Sunday, March 11, 2007

Little Known Secrets of Cooking Turkey



If you want to know the little known secrets of cooking turkey, try to go online or search through the library for ways in cooking a turkey. When you do this, not only will you be overwhelmed by the different kinds of recipes, you will also start back to where you came from - extremely lost.

When cooking turkey, you have to understand that recipes for this particular preparation add up every year. While other recipes are traditional techniques used for years, others have followed creative methods of cooking or added varieties of local ingredients.

You may assume that the best way to go is to follow a traditional recipe for cooking turkey, but not all recipes turn out good. Others, although deliciously prepared, have gone through an unsafe method of cooking a turkey.

Cooking turkey is the science of designing, producing and cooking the perfect turkey. A turkey is considered perfect when the breast meat are moist, the things and legs are tender, the skin is golden brown and the flavor and aroma is extremely scrumptious.

One of the greatest dilemmas of both beginners and experience cooks is to avoid cooking a "dried turkey". Be aware that there are other ways to cook turkey, like boiling, broiling, frying, grilling, roasting, braising, barbecuing and many more. Regardless of the method you choose, the important thing is to use ingredients that combines well with the turkey's flavors.

Cooking a turkey should not be a difficult task. With the right ingredients and flavors, combined with the proper cooking method, you can serve your turkey proudly to guests.

The Methods in Cooking Turkey that You Should Avoid

While experimenting and discovering new things while cooking is normal, you may want to stick to the tradition ways of cooking turkey to ensure you're preparing it safely. This is important because several unsafe methods are being followed by some people and they don't even know it.

For instance, when you place your turkey in a large brown paper bag and cook it with a low temperature. This is considered unsafe because the paper bag, which includes ink, glue and other chemicals are unsanitary. Instead, make use of a turkey-cooking bag that is available in your local stores.

When you follow a slow-cooking method that is cooked overnight for more than twelve hours, you are allowing harmful bacteria to grow while the bird is being cooked. Following these simple precautions and guidelines of cooking your turkey can allow you to cook the best turkey your family has ever tasted, and will surely remember for years to come.

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