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Moontar <alantman@earthlink.net> wrote in article
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| Cam Whetstone wrote:
| > 
| > Here's  a chuckle for you all.
| > 
| > My oldest son, Robby, called and said he would bring the turkey this
| > thanksgiving.  While my wife appreciated it, she was none too sure how
| > it would turn out.  So thanksgiving morning, she prepared another
| > turkey and slipped it into the oven.
| > 
| > About half an hour from when Robby wanted to have dinner, he arrived
| > with the turkey in a large box from our local Giant Food Store.  I
| > opebned the box--looked in--and guess what:  we had an uncooked
| > turkey.  In the box was the turkey, a plastic bag of 'turkey flavored
| > gravy,' a container of stuffing, and a can of cranberry sauce.
| > 
| > My son started to berate Giant--he was hungry.  We had another Turkey
| > cooking but it would not come out of the oven for another three hours.
| > 
| > I read the bookelt that came with the turkey and it gave a method for
| > Microwaving the turkey in less than an hour.  I asked if that was what
| > we should do, and since Robby was starving, he thought we should.
| > Melinda said go ahead.  If it was terrible, we could toss it and wait
| > for hers, later.
| > 
| > I proceeded to nuke the bird following the directions, and it turned
| > out very well.  An oven cooked bird might have been a little more
| > crispy on the outside, but all in all it was very good.  Nice flavor,
| > moist, etc.  I prefer white meat and could not tell it from another
| > turkey that had been oven cooked.   Charley, my youngest, had a leg
| > and found it fine.
| > 
| > So if you want a nice turkey in just a little time (total elapsed time
| > from raw bird to table 55 minute) try microwaving your bird.
| > 
| > Cam
| > 
| > PS:  Hope all of you practiced more restraint than I did.  I ate way
| > too much, but candied yams are usually only made here on
| > thanksvgiving, so .....
| > 
| > Cam
| 
| I've had both and really couldn't tell the difference but, I enjoy the
| smell of the turkey cooking in the oven.  In the microwave, you don't
| have the smell to help build up the appetite.  Besides being with family
| and friends on thanksgiving, I really enjoy the smell of the turkey
| cooking in the oven.  Of course that's just my opinion, but I admit that
| if you need one in a hurry, the microwave will do the job.
| 
| Moontar
| 
Hee hee hee and now the tip from the mom who's done it all.  I used to nuke
the bird until it was almost done, then slip it in the oven with dinner
rolls, etc., to finish it off.  Then I got the best of both worlds--quicker
than doing it all in the oven, yet we got the crispy outside, smell of bird
in the house, etc.

-- 
Angelmoon, who let Tom grill steaks for Thanksgiving.  (Just the two of us
couldn't have finished off a turkey in  a month and the turkey
breasts--what I usually get--were far too expensive.)


Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.