Turkey is a dry, bland meat.

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I will never understand why we eat such a boring food as the main dish on a holiday we celebrate by eating.

That said this will hopefully be the most normal Thanksgiving I've had since 2018. My grandpa died on Thanksgiving 2019 and then last year was uhh...last year.
If you make it wrong
ok
Leonhart4 posted...
If you make it wrong
People say this but near everyone throws extra sides like gravy and stuffing onto their turkey to make it edible.
I mean gravy and stuffing are delicious so I'm not sure what the issue is with combining them
Leafeon13N posted...
People say this but near everyone throws extra sides like gravy and stuffing onto their turkey to make it edible.
This is like saying using salt is wrong too
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Anyway where is the LameJokeAlt topic
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I was waiting for this topic
You're a dry, bland poster, so there.
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masterplum posted...
I was waiting for this topic

It is good
Nanis23 posted...
Anyway where is the LameJokeAlt topic

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You are cooking it incorrectly.

Stuffing is a side that should not be cooked in the turkey. Gravy is for mashed potatoes.

FOH
turkey leg good
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I just ate some turkey at my parents' house. My dad used a grill (I think it's gas, but he mentioned charcoal), and the bird came out tasty. It's all down to the preparation.
ChainLTTP posted...


Stuffing is a side that should not be cooked in the turkey. Gravy is for mashed potatoes.
No one is cooking stuffing in the turkey here..

That was my dads side of the family turkey way back when his mom was still alive to cook and it sucked even more.
People who eat the light meat are doing it wrong. Dark meat is definitely not dry and bland.
Only the exceptions can be exceptional.
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Sixth year in a row I've had ham instead. Turkey is a year-round meat for me.
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Isquen posted...
Sixth year in a row I've had ham instead. Turkey is a year-round meat for me.
We have ham now too.
Turkey is the best
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I am the mythical person who eats the turkey at buffets when it's not a holiday. And it's usually good.
Change is weird.
mnkboy907 posted...
I am the mythical person who eats the turkey at buffets when it's not a holiday. And it's usually good.
This feels like a bad use of money.
Turkey only comes out dry if the person cooking it doesn't really know what they're doing. It also doesn't have to be bland - that is once again a sign of lacking skill in the cooking department.

A lot of the things people think they know about cooking turkey is wrong. You should never stuff it or baste it. You should also look into marinades and seasonings for turkey. People tend not to since it's such a big bird, but you can add flavor. Also, as pointed out, dark meat, people. It always tastes better than the white meat.
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I prefer ham.
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fried turkey is the superior form of turkey. crisp skin and juicy meat.
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Leafeon13N posted...
This feels like a bad use of money.

Eating (usually) good things is not a bad use of money.
Change is weird.
As a non-American but someone who has turkey in typical rotation for evening meals with several other meats... I'm inclined to agree with OP. Can Turkey be good? Sure, but pretty much any other meat I've had is better on average.

"It depends on how you prepare it" feels irrelevant, because you can say that about pretty much any food. What I know is that the best turkey dish I've ever had doesn't hold a candle to the best pork/beef/lamb/chicken dish I've had.
DireKrow posted...
As a non-American but someone who has turkey in typical rotation for evening meals with several other meats... I'm inclined to agree with OP. Can Turkey be good? Sure, but pretty much any other meat I've had is better on average.

"It depends on how you prepare it" feels irrelevant, because you can say that about pretty much any food. What I know is that the best turkey dish I've ever had doesn't hold a candle to the best pork/beef/lamb/chicken dish I've had.
"it depends on how you prepare it" is a direct refutation of the universally stated and contentious statement that it's "bland and dry". They aren't using that statement (at least not solely) to argue that it's the best meat
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DireKrow posted...
As a non-American but someone who has turkey in typical rotation for evening meals with several other meats... I'm inclined to agree with OP. Can Turkey be good? Sure, but pretty much any other meat I've had is better on average.

"It depends on how you prepare it" feels irrelevant, because you can say that about pretty much any food. What I know is that the best turkey dish I've ever had doesn't hold a candle to the best pork/beef/lamb/chicken dish I've had.
It might feel irrelevant to you as a non-American, but certain cooking techniques that have been passed down as family tradition are cause for the bad turkey. Put aside the bland part, turkey shouldn't be coming out dry. When it does it's because it was cooked wrong, just like mom/grandma/g.grandma etc did it. The turkey I had this year was anything but dry and bland.
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mnkboy907 posted...
Eating (usually) good things is not a bad use of money.
This was fine back when buffets were typically a good deal to make you spend money gambling at a casino.

But now buffets are all expensive. Eat the premium items.
turkey at a buffet is a premium item
LeonhartFour posted...
turkey at a buffet is a premium item

maybe at a golden corral
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Golden Corral is a premium buffet
Also was a bit premature on calling this normal. We're down to about 25% of the usual crowd we'd have here.

Also my aunts turkey was especially dry and the stuffing was too dry to compensate.

Luckily my dad is an asshole but he cooks a good ham.
Also I haven't eaten at a buffet in nearly 2 years holy crap.

I need one.
LeonhartFour posted...
Golden Corral is a premium buffet
No but the early golden corrals used to suck. First one I went to was in Arizona way back and the food was below Hometown Buffet level.

Then they opened up some here and they were amazing. The one in Arizona still sucks, so it can vary.
LeonhartFour posted...
Golden Corral is a premium buffet

Poor child, no...
Change is weird.
An actual premium buffet can be found at a casino or some hotels. They'll have all sorts of actually "premium" food, and usually a lot of seafood and decent cuts of meat.
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A well-prepared turkey is pretty good, though. Any meat prepared improperly is going to be dry. Probably overcooked.
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Imagine boiling steak your whole life and then claiming that steak is a dry bland meat.
Bells, bells, bells!
TomNook posted...
Imagine boiling steak


Nightmare zone
rip imgcake
steak in the toaster oven is a premium meat
Lucavi000 posted...
fried turkey is the superior form of turkey. crisp skin and juicy meat.
Vouch
TomNook posted...
Imagine boiling steak your whole life and then claiming that steak is a dry bland meat.
But have you tried boiling it in milk over-hard served with the finest raw jellybeans?
Leafeon13N posted...
lso my aunts turkey was especially dry and the stuffing was too dry to compensate.

Red you need to tell your aunt she sucks shit at cooking instead of subjecting us to this topic every year
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Mythiot posted...
But have you tried boiling it in milk over-hard served with the finest raw jellybeans?
Exactly!
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Turkey does suck and needs a lot of work to make good. It can be good, but compare it to literally any other meat, especially chicken. No one actually like turkey the best.
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azuarc posted...
People who eat the light meat are doing it wrong. Dark meat is definitely not dry and bland.

This. You need to add/do some much to light meat just to get it decent, but you can half-ass dark and it's still good.
White meat is meh

Dark meat rules
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