Thread: Bakery Cooked Birds.

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:26:36 -0600, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:

>Bakery Cooked Birds.
>
>Got lots of turkeys to cook? Oven not large enough?
>
>A bakery in Philadelphia will cook 'em in their brick ovens.
>
>You season your bird(s) how you like, drop them off at the bakery and
>they'll bake them up for you for some undisclosed fee. Your birds get
>numbered and you come back later, turn over the matching numbered ticket
>(s) and get your birds back all cooked.
>
>On FOX local morning news, on camera there were a couple dozen birds foil
>wrapped and additionally wrapped in cellophane all waiting to get picked
>up.
>
>First I've ever heard of the service. What a great idea! Gives your oven
>lots more space to cook other things!
>
>They must be huge ovens!
>
>Have you heard of that? Done that?
>
>Andy


Used to be very common 50+ years ago. Used to be many more local
bakeries too. Most every bakery in Philly used to do it, I don't know
about the rest of the country.

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:00:04 -0500, Ed Pawlowski <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:26:36 -0600, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Bakery Cooked Birds.
>>
>>Got lots of turkeys to cook? Oven not large enough?
>>
>>A bakery in Philadelphia will cook 'em in their brick ovens.
>>
>>You season your bird(s) how you like, drop them off at the bakery and
>>they'll bake them up for you for some undisclosed fee. Your birds get
>>numbered and you come back later, turn over the matching numbered ticket
>>(s) and get your birds back all cooked.
>>
>>On FOX local morning news, on camera there were a couple dozen birds foil
>>wrapped and additionally wrapped in cellophane all waiting to get picked
>>up.
>>
>>First I've ever heard of the service. What a great idea! Gives your oven
>>lots more space to cook other things!
>>
>>They must be huge ovens!
>>
>>Have you heard of that? Done that?
>>
>>Andy
>
>
>Used to be very common 50+ years ago. Used to be many more local
>bakeries too. Most every bakery in Philly used to do it, I don't know
>about the rest of the country.

Used to be typical in observant Jewish neighborhoods for sabbath
cooking.

Andy wrote:
>
> Bakery Cooked Birds.
>
> Got lots of turkeys to cook? Oven not large enough?
>
> A bakery in Philadelphia will cook 'em in their brick ovens.

Great idea but I would miss the nice smell in the house all day from a
cooking bird. Did a deep fryed one once and I missed the smell.

Gary

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:26:36 -0600, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:

>Bakery Cooked Birds.
>
>Got lots of turkeys to cook? Oven not large enough?
>
>A bakery in Philadelphia will cook 'em in their brick ovens.
>
>You season your bird(s) how you like, drop them off at the bakery and
>they'll bake them up for you for some undisclosed fee. Your birds get
>numbered and you come back later, turn over the matching numbered ticket
>(s) and get your birds back all cooked.
>
>On FOX local morning news, on camera there were a couple dozen birds foil
>wrapped and additionally wrapped in cellophane all waiting to get picked
>up.
>
>First I've ever heard of the service. What a great idea! Gives your oven
>lots more space to cook other things!
>
>They must be huge ovens!
>
>Have you heard of that? Done that?
>
>Andy

There's a eatery here that does pizza and chicken dishes. They have a
sign out front that you can order a cooked turkey there. I'm assuming
that means they season and everything and you order the size cooked
turkey that you want. Makes sense to me.
Janet US

Gary <[email protected]> wrote:

> Andy wrote:
>>
>> Bakery Cooked Birds.
>>
>> Got lots of turkeys to cook? Oven not large enough?
>>
>> A bakery in Philadelphia will cook 'em in their brick ovens.
>
> Great idea but I would miss the nice smell in the house all day from a
> cooking bird. Did a deep fryed one once and I missed the smell.


Gary,

A very good point!

It is intoxicating!

Best,

Andy

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:00:29 -0700, Janet Bostwick
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:26:36 -0600, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Bakery Cooked Birds.
>>
>>Got lots of turkeys to cook? Oven not large enough?
>>
>>A bakery in Philadelphia will cook 'em in their brick ovens.
>>
>>You season your bird(s) how you like, drop them off at the bakery and
>>they'll bake them up for you for some undisclosed fee. Your birds get
>>numbered and you come back later, turn over the matching numbered ticket
>>(s) and get your birds back all cooked.
>>
>>On FOX local morning news, on camera there were a couple dozen birds foil
>>wrapped and additionally wrapped in cellophane all waiting to get picked
>>up.
>>
>>First I've ever heard of the service. What a great idea! Gives your oven
>>lots more space to cook other things!
>>
>>They must be huge ovens!
>>
>>Have you heard of that? Done that?
>>
>>Andy
>
>There's a eatery here that does pizza and chicken dishes. They have a
>sign out front that you can order a cooked turkey there. I'm assuming
>that means they season and everything and you order the size cooked
>turkey that you want. Makes sense to me.
>Janet US

In NYC most delis and caterers will sell roast turkeys already carved
and put back on the frame, all garnished and presented on a colorful
cello-wrapped platter.... sold by weight... prices used to be very
reasonable because they expected to sell you all the sides and fixin's
too, but I've no idea what they charge nowadays.

