Bud in Fla
Veteran Member
I grew up thinking all turkeys died of dehydration! My mother would steam her turkeys for a while before baking them to brown them. After cutting a piece on your plate, it looked like sawdust left from the cut.
My wife is a great cook and her boss at the time loved food. He suggested she get a turkey fryer since we were having the family Thanksgiving dinner at our house. 35+ years ago, my aunt & uncle were in the late 80s then and my mother was in her mid 70s. My mother was scandalized that we wanted to "break from tradition" and not have a baked turkey (see note above). She was positive my aunt & uncle would want baked/steamed turkey rather than some new method. At the end of the day, there was nothing but bones left of the fried turkey but about 95% of the baked one was still there. We never had that discussion about how to cook the turkey again.
My wife is a great cook and her boss at the time loved food. He suggested she get a turkey fryer since we were having the family Thanksgiving dinner at our house. 35+ years ago, my aunt & uncle were in the late 80s then and my mother was in her mid 70s. My mother was scandalized that we wanted to "break from tradition" and not have a baked turkey (see note above). She was positive my aunt & uncle would want baked/steamed turkey rather than some new method. At the end of the day, there was nothing but bones left of the fried turkey but about 95% of the baked one was still there. We never had that discussion about how to cook the turkey again.