On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:54:45 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:10:28 -0500, wrote:
>
>>This year I'm going to do a turkey on my outdoor spit. I'm getting a
>>25 lb fresh turkey, which is a little small for my spit but anything
>>bigger and I'd be eating turkey for a month. I'll probably stuff it
>>with apples and onions. Still haven't decided if I'm going to brine it
>>or just inject it. I'll put up some pics afterwards. I really can't
>>wait as for some reason this is the first time this entire year that
>>I've used the spit. Probably because I've spent so much time working
>>on my smoking.
>
>
>Sounds interesting. If the turkey is the typical supermarket type, it
>will be injected with a brine already, but injecting will give some
>different flavor.
>
>At 25 pounds instead of eating turkey for a month, you can finish it
>up in only four weeks.

Not a supermarket turkey, getting it from an organic turkey farm
locally. I never knew just how big they can grow em. I've never seen a
turkey in a store bigger than 25 lbs so when they told me their
largest go 40 lbs I was taken aback! A 40lb bird would sure look good
on the spit and make for some great pictures but I think a lot would
end up going to waste. Shame, if it was summer I could just invite all
the friends over.....hmmm, maybe I'll keep that in mind for when the
weather changes.