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a bird in a bag is worth....


nyfirepatrolchef

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Years ago, a friend really had me finally convinced he was crazy.

Told me insert the turkey in a clean brown paper bag then into the pan and oven. Just make sure the paper no touches de oven he tolls me! Dont worry he say...if you get a whif of hot paper before theys the juices running and saturating da paper.

So even without brining the succulent lil sucker....I did just what he tolls me.

Bestest lil turkey I ever et!

Course now I remember the concept of roasting a fish in parchment.

Anyone ELSE ever try this out at home?

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I've been hearing about it for years but never tried it. I'd guess the effect is a little like cooking in a clay pot.

Fine Cooking had a T'giving article on this a few years ago.

How do you ensure that the paper bag isn't full of ugly chemicals?

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Oh sure if youre gonna worry about little things like THAAAT...aintcha never heard the phrase BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY?

But seriously....I guess its just one of those things you just kinda take for granted about being safe. Actually I tend to worry more about them chemicals IN the bird than AROUND it.

Dunno if theyre still out there but years ago there were plastic oven roaster bags for chicken/turkey. The things that developed a bad reputation for doing nasty things like explode and burn and all sorts of happy stuff. But of course being some form of plastic of course they were wall to wall chemical.

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I meant 'ugly' in the sense of 'something you wouldn't want to eat.'  I should have said 'toxic.'  Jeez, everyone's an editor around here.  :biggrin:

Shouldn't those be double rather than single quotation marks?

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Dunno if theyre still out there but years ago there were plastic oven roaster bags for chicken/turkey.  The things that developed a bad reputation for doing nasty things like explode and burn and all sorts of happy stuff.  But of course being some form of plastic of course they were wall to wall chemical.

I just bought a couple of those. They were the only things I could find to put over my oregano and rosemary plants to keep them from drying out after I potted them and brought them in the house. Wood heat - dry. Damn, now I'm thinkin' there'll be a chemical stew in the air the plants are breathing. :blink:

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