My lovely brother in law got a turkey filled with chemicals and prebrined

[conuly]

(Ew.)

Now, a family friend suggested that if I wash the sucker, I can then rebrine it, properly.

I'm not too sure about this.

What do you all think?

(Crossposted)

Comments

[kajicarter.livejournal.com]

Nope. If it was brined, the salt etc. should have gotten into the meat where it shouldn't wash out. That said, I believe that Lynne Rosetto Kasper talked about accidentally re-brining an already brined turkey and said that it came out okay. (The Splendid Table, on NPR.) So you might be able to do a secondary brining of sorts.

[anita-margarita.livejournal.com]

No. It will remove some of the salt, but the chemical actions (salt unwinding the proteins in the meat) has taken place.

[kajicarter.livejournal.com]

Nope. If it was brined, the salt etc. should have gotten into the meat where it shouldn't wash out. That said, I believe that Lynne Rosetto Kasper talked about accidentally re-brining an already brined turkey and said that it came out okay. (The Splendid Table, on NPR.) So you might be able to do a secondary brining of sorts.

[anita-margarita.livejournal.com]

No. It will remove some of the salt, but the chemical actions (salt unwinding the proteins in the meat) has taken place.