What Would You Do With a Thirty Pound Turkey?

6 years ago

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My youngest daughter told me Meijer has turkeys on sale for $.33 a pound. I texted my oldest daughter and told her and also told her, I had told the youngest to pick her up a big one, maybe a 30 pound one. Of course we were joking. She wrote back and said how about a 35 pound one. What would you do though, if you had a 30 pound turkey? I would cut it up and pressure can it and some really good broth. Do you have any good ideas?

Sue

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Uptown Gal

6 years ago

Donate it to the local Food Bank. Couldn't use it all if I cooked it for my family. Could have years ago, though, I guess.

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marcopolo5
6 years ago
Hope you have a roasting pan it would fit into.
maire_cate
6 years ago
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DH has been using Julia Child's instructions for deconstructing the turkey for 20 years. We use this method for all sizes of turkeys. Dark and light meat should cook for different lengths of time and/or different temperatures. Taking the turkey apart makes this easy. Separate the breast and the back, cut off both legs and wings. You can either treat the leg as one piece but it's easier to separate the thigh and drumstick. Slice the leg open, remove the thigh and leg bones, salt and pepper the inside and then tie with butcher's twine. You could fill them with stuffing if you want. We use the back, giblets and bones to make stock for the gravy.

Here's one link to Julia's method, but if you search online you'll find many more.

https://houseofyumm.com/julia-childs-deconstructed-thanksgiving-turkey/

To cook the breast we slice large onions into slices and place in the bottom of the pan, place some stuffing on to and then put the breast on top of the stuffing. The onions will caramelize and we add them and the juices from the pan to the gravy. Since stuffing is our family's favorite part of the meal we also make a large casserole of stuffing. After the breast and legs are cooked you can re- assemble them on a platter.

It is so easy to slice the boneless thigh and no one is stuck with a huge turkey leg on their plate.
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arcy_gw
6 years ago
Have DH smoke/grill it!!! NUM!!
gadgets
6 years ago
I'd give it away for someone else to have to take care of it. ☺

I do like your idea though.
Bookwoman
6 years ago
Donate it to a food pantry.
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Anglophilia
6 years ago
How big a turkey will her oven hold? Mine maxes out at 22 lbs. Who wants homemade canned turkey!
kathyg_in_mi
6 years ago
Donate it.
rob333 (zone 7b)
6 years ago
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As you may have seen before, I like to remove the breast for separate cooking. So, I guess I'd remove it and split it into two. It'd get smashed to a reasonable thickness, stuffed, and rolled. Twice, since it's HUMONGOUS!!!

The dark meat would be cooked and eaten. First as the celebratory meal, then sandwiches, and last soup.

35 pounds might be enough for me. I like turkey yearlong!
Elmer J Fudd
6 years ago
I'd leave it at the store.
Lukki Irish
6 years ago
We would donate it to a very large family without the means to buy one of their own, then I’d go and buy a smaller one for us.
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6 years ago
Good grief, that's huge! I'd have to "friend" someone with a bigger oven!
colleenoz
6 years ago
I’d probably roast it, gorge myself on turkey for a few days, then portion off the remainder for sandwiches and other meals to freeze, then make stock out of the carcass and freeze that in 2 cup portions.
lucillle
6 years ago
I have bought turkeys from time to time when they were cheap like that and I also canned them. It is a lot of work but so worth it later in the year for soups and casseroles.
roy4me
6 years ago
I would donate it to our local food bank.
desertsteph
6 years ago
I'd give it to my sister. she has 2 guys there who could eat up a lot of it and she has a big freezer to keep it in. I'd probably ask her to freeze a few slices for me.

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