Good Old Fashioned Drunken Turkey Food

GOOD OLD FASHIONED DRUNKEN TURKEY

Steps:

• Rub turkey with olive oil massaging it gently and roughly alternatively the turkey likes to be fondled for some reason.
• Then sprinkle the marjoram over the bird.
• Again make sure the turkey is covered-- she doesn't enjoy bare breasts or legs!
• Using the needle and syringe, inject the turkey with 1/2 cup of old expensive whiskey in various locations.
• When you are sure you have enough alcohol in it, spread its legs and throw in some marjoram then tress the cavity.
• Loosely cover the bird with aluminum foil.
• Place in oven, consistently basting it with the liquid on the bottom (composed of water, vegetable scraps, and the juices from the hot, wet steamy bird).
• Baste approximately every thirty minutes for the recommended time: About 4 1/2 hours for a 16-20 pound bird at 325F or until internal turkey temperature is 185F During the last hour of baking, coat turkey with whisky or other liquor every 15 minutes.
• To make gravy: Take the bird out of the pan to cut.
• Skim off the gunk and take out the remains of the vegetable scraps.
• Put the pan over a burner on the stove and turn on medium heat.
• Make a sludge of a few spoons of flour and a little cold water, and mix into the hot pan liquids, stirring and scraping the pan.
• Throw in some scraps of meat and reduce liquid by 1/3.
• Have a drink of whiskey and enjoy!

BEST EVER ROAST TURKEY

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 325 degrees on bake and adjust racks so the pan is 6 to 8 inches from top inside of oven
• allow 4 hrs before serving.
• wash the turkey well with cold water.
• remove neck ,giblet,heart, liver.
• cut wing and tail off turkey
• remove fat pads from turkey.
• line your roasting pan well with foil spray with pam.
• (easier clean up.
• place a rack on pan bottom.
• no rack?.
• make balls of foil and cover entire bottom of pan.
• place turkey in pan on rack or on balled up foil.
• pat dry with paper towels.
• chop up 1 bunch parsley or use dried parsley leafs.
• place in 1 qt bowl.
• add 2 tbs poultry seasoning.
• 2 tbs sea salt.
• 1 tbs fresh ground pepper.
• add olive oil.
• add 1/2 of melted butter to mixture.
• mix well.
• place wings /tail LIVER roast only HEART & GIZZARD on each side of the pan.
• or make stock for gravy do not use liver it makes the gravy bitter.
• first pour enough sherry wine to cover bird usually 1 cup rub the outer skin well with the wine.
• rub the herb butter oil over entire turkey.
• massage well over skin
• add mixture to cavities too.
• add celery 1 bunch parsley.
• peel cut carrots and onions whole or half to cavity
• after the bird is cooked you can dice the veggies.
• while bird rests and add the cooked veggies to your stuffing.
• if you desire.
• pour rest of butter over breasts.
• add 1 cup of water to pan bottom do not pour over bird.
• place lid on pan or cover well with foil.
• bake the turkey half way (2 hrs).
• after 2 hrs remove pan and bird from oven.
• place on trivets or stove top.
• remove foil baste well.
• no juice? add more water to pan bottom.
• then baste entire bird
• add 1 cup more sherry wine.
• cover pan again w foil or with lid.
• return to oven.to finish baking/roasting.
• baste periodically.
• last hr of roasting remove foil from pan to brown the bird.
• check temp of bird thickest part of breast should read.
• 170 degrees.
• remove bird and place on platter tent with foil
• let rest out of oven.usually 25 minute.
• use a gravy separator -- place the skimmed juices.
• in a separate container (for gravy).
• brush the resting bird w the reserved fat.