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Brined turkeys
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brined turkeys SF gate article
Trader Joe's All Natural Brined Young Turkey ($1.99 per pound at Trader Joe's)
If the frozen Target turkey exceeded our low expectations, then the Trader Joe's turkey left us almost universally disappointed.
This turkey, enhanced with an 8 percent salt solution, was by far our least favorite - or, as one staffer put it, "bleh."
"No flavor," "bland" and "cheap tasting," this turkey "needs big-time gravy," said other judges.
Yet even gravy wouldn't help its texture, which was alternately described as "dry," "tough," "sinewy," "spongy," "waxy" and "rubbery."
So do we still think pre-brined turkeys are genius? It depends.
Several of us would be happy to buy either of the brined Diestel turkeys, as they cooked into flavorful and moist birds. And it's hard to argue with anything that saves time and effort around Thanksgiving.
A final note if you decide to go the pre-brined route: Giblets are usually not included. The most we got was a neck from the Trader Joe's.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/food/tasterschoice/article/Turkeys-they-brine-you-dine-4044581.php#ixzz2CuVuBwSq
Karen,
I've never bought one already brined, but I have been brining my own for the last 4 years using Alice Water's Chez Panisse brine that Traca posted back in 2008 and she got it from Pat in 2001! It always turns out great.
Good luck!
Trader Joe's All Natural Brined Young Turkey ($1.99 per pound at Trader Joe's)
If the frozen Target turkey exceeded our low expectations, then the Trader Joe's turkey left us almost universally disappointed.
This turkey, enhanced with an 8 percent salt solution, was by far our least favorite - or, as one staffer put it, "bleh."
"No flavor," "bland" and "cheap tasting," this turkey "needs big-time gravy," said other judges.
Yet even gravy wouldn't help its texture, which was alternately described as "dry," "tough," "sinewy," "spongy," "waxy" and "rubbery."
So do we still think pre-brined turkeys are genius? It depends.
Several of us would be happy to buy either of the brined Diestel turkeys, as they cooked into flavorful and moist birds. And it's hard to argue with anything that saves time and effort around Thanksgiving.
A final note if you decide to go the pre-brined route: Giblets are usually not included. The most we got was a neck from the Trader Joe's.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/food/tasterschoice/article/Turkeys-they-brine-you-dine-4044581.php#ixzz2CuVuBwSq
Karen,
I've never bought one already brined, but I have been brining my own for the last 4 years using Alice Water's Chez Panisse brine that Traca posted back in 2008 and she got it from Pat in 2001! It always turns out great.
Good luck!
I remembered Steve/LA likes the TJ's turkey
http://www.eat.at/swap/forum/index.php?action=display&forumid=1&msgid=194220
http://www.eat.at/swap/forum/index.php?action=display&forumid=1&msgid=194220