I like both but really like dark better. Just add some gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, candied sweet potatoes and yeast rolls. Oh, maybe some corn casserole of some sort and Im good to go. Oh wait you asked about turkey. I'll have dark.

Dark!

Dark meat.

White turkey, but sometimes dark chicken. Depends on the chicken. :)

White turkey. Really like the leftovers best for sandwiches.

Definitely dark! But I do like white breast meat for sandwiches the next day.

I prefer white and DH prefers dark, so we finish off a whole chicken easily with no left overs.

If I have to eat turkey, white. If there's a choice, I'd rather have anything else.

I'll occasionally eat a sandwich made with fresh turkey, and in that case I also prefer white meat. I won't eat the tasteless processed stuff that comes in uniform slices. Similar to that hideous stuff is the turkey you find at some grocery store deli service counters that they slice from a symmetrical cube of meat, also a form that can't possibly have come as is from an animal.

Definitely dark !

I'll eat both, but when there's a big roasted turkey in front of me. I prefer white. (Its my understanding that the dark meat is beter for you,)

Either....as long as it isn't over cooked and dried out.

Both, but I think thighs have the best flavor. If I can find turkey thighs at a reasonable price, I'll grind the meat for turkey burger.

I'll eat either, but mostly prefer white. It also depends on how it's being eaten. For eating as the meal with dressing, etc. I prefer white. Same with sandwiches. Dark or a mixture is fine in soup or turkey salad.

Dark, and I agree with grainlady, thighs! I've tried and mostly succeeded at getting all the ligaments out of the leg. Here's what I will try this year, since I didn't know about the "bump":

"If you cut that, you can pull out most all the ligaments in the drumstick! You may have to grip it with some vice grips, but this is where all those are attached. If you select the drumstick for eating, loosen it at the bone and yank on it, your drum will be ligament-free! They are not attached to the bone individually, they are attached at that point as a group."

Dark. But isn't it so tasty because that's the fattest part?

Dark meat cold from the fridge with salt sprinkled on it. Is it strange Id rather have cold turkey than fresh from the oven hot turkey? My family always grumbles on the holidays that I don't hardly eat any Turkey during dinner. The thing they don't see if me first thing next morning digging in the containers for cold turkey for breakfast :)

One exception to my not caring about hot turkey is those darn smoked turkey legs you get at Disney or the Fair. I have been known to walk the whole place in search of a turkey leg!

Fortunately for me, the whole family loves white, because I'm a fan of the dark! And yes, more fat in that part. But, it's worth it!

White for me, dark for my husband.

I am surprised so many of you said dark meat. I like white meat. I came from a family of seven plus my parents. Mom only fried one chicken and of course Dad got white meat and I always got the chicken leg. I guess I ate it because it was that or nothing, we didn't have snacks in the house. Any way I can't eat chicken legs now. I really don't like dark meat at all.

I like the wings. I usually cook 2 25 lb turkeys so we have enough wings and legs.

White, as long as it isn't dry....

Like jkayd, I am surprised so many people said dark meat, because I certainly never can find it at restaurants! (Unless it's wings.)

I LOVE dark meat. Growing up with the four of us, Dad and I vied for the dark meat, my Mother loved the white, and my brother did't care as long as he got lots to eat. And when he got to his mid-teens, Mom or Dad would cook up TWO chickens just to be certain the rest of us got something. I didn't care if I got served the back or neck (although I preferred the other parts)... it wasn't white and dry!

White is fine in leftover casseroles mixed in with whatever remains of the dark, and surrounded by veggies and melty cheese -- which helps one ignore the tasteless aspects of the white. Served cold, white tastes drier than ever. I make chicken salad using mostly thigh meat.

I do like wings, but they need NOT to be breaded or deep-fried. I bake or grill them with a tasty sauce, sometimes with a touch of rooster sauce for a little heat.

I prefer white but do like chicken legs if cooked properly.. Thighs are just too greasy for me. Makes me feel sick. Have yet to taste the alleged better "flavor" contained in dark meat. Dark meat turkey can be eaten if used in a casserole or cubed in gravy or something. Used to make turkey breast often but now the turkey breasts are so expensive a person can do like an old GF always did. She'd buy a whole turkey, pull the breast and toss the rest. When I buy an 8 piece chicken pack from the deli or something the thighs are the last to be touched and only when real hungry. Often they dry out and get tossed otherwise pick off the small part that isn't too greasy, wipe it with lots of paper towel and eat it. Guess if I had pets I could give it to them.

