Saturday, November 27, 2010

Urban Homestead Thanksgiving Turkey

Our first local, heritage, free-range, organic, Thanksgiving turkey.

Lest anyone should be feeling sorry for me, I did think to take a picture of the turkey before I left the house. Let me just say, this was the best turkey I've ever eaten. The marinade recipe is a keeper. The turkey was moist, flavorful, and cooked in much less time than a regular turkey cooks (close to an hour shorter). Something to consider for people like me with 1 oven and lots of cooking to do. And the juices made killer gravy, too.

2 comments:

meemsnyc November 27, 2010 at 1:02 PM  

It does taste so much better. My in-laws raise a few turkeys, usually 3-4 a year and it's nothing like the supermarket kind, it's way better!

Cindy November 28, 2010 at 7:44 AM  

Thanks for the tips--I used your marinade and I think it really helped, the bird was juicy and very flavorful. The bones are stewing on the woodstove as I write and I'm looking forward to great soup!

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