How to Find and Cook an Organic Turkey
November 16, 2009
As Barbra Kingsolver writes so charmingly in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, turkey farming is a brutal business—unless you can find an organic, preferably small-farm, source. My mother raises turkeys every year on her farm, and the birds are surprisingly sociable, friendly, and enjoyable to watch. It almost makes me feel bad about eating them. But then I think of the crispy wings and rich gravy and I’m over it. (If anyone thinks organic foods are “smaller” than nonorganic foods, you… more
Comments (8)Brining, Shmining
November 21, 2008
Let’s talk turkey.
Have you ever tried to brine a 28-pound turkey? I’ve done it. I use a cooler. But I have to tell you, it’s a pain in the…honestly, I’ve never been able to taste the difference. I won’t be doing it this year.
Every year around the holidays, magazines and newspapers try to find a new way to talk about turkey. And they find a new way to… more
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