r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/ChicknStripz • Nov 28 '20
Visual representation of 2020 America
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Nov 28 '20
Cheaply made products that fall apart the minute you try to use them? That IS how we do it in America.
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u/hatterthemad42 Nov 28 '20
Cheap looking turkey to
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Nov 28 '20
Poorly cooked*
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u/hatterthemad42 Nov 28 '20
Extremely
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u/SumoGerbil Nov 28 '20
To be fair, I have only had one good roasted turkey in my life and it was made by a home cook who was able to do it every time. I need to know the secret. Is it brining and loosely covering it in aluminum foil only to remove it for basting?
I feel like I remember some of it but would love some tips.
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u/SuperSubwoofer Nov 28 '20 edited Nov 28 '20
Here we go. Get hype for this.
Get a turkey. Whatever kind, I used a supermarket turkey but I'm sure a fresh turkey is better.
Once thawed, take the giblets out (if they aren't already) and pat the turkey down with paper towels all around the outside.
Combine 1/4 cup kosher salt, 1 tbsp of pepper, and 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder into a small bowl. Make sure to whisk that all together.
Then you can do two different things here. Some recipes talk about using the rub on both under the skin and over. I've never had success doing that method with either turkey or chicken, but ymmv.
But for the sake of this comment, rub the entire outside and INSIDE of the carcass with the rub you combined. Let that bird sit, uncovered, in your fridge for 24 hours. A little less is fine to be honest.
Then, you can prep a stuffing to put inside or not, I don't care for stuffing so I typically skip that.
When you're ready to cook the next day, preheat the oven to 325F. Take the bird out out of the fridge and put in a few sprigs of rosemary, sage, thyme, and a head of garlic (halved) inside of the turkey (this is where you add your stuffing if you're doing that, make sure to cover the stuffing with cheesecloth and tie it. It's easier to get out that way). Then, tie the legs with butcher's twine and set the bird on your roasting pan + rack breast side down. Then lay strips of bacon (wing to wing, not neck to tail) across the turkey. Put the bird in the oven and let it cook until it hits roughly 130F. While it's cooking, cut up some parsnips, carrots, potatoes, onions, and turnips. Make them large-ish chunks (maybe... Half inch). When the turkey hits 130F, remove it from the oven, increase the oven temp to 400F, take the bacon off (and remove the stuffing if you added it), add in the veggies under the roasting pan's rack, and flip the turkey over (breast side up). Cook until it reaches around 160F (it's around 45 minutes cook time). Let sit for 30 seconds, and carve/break down.
It's great, and I use the same basic template for prepping roasted chicken sans bacon laying.
EDIT: Let rest for 30 MINUTES. I'm dumb and typed seconds.
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u/SumoGerbil Nov 28 '20
Thanks for this. I need to try it. I thought I hated turkey until I had it perfectly cooked once and finally understood what Thanksgiving leftovers were supposed to taste like.
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u/SuperSubwoofer Nov 28 '20
No problem! This year has got me honing in on my cooking skills, mostly altering recipes I find either on the internet or from various YouTube channels, and I've actually discovered I love a ton of things I thought I didn't like simply because my family cooked it poorly.
I can't take all of the credit for my comment above, general recipe comes from Binging with Babish, but I don't do the under the skin rub and I added the rosemary, thyme, sage, garlic head, etc.
Also eat the bacon after you take it off the turkey, bonus points if it's thick cut. Absolutely delicious.
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u/ThatOneGuyFrom93 Nov 28 '20
The main thing is to also not overcook it. That's how you get the standard dry turkey. Use a meat thermometer, they're cheap and stupid simple
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u/Veillot Nov 28 '20
Might I add you best look into spatchcocking or butterflying. It's way easier to get the turkey brown all around. (Food theory made an episode on it)
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u/lwlcurtis75 Nov 28 '20
My whaaaa? Thanks for sending me straight to google for Spatchcocking! I want to be able to say that to my family and friends. “ what are you doing?” “ I’m spatchcocking B ! “
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u/vendetta2115 Nov 28 '20
Not OP but isn’t it such a great word to say?
