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Thompson turkey; anybody tried it?
A variation on this turkey has become a Thanksgiving tradition for my household. There are two versions of this bird floating around; we use the second one (scroll down to "the original black turkey" at http://sewayoleme.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/a-turkey-tale/ ).
We've only made the stuffing once. I didn't like it particularly much; way too heavy and, well, meaty. These days we just use a handmade bread stuffing of the basic celery/onions/garlic/chicken broth/homemade dried bread variety, and it tastes just fine. Additionally, we have one ceremonial Ramos Fizz to toast Mort Thompson, but switch immediately to something else, as that particular drink is not to our liking.
Because we invite all our friends to come to dinner, this has resulted in us making TWO smaller birds at once for the past six years or so. It's not much more trouble to make two than one :) We call them Hanzel and Gretel. The recipe does not lie - the bird does practically carve itself. One year we lifted it up out of the pan and the meat gently fell off of the bone with a mouth-watering flumph.
Making this bird is ALWAYS worth the hassle. (Even last year, when our oven DIED halfway through the process, and we ended up finishing the birds on two grills in the backyard.)
Photo proof attached (I think this was Gretel).
