In article
>,
Dan Abel > wrote:

> In article >,
> Lou Decruss > wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:58:13 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:
> >
> > >In article >,
> > > Terry > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> This year the bird will be too big to go into a 5 gallon pail, so I'll
> > >> just use the cooler I bought this summer. Lotsa ice, add salt, drop
> > >> the bird in there, snap the lid closed, leave it in the garage
> > >> overnight.
> > >
> > >We tried something like this a few years ago. Read about it in the
> > >paper, for those who don't have room in their fridge (that's us). Get
> > >two food safe garbage bags, one inside the other. Put bags in cooler
> > >and insert turkey. Add brine (ours had a bunch of ingredients) and tie
> > >tightly. Put a ten pound bag of ice *next* to the bag. The ice keeps
> > >it cool but doesn't dilute the brine. The bag keeps the brine close to
> > >the turkey, so you don't need as much.
> >
> > Where would you get a "food safe" garbage bag?
>
> Good question. To make it short and sweet, I did a Google and none of
> the sites recommended using garbage bags for food storage.
>
> I did look up the recipe:
>
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl.../FDGLVMG63C1.D
> TL&hw=turkey+brining&sn=007&sc=350

I personally think some people are just a bit too paranoid. Just use
unscented ones. Geeze!
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