On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:14:54 -0700, gloria p >
wrote:

>On 11/22/2012 7:47 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>
>> A group of friends on the other side of the country are doing a couple
>> of Trash Can Turkeys again this year. I have no opinion on this
>> practice, except that they all seem to enjoy their Thanksgiving. They
>> claim that it makes a really juicy turkey. I'd never heard of this
>> before, have you?
>>
>> http://thetrashcanturkey.com/
>>
>> Janet US
>>
>
>
>The trash can as shown is galvanized with a layer of zinc to prevent
>rusting. Zinc is necessary in minute amounts for health but an overage
>can interfere with absorption of other needed metals.
>
>There is a condition called the "zinc shakes" or "zinc chills" or metal
>fume fever that can be induced by the inhalation of freshly formed zinc
>oxide formed during the heating of galvanized materials.
>
>I wouldn't eat it any more than if the trash can were plastic.
>
>gloria p

If you read the rest of the recipes that can be searched, they all
mention specifically to use a stainless steel can.
(I just linked the first recipe on the page, I doubt that they are
using that particular one.)
They are all PhD's in various sciences, so I'm sure one of them
figured it out.
Janet US