"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
>> > Later today, I will attempt my first home smoked bird. Intent is to
>> > just
>> > cut it in half down the center instead of spatching it as my smoker is
>> > just not wide enough.
>> >
>> > I'll roast the yams in the table top roaster, or maybe in the toaster
>> > oven. Have not decided yet...
>> >
>> > Likely the latter as it lives on the dead glasstop where the other is
>> > stored in a corner.
>> >
>> > I'm currently baking a Turban squash in the toaster oven seeded and
>> > stuffed with buttery mashed potatoes. Should be interesting.
>>
>> My daughter likes smoked turkey. But I don't. Not sure if my husband
>> likes
>> it or not. He really likes the legs. Odd that my mom didn't serve any.
>> I
>> assume she got a whole bird. She said it was 22 pounds. Normally she
>> will
>> buy extra legs because all the males in the family like them.
>
> It's a "guy thing". Think "caveman" <g>
>
> Or Fred Flintstone...
>
>
>> But she said
>> this year everyone at the store were just sort of shell shocked after
>> having
>> been snowed in. She said the aisles were terribly crowded. People just
>> sort of grabbed stuff and ran. Perhaps they didn't have any legs. When
>> I've bought them in the past, I would find two at this store, two at that
>> store. No quantity of them anywhere. Except oddly for times other than
>> Thanksgiving and when my husband isn't home.
>
> I actually prefer wings and they (unlike chicken wings) are inexpensive
> at the moment due to current harvest demands. Cut the Drummets. They are
> still huge!
>
>> I found the best way to cook
>> them is in the crockpot with some big pieces of onion and celery that are
>> discarded later. Husband didn't like them with BBQ sauce.
>
> Just roast then without a fancy sauce perhaps?
> They are good that way. :-)
>
> Turkey is cheap cheap cheap this time of year. Best (imho) to stock up
> on a whole one (or two or three) and cut them up for parts, then cook
> them as you like the rest of the year for single meals.
>
> Whatever works!
>
> Cheap meat is cheap meat, and both dad and I actually LIKE turkey! There
> are many that don't.

I am one who does not. I can eat it as in a Thanksgiving dinner or an
occasional sandwich. But I do not like it in other foods like salad, soup
or enchiladas. Or especially Rachel Ray's pizza!