fried. It does seal in the juices, and gives it a nice texture on the outside. We fried them for a couple of years, but the last two Thanksgivings we went with the traditional roast. A fried Turkey cooks much faster, but it really is a pain in the ass to clean up, not to mention, the hot oil is not the best thing to have around when My Brother, Dad, and I are enjoying our favorite Thanksgiving day treat..... Wild Turkey 101...... Man I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving.
 
stosh

stosh

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narlus said:
where do you find zigzag in ANSI size D sheets?
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That's a f'ing funny post!!!

You get the award for the funniest geek based pot joke.
 
kizzi77

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laura said:
everything's better fried.
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HAHAHAHAHA!!!
That's what I thought when I saw the thread. Being from the south, I know you can deep fry EVERYTHING. Mmmmm crisco. So why did my grandparents die of heartattacks before I was born?? :think:
 
Borregokid

Borregokid

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The deep frying is a little bit over rated in my opinion. One of the reasons that the deep fried birds taste better is because of the injection of spices that a lot of oven roasters seem to neglect. There is also the fire danger factor. Around here a couple of years ago two friers on Thanksgiving went up in flames nearly burning the garage down in a 20 minute period. Its also easy to overcook the bird-we did that last year. That said it can be fun to sit out in the cold for an hour and a half cooking up the bird. This year its back to the roasted-herb spiced bird.
 
Qman

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mmmmmm.....biscuits and taters....

I've fried a few turkeys and they were good but not worth the hassle of cleanup unless you don't have all day to roast the b!tch. Brined and roasted was the best turkey I've had.
I took the used oil to the grease dumpster at work and almost barfed while I poured the turkey oil into it. Flies everywhere, and a grease spot 10' in diameter around the whole thing....Nahsta.
 
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