What is Your Favorite Christmas or Holiday Food?

[Luvyna]

Turkey is dry no matter how you cook it, usually. It's just a dry meat. Why couldn't turkey soup have been the thing way back when?

Haha good to know we aren't messing up the turkey baking too badly then!

Sometimes I think the real appeal of turkey is that we associate eating it with being around friends and family, and that it's big enough to feed a bunch of people at once. I always find the meat dry, yet I still look forward to eating it every year

[Zincubus]

Surely there’s a way of cooking turkey to get it moist ??

I’ll have to ask the wife although I think we get a leg of lamb and turkey crown of late ...

I’m sure the wife cooks whole chickens upside down so the breast is cooking in the juices ?? It’s never dry anyways


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[bcr229]

I’m sure the wife cooks whole chickens upside down so the breast is cooking in the juices ?? It’s never dry anyways

I did that once with a turkey, quite by accident. Totally ruined the presentation of the bird - it fell apart when I tried to remove it from the roaster and of course it didn't have that lovely browned skin over the breast. The meat was excellent though.

One trick to moisten breast meat is to carefully separate and slightly lift the skin (without tearing or breaking it) from the top of the turkey just enough to slip your hand under it, and rub softened butter between the skin and turkey breast. You can also add poultry seasoning or garlic powder to the butter. The melted butter will slowly baste the breast meat as the turkey is roasted. If you have an unbrined turkey you can use bacon grease instead. Note that every frozen turkey in the grocery store has been brined, and if you use bacon grease on a brined bird it gets oversalted.

[Sonny1318]

Homemade bacon stuffing, and homemade tamales (Beef, chicken, pork, cheese, pineapple) the boss only makes them once a year, so we make her make as many different as she can without pissing her off lol) And Jack Daniels please. I just wait and talk to the boys (my snakes). They’re just about to finish up eating for a couple of months? Maybe mouse tamales would keep them eating? Peace love and Robots.

[Caitlin]

Gotta have tamales on Christmas Eve or it just doesn't feel right - am going with shredded chicken/tomatillo sauce/jack cheese and green chile/corn/jack cheese flavors this year. Torn between a nice turkey dinner because the leftovers are so awesome or maybe a small standing rib roast. I'll miss making/having dinner with friends this year, but I'd rather we all stay safe and enjoy virtual greetings. Sweets-wise I am a huge fan of shortbread cookies, molasses cookies, and pecan meltaways. I'll probably make all three and leave some on friends' doorsteps to make sure there's not too much temptation here at home.