TASTE OF THE TREASURE COAST
SMOKIN’ HOT
Cooking a turkey using the trash-can technique this Thanksgiving will make sure your turkey is juicy and your guests are amazed.
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TURKEY
PHIL REID PHOTOS
Ensure your Thanksgiving bird is cooked
evenly throughout for succulent results
with the trash-can method
BY BARBARA REID
Thanksgiving is once again upon us — a time for
family and friends to gather and give thanks for
the many blessings throughout the year. And while
many look forward to a Rockwellian event replete
with mountains of scrumptious fare, most home chefs can attest
to at least a few stories of Thanksgiving disasters.
Along with the plethora of side dishes and desserts to
orchestrate, there’s the perennial question of how to cook
the perfect turkey. In the days leading up to the big day, the
Butterball Turkey Talk-Line keeps a-buzzing with burning
questions from concerned cooks. How does one avoid the
breast meat ending up as dry as a bone while the dark meat
remains raw? Will salmonella be the star of the show rather
than the turkey?
It turns out the answers lie more in understanding avian
anatomy than gastronomic wizardry. A bird with both light >>