How Mom Cooks Her Turkey, and sets off the fire alarm
Date: December 1, 2005 | Discussion: No Comments
Mom tried a new method (or really an old method) of cooking the turkey this year. See the November Gourmet Magazine, page 180 for the whys and wherefores. They cooked 40 turkeys. Mom only had to do one to know that it was perfect. Basically, first clean out your oven and put away the smoke [...]
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Lord Love a Duck
Date: November 8, 2005 | Discussion: No Comments
I have seen similar methods of defatting a duck in a number of cookbooks. This one works very well. Without first defatting a Long Island Duck, it is very easy to set the oven on fire (ask me how I know) because of the amazing amounts of fat that pours out. From “Keeping Company” by [...]