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What brand of turkey cooks up the best?
I cooked a 19 1/2 lb Bell and Evans tom this year, I was really impressed with it. It was moist, tender and looked absolutely beautiful brown when I pulled it out of the oven. I cooked it using their recommended recipie covering the bird in herb and butter soaked cheesecloth and basting every 15 minutes. This was a white meat lovers bird as the breast was huge. It had a full set of giblets. I bought it from a local market..
I've cooked Butterballs, Jenios and some store brands. The store brands were thankfuly forgetable at best. The BB and the Jenio were ok but the B&E took it to a whole new level of goodness.
Does maple syrup ever spoil?
As a Vermonter in the know the answer is generally no. It can grow mold, just remove it and re-boil as previously stated, store in a non-reactive container, I use glass and refigerate or freeze once opened. Use commen sense, if it taste funky, get rid of it.
Bell & Evans Turkeys--better than Butterball?
I cooked a 19 1/2 lb Bell and Evans this year, I used the recipie that they recommended on their website, covering in cheesecloth and basting every 15 minutes or so. This bird was the most beautiful I'd ever seen when done and not at all dry. Everybody was very impressed and quite a few told me it was the best they had ever eaten.
