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Default yes Virginia you can spatchcock a turkey with a chef's knife

On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:03:54 -0500, Cheryl >
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>On 11/22/2012 9:10 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>>> Looksgood! Can you cook it with that plastic ring thing on the legs
>>> >though?

>> That's the purpose of that plastic thing, to hold the legs together,
>> those Dem gals should be fitted with one for birth control. LOL
>> I think it's actually nylon or delrin, same material inside your water
>> faucets, they used to be made of metal, like a coat hanger, and while
>> wrestling them they could easily puncture ones hand. These plastic
>> ones are a big improvement.
>>
>>> >Awesome that you got that for 53 cents a pound? Wow.

>
>> It was 49¢/lb, it was a little heavier than 15 1/2 lb, I rounded it
>> off. Here it is right from the oven:
>> http://i48.tinypic.com/2jed5qh.jpg

>
>You and the cats had quite a feast on that bird. How did Newt like it?
> I know, silly question.


Newt eats very well, he cleans his dish. But he's still healing and
hurting so I let him be. This is going to take a while before he can
be introduced to the other cats.