Turkey Christmas Dinner and all the trimmings.

[alp]

He's OK now. So back to drinking milk now, but for a big chunk of his teen years, he stopped drinking milk.

 

[Logan]

That's great news then.

 

[Colin]

Hi,

What about soya milk?

Excellent suggestion Logan.

I would highly recommend anyone who is suffering assorted illnesses to have a look at their diet; I suffered for 57 years until I switched to Soya which totally transformed my life for the better; at the moment I'm still using Soya drink in my tea but I now use either Rice or Coconut drink on my brown rice cereal and so far I'm fine with these. Bron uses Pure Margarine (Soya) and again I'm fine with this. Morrison's now sell another two types of dairy free margarine so it appears demand is growing for these products with a move away from dairy. It's been said many times cow's milk is for cows not humans? Don't rely on doctors or specialists; it was Bron who thankfully found my cure.

I feel an urge to do a bit of digging after all I'm now Soya powered and raring to go.

Kind regards, Colin.

 

[Logan]

@Colin have you got any Christmas cooking to do,or Bron?

 

[Colin]

Hi,

Thanks for asking Logan. Bron generally does the cooking and I do the washing up; I'm better at eating than cooking but if Bron's unwell we don't starve. We never ever buy convenience meals and mostly it's fresh veg in the pressure cooker.

Being dairy intolerant I've had to find ways around this and a regular pattern is 7am and 6pm Kallo brown puffed rice with either rice or coconut drink over it; two slices of Warburtons seeded batch loaf this being toasted and just Morrison's blackcurrant jam added; I think I'm now addicted to these; we always have a cooked dinner but without much meat; we like chicken though.

https://groceries.morrisons.com/webshop/product/Kallo-Organic-Wholegrain-Breakfast-Puffs/305384011

https://groceries.morrisons.com/web...05651&param=bread&parentContainer=SEARCHbread

This works for me so I stick with it; I can eat dark chocolate and buy Moser Roth 85% cocoa bars from Aldi I keep around six of these bars in my computer desk but I limit myself each day. Being dairy intolerant is a major problem but now I'm in control at last although I did get caught out in July 2016 and spent three days in hospital.

I never ever put any weight on whatever I eat; I'm still the same weight as I was when aged 15; just over ten stone and 6' feet tall so I'm like a stick insect.

The best thing about Christmas is Easter.

Kind regards, Colin.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

Its ok to also olive oil the skin of the turkey before roasting it.

Have always stuffed my Turkey. I usually check my time grid for weight with stuffing and time to roast . Then put it it a 500 degree oven, with foil on it, and the homemade bone broth on the bottom, and the lid. After 30 mins, keeping the door closed I turn down the oven to 325 degrees, and leave it alone for about 2 hours. Then I do a basting every 20 mins . I go until the time noted on my time table. And its all done. This year, the legs wiggled and just about fell off . So tender and juicy.

Roasted my first turkey when I was 15 years old. So lets say that is 50 years of turkey roasting etc experience.

 

[Logan]

That's great @Colin. I'm not religious but, i think of Christmas like a pagan sort of way.
To look forward to the next season, to start growing things again.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

I never ever put any weight on whatever I eat; I'm still the same weight as I was when aged 15; just over ten stone and 6' feet tall so I'm like a stick insect.

 

[Colin]

Hi,

Those trying to lose weight please skip this post.

I hadn't visited the surgery for over twelve years until about a year ago when dermatitis forced me into a visit. One thing about a surgery visit they then never let go of you so I ended up having an MOT and because of my Crohn's operation I asked the doctor if I would be OK for vitamin "D" so I was sent for a blood test to confirm this wasn't a problem. I had to visit the practice nurse and this will make you weight watchers sick; due to my BMI the nurse suggested I would benefit from PUTTING SOME WEIGHT ON. I didn't even know what BMI was so I had to ask? The only way I'll put weight on is if my shoes are nailed to the floor. I've had two one hour hard sessions digging up the mountain today and I'm now sighing and ticking as I cool down; put weight on; who; me?

Kind regards, Colin.

 

[alp]

I guess I am the coward in the group. I no longer cook the stuffing in the turkey. I am afraid of it being poultry and not reaching adequate temperature to be safe. I cook the stuffing in a large Pyrex bowl. I make the stuffing up and add turkey broth as I baste the turkey. By cooking separately I can control the temperature better and not over cook the turkey and have it be dry.

That's what I thought as well. Unless you make a chamber with foil in the first half of the cooking process, the chance of the poultry being uncooked can't be exaggerated. Or you can cook the sausage meat or stuffing before stuffing it into the bird's cavity.

 

[alp]

Esther, what are you like? Hehe! Some people are born like that.. Whilst some people starve.. My sister in law starved to keep slim and she packed so much in last time she visited the UK that she fainted on the plane back home! Elizabeth Hurley is like that as well. Going to bed hungry ..

Ah, I love my bacon and beef fat too much!

 

[Logan]

That's what I thought as well. Unless you make a chamber with foil in the first half of the cooking process, the chance of the poultry being uncooked can't be exaggerated. Or you can cook the sausage meat or stuffing before stuffing it into the bird's cavity.

If you do cook the stuffing first, make sure it's cooled down before putting it into the bird.

 

[Logan]

I have a self basting turkey. I put bacon all over the top pour a lot of melted marg over and wrap it all in foil. Don't have to baste it. It cooks ok with stuffing inside. I like my stuffing cooked inside it.

 

[Logan]

@Logan , my stuffing uses the same stuff as yours. sorry but don't get the need to freeze all way ahead like that. Just stuffed a 17 lb turkey for Thanksgiving. night before, simmered one onion and one rib of celery in a pan, when tender, covered with a lid and put it out on the deck to get cold. (fridge was full) while it simmered, I walked away to do other chores. Next morning, grabbed my bag of dry cubed bread (don't use crumbs) poured bread in a big bowl, cut up the sage tossed in, whipped three eggs--poured that over all, got the sausage out and crumbled that around, now a handful of walnuts and peeled and cut up one apple toss that in. get the pan off the deck spill that in, add pepper and salt. turkey is ready, cavity is open. thread and needle is waiting. mixed the big bowl, and proceeded to put all in the cavity. Needle and thread --sewed up the cavity. buttered the bird, took out homemade turkey bone broth from freezer put in roaster next to the bird, Foiled the wings, and leg ends, more salt. Lid on, and into the oven. all under 30 mins.

It's not the same ingredients,I just use sausages,propper breadcrumbs, onions and sage. No eggs, apple, celery and walnuts.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

I've always cooked our turkey unstuffed as it always worried me that the bird could be undercooked....I've done too many Food Safety / Hygiene courses...........scared myself silly now