I hate brined turkeys! Anyone find one that tasted like real turkey?

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ahoy Mcally matey!!!!

i meself have often dined on turkey that has been properly brined on the deck 'o me vessel, as a reward fer securing booty from our latest raids.

a brined turkey often is jucier, its meat more succulent.

aye.

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I brined my turkey that I cooked for Thanksgiving.

I thought it turned out well.

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I do not recall ever having a brined turkey.I did have a brined beer can chicken and it was pretty good.

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I've tasted one. It was good, but I prefer non-brined roasted turkey. The brined turkey tasted a bit too much like deli turkey for me.

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It doesn't have to, SM. A lot depends on how long it was brined. I do mine like 12 hours or so. It makes the breast meat a lot juicier and adds some saltiness to the meat, but not to the level of deli meat.

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Yes but it's only been recently that everyone seems to brining turkeys. I want turkey meat to taste like turkey not like some chemical! What turkey did you find that wasn't brined?

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OK NOW HEAR THIS:

The following fastfoods are using injected flavoring that mask the good taste of the poultry:

KFC
Bojangles
Chic O Filet

Plus all the brand names of poultry have added this flavoring which once again masks the good flavor of real turkey and chicken.

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I bought an heirloom turkey at Whole Foods. Nothing but turkey in that package.

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Heretofore, I had never heard of "brined turkey". After some reading, it sounds promising.

I deep fat fried a turkey for Thanksgiving last year. Turned out very, very good.

Can (should?) you fry a brined turkey?

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You can (assuming you dry it well, and really know what you're doing), but from what I've heard about deep-fried turkeys, it's not really necessary.

Brining makes for a very moist turkey when roasted. Since fried turkeys are generally very moist anyway, I'm not sure that you'd see much benefit, other than maybe a little more flavorful meat.

I've thought about frying one, but I just don't have the space in my current residence.

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BTW, unless you live in the Astrodome, nobody has space in their residence to fry a turkey. It is an outdoor activity, only. Got a propane fryer/boiler just for turkeys (and crabs, in the summer). . (Crazily enough, people have tried it inside and paid serious consequences.)

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"Compassionate Conservatism"?!?! That is a stupid phrase. Conservatism is inherently compassionate. It is liberalism that is cruel for the sake of maintaining a constituency.

You know what I meant. My patio is WAY too small and close to the house, and I don't have a yard to speak of.

Alton Brown did a great demonstration of how quickly it can go bad. I wouldn't do it within 50' of my house.

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....but what about them brining turkeys or using injections of enhanced flavoring? Nobody here cares if turkey and chicken now tastes like apple cider or garlic or sage?

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I dunno. I've never purchased any turkey that has been injected with anything. I'm not sure if that's even legal.

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