On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:09:18 -0700, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

>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

Do you have any idea how much that trash can in stainless steel would
cost... I doubt they even make such a thing, it would need to be
custom made, by NASA. Around here a lot of folks cook in ordinary
30/55 gallon steel drums. At one time not too long ago nearly
everyone here used 55 gallon steel drums as burn barrels to incinerate
their trash, no longer permitted... I have a nice clean one in my
barn.