Cooking Tips

Turkey for Christmas dinner

Have you prepared Turkey for Christmas ?Turkey is a traditional Christmas food, cooking a turkey is very difficult for new cook. Turkey cooks are divided on the stuffing issue. Often dry turkey is plonked miserably onto the Christmas table because cooks have overcooked the bird in an effort to heat up two cubic feet of breadcrumb ballast. It is a tradition born out of fear. Until the (partial) revival of dry plucking, most turkeys were dipped into hot-water baths to help remove the feathers, so the authorities have every right to be scared on our behalf. ї  Their warnings of the dangers of underdone poultry meat still prompt many Christmas cooks to worriedly insert a meat thermometer into a turkey"s darkest place, terrified that they might finish off three uncles at once. Leave the stuffing out of the main cavity, buy a dry-plucked bird if affordable (see Kelly Bronze, right) and have a safe and happy Christmas. TURKEY WEIGHTS AND COOKING TIMES I have always used the guide recommended by the Kelly family, pioneers of the revival of the Kelly Bronze turkey. They are keeping their phone lines open until midday on Saturday for last-minute turkey orders (01245 223581; turkeys from їЈ65). ї  These cooking times (which may seem astonishingly short) are based on stuffing the neck only and not wrapping the bird in foil. Allow approximately 1lb/450g on-bone weight per person. ї ї a joke: Why are these Americans good at golf Did you know that O.J. Simpson, Monica Lewinsky, Ted Kennedy, and President Bill Clinton are all avid golfers? O.J."s a slicer, Monica"s a hooker, Ted Kennedy can"t drive over water, and Clinton can"t seem to hit the right hole!

Add your comment:

Name:
Site address:	http://
Your message:
Enter today\\\\'s date, 2 digits (spam protection):