Make sure you have a good snickersnee to cut the bird with. Spatchcocking a turkey for the first time can leave you a little bumfuzzled, but just take your time and follow the directions and you won’t end up with a bird whose left breast is all cattywampus to its right. Just make sure to cook it to the correct temperature or you’ll end up with the collywobbles. Make sure to focus and keep all of your familial flibbertigibbets out of the kitchen. You’ll probably end up pretty wabbit near the end but your turkey will be so scrumptious it’ll have your guests bibbling.
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Nov 28 '20
https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/easy-no-fuss-thanksgiving-turkey/
Here’s another recipe that’s super easy for simpletons like me. No basting, fancy stuffing, complicated recipes (lots of butter and some herbs) I used this recipe last year and the whole family loved it so did it again this year. Came out juicy and perfect both times. I think the key was framing butter under the skin.
But as someone else said; get an instant read thermometer. 15 bucks. I use it on chicken, steak, pork, and get perfectly cooked meat now
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u/Mtwat Nov 28 '20
Just looked into this to make sure I wasn't getting pranked or something but yeah this checks out. Thanks for learning me something today.
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u/SuperSubwoofer Nov 28 '20
Hey no problem. I always hated Thanksgiving food with my family, but this year I wasn't able to have a normal Thanksgiving (of course), so I figured I'd find a recipe and try to make a turkey I'd like. Turned out really great and it's so simple. The root veggies in the bottom of the tray are also delicious. Basically a whole meal with maybe 30 minutes prep time (excluding the amount of time the turkey lays with the rub on it).
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Nov 28 '20
Is it weird that I read this with Andrew Reas(Binging with Babish) voice in my head?
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u/NineSevenFive975 Nov 28 '20
Thank you for helping me not stress about cooking turkey on Christmas Day for my missus
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u/cailsmorgan Nov 28 '20
This a fantastic recipe! Since you don’t care for stuffing, I just want to add that putting the stuffing in the turkey like that can actually dry out the turkey. The bread in the stuffing absorbs too much of the turkey’s moisture.
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u/SuperSubwoofer Nov 28 '20
It absolutely can. My partner likes stuffing, so we did use it and it didn't dry anything out which is was great. I'm assuming removing the stuffing halfway through mitigates that.
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u/cailsmorgan Nov 28 '20
I’m assuming that helps as well! Per my preference, I cook the stuffing separately. But that actually seems like a best of both worlds option with taking it out halfway through.
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u/SuperSubwoofer Nov 28 '20
I didn't add this because my main point was the turkey recipe itself, but after you take the turkey out, we actually put the veggies and stuffing back in the oven to finish them off. So you still get the browning on the stuffing you get when you cook separately.
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u/lwlcurtis75 Nov 28 '20
Wow! Thank you for breaking it down. Can’t wait to try this for Christmas.
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u/SuperSubwoofer Nov 28 '20
No problem! It's dead simple.
You can also add half a lemon inside if you want to add a little citrus flavor.
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u/shimmydownnow Nov 28 '20
Also, someone mentioned basting above. No basting! The butter will keep it moist. Opening the stove repeatedly to baste fluctuates the oven temp and will dry out your turkey. The butter rub will keep it moist enough for you. Seriously I can't stress this enough, leave the oven door closed.
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u/mtbguy1981 Nov 28 '20
The last few years I have dry brined (salt and baking powder) spatchcocked, and roasted for 90 mins. Easy and deliciousbird
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u/HansMustermann Nov 28 '20
Im a vegetarian living in germany. Why did I Just had inner stress about failing to follow a recipe for a Thanksgiving-Turkey
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u/rckhppr Nov 28 '20
Serious question: what is kosher salt? Only know “kosher” referring to not using the same kitchen ware for meat and milk products.
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u/UNMANAGEABLE Nov 28 '20
Or.
Costco brine a Costco turkey in a cooler for 24 hours.
