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twowrist t1_ixm7e0i wrote

Reply to comment by Dontleave in Boston has the most expensive Thanksgiving dinners in America by Pepscoable

Brining bag? I’ve been looking at a handful of turkey videos, and they all say “dry brining”. Maybe it’s because I’ve only looked at spatchcocking videos.

Maybe it’s time to start a new trend and you can save the $3.50?

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Dontleave t1_ixmbvqi wrote

I was actually going to do this but Tuesday the turkey was still half frozen so I thought the wet brine would help to work on thawing it out some more which did work. Hopefully it’ll work out well in the cook but only time will tell. I’m smoking it this year on my pellet grill

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twowrist t1_ixmcxpl wrote

I don’t know what I would have done if I had to buy frozen, because I only found out late last week that we would be hosting Thanksgiving, and defrosting a turkey in the refrigerator is so unpredictable. But yeah, any sort of water bath should speed up defrosting.

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Dontleave t1_ixmd6s7 wrote

I knew I was cooking and planned ahead buying the turkey two weeks ago and taking it out of the freezer on Saturday but I guess my fridge is set too cold lol

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addhominey t1_ixq7e0c wrote

Dry brining and spatchcocking is really superior to any other method of preparing and cooking a turkey that I've personally used or had from friends. Cutting through the bones on the turkey to do the spatchcocking is very difficult though.

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