"Sky" <skyhooks@NOsbcglobal.SnPeAtM> wrote in message
news:4B11DC20.16A8@NOsbcglobal.SnPeAtM...
> Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
>>
>> Hubby got a turkey frying aparatus from his employer. So turkey this
>> year
>> was to be fried....he watched Good Eats and liked Alton Brown's 'turkey
>> derrick'...so Mr. Fixit makes his own version of the turkey derrick. (We
>> took pictures).....
>>
>> Turkey was good. Skin crispy, meat moist. We used no injections or no
>> brine (wanted to try it plain the first time). A definite do
>> over.....there
>> is NO turkey left over....7 adults and one 18 mon. old.
>> Dinner was good. I am tired. My feet are sore.
>> God Bless us everyone.
>> -ginny
>
> Sounds so good! Way to go on the 'teepee contraption' to cook the bird
> I saw that same AB show and his method seems smart to me Never
> have I had a fried turkey bird (er, almost typed burkey tird!!! <G>)
> before, and I've heard they're always really moist and tasty. I just
> have to wonder what's done with the left-over oil afterwards!!!
>
> Sky
>
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The directions on both the fryer and the box of oil (3 gal. peanut) is to
strain it and reuse it up to two more times. I ladled it out with a glass
measuring cup and strained it thru a coffee filter in a large funnel back
into the original container. Believe it or not, only until you got to the
very bottom into the dregs did you find any residue....most of the oil was
basically as clear as when it first went in the fryer. When I got to the
bottom, I just dumped it out, I didn't want to strain sand...I'd say I
dumped maybe a cup and a half.

I just got an oven-roaster chicken on the 'used meat' counter today for
$.69/pound that we will probably fry within the next week or so using the
same oil. Mr. Fixit also wants wings cooked in the fryer as well. After
that, buh-bye oil. I may do the wings first and the roaster last since we
want to try a marinade/injectable in the bird, but I don't know how much of
that will be left in the oil.
-ginny