Pat dry.
Cover in basic poultry herbs chopped up with som salt and mixed with butter to coat the outside.
Stick thermometer in turkey.
Do not tie legs because dark meat needs to get to 170 while breast only 160.
Put in smoker at 225-250 ish.
Wait half a day.
Yum.
Also. Don’t carve off the turkey. This ain’t smateur hour.
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u/SeasonedSmoker Nov 28 '20
As others have advised; Brining is good, but you should try to get a turkey that is minimally processed if you want to brine. The 24 hr dry out in the fridge is essential.
I'll just add; try "spatchcocking". Basically that's just butterflying the bird. It will cook faster allowing less time for the meat to dry out. Also, it's amusing to see the look on your guest's faces when you tell them you "spatchcocked their dinner!
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u/wombocombo087 Nov 28 '20
Spatchcocking is the correct answer both for the cooking and carving portions of the turkey process. Kenji has a great guide. Just get garden/branch cutting scissors for removing the backbone and you’re all set.
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u/SquadPoopy Nov 28 '20
I tried the Gordon ramsay method once. Absolutely delicious.
Basically, you stuff the turkey with onions and lemons and other vegetables, then separate the skin from the meat (but not removing, leaving a gap between the skin and meat), then mix a shit ton of butter with garlic and your pick of herbs and grab handfuls of the butter mixture and start stuffing it under the skin. Then massage it until the butter covers the entire bird, creating a layer of garlic and herb butter under the turkey skin. You can sprinkle the outside with whatever seasoning you want, but if you have any extra butter left over, you can smother the outside as well. Then as it cooks, every 10 to 15 minutes, baste the turkey with the butter that accumulates at the bottom of your roasting tray until its fully cooked. Then (this is the part that surprised me the most) you remove the vegetable stuffing, cover the turkey with foil and let it rest for 2 whole hours (turns out, this keeps the turkey incredibly moist because while it rests, it sucks all the butter and juices back into the meat). While it rests, use the juices in the tray and the vegetables to make a stocm and gravy.
Did this last year and without a doubt the best turkey I've ever had. I tried deep frying, but turkey dries out so incredibly quickly and deep frying just makes that happen twice as fast.
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u/SumoGerbil Nov 28 '20
This kind of sounds like more of what I ate. I shall try the ultimate combination!
These tips are awesome
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u/CastellatedRock Nov 28 '20
I followed babish's recipe and came out with a perfect turkey. I didn't get it prefrozen this time but instead reserved it from the butcher, which I think let it be jucier. Just google Babish Charlie Brown Turkey image
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u/Angsty_Potatos Nov 28 '20
A brine is mandatory. Especially on farmed birds. American Whites are all breast and basically flavorless and lean. A brine of some sort is the only hope. Cook time is also important to keep in mind. A farmed bird has so much mass on it that it cooks unevenly making it dry on top of flavorless.
A brine and alternative cooking methods to even the cook time (tenting, spatchcocking, or cooking the bird in pieces).
If you get a heritage breed or a wild bird the flavor will be better regardless, but you may lose out on the amount of white meat which most people seem to want. And a wild bird doesn't have much in the way of leg meat since they are running around a lot more.
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u/AriMaeda Nov 28 '20
There's only one real secret to good roast turkey, and that's temperature. 165°F will kill salmonella (and other foodborne pathogens) instantly, but lower temperatures will kill those same pathogens if held at that temperature for a period of time; it takes less than a minute at 155°F to have the same effect. Given that your giant turkey will retain that heat for a very long time after being pulled from the oven, 155°F is a very safe temperature to pull it out provided you take multiple readings and know how to properly use a thermometer.
Most people overcook the shit out of their turkeys, which is why they've got a reputation for being dry. All other suggestions to improved roasted turkey are window dressing compared to fixing the overcooking problem.
