The many sides of the turkey, LOL! Thanks for the input. Frank & I bought a
couple of the organic free rangers back a few years ago and found them
awful.

Diana

"K Barrett" wrote in message
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"SuE" wrote in message
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On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:43:36 -0500, "Diana Kulaga"
wrote:

I have the A. eburneum that ate NY. Of course, right now I feel like *I*
ate
NY, LOL!

O/T: What's your favorite brand of turkey? We always liked Butterball,
but
for the second year in a row, BB has not quite lived up to its usual
standards. Gotta try a new one next year.

Diana

The Denver Post tested Turkeys this year. 8 birds all professionally
cooked in the same manner, everything from the EL-Cheepo to the
Organically grown Fresh Bird.

I would give you 2 guesses -- as to the best tasting and best looking,
carving etc... But the first one would not count.

Yes, EL-Cheepo was the winner. The second was the second store's
Cheepie. The third I believe was Butterball (better watch out they
just re-branded the Turkey Factory in town).

But as many predicted #8 with the poorest taste, driest meat, and
least appealing look when cooked was the Fresh, Organically grown
bird.
SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/main.php

That had been our experience, too, SuE. We went totally yuppie for a few
decades, seeking the free range turkey, paying thru the nose, being
unimpressed. Then the 'brining' rage started and the cheap-o birds were
very good when brined. Then this year we hit our heads "D'oh!" realizing
*why* Butterball injected saline solution into their birds. Industrial
Strength Brine! So this year we cooked a Butterball and it was fine.
However I must say I prefered the Safeway's own brand that we brined
ourselves last year.

Some years ago a man collected all the turkey fat and disgusting parts
that Butterball threw away, rendered it into grease/oil, and made deisel
fuel out of it. It was the fisrt time I'd ever heard the term 'bio
diesel' (Bio Diestle?) That idea fell with a thud. Now 6-7 years later
everyone is looking at rendering oil out of cooking grease/oil/etc.
Everyting old is new again.

The San Francisco Auto show is this weekend and the Hybrids/Electric cars
are creating quite a splash. I've long been interested in fuel cells. I
know the technology probably won't fly where autos are concerned, however
I'd truly like to get something along those lines to take my GH off grid.
Somehow getting solar cells and inverters to charge batteries to power
fans over night. I doubt I'd ever get enough power to run the swamp
cooler, though.

As Sundance said to Butch, "Keep thinking, that's what you're good at."

K Barrett
(amazingly I got back on topic after all......)