Does it taste as good as roasting it without one? I want the most delicious traditional Thanksgiving turkey possible. Cooking bag or no cooking bag? Your opinion please.

Best reply by Big Biscuit:

I say yes. It will still get brown and crispy, but the inside will remain moist.

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Should I use a cooking bag to cook my Thanksgiving turkey?

I have too much to do and not enough time. Can I cook a turkey half way at home, then travel 2 hours and finish cooking it?

Best reply by john:

i wouldn’t your taking a chance bacteria will set in, don’t do it .

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Can I partially cook a turkey then finish cooking it a few hours later?

There are several techniques for cooking turkey, which you should keep in mind. Given below are some mouthwatering recipes as to how to cook turkey. But for you to learn how to do that, let us go through some important tips for cooking a turkey that you need to keep in mind in order to cook a better turkey.
•The first thing that you have to do is thaw the turkey and that needs patience. When you buy a turkey, depending upon the size and the weight of the bird, it might take you around 3 days to defrost.
•If you want your turkey’s skin to be crispier, then, a day before you roast it, just unwrap it and leave it like that in the refrigerator.
•Now while stuffing your turkey with all sorts of aromatic stuffing and vegetables, make sure that you do not stuff it densely cause then the turkey won’t be roasted evenly. And before roasting it, with a brush, just coat the outer section of it with either olive oil or vegetable oil. You can even season it with salt and pepper.
•Once you have done all these, just put it in the oven and leave it to roast. When you take it out, the temperature near the legs and the breast region should be around 180º F and that of the inner part should be around 165º F.
Keeping these few pointers in mind, let us see some of the various means of cooking turkey.

Cooking Turkey Legs

Who does not love to eat the leg portion while eating meat? Be it chicken or lamb or pork or even turkey. This is the more meatier section of all hence, people prefer this part. Here are some simple methods of cooking turkey legs. Just follow the recipe and I am sure that your friends and family are going to love it.

Things Needed
•Turkey legs (4-6)
•Onions (4)
•Garlic cloves – minced (4)
•Olive oil (½ cup)
•All purpose flour (1 cup)
•Salt (2 teaspoon)
•Pepper (1 teaspoon)
•Dry oregano (2 teaspoon)
•Dry thyme (1 teaspoon)
•Dry rosemary (1 teaspoon)
•Chicken broth (2 cups)
•Dry red wine (1 cup)
•Bay leaf (2)
Procedure
1.The first thing that you have to do after you thaw the turkey legs is to wash them properly. After that in a bowl mix the flour and salt, pepper and the oregano together and apply some of this on the legs of the turkey.
2.Heat some olive oil over a medium flame and one by one, put the drumsticks and cook them till they turn brown. Then put them on the baking pan. Continue Reading »