Cynic - OMG - I can't believe anyone could be so wasteful!!! That carcass would make great stock/soup/gravy, and all the cooked meat remaining could be used for any number of things - sandwiches, casseroles, stir-fry, fried rice, even seasoned for Mexican entrees, where it doesn't matter whether it's white or dark meat. :-(

And speaking of giving it to a pet..... Our church handed out turkeys to needy families one year, along with a box of items to make side dishes. The person delivering the turkeys forgot the additional box for one stop. When they returned with the boxed items, there were three large dogs fighting over the just-delivered turkey in the front yard. The family didn't know how to cook it so they tossed it into their yard for the dogs to devour. I guess they weren't "NEEDY" enough. If they can afford to feed three large dogs, but not their family - they're doing it wrong! It brought a new perspective to the subject. -Grainlady

You can specify which pieces you want at some places cynic. I often order legs and thighs when I ask for an eight piece. Or all legs if it's my son. He'll eat as many as you put in front of him! Hollow leg and multiple stomachs? Teenagers

"OMG - I can't believe anyone could be so wasteful!"

With all due respect grainlady, understand that some will express the same astonishment to the practices you've described that are in your daily routine.

Food choices and eating habits involve balancing convenience, personal preferences, and (for some) finances. Everyone takes a different approach and practices will vary. I get where cynic is coming from. It's very feasible to eat a convenient and healthy diet without having to spend hours a day to do so, as you seem to prefer to do. To each his own.

Grainlady, my friend, I hope I didn't cause you a heart attack! LOL I never can get myself to do waste that much like that. But I also can't get myself to so overpay for the breast alone. For several years now I've been able to get my "turkey fix" at the buffet. They changed it some years ago to Sundays only for turkey and a month or two ago they dropped it altogether because of the recent turkey scare and the price had gone up so much. So, guess I'll watch for a sale or just splurge when the tastebuds demand. Although some of the delis around here do sell cooked turkey breasts in the rotisserie chicken area. The price is, well yes, high but not outrageous since they aren't charging for the rib bones and extra skin.

I think she was wasteful too but unfortunately from a financial standpoint it made sense. (Plus there's the issue of a single person just using that kind of volume.) At the time it was so much more per pound to just buy a turkey breast that you could afford to waste the rest. It's like buying canned vegetables. A small sized can costs 50%-100% MORE than to buy the bigger can and yes I realize it's because the bigger/standard sized can outsells the small one. And FWIW I do buy the bigger and I do save the rest to be consumed later.

The other problem is that it's near impossible to buy a "small" turkey (if there really IS such a thing! LOL) The small ones are grabbed by the stores to be used in the prepared meal setups for the holidays, so around here a "small" turkey is probably 17#-18# minimum, maybe even more.

And yes rob333, you can specify the pieces you get, if you pay by the piece, but around here an 8 piece means 2 each, breast, leg, thigh and wing. No substitutions. To buy the breasts, legs and wings without the thighs would cost $3-$4 more than the 8 pc pkg. But I understand your son. I can eat a lot of chicken. Seems strange, to me, turkey is just more filling for some reason and I don't know why.

Grainlady, your mention of having the dogs reminds me of an incident yesterday. I stopped for some chicken from a small local place who makes great food. On the way in a guy asked if I could help him get something to eat. I just had a feeling about this guy. Thought about offering to take him to Burger King and buy a couple of the cheap burgers but didn't want to waste the time. Went in and ordered my stuff. He hit up a few people outside and I didn't see him get any cash. Then after a bit he came in, purchased a $5.00 dessert item and went outside. As I was coming out, he got into his late-model Cadillac and drove away. Nope, when you drive a Caddy to panhandle, I draw the line.

I'll share the dark meat with anyone who is just going to throw it out. Maybe you can find some friends near you who will share their white in exchange for some dark? Meanwhile, when I do get white with my dark (the whole bird, for instance), I'll eat the white first and reserve the dark for "dessert". And the bones for stock.