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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMy husband is threatening to spatchcock the turkey this year.
He better do it while I'm away.
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)It would also take a lot less time to cook the damn thing.
The juices from the bottom could be basted in to the meat of the thing too!
Good luck.
PassingFair
(22,434 posts)I'm a little nervous, but that's what meat thermometers are for!
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)It makes for a more even distribution of heat, so for many instances of cooking it is great.
Not that I would do it, Turkey for Thanksgiving is not meant to be mutilated that way.
PassingFair
(22,434 posts)We're having a small party this year, so I'm going along with it.
Make him do a chicken... Leave the Turkey alone.
Moondog
(4,833 posts)Never tried a turkey, though.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)DO NOT try this with a live turkey!
I did, ONCE, and it's not pretty.
Sanity Claws
(21,863 posts)The turkey looks a little embarrassed. Its knee are bowed in and its wings are covering its upper torso.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)Also, you shouldn't be having parties without me.
PassingFair
(22,434 posts)The rest will just be made on the stove....that's Mina Pat's territory!
P.S. You're invited. Bring Poppy and the lad!
petronius
(26,608 posts)I just learned that word too (from the NY Times a few weeks ago?) and I'm dying to spatchcock something - just to be able to say the word over and over again...
PassingFair
(22,434 posts)Watch out, he's liable to spatchcock anything that moves!
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GReedDiamond
(5,318 posts)...I'm thinking about legally changing my name to "Nigel Spatchcock."
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)GReedDiamond
(5,318 posts)..."Holly Wood."
When she was 11.
On edit: For the record, I have a Sister, a Half-Sister, and a Step-Sister.
I have one of each kind possible, I think.
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)I was thinking of Alfred Spatchcock.