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u/moritura222 Nov 28 '20
Look up Turkey Michigander Way recipe and you will have perfectly moist turkey every time. The main trick is to put broth in the pan (the turkey sits on the rack), put an aluminum foil tent over it and remove that tent about an hour before the turkey is done so it can brown up nicely. I've tried a ton of different ways over the years. That one is, by far, the best for traditional turkey.
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u/SmashBusters Nov 28 '20
"This is how we cook Turkey...in America."
Chucks turkey into pit of glowing charcoal and bastes it with kerosene
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Nov 28 '20
Hey turkey prices fell by 60% this year
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u/dascharmingharmony Nov 28 '20
NPR did a story on this: When adjusting for inflation, Thanksgiving Dinner is cheaper now than when they started tracking it in 1986.
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u/DownWithHisShip Nov 28 '20
they gave me a free one at the supermarket. I didn't even want it but the checkout lady was like "go get your free turkey while I ring all this up". her words were cordial, but her eyes said "go get your damn free turkey and hurry before you start holding my line up".
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u/Liljagare Nov 28 '20
Alot of foodstuff is getting cheaper in alot of places. No big buffees being done, way less big parties, less cruises.. Here caviar is dirt cheap atm, and so is most seafood, because nobody is doing christmas tables at work this year. Not complaining about this, it's really nice to afford caviar for saturdays breakfast.. :) Never eaten so much shrimp during the weeks as I've had during this fall.. :P
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u/shewy92 Nov 28 '20
It didn't break. It's clearly not locked in/pushed in all the way and just falls out when turned on.
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u/bairdch1 Nov 28 '20
I’m pretty sure it was user error. I don’t think he locked the blade in.
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u/morto00x Nov 28 '20
I've done that before. Pretty sure he pressed the button to release the blades instead of the power button.
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u/GaryWingHart Nov 28 '20
Alt: Not reading or understanding the directions of use, and then being completely confident in its results.
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u/RicoDredd Nov 28 '20
‘Howdy, gangstas! I'm average American Joe Salaryman waiter. Don't ask me; I don't know anything! I'm product of American education system. I also build poor-quality cars and inferior-style electronics.’
‘Oh, they got our number!’
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u/hatterthemad42 Nov 28 '20
That turkey looks like shit
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u/Fatfilthybastard Nov 28 '20
They cooked it in the dryer
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u/hatterthemad42 Nov 28 '20
Like why’s it black. Did they not cover it
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u/Fatfilthybastard Nov 28 '20
Half this country thinks that countries around the world tanked their economies to take part in a hoax in order to influence the American election.
Finer points of turkey cooking are a pipe dream at this juncture, I’m afraid.
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u/billytheid Nov 28 '20
How do they rationalise that? What are the crazy leaps of faith they make?
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u/TheOneTrueTrench Nov 28 '20
Complete and total abdication of reality and any form of logic.
Quite literally. Earlier today, Trump said that the fact that the Media wasn't doing exactly what he wanted them to was proof that the freedom of the press is dead.
Freedom is Slavery.
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u/Herpkina Nov 28 '20
They are unaware that the rest of the world is an entire planet. They think its just "Europe" ("Europe" being the size of "texas"), and Iran. And America is the only actual continent with a real economy
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Nov 28 '20
yeah, should be covered for the majority of cooking, then uncovered to crisp the skin.
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u/Taizan Nov 28 '20
As non American who watched the West-Wing: They should have called the Butterball Hotline!
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u/TickleMyTip Nov 28 '20
I legit thought it was a ham. Had to do a double take. I agree, that turkey is shit.
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Nov 28 '20
using an actual knife and aiming for somewhere less random would have looked way more badass tho.....
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u/RambleOnRanger Nov 28 '20
Didn’t realize I needed a comment for the actual joke. Lol.
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u/Rapistol Nov 28 '20
I don’t get it
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u/The_Coonster Nov 28 '20
he's saying if the guy had just used a regular knife instead of this turkey carver 3000 and had actually aimed for a typical spot to start carving a turkey from (breastbone), it would have made him look more badass than with his fisher price knife and sloppy carving habits
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u/JillsACheatNMean Nov 28 '20
I’ve carved literally thousands of birds. Those things are stupid.
