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Cam Whetstone wrote

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|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.

Hmmm, that is good to know - except I don't think the turkey we had would
have fit into our microwave!   lol

And we have a big microwave!

|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 .....

Nope, no restraint at all in this house!  Everyone is stuffed and left the
table barely able to move...course, my son was back in the kitchen within 90
minutes for pumpkin pie and cool whip...

colomoon
Today is a gift - that's why its called the present.

crw@mindspring.com (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

Oh Cam, what a funny story!!!  And what a good idea!!!  Maybe we
should make a  habit of having our Thanksgiving favorites more often
during the year so we don't feel so compelled to overindulge thinking
we won't get any more of this good stuff until next year!!  We did
pretty good, kept it pretty simple, but still, I'm stuffed. :-)



HoneyMoonER

A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.

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

colomoon wrote:
> 
> Cam Whetstone wrote
> 
> snipped!
> 
> |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.
> 
> Hmmm, that is good to know - except I don't think the turkey we had would
> have fit into our microwave!   lol
> 
> And we have a big microwave!
> 
> |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 .....
> 
> Nope, no restraint at all in this house!  Everyone is stuffed and left the
> table barely able to move...course, my son was back in the kitchen within 90
> minutes for pumpkin pie and cool whip...
> 
> colomoon
> Today is a gift - that's why its called the present.

None here either, I did the usual eat till I felt like I was going to
burst, (the eyes are bigger than the stomach syndrome).  I must confess
I had to loosen my belt up one notch.  Even my mother-in-law (who
normally eats like a bird) was seen unbuttoning the button on her
slacks....But "BOY WAS IT GOOOOOOOOOOOD"!!!!!!!
-- 
Moontar

Moontar <alantman@earthlink.net> wrote in article
<3482477D.7ADC@earthlink.net>...
| 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.