Problem....

[conuly]

Lizziey got my mom a turkey before Thanksgiving, which has been in the freezer until today. I'm planning on cooking it after it defrosts in a day or so, but... I don't know how to cook turkey. Does anybody have any general turkey cooking advice? Any stuffing recipes? Any favorite side dishes that aren't holiday specific (well, yeah, christmas is a holiday I guess)?

HELP!

Comments

[strangelette.livejournal.com]

We were talking about turkey cooking at my grandma's yesterday (she ran out of people to gossip about for all of 10 minutes). It's actually the easiest thing in the world to cook and damn hard to screw up.

My sister got tapped for it this past Thanksgiving for the first time. If you don't put it in a bag the key is to baste every 15 minutes. You can get away with ever 30 minutes but it's not as moist. It's actually a pretty fun job - get a book and chill in the kitchen :)