Dry rub for Turkey

irishrog

Hi all,
any suggestions for a home-made dry rub for a turkey, which I plan to EGG at the weekend. Should I coat the skin in mustard before I add the rub? Any suggestions will be much appreciated.
Thanks
Roger.

Sundown

irishrog,
Good lord son, slathering mustard on a turkey?! Heaven forbid. Here's a link to one of the better home made rubs around. Quite honestly I haven't used a rub on a turkey before, although, I have used rubs on chicken so there can't be that much difference. I usually just slather Mr. Tom with butter and a light dusting of salt and pepper and let her rip. The skin always comes out brown and crisp. I do use either apple or cherry chunks and the family just loves it. Good luck, and if you do use mustard let us know how it comes out. That's how we learn around here.
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irishrog

Hi Sundown ,
I have never tried mustard on a turkey before, but I put mustard powder into a dry rub for a goose once. The juices mixed nicely with the rub (i pierced the skin all over to relaese the fat) to give a very tasty crust. I had cooked the goose on a turkey cone, over a stainless steel dish with some stock to collect the juices. The final result was a very moist (is there any other kind) goose with crisp skin. I then used the collected juices, after removing the fat, as the base for my barbeque sauce, which I thickened with pre cooked apples, flavoured with Nutmeg and cloves and little Irish Whiskey for added kick. I won 2nd prize in the Lisdoonvarna BBQ championships open section with this concoction 4 years ago, but have not had the opportunity to try it again since.
Roger

Sundown

irishrog,
Well I just have to say I've learned something and the more I think about it when I've put mustard on a pork butt or shoulder you really don't end up with a real taste of mustard. Maybe you are on to something here. I just had never heard of mustard on a turkey. Like I said, that's why we're here, to learn new stuff. Mustard an JJ's go together very nicely although the dripping might tend to make a slightly different gravy (can't imagine turkey without gravy). Thanks for the new idea.