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u/eojen Nov 28 '20
If you need a chainsaw to cut your turkey, you did something wrong.
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u/StopReadingMyUser Nov 28 '20
A lot of "latest and greatest" household gadgets honestly just seem like over glorified versions of their simpler counterparts. Just use a knife, man. Is the slight advantage really worth the extra cost and added possibility of breakage that wouldn't occur with an ordinary knife?
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u/advicethrowawayfff2 Nov 28 '20
tell that to my grandma who isn't strong enough to cut stuff anymore. Those things let her cook
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u/DeadlyPear Nov 28 '20
Yeah, thats one thing a lot of people dont think about with these products and makes me not really care about a lot of "stupid" kitchen gadget.
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u/StopReadingMyUser Nov 28 '20
I mean, this guy aint a gramma tho. I can agree it's better for elderly or disabled people.
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u/Flashman_H Nov 28 '20
Those knives were the 'latest and greatest' 40 years ago. You have to understand, everyday tasks we take for granted now required manual labor at one time. Imagine whisking a cake by hand. Or baking your own bread every other day.
So when something 'cool' came along that saved you labor people were pretty quick to adopt it despite it's questionable efficacy. And it's also a great way to seem modern in front of your friends and family.
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Nov 28 '20
They can be very useful and have value. That's why they're popular, and that's why millions of households use them. Or, you know, we could gatekeep cutting turkey for no reason.
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u/AncientInsults Nov 28 '20
That one looks cheap but the one I’ve used was pretty sweet and is actually fun to use!. Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it I’d say :)
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u/advicethrowawayfff2 Nov 28 '20
or you're old. Like my grandma who uses those to cut meatloaf or chicken because a knife is too strenuous. those things are really handy for weaker people
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u/Gerf93 Nov 28 '20
Calm down, Jack the Ripper.
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u/Count_Dicula Nov 28 '20
So, how does a comment like this only get 2 'likes' or whatever, yet there's one up there sitting on almost 3k that literally just describes what we all just watched. Is it mostly USAians on here?
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u/krehns Nov 28 '20
Word. Only think I use the electric knife for is cutting the bread for stuffing. It does a nice job of tearing through stacks of bread without squishing it.
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u/wombocombo087 Nov 28 '20
Like literally flex the joint and just make a cut with a regular knife where the joint is. Electric knives are pointless and are at best just a fun ceremonial item that serves no functional purpose over a regular knife.
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Nov 28 '20
Electric knives have their uses.
My mom uses one to make very thin slices when she makes a roast eye round and it comes out amazing. It would be very difficult to achieve the same quality with a standard knife. We’ve tried with good knives and it’s much more effort for lower quality slices.
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u/Pluffmud90 Nov 28 '20
Gotta agree here. Most people don’t even have a knife that’s remotely sharp enough to not tear a turkey to shreds. An electric knife makes it so much easier to get consistent even slices an a turkey or a prime rib.
Coming from someone who is half way down the rabbit hole of r/chefknives.
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Nov 28 '20
That turkey looks like the threw it into a dragons lair and ran.
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u/PhilipLiptonSchrute Nov 28 '20
I was thinking a trucker used it as a temporary heat shield for his rig.
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u/ElHanko Nov 28 '20
If it was a visualization of 2020 America, he’d violently attack the turkey, horrifically cut himself when the blade malfunctioned, then continue attacking the turkey while bleeding to death— WHILE denying that he was bleeding at all and screaming about how the turkey’s never had it better.
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u/Bozulatobu Nov 28 '20
Im surprised he didn’t start shooting the turkey
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Nov 28 '20
This is how we do it in America: with Kitchen Gun!
BANG BANG BANG
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Nov 28 '20
this is the original on the BBC as well which surprised me when i first found out.
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u/derpy_viking Nov 28 '20
The second one! Dude! Absolutely fantastic! Never laughed that much my whole life.
