Turkey Dinner
We dispatch and process our turkey the weekend before Thanksgiving. This year I chose broad breasted bronze's and grew them up from eggs to the beauties they are now.
On the ground we figured they were about 30 pounds or so for the largest ones.
All of those feathers make them look a lot bigger than they really are.
Or do they?
Dressed these birds are weighing in at over 40lbs. My scale won't go as high as it needs to weigh them accurately.
Thursdays centerpiece is a beauty.
It is in a 60 quart igloo cube cooler brining in sugar and salt and ice water.
Wednesday he will come out and be soaked in pure clean water. Later he will be brought up to room teperature in anticipation of the oven.
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Oh I am sooooo jealous. And drooling.
Your turkeys are magnificent.
Ooooh. Invite me to dinner, will ya? Those turkeys looks beautiful, Angie. You're a good farmer/grower!! Happy Thanksgiving!
Holy Moly that is a huge turkey. We used to have real big ones growing up, but that makes them look like cornish hens compared to your bird.
Ummmm, We're getting ours at Safeway ;-)
xo
Awesome birds! I just bought a 15 lb hen already processed from a coworker. I'm so tempted to try turkeys some day! They look wonderful and I hear they're full of personality. Now the wheels are really turnin'!
Forty pounds after processing? Holy cow! They are going to be DELICIOUS!