Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
>
> "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

Thanks for the information and explanation. It all makes sense to me
)

Sky
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