Here’s some hundred-year-old advice for selecting a turkey:
Turkey is the king of the winter table. It may be that there are people who don’t enjoy roast turkey, but the poor things are luckily few. But – if you aren’t careful, your turkey will not be as good as he ought to be. First, don’t pick out a bird whose breast bone is as unbending as iron, and the legs shouldn’t be nice and white, but sort of bluish. Gentlemen turkeys are said to be the best, but I think that’s sex prejudice. I’ve had some delectable meals from lady birds. Clean your turkey thoroughly, pull the tendons from the legs – if you can- and cut out the oil bag at the root of the tail. Wash, and then dry him, inside and out.
The Calorie Cook Book by Mary Dickerson Donahey (1923)
I probably should have done this post earlier in November – though somehow I don’t think that it would have been very helpful when you selected your Thanksgiving turkey.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you’ve picked a good turkey!
Thank you! Since turkeys these days are generally wrapped in opaque plastic and often frozen, I selected my turkey based on weight. Fortunately it was tasty.
Have a magnificent day, Sheryl!
I hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Yes, indeed. Thank you.
Our turkeys are mostly in a bag and we can’t see them. Happy Thanksgiving!
And, many turkeys sold at stores are frozen. Times have definitely changed when it comes to purchasing a turkey for Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving! I made the sweet potato casserole and it was a big hit! I think it’s going to be a permanent addition to the menu!
It’s wonderful to hear that the sweet potatoes were a hit. Thanks for letting me know. It’s always nice to hear when a recipe that I posted turns out well.