What size TURKEY will you be cooking, stuffed or not stuffed. We cook a 15 pound stuffed turkey every year.?

Answer 1

Hello,
We had a 20 or so pounder for turkey day, my family is sick of turkey :0(
I'm not though.....I want a turkey....

Answer 2

On Thanksgiving I cook a Turkey that weighs at least 20-25 pound turkey
On Christmas I will cook a 22 pound ham

Answer 3

It's going to be okay. You are having an anxiety attack! The turkey is easy. Follow the directions on the bag. Go out right now and buy about a 12 pound turkey. If it's frozen, you should start thawing it in the fridge either today or tomorrow so it is fully thawed. Put the bird on a baking pan so your fridge doesn't get mess up from any juices coming out. There are giblets in both the front and back of the bird, so before you start baking it on Thursday, make sure you get the packages out of there. I soak my bird in a clean sink in cold water and salt for about 1/2 hours, drain the water, rinse the bird, and dry it off well with paper towels. (make sure you wash out your sink thoroughly so you don't spread turkey stuff everywhere. Take all but one rack out of the oven and preheat the oven to 350. Rub the bird down with cooking oil and sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper, both inside and out. You can keep the giblets and throw them in the bottom of the baking roaster under the rack or just throw them out if they don't appeal to you. Put a rack in your roaster pan, add about 1/2 inch of water, put the turkey in the roaster on the rack, put aluminum foil over the top and seal around edges. Put it in the oven and in about 3 hours your turkey will be done. Periodically during the baking, open the oven and pulll out the roaster and baste the bird with the juices in the bottom of the roaster. During the last 1/2 hour of baking, remove the aluminum foil so the bird browns. You may need to turn the oven down to 325. Follow the instructions on the bag the turkey came in. Stove Top makes real good dressings in many recipies so pick whatever sounds good to you--I think I mix the cornbread with the savory. You can mix up the green bean casserole the night before if you want, but I don't think it's necessary. The turkey should sit 1/2 hour before you cut it, so you can mix up and heat up the casserole during that time. Buy a couple of mashed potato packages, turkey gravy and canned cranberries when you are shopping today. Have the guys bring the desserts. Happy Thanksgiving. As requested, more info. You cover the sides of the roaster with the foil, not under the bird. Be careful when you take the foil off because a lot of hot steam comes out. Stove Top Stuffing comes in a box and you add water to it and bake about 20 minutes or you can put it in the bird, but do that, if you choose to, just before you put the bird in the oven. You can also buy already mixed up stuffing and sweet potatoes by Ore-Ido--I can't remember they are in the produce or meat dept. The water goes in the bottom of the roaster before you add the bird and you may have to add more as it cooks. The water will help keep the juices that drip off the bird from browning too quickly and burnining and smoking up the house. Congrats to tackling this. It's really not hard, just a little overwhelming when you first start out. God Bless

Answer 4

We don't cook a turkey, we cook a chicken.

Answer 5

18 lbs but no stuffing, I cook it seperately

Answer 6

Not this year,,we are having stuffed leg of lamb in Rosemary and Garlic,,,with a redcurrant sauce,,

Answer 7

I'd cook my brother, because he's a turkey! Shame he wouldn't fit in the oven. Besides, he's too boney...he wouldn't keep my cat from starving.

Answer 8

It's big, and I always love stuffed ones.

And with some special sauce too *yummmy*

Answer 9

We cook ham...
We don't care for turkey too much...

Answer 10

My husband and I both HATE turkey, so we are just having 'hors d'oeuvres' for dinner on Christmas ... roast breaded oysters wrapped in bacon and othe goodies. YUM!