On Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 9:16:29 PM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Aug 2017 08:45:22 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >On Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 9:37:11 AM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote:
> >> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> What's on your menu?
> >> >
> >> >Roast turkey (on the gas grill), boiled potatoes, and tossed salad.
> >>
> >> I've roasted various cuts of meat on the grill, mostly
> >> spited/rotisseried pork loins, but roasting a turkey on the grill is
> >> something I never tried. What size turkey?
> >
> >Maybe 14 pounds. Spatchcocked, it took about 90 minutes.
> >
> >> Since the grill was already hot I would have grilled the potatoes,
> >> I've done that often.
> >
> >I didn't specify, but these were new potatoes, about the size of grapes.
> >
> >Cindy Hamilton
>
> Sounds very good. Did you have company... a 14 pound turkey is a lot
> of meat. I usually roast a 14 pounder for Thanksgiving for the two of
> us but we have a passle of cats who put a big dent in it, they
> actually eat more than we eat. If we had to eat turkey ourselves I'd
> likely roast a chicken. I only roast a turkey for Thanksgiving
> because of tradition, but I much prefer chicken. The cats would
> gobble up a chicken same as a turkey.

No, we froze the dark meat and turned the carcass and white meat into
stock. This was a turkey I'd got the day after Thanksgiving very
cheaply with the intention of turning it into stock.

I believe my husband prefers turkey to chicken. Certainly roast
chicken provokes a "meh" reaction from him, whereas turkey gets
me a lot of "thank you". I prefer grilled chicken breast over
roasted chicken or turkey.

Cindy Hamilton