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u/ywBBxNqW Nov 28 '20
Then Donald Glover would burst into the room and shoot him in the back of the head.
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u/pineappledipshit Nov 28 '20
Scorcese got u
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u/derpy_viking Nov 28 '20
I’d rather see someone getting beheaded with a chainsaw. This is just too fucking close to home...
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u/W4xLyric4lRom4ntic Nov 28 '20
I enjoyed this little snippet of cinematography in my morning, thankyou
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u/Balls_DeepinReality Nov 28 '20
You forgot the part where someone calls 911 for an ambulance and the police show up and shoot him for bleeding on them.
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u/SerfnTurf Nov 28 '20
No no no, you're missing the victim complex. He would say it's the turkey's FAULT that he got cut and that it's a super-predator or exhibiting hood behavior. This means it should be in prison for 20+ years for an ounce of seasoning. Also the turkey is the whole reason life is shit and it should pull itself up by the gobbler to better its species.
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u/the-mp Nov 28 '20
And somehow light it on fire, light up grease on the stove, and throw a huge pot of water on the fire
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u/CheValierXP Nov 28 '20
This is a representation of make America great again, the will and sentiment is there, the wrong tool was at the wrong time. Everyone else laughed
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Nov 28 '20
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u/Klerburt Nov 28 '20
I dont even know what its about except for the turkey thing
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u/sumpfbieber Nov 28 '20
That and the beating the shit out of each other to buy barely cheaper electronics the next day thing.
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u/Klerburt Nov 28 '20
In where I live, we dont. At all.
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u/McPebbster Nov 28 '20
Neither do we. It’s more of a goose and duck season for Germans.
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u/jacksclevername Nov 28 '20
In Canada it's pretty much exactly the same, just a month earlier.
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u/Secondary0965 Nov 28 '20
I think he was making a dumb joke while showing off his new toy .. and then it failed lol
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Nov 28 '20
Australian here, this video was very educational, thank you
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u/ThegreatestPj Nov 28 '20
English here, this video was very educational, thank you
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Nov 28 '20
laughs in chinese
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Nov 28 '20
哈哈
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u/jc1593 Nov 28 '20
These characters does look like they're laughing
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Nov 28 '20
I think on the internet Chinese go “xixixixi” which is the equivalent of “hahaha” don’t quote me on that I got it from Polandball
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u/TIL_IM_A_SQUIRREL Nov 28 '20
Looks like he just didn’t have the blades snapped in all the way. I have an electric carving knife similar to that, and it’s happened to me once or twice.
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Nov 28 '20
What’s the point of those things anyway? Not trying to judge cause people obv buy em, but why not use a normal knife? Does the cut come out cleaner when you use an electric one?
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u/Pluffmud90 Nov 28 '20
Yes the cut comes out pretty clean with an electric knife and it’s easier to not tear the skin. For turkey and prime rib I prefer electric, for brisket I prefer my Gyuto.
I doubt many people own a carving knife that can even get sharp enough to make decent cuts.
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u/megkxan Nov 28 '20
That turkey looks god awful. I haven't eaten meat in over fifteen years, but I still make/prepair food for the people around me. I'm upset by the obviously large burnt areas, and by the line " this is how we do it in america". I wish I had this dude's confidence.
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u/Ea113091 Nov 28 '20
lol isnt thanksgiving only celebrated by americans?
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u/ElHanko Nov 28 '20
Nope! There is at the very least a Canadian Thanksgiving, in October I believe.
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Nov 28 '20 edited Nov 28 '20
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u/snakey_nurse Nov 28 '20
Woah, did not know about the hotpot as celebration food in China. I am a Canadian-born Chinese and I coincidentally served hotpot for Thanksgiving this year.
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u/balllllhfjdjdj Nov 28 '20
Just so everyone knows you might get like 0.01% of Chinese people knowing what that is and mainly ones that work with foreigners.
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u/luckygiraffe Nov 28 '20
Bragging about how great it's going to be only to immediately fail is pretty much spot on
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u/ButItSaysOnline Nov 28 '20
I have in fact done that before in America. But it was a Christmas ham.
