"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
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> In article <1130174476.a9286604f9f0c62cde1ea0e78f82fc00@teran ews>,
> "MoM" > wrote:
>
>> "Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
>> . com...
>> > "MoM" > wrote in message
>> > news:1130157054.2f40514f0f950e04faf037e60817fe36@t eranews...
>> >> Here is a great hint to save time for Thanksgiving or Christmas if you
>> >> are cooking a Turkey.
>> >>
>> >> You can precook and slice your turkey up to a month ahead. Then, on
>> >> the
>> >> day; while all the side dishes are cooking; you take a roasting pan
>> >> and
>> >> line it with LETTUCE. A couple of layers. Put your turkey in, you
>> >> can
>> >> separate dark and white meat. Cover with another couple of layers of
>> >> lettuce and put the lid on. Put in a 325* oven while you are cooking
>> >> the
>> >> potatoes and veg and reheating the gravy and stuffing. I imagine the
>> >> stuffing can go in the oven too. Usually by the time everything else
>> >> is
>> >> ready, and you take the lid off the roasting pan it will be steaming
>> >> and
>> >> the turkey will be moist and delicious just like fresh cooked.
>> >>
>> >> This was a hint on a local TV station by the weatherman's mother who
>> >> has
>> >> been doing it this way for years. And I've been watching the station
>> >> as
>> >> long as he's been on there and everyone there raves about the results.
>> >>
>> >> MoM
>> >>
>> >
>> > The world is full of people who rave about bad food. Sounds like a
>> > disaster.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Peter Aitken
>> > Visit my recipe and kitchen myths page at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm
>> >
>> And just how would you know? I know the woman is a fantastic cook.
>> Actually, so am I. If the idea I suggested
>> turns out a product just as good as fresh roasted turkey, why not do it
>> and
>> spend the time saved with the family instead
>> of in the kitchen.
>>
>> But then, there is always someone who will knock a good thing.
>>
>> MoM
>>
>>
>
> But on Thanksgiving, it's _traditional_ to spend half the day in the
> kitchen, and family participates. ;-) I spend that time cooking with my
> family!
> --
> Om.
>
> "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack
> Nicholson

I'd rather sit with my family and enjoy the time that way.

MoM