Does anyone have a cure for turkey?

[sqwib]

Mines sick....

 

[biteme7951]

250 degrees for about 6hrs should do.....

 

[HalfSmoked]

Cure you can use pop's brine or others that are listed in the poultry heading on this forum. I'm still old school everything 225.

Warren

 

[Jordan Stearns]

So I am a newbie here on the forum but have been cooking for a long time. I love Alton Brown's recipes and recently he redid his turkey recipe. He no longer does a wet brine as he states that the wet brine will make it harder to get nice crispy skin. He uses a dry brine in the fridge and spatchcocks the bird. https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes...sted-root-vegetable-panzanella-recipe-2125794

 

[biteme7951]

That's what I like about fishing.....you never know what you will catch

 

[Bearcarver]

I just let mine walk around in my yard for awhile!
Perks them right up:

Bear

 

[indaswamp]

I just let mine walk around in my yard for awhile!
Perks them right up:

Bear

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It's that time of year down here. Turkey season ends this weekend in Louisiana. I have a store bought 15lb. turkey on the smoker as I type. Using BDskelly's recipe. I've done the butter under the beast before and I've stuffed with apple....never stuffed with orange, lemon, lime and apple. Looking forward to the results. Since the bird was a honeysuckle that had already been brined, I just injected with Cajun Injector roasted garlic and herb.

Should make some awesome turkey sandwiches for our trip to Kansas next week...

 

[sqwib]

Will a turkey cure, cure my chicken? She's sick too!

 

[indaswamp]

Mines sick....

Sick from lead poisoning?

 

[Bearcarver]

Sick from lead poisoning?

We don't use lead shot for that reason.

Bear

 

[sqwib]

Hey Bear, what about using spices for a 12 gauge turkey load.

 

[indaswamp]

We don't use lead shot for that reason.

Bear

I posted that tongue in cheek....

Actually, birds don't get lead poisoning from lead pellets in their flesh, they get lead poisoning from ingesting the pellets as grit in their craw. Tons of research has been done into this. Lake Catahoula in Central Louisiana is a Canvasback duck mecca, and the clay bottom is littered with lead shot from hundreds of years of waterfowling.

I volunteered to collect gizzards from shot birds at our duck camp for a study by LSU. Amazing the number of lead pellets in duck gizzards.....

 

[chopsaw]

That works , but you need to adjust the salt for 2 3/4 , 3 , or 3 1/2 " shell .

 

[indaswamp]

Hey Bear, what about using spices for a 12 gauge turkey load.

They actually had a company that made "season shot".....Not certain if it was just a gimmick or was to be use actually shooting at birds.... I don't think they make that shot any longer though, I only saw it around for 1 year.

 

[wimpy69]

Maybe a nice poultice??

 

[Bearcarver]

I posted that tongue in cheek....

Actually, birds don't get lead poisoning from lead pellets in their flesh, they get lead poisoning from ingesting the pellets as grit in their craw. Tons of research has been done into this. Lake Catahoula in Central Louisiana is a Canvasback duck mecca, and the clay bottom is littered with lead shot from hundreds of years of waterfowling.

I volunteered to collect gizzards from shot birds at our duck camp for a study by LSU. Amazing the number of lead pellets in duck gizzards.....

Eagles & other animals eat game that had lead shot in them, and consume some lead.
I have on more than one occasion spit BBs out while eating one of my Mother's Rabbit Pies, but no doubt I missed a few.
I would recommend they stop using Lead in shot, but it varies from State to State.
I haven't hunted in years, but I think PA allows lead now.
I know if I had a choice between Lead & Steel, I'd choose steel, no matter what the law allowed. Sometimes we have to do what we think is right, even if we aren't forced.

Bear

 

[indaswamp]

Eagles & other animals eat game that had lead shot in them, and consume some lead.
I have on more than one occasion spit BBs out while eating one of my Mother's Rabbit Pies, but no doubt I missed a few.
I would recommend they stop using Lead in shot, but it varies from State to State.
I haven't hunted in years, but I think PA allows lead now.
I know if I had a choice between Lead & Steel, I'd choose steel, no matter what the law allowed. Sometimes we have to do what we think is right, even if we aren't forced.

Bear

Ah, yes...birds of prey. They do consume some animals that have been shot and not recovered, and do consume some lead pellets. This supports the point I was making though that the pathway for lead poisoning of birds is through ingestion with the pellets being ground up in the gizzard. I support the use of steel shot for waterfowl hunting, but I do think some states have gone overboard on the lead ban. I see no reason to ban lead rifle bullets like California has done.