Deep Fried Turkey - Page 2

TheMercenary · 11-24-2008, 06:08 PM

Typical kit:

Aliantha · 11-24-2008, 06:10 PM

Still speachless.

Clodfobble · 11-24-2008, 06:12 PM

I can never fry a turkey, because the recipe I use is actually all about the gravy, and the gravy can't be done right without the turkey being done alongside it. And if I did either Thanksgiving or Christmas without that gravy, I'd have a mutiny on my hands.

TheMercenary · 11-24-2008, 06:14 PM

We do the dressing the gravy and everything else in the oven. Frees up lots of oven space and everything can come out at the same time without using the neighbors oven.

Here are some formal directions.

http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Turkey-T...ey/Detail.aspx

Radar · 11-24-2008, 06:26 PM

http://www.eatturkey.com/consumer/cookinfo/fryturk.html

binky · 11-24-2008, 07:13 PM

Doing a turducken (?spelling) here

Trilby · 11-24-2008, 07:16 PM

turkey friars are briars. there. i said it.

Radar · 11-24-2008, 07:20 PM

In the L.A. area, they have a couple of stores where you can go and buy a fresh turkey. How fresh? You come in and they kill the bird, pluck it, and bring it out to you still warm.

Someone I know got one of these last year and said it was the best turkey they ever ate. I'm wondering how well a bird like this would be if deep fried.

SquidGirl · 11-24-2008, 09:39 PM

I think fresh turkey would be AMAZING!

Deep fried turkey can go wrong so quickly. One year we did it and it was left cooking for just a smidgen too long and the whole thing was disappointing, but when you get it right, man they are good.

classicman · 11-24-2008, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Make sure you take out the little plastic pop out thingy for oven cooking.

and the neck/bag of fun from the body cavity

glatt · 11-25-2008, 09:14 AM

Merc, what do yo udo with all that oil when you are done cooking it? Looks like a couple of gallons to get rid of. And how much does all that oil cost? Do you buy like 20 bottles of peanut oil at the grocery store, or is there some wholesale seller of oil?

TheMercenary · 11-25-2008, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Merc, what do yo udo with all that oil when you are done cooking it? Looks like a couple of gallons to get rid of. And how much does all that oil cost? Do you buy like 20 bottles of peanut oil at the grocery store, or is there some wholesale seller of oil?

It is easily supplied in 5 gallon plastic cartons. They say you can use it again but we don't. After it cools, the next day usually, we pour it back into the container and trash it, or the last few years I have been mixing it with food or bird seed and putting it out for the various critters to eat in the woods. Gives them a good supply of fat for the winter. Clean up is a bit messy.

Loukianos · 11-25-2008, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

I'm still speachless about people deep frying whole turkeys.

What's wrong with baking? Think of your arteries people!

Oh the humanity!!!

Hehe :p Well, roasting's all well and good, but sometimes you just need it extra crispy. Plus, deep-frying is just too much fun to pass up

richlevy · 11-28-2008, 01:33 PM

A guy at work was going to deep fry a turkey. I asked him how much it cost for the peanut oil. Over $30!!!

Add in the cost of the turkey and it makes more sense to order a deep fried turkey from Popeyes.

binky · 11-28-2008, 01:52 PM

My daughter's roommate said $50 for oil.

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TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	We do the dressing the gravy and everything else in the oven. Frees up lots of oven space and everything can come out at the same time without using the neighbors oven. Here are some formal directions. http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Turkey-T...ey/Detail.aspx __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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11-24-2008, 07:20 PM	#23
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	In the L.A. area, they have a couple of stores where you can go and buy a fresh turkey. How fresh? You come in and they kill the bird, pluck it, and bring it out to you still warm. Someone I know got one of these last year and said it was the best turkey they ever ate. I'm wondering how well a bird like this would be if deep fried. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

11-24-2008, 09:39 PM	#24
SquidGirl Colloquialist Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Cavern in Mount Pleasant, MI Posts: 79	I think fresh turkey would be AMAZING! Deep fried turkey can go wrong so quickly. One year we did it and it was left cooking for just a smidgen too long and the whole thing was disappointing, but when you get it right, man they are good.

11-25-2008, 09:14 AM	#26
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Merc, what do yo udo with all that oil when you are done cooking it? Looks like a couple of gallons to get rid of. And how much does all that oil cost? Do you buy like 20 bottles of peanut oil at the grocery store, or is there some wholesale seller of oil?

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richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	A guy at work was going to deep fry a turkey. I asked him how much it cost for the peanut oil. Over $30!!! Add in the cost of the turkey and it makes more sense to order a deep fried turkey from Popeyes. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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