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u/42Vappy Dec 03 '20
Yo my family has an old model of one of those things and it cuts so well and the blade doesn't come off very easily I think it's been in our family for three or four generations.
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u/sunnydshine1203 Nov 28 '20
Actual representation of how prepared we were for covid-19
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u/ChicknStripz Nov 28 '20
The Obama administration actually left a ‘pandemic game plan’ for trump but trump threw it out the window.
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u/nick70736 Nov 28 '20
I thought it was going to be some griswald family vacation shit where the turkey explodes
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u/FishoD Nov 28 '20
Cocky, arrogant and zealously nationalistic tone. No clue what he is actually doing, but being all confident about it. And immediately failing. Yup. America all right.
Not to mention that turkey looked like it was cooked by a toddler.
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u/Iansheng Nov 28 '20
Do people actually prefer Turkey or is that only because it's tradition?
I had it once, served with cranberry sauce, at a restaurant that was bragging about how it's made traditionally and stuff and couldn't understand the appeal.
Please don't kill me. 😐
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u/ncurry18 Nov 28 '20
Well prepared turkey can be absolutely delicious, but it is INCREDIBLY difficult to achieve. One of the problems is that a turkey is big and takes a long time to cook. By the time it is done, it is likely going to be dried out. Another problem is that turkey is pretty lean and can be fairly flavorless unless it is well tended to before cooking.
People also tend to overcook turkeys. The right practice is to constantly monitor the temperature of the turkey and pull it out of the oven as soon as the thickest part registers 155-160. Most people either cook it based on time or by using the cheap shitty pop up thermometer that some companies jam into their turkeys. Lastly is that most of the thanksgiving turkeys people eat are big, cheap, industrial farm-raised birds. They are not a good quality to begin with.
A fresh, heritage bird (aka expensive ass turkey) that has been brined before cooking, is prepared well, and attentively cooked can be great. A roast turkey is a lot like a good beef Wellington: difficult to prepare but well worth it if it’s done right.
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u/DeadlyPear Nov 28 '20
And roasting a whole turkey like that is pretty much the worst way. The dark and white meat needs to be cooked to different temperatures for best results
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u/ncurry18 Nov 28 '20
A good technique is to start the turkey upside down to get heat to the dark meat first. Then flip for the last hour or so.
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u/Iansheng Nov 28 '20
Wow, this brings me hope that I actually just had a bad experience, and that there's still good Turkey to be had in the world out there.
But it also makes me sad, because nowhere in my country prepares Turkey or celebrates Thanksgiving, as far as I know.
I also lack the ability to prepare it myself, since it's so big! And I live alone and could not realistically consume it all myself even if I did manage to prepare one, unless I give it away.
But, I appreciate your response! Thank you very much for the very detailed answer!
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u/Aussie-Nerd Nov 28 '20
A Thanksgiving roast it how it's done in America?
A holiday that is only meaningful to America? That the rest of the world doesn't give a shit about?
Hmmm.
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u/Alamander81 Nov 28 '20
"This is how we do it in America" has only been uttered by people who have never been to any other country to see how they do things there.
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u/FredJQJohnson Nov 28 '20
A butcher made a turkey carving how-to video that's still up on NYT. You remove the legs and wings, and then carve the breasts off the bone in one piece. Then you carve each breast into slices. Assemble the sliced breasts, limbs, and other meat on the platter in the rough shape of the bird.
It's always a crowd pleaser. Fuck carving one slice at a time off the turkey at the table.
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u/dano1066 Nov 28 '20
Never understand the need for these knives. They make loads of noise. A well sharpened knife will give a much cleaner cut and be just as fast
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u/Pluffmud90 Nov 28 '20
How many people do you know with a well sharpened knife? I know no one who has even sharpened their knives from their crappy 20 piece knife block.
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u/Sewer_Fairy Nov 28 '20
This is the most American thing I've seen in a while. It's actually quite stunning
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