Better Late than Never

Newbs · October 2006

<p />Well it took me three weeks to get this picture up after our Thanksgiving but here it is. Mad Max's Turkey on the BGE.
Sorry that the picture includes the chef but somebody deleted my sweet close up of the turkey...grrrr. It was a 22lb bird and it
took around 5 hours to cook. For anyone that may be interested,
I made the stuffing in our oven since Max's method doesn't use
stuffing in the turkey and I thought that the bread would absorb too much smoke. My stuffing recipe is a family favourite. Simple and flavourful.
Here's the recipe.[p]Grandad's Dry Sage Stuffing:[p]1 loaf of sliced white bread.
1 and 1/2 teaspoons salt (don't double the salt if you double the recipe. Another 1/2 teaspoon is sufficient)
3 teaspoons ground sage
1/2 teaspoon gound black pepper
1/2 cup of chicken stock
1 medium onion, chopped.
1 cup melted butter.[p]Toast the bread on both sides under the broiler and cut into 1/2 inch cubes.
Add all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and mix it up.
You can cook it in the cavity of the turkey if you like but I chose to do it in foil pouches with an added turkey neck for flavour in the conventional oven.
Doesn't take long in the oven. Hour to an hour and a half at 350 should do it. Just long enough to make sure that the turkey neck is cooked through and the bread starts to crisp up around the edges of the foil pouch. I make four times this recipe for our family (22 people) but some of it never makes it to the oven. A good portion of it gets snacked on while waiting to get wrapped in foil.[p]Cheers,[p]John

Kelly Keefe · October 2006

Newbs,
That is one seriously good lookin' turkey. High five! In light of that you might consider a new handle.[p]Kelly

Unknown · October 2006

Hi Kelly,[p]I've thought about that actually but Newbs is my nickname....it doesn't stand for "newbie"
Its part of my surname. I've had it
most of my life.[p]Thanks for the turkey compliment. Kudos to Max.[p]Cheers,[p]John "Newbs" Newbigging

katman · October 2006

Newbs,
Bird looks great. Threw me with the 3 weeks to post line for a moment!

EdF · October 2006

John,

Have to say the cook has that meditative kind of look we all aspire to working the egg, with suitable refreshments. Nice stuffing recipe, too.

- Ed

Newbs · October 2006

katman,[p]It was a great turkey. Sorry to have thrown you off with the 3 weeks ago bit. I should have said "Better late than never EH?" That would have made it more clear. LOL![p]John

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