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Post by dsayer on Mar 23, 2011 11:47:18 GMT -5
I saw a post today mentioning that most people will just breast out their wild turkey. Personally, I keep the whole bird and usually smoke it over wood and lump charcoal. Just curious what everyone does with their birds.
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Post by drs on Mar 23, 2011 12:35:07 GMT -5
Bake the whole bird.
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Post by Woody Williams on Mar 23, 2011 12:58:17 GMT -5
Breast it out, chunk it up, flour it up, deep fry it, add flavored salt and enjoy.
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Post by dsayer on Mar 23, 2011 15:59:23 GMT -5
For those of you that breast it out, I've got a really good turkey breast recipe. It takes a bit of prep work, but it's well worth your effort. My wife found it from Martha Stewart.
For you whole bird guys, my father just heard of an interesting way to smoke turkey on the grill. Involved using poultry shears to cut through the back and then laying the bird down flat. I'll dig up the recipes and post them in "The Butcher Shop."
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Post by hornharvester on Mar 23, 2011 16:20:32 GMT -5
I learned recently how to roast a turkey leg and remove the pin bones very easy. Before you roast the bird or legs cut the end off the bone, when the birds done the meat shrinks up and the pin bones stick out, you just grab the pin bones and pull them out.
I usually just throw the legs away because the pin bones where so hard to remove but this method is easy to do. h.h.
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Post by throbak on Mar 23, 2011 16:37:13 GMT -5
I strip the breast and then cut every piece of the turkey I can off the rest. and then crock pot it and make a turkey salad out of it , the wings, gizzard, liver ,and heart are a treat while the rest is getting tender I dont throw anything away and the ones I dont do that to I (the wife) bakes whole in a baking bag
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Post by smshinall on Mar 23, 2011 16:54:55 GMT -5
I breast out and then debone the rest. I grind it up with 40% pork fat and make burgers. Usually supplies us till around july or so... Great burgers too.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Mar 23, 2011 18:39:12 GMT -5
Breast it out, chunk it up, flour it up, deep fry it, add flavored salt and enjoy. After you guys cooked them up this way at the get together in 2008, it's the only way my wife and kids will let me cook the turkey. It barely has time to cool down before they are all "gobbled" up. |
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Post by 76chevy on Mar 25, 2011 10:48:30 GMT -5
I like the breasts, the best!!!
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Post by daworz on Mar 25, 2011 11:42:55 GMT -5
I am a Breast Man Myself?
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Post by kevinhunter on Mar 25, 2011 12:36:53 GMT -5
I have deep fried them whole, smoked them whole and just the breasts and cut the breast meat up in chunks and breaded and deep fried them too! It's all real good any way you fix them up and they are so good for you! I like the recipe smshinall has for turkey burgers-got to try that one this year. Thanks for all the posts and ideas!
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Post by danf on Mar 25, 2011 18:25:31 GMT -5
Chunk up and fry the breasts, the legs and thighs get boiled for soup stock and then deboned (start with the leg FIRST) for turkey noodle soup. Figured out a while ago that you need to brine the turkey legs and thighs to get the best result, though a non-brined leg and thigh is good as well.
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Post by crappiepro on Mar 30, 2011 18:01:05 GMT -5
I breast it out, I then take it and cut out the 3 long slabs from each side of the breast. I marinate the slabs in Cajun Injector's Hickory Bacon BBQ, I then put them on the grill with a low temp and cook for about 45 minutes or until its cooked all the way through. Its fire! Guys I'm tellin ya.
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Post by DFINN on Apr 6, 2011 16:27:17 GMT -5
I CUT 1 INCH CUBES OUT OF ALL THE MEAT..DEEPFRY USING KENTUCKY CURNEL ..I CALL IT TURKEY KNUCKLES
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Post by kevinhunter on Apr 7, 2011 21:57:29 GMT -5
I tried the reciepe from smshinall and OMG very good for the turkey burgers! I got a couple of real nice gobblers in GA. last week and that was a welcome change from the regular reciepe. Thx! Good luck to all this season!
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Post by 76chevy on Apr 8, 2011 6:19:45 GMT -5
going to have to try the turkey burgers! Congrats on your GA birds! I tried the reciepe from smshinall and OMG very good for the turkey burgers! I got a couple of real nice gobblers in GA. last week and that was a welcome change from the regular reciepe. Thx! Good luck to all this season! |
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Post by buster on Apr 8, 2011 11:12:55 GMT -5
Breast it out, chunk it up, flour it up, deep fry it, add flavored salt and enjoy. I do the exact same thing, then dip the nuggets in buffalo sauce and follow them down with an ice cold barley-pop! |
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Post by featherduster on Apr 8, 2011 15:07:16 GMT -5
If I am so lucky as to bag a bird I totally enjoy sitting on my old picnic table in the woods and spending about an hour or so plucking that bird.
My wife will stuff the bird with apples and pears then she drapes strips of bacon onto the bird and pins them in place with toothpicks. She cooks the bird in a table top roaster till done.
The very first time we had wild turkey for thanksgiving we had invited my brother and his wife she told us she only enjoys the legs, I explained to her that the legs on a wild turkey might be a little tough as well as dry.
To this day she still raves how moist and tender that leg was that she ate.
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Post by bigrutdog on Apr 9, 2011 0:09:47 GMT -5
Guys!! Try breasting your turkey out. DAY OF KILL! Throw one (or both if your feeding the whole family) in marinade or whatever seasoning you prefer for a couple hours. Then rub it with a dry rub. I use a pork rub. Put it on the grill low heat 45-60 mins. Try to only turn it a couple times keeping the juices inside. I'm telling you a fresh bird that hasn't been frozen is killer on the grill!!
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 9, 2011 8:16:24 GMT -5
Guys!! Try breasting your turkey out. DAY OF KILL! Throw one (or both if your feeding the whole family) in marinade or whatever seasoning you prefer for a couple hours. Then rub it with a dry rub. I use a pork rub. Put it on the grill low heat 45-60 mins. Try to only turn it a couple times keeping the juices inside. I'm telling you a fresh bird that hasn't been frozen is killer on the grill!! Good advice.. Fresh meat is always better.. |
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