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I have been frying turkeys for about 10 years now! In my opinion its the only way to go, but been thinking about trying a brined turkey (one of each most likely). Just curious how the rest of my Brothers roll!

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I'd love to do another Turducken, but it will be a traditional stuffed and roasted bird this year.

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I chose smoked because that is my favorite. I do two every year though... one roasted and one smoked.

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I am a big fan of fried turkey, but there is something about a traditional roast bird for Thanksgiving. :tu

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I've never had anything other than traditional.

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I do two every year - one fried and one roasted. The fried one dissapears quickly.
:ss

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THis year I am going to attempt an applewood smoked turkey on my new grill, it has a smoker box in it and will allow me to sit on the deck with a stogie while the in laws are inside the house. should be good times.

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We roast.
Last year brined and roasted, came out great.
We don't have a deep frier but my father in law deep fries... But he brines it first. Very tasty.


So I would say, brine & fry one, then if you want to, brine & roast the other.

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Traditional bastage here. Anita also says I'm practical as well. Ain't that a kick in the kisser.

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Sorry I'm stupid, but what the heck is a brined turkey. I assume it has something to do with salt.:)

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Smoked for 10 years, but want to try fried.

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Traditional for the family, but I usually smoke a small breast for myself!!:ss

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Had fried for the first time last year and enjoyed it. However, I am a biscuits, stuffing, and gravy person, not that excited about the turkey, so prefer the roasted. Stove top dressing, along with store bought gravy does not get me salivating like a roasted turkey with all the fix'ns.

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Heck your not stupid! Basically soaking a turkey in a salt/water/sugar for a good amount of time. Here is the link for the other thread I started.

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showthread.php?t=2749

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We've been doing it the way it's been done for generation after generation...the Traditional way. That said, I think it would be great to try it smoked or deep fried.

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We do it the traditional way around here, pit cooked whole pig bbq. :dr

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I prefer smoked, I'd love to try brined and fried but I usually end up with my mom's roasted, overcooked version. She hasn't yet figured out to this day how to reverse engineer a cooking schedule or learned what hold time is. I'm trying.

Coy, come out for a herf and bring a fryer.

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Its cold there now, you come here! Besides its Vegas (O' joy :rolleyes:) rode the bike home tonight little after mid-night with a long sleeve shirt and the sleeves pulled up. Perfect bbq weather, I will smoke some meat and fry a turkey! :dr

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Fried! So very awesome.

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Nothing like a traditional with the stuffing inside and the fixens on the outside for me and the family:al:dr

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:r Sounds like my mom. Have her brine, then roast it. Ought to help with maintaining some moisture.

We used to alternate frying & smoking each year, and everyone prefers the fried bird hands down.

That is, until we discovered Emeril's Turkey Bone Gumbo recipe. It's become my signature dish for the weekend after Thanksgiving, and is probably a bigger highlight than the main meal. Definitely a new family tradition. Fried/smoked turkey makes horrible stock, so it's now back to roasting that turkey every year.:rolleyes:

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I like the small Cornish Game Hens roasted with lots of rosemary.

Each person gets their own.

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Also, if you put an apple or an onion, or both inside the turkey when you cook it, it makes it real moist. I always cook my stuffing by it's self. Plus I always use those cooking bags, too.

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It will be a traditional with pretty much no flavoring at the parents this year. I will make a somewhat traditional one at home but it is heavily seasoned with a good rub and baked with about 2-4 oranges, halved and sitting in the pan around it.

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Old School....Traditional Turkey

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Can't say I'm a Turkey fan. I usually do lasgana for Thanksgiving :)

PS - While listening to Alice's Resturant..... For you young pups, get a copy.

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I tolerate Turkey for the family.Chicken would be fine by me :)
We've done fried and roast not brine though.

Now we have cooked a whole Beef Tenderloin before.Talk about :dr

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We're doing a Turducken again this year with shrimp and sausage stuffing.:dr:dr:dr:dr

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I do my bird the traditional way, as taught to me by Mom, with all the trimings. Usually do a 28lb turkey, 10lb bag of potatoes that get mashed, and do I have a great time doing it.:ss

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We usually do a brine turkey, but this year I am trying my hand at a smoked turkey. :dr

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I brine and smoke. Last year was my first and the family has "requested" :r that it become a tradition. They actually have threatened my life if said turkey is not provided. We will continue to have a traditional oven baked turkey along side of mine.
My favorite turkey though is at my wife's family reunion. Its over a weekend and the whole family participates in making apple butter. Peeling 30 bushels of apples and slicing, cooking in 30 gallon copper kettle over open wood fire for 12-14 hours, and then jarring. Anyway, they cook 5 huge turkeys on a rotisserie over an open maple wood fire. The rotisserie is 6-7 feet long. The brine in just apple cider; then salt, pepper, lemon, and orange on the outside and inside cavity. In the words of Newan, "Its the wood that makes it good." I'll try to post a pic.

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fried turkey sounds mmm mmm good. :tu

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have never had the chance to try fried turkey so went with the standard