Web Chef Review: Fresh, Free Run, Drug & Hormone Free Turkey
If you’re wondering how to improve your Holiday feast, try a Fresh, Free Run, Drug & Hormone Free Turkey for your get-together! Have a look at this beautiful fresh turkey, available by pre-order, at Harvest Barn Country Markets at both locations: Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario St. Catharines, Ontario Fresh, Free Run, Drug & Hormone Free Turkey: Find out about this product on this webisode of What I Say About Food: This...
How to Make Napa Jack’s Holiday Poultry Brine + Video
Napa Jack’s Holiday Poultry Brine is a great idea for most any poultry, at any time of the year! Brining will do wonders to kick up the flavors, especially of your Holiday turkey, using this poultry brine recipe and directions. Until you try this method of preparing poultry for roasting, you won’t fully appreciate the fantastic results as your birds are more moist, more tender and have much more flavor, as the delicious...
December Food Holidays & Events
Here are December Food Holidays & Events. Most of these holidays are based out of the USA, with others sprinkled in here & there. Find other months on The Year in Food Holidays & Events page. National Fruit Cake Month: Gluten Free Holiday Brandied Tiger Nut Fruit Cake Dark & Delicious Holiday Fruit Cake Browse Cake shows, Cake recipes Dark Brandied Christmas Fruitcake Haskap Barmbrack Bread Cooking Shows: Cake Recipes...
How to Cook Haskap Mushroom Turkey Gravy + Video
How to Cook Haskap Mushroom Turkey Gravy is a recipe you’ll love for the Holidays or anytime you enjoy turkey. This amazing gravy is savory with the flavoring of the roasted turkey, rich, perfectly thickened, with delicious mushrooms, and the addition of haskap juice, making an even more mouthwatering taste. Perfect on your Holiday potatoes, stuffing & poultry, whether it’s Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter. Haskap...
Holiday Breads: Thanksgiving Twists on the Traditional
A beautiful addition to any festive feast is a fresh & delicious Holiday Bread – here’s some Thanksgiving Twists on the Traditional! Fluffy, white dinner rolls are very tasty and we usually serve them with our Holiday dinners. A wonderful staple, but this can be a bit, well, boring for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Let’s spice things up with some wonderful ideas for those Holiday get-togethers. Holiday Bread Ideas:...
Holiday Stuffing: Thanksgiving Twists on the Traditional
Looking for a that comforting dish of Holiday Stuffing, but with a Thanksgiving Twist? I really enjoy the taste and texture of my mother’s dressing, made with bread, celery and poultry seasoning with summer savory and gumbo file, because this is what my Mother always made for our Holiday turkeys. So, in order for me to feel like it is really Holiday time, my usual option is for turkey bread dressing – Mom style. Holiday...
Holiday Potato Ideas: Thanksgiving Twists on the Traditional
If you are looking for Holiday Potato Ideas for a nice change or to kick your feast up a notch, then you’ve found the right place. Whether you’re a potato purist, you’re bored with plain, old potatoes, or you’re looking for that killer kicked up recipe for spuds, read on! There is deliciousness happening in the potato department below… Mashed Potatoes: Traditional mashed potatoes, which are in themselves...
How to Cook Turkey Stuffing: National Stuffing Day
The 4th Thursday of November is National Stuffing Day! A day to itself for stuffing? Well, it’s so mouth-watering that I don’t begrudge giving it a day of its own. We enjoy stuffing so much at our house, that not only do we stuff our poultry, but we even make extra in a casserole to enjoy it for a couple days. My Mother-in-law made wonderful dressing, albeit different from mine, but she would bring us the most delicious...
Tips for Roasting Turkey: National Turkey Day
The 4th Thursday of November is National Turkey Day! How appropriate to have Turkey Day at this time of year? What would a Thanksgiving or Christmas celebration be without the proverbial turkey, one of my very favorite meals? Apparently, every nation has its own distinctive way to cook this International favorite. In recent years, I have been introduced to a couple of new ways to cook this wonderful bird. Turkey Tips: I’ve...
How to Stuff a Turkey for Roasting + Video
How to stuff a turkey for roasting may sound simple enough, but there could be some confusion in the details. There seem to be quite a few steps when preparing large poultry for roasting, like a Holiday turkey. These in between steps take time, and are important, so that everything gets cooked properly & runs smoothly, especially on Thanksgiving or Christmas. In this particular cooking show, I’m showing you how to stuff a...
How to Cook Roasted Turkey Broth from Scratch + Video
Whenever I hear the sniffles or a cough in my household, I’m cooking up some soup. Turkey Broth is perfect for just those times, since you usually roast off a turkey a few times every Holiday season. Save those turkey carcasses and bones that have had the meat removed, not eaten off, and either freeze them in a resealable, plastic bag or refrigerate and use quickly. There is a ton of flavor & goodness left in those bones,...
How to Prepare a Turkey for Roasting + Video
You’ve got a turkey & an oven, but what happens in between? Here’s how to prepare a turkey for roasting. You are going to want to season the turkey inside & out, stuff it (if desired), and get things organized to put this bird in your oven. How to Prepare a Turkey for Roasting: When roasting a turkey, you may opt to use a brined turkey or a non-brined turkey. Making sure the turkey skin is dry before preparing it...
How to Prepare a Brined Turkey for Roasting + Video
If you have never Brined a Turkey before cooking it, you are missing out on flavor & some really moist meat. A bird that has been brined acts differently when cooking it than a bird that didn’t take that salty, spicy dip. Advantages of Brining a Turkey: Flavor: The spices & salt in the brine really are imparted into the meat, giving you a more savory experience. Texture: The turkey will be kicked up in moisture content...
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