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:44:53 -0500, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

>On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:00:29 -0700, Janet Bostwick
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:26:36 -0600, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>Bakery Cooked Birds.
>>>
>>>Got lots of turkeys to cook? Oven not large enough?
>>>
>>>A bakery in Philadelphia will cook 'em in their brick ovens.
>>>
>>>You season your bird(s) how you like, drop them off at the bakery and
>>>they'll bake them up for you for some undisclosed fee. Your birds get
>>>numbered and you come back later, turn over the matching numbered ticket
>>>(s) and get your birds back all cooked.
>>>
>>>On FOX local morning news, on camera there were a couple dozen birds foil
>>>wrapped and additionally wrapped in cellophane all waiting to get picked
>>>up.
>>>
>>>First I've ever heard of the service. What a great idea! Gives your oven
>>>lots more space to cook other things!
>>>
>>>They must be huge ovens!
>>>
>>>Have you heard of that? Done that?
>>>
>>>Andy
>>
>>There's a eatery here that does pizza and chicken dishes. They have a
>>sign out front that you can order a cooked turkey there. I'm assuming
>>that means they season and everything and you order the size cooked
>>turkey that you want. Makes sense to me.
>>Janet US
>
>In NYC most delis and caterers will sell roast turkeys already carved
>and put back on the frame, all garnished and presented on a colorful
>cello-wrapped platter.... sold by weight... prices used to be very
>reasonable because they expected to sell you all the sides and fixin's
>too, but I've no idea what they charge nowadays.

Remembering the size of the oven in the first apartment we had, I can
imagine that such a service would be well utilized by New York
urbanites.
Janet US

On Nov 24, 6:26*am, Andy <a...@b.c> wrote:
....
> They must be huge ovens!
....

Never heard of that, but yes. Bakeries have huge ovens! That's why
they are called BAKEries! ;-)

John Kuthe...

John Kuthe <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Nov 24, 6:26*am, Andy <a...@b.c> wrote:
> ...
>> They must be huge ovens!
> ...
>
> Never heard of that, but yes. Bakeries have huge ovens! That's why
> they are called BAKEries! ;-)


John Kuthe,

<G>

I thought about that re-reading my post after sending.

I <chuckled> at myself.

Best,

Andy

"Andy" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]..
> Bakery Cooked Birds.
>
> Got lots of turkeys to cook? Oven not large enough?
>
> A bakery in Philadelphia will cook 'em in their brick ovens.
>
> You season your bird(s) how you like, drop them off at the bakery and
> they'll bake them up for you for some undisclosed fee. Your birds get
> numbered and you come back later, turn over the matching numbered ticket
> (s) and get your birds back all cooked.
>
> On FOX local morning news, on camera there were a couple dozen birds foil
> wrapped and additionally wrapped in cellophane all waiting to get picked
> up.
>
> First I've ever heard of the service. What a great idea! Gives your oven
> lots more space to cook other things!
>
> They must be huge ovens!
>
> Have you heard of that? Done that?
>
> Andy
>
The bakery in the Suffolk (UK) village where I was raised did this every
xmas. There was no charge but there was a tip jar. You took the bird, or
beef joint along with yorkshire pudding and told the baker when you wanted
to pick them up. It was a long standing tradition. Incidentally, there was
one old guy in the village who would occasionally make his own bread - but
he took them to the bakery to have them baked!
Graham

On Nov 24, 2:26Â*am, Andy <a...@b.c> wrote:
> Bakery Cooked Birds.
>
> Got lots of turkeys to cook? Oven not large enough?
>
> A bakery in Philadelphia will cook 'em in their brick ovens.
>
> You season your bird(s) how you like, drop them off at the bakery and
> they'll bake them up for you for some undisclosed fee. Your birds get
> numbered and you come back later, turn over the matching numbered ticket
> (s) and get your birds back all cooked.
>
> On FOX local morning news, on camera there were a couple dozen birds foil
> wrapped and additionally wrapped in cellophane all waiting to get picked
> up.
>
> First I've ever heard of the service. What a great idea! Gives your oven
> lots more space to cook other things!
>
> They must be huge ovens!
>
> Have you heard of that? Done that?
>
> Andy

What's done here is that we dig a pit and fill it with wood and rocks
and light the pit up. When the rocks are heated, you can add your
turkey or roast and the meats are buried with the hot rock for about 8
or so hours. I think it costs about 5 buck to have this done. I don't
like turkey done this way but a pork roast would be fine. �

In article <0Fuzq.63583$[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>

> The bakery in the Suffolk (UK) village where I was raised did this every
> xmas. There was no charge but there was a tip jar. You took the bird, or
> beef joint along with yorkshire pudding and told the baker when you wanted
> to pick them up. It was a long standing tradition. Incidentally, there was
> one old guy in the village who would occasionally make his own bread - but
> he took them to the bakery to have them baked!
> Graham

As you say it's a very old tradition in Britain, dating back to when poor
homes didn't have a baking oven or poor people couldn't afford enough
fuel.

Janet.

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On Nov 24, 4:54*pm, "graham" <g.ste...@shaw.ca> wrote:
> "Andy" <a...@b.c> wrote in messagenews:[email protected]..
> > Bakery Cooked Birds.
>
> > Got lots of turkeys to cook? Oven not large enough?
>
> > A bakery in Philadelphia will cook 'em in their brick ovens.
>
> > You season your bird(s) how you like, drop them off at the bakery and
> > they'll bake them up for you for some undisclosed fee. Your birds get
> > numbered and you come back later, turn over the matching numbered ticket
> > (s) and get your birds back all cooked.
>
> > On FOX local morning news, on camera there were a couple dozen birds foil
> > wrapped and additionally wrapped in cellophane all waiting to get picked
> > up.
>
> > First I've ever heard of the service. What a great idea! Gives your oven
> > lots more space to cook other things!
>
> > They must be huge ovens!
>
> > Have you heard of that? Done that?
>
> > Andy
>
> The bakery in the Suffolk (UK) village where I was raised did this every
> xmas. There was no charge but there was a tip jar. *You took the bird, or
> beef joint along with yorkshire pudding and told the baker when you wanted
> to pick them up. It was a long standing tradition. *Incidentally, therewas
> one old guy in the village who would occasionally make his own bread - but
> he took them to the bakery to have them baked!
> Graham- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

This was also very common here in France and in my elderly neighbour's
memory. We have a bake house (now the pool house) which still has
the oven there. It has a door from our garden and also a door onto
the lane and villagers would bring their food to be cooked.

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On Nov 24, 12:26*pm, Andy <a...@b.c> wrote:
> Bakery Cooked Birds.
>
> Got lots of turkeys to cook? Oven not large enough?
>
> A bakery in Philadelphia will cook 'em in their brick ovens.
>
> You season your bird(s) how you like, drop them off at the bakery and
> they'll bake them up for you for some undisclosed fee. Your birds get
> numbered and you come back later, turn over the matching numbered ticket
> (s) and get your birds back all cooked.
>
> On FOX local morning news, on camera there were a couple dozen birds foil
> wrapped and additionally wrapped in cellophane all waiting to get picked
> up.
>
> First I've ever heard of the service. What a great idea! Gives your oven
> lots more space to cook other things!
>
> They must be huge ovens!
>
> Have you heard of that? Done that?
>
> Andy

Yes, here in France. We have a brick oven which was used by the
villagers in what was the bake house but now the pool house for the
filtration unit. The oven is beautiful, cast iron door and brick
inside, the roof is a work of art, circular pattern of bricks. My
elderly neighbour remembers the villagers bringing their food to be
cooked, for a few coins.

On 11/24/2011 9:54 AM, John Kuthe wrote:
> Never heard of that, but yes. Bakeries have huge ovens! That's why
> they are called BAKEries! ;-) John Kuthe...

Here, we have places that will fry your turkey for you. A large family
will have a baked turkey, fried turkey and a ham at Thanksgiving. For
Christmas, you just add tamales to that menu.

Becca

I've never heard of it being done at a bakery, but many grocery stores
with deli departments will do it.

On Nov 24, 7:26*am, Andy <a...@b.c> wrote:
> Bakery Cooked Birds.
>
> Got lots of turkeys to cook? Oven not large enough?
>
> A bakery in Philadelphia will cook 'em in their brick ovens.
>
> You season your bird(s) how you like, drop them off at the bakery and
> they'll bake them up for you for some undisclosed fee. Your birds get
> numbered and you come back later, turn over the matching numbered ticket
> (s) and get your birds back all cooked.
>
> On FOX local morning news, on camera there were a couple dozen birds foil
> wrapped and additionally wrapped in cellophane all waiting to get picked
> up.
>
> First I've ever heard of the service. What a great idea! Gives your oven
> lots more space to cook other things!
>
> They must be huge ovens!
>
> Have you heard of that? Done that?
>
> Andy

My grandfather use to do that with baked beans. the women brought
their
bean pots in the morning and picked them up later when they were
cooked.
He had a big brick oven in his bakery.

Lucille

On Nov 24, 8:35*am, Gary <g.maj...@att.net> wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>
> > Bakery Cooked Birds.
>
> > Got lots of turkeys to cook? Oven not large enough?
>
> > A bakery in Philadelphia will cook 'em in their brick ovens.
>
> Great idea but I would miss the nice smell in the house all day from a
> cooking bird. *Did a deep fryed one once and I missed the smell.
>
> Gary

This morning on TV I heard that you can put a pan of water on the
stove
to boil and add all the spices that you use in the turkey or pies.
And it
makes the house smell wonderful.

Lucille

On 11/24/2011 5:26 AM, Andy wrote:
>
> Have you heard of that? Done that?

Before I understood why it was done, I thought it was strange whenever I
read in a novel or saw a movie about about a certain time in history,
wherein someone would "bring the turkey" for the Christmas meal. I was
an adult before I realized that domestic kitchens of the time either had
no ovens or not enough coal or wood to roast a turkey or goose. It was
common to take the birds to the bakers to be cooked, and then pick them
up when they were ready.