"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 12:27:16 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> Just read the latest issue of Cook's Illustrated. Turkey day is coming,
>> and we'll have the usual brining in garbage bag thing coming up.
>> I'm in the 'garbage bags are not food grade ... or manufactured in a
>> food sterile environment' camp.
>>
>> This was an interesting recommendation I could get behind. I've
>> seen the ads ... those Zip Lock bags for storing large items ... like
>> pillows and stuff. The magazine says they are food grade ... and
>> I believe it, I doubt they built a new factory to make the larger bags
>> separately from the food ones.
>
> The problem with plastic bags is that it's nearly impossible to
> get the bird evenly covered with brine. Sure you can flip the
> around every few hours, but the two times I've tried that I still
> ended up with a very unevenly brined bird.
>
> -sw

Easy,

Take a large cooler and fill several 1/2 gallon jugs (apple juice etc) with
water. Then line the cooler with the bag and the bird. Add cooled brining
solution and burp out as much air as possible. Secure with 1 or more twist
tie's. Fill the cooler to the top with ice. (note if you have freezer room
fill the jugs 90% and freeze uncapped).

Dimitri