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purple hayes
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 Posted: 12/08/03 - 12:31 Post subject: Is this a Southern thang?
Or is the whole nation crazed with the idea of eating a deep-fried turkey?  It seems like every store is carrying the huge jugs of oil and the fryer-thingy that it takes to deep-fry a turkey whole.
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sonnylax
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Posted: 12/08/03 - 12:32 Post subject:
I think so.... I must say that the Cajun Fried turkeys are very tasty.
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Maddies Wench
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Posted: 12/08/03 - 12:32 Post subject: Re: Is this a Southern thang?
| purple hayes wrote: | | Or is the whole nation crazed with the idea of eating a deep-fried turkey? It seems like every store is carrying the huge jugs of oil and the fryer-thingy that it takes to deep-fry a turkey whole. |
GROSS. Might as well have a chicken Mc Nugget.
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Sahara
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Posted: 12/08/03 - 12:37 Post subject:
O.M.G.... it is not just a southern thang
My brother's in-laws brought an extra turkey (bringing the count to 4) and their deep fryer on Thanksgiving. Unfrickinbelievable. One of those in-laws was laterseen eating the skin.
no thank you, eww
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Posted: 12/08/03 - 12:42 Post subject: Re: Is this a Southern thang?
| purple hayes wrote: | | Or is the whole nation crazed with the idea of eating a deep-fried turkey? It seems like every store is carrying the huge jugs of oil and the fryer-thingy that it takes to deep-fry a turkey whole. |
I can't tell you about the whole nation but here in this corner, those deep-friers have been around for a few years. I saw the late Justin Wilson deep-fry a turkey many years ago.
Recently read an article about the fire crew who hosted a Thanksgiving meal for their families. They oven-roasted a turkey and they deep-fried some, too. Uh, well, seems that they had a problem with the deep frier...had a small fire in the apparatus room (where the trucks were parked) and had to pull the trucks outside so they could put the wet stuff on the red stuff. Cool, a fