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Default Report on Trisha Yearwood's Turkey Recipe

"Karen" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:23:39 -0800, in alt.food.diabetic, "Cheri"
> > wrote:
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>>
>>I'm really surprised that it turned out great. It was beautifully browned,
>>not crisp skin, but really nicely browned. The oven was cool, but the bird
>>was still warm, not so hot that you couldn't touch it, but fairly warm.
>>The
>>meat was juicy and there were a lot of drippings/juices in the bottom of
>>the
>>roaster for gravy. I made some stuffing for dh, a sweet potato for him
>>also,
>>and green beans. I had made the sugar free cranberry conserve last night,
>>so
>>it was nice and cold. All in all it was a good meal, now I have a lot of
>>leftovers. I think I will mostly use this recipe when roasting a 12 pound
>>bird. Very simple, very good. As a side note, maybe due to all that steam,
>>the roasting pan was really easy to clean. :-)
>>
>>Cheri

>
> Do you know if the temperature of the bird got up to the 165 degrees
> they recommend? I'm happy to hear it turned out well. We are
> roasting a 20 lb bird so not sure that method would work.
>
> My son and daughter in law are coming for dinner as well as her
> grandmother. It's grandmother first big holiday since her husband
> passed in the spring and didn't want her to be alone and she is a very
> sweet lady. Besides the turkey we are having mashed potatoes and
> gravy, stuffing, puree'd acorn squash, steamed broccoli and raw
> cranberry relish. There will also be a pumpkin pie, and what I like
> better than pumpkin pie is a pumpkin mousse. My daughter in law is
> helping, and also my husband. He gets to do all the vegetable prep
> for me. Sorry, I seem to have rambled on.....



No, I don't know the temp. TY said that she didn't think it would work for
birds over 14 pounds, she recommended 12. Sounds like you're going to have a
really nice meal and Happy Thanksgiving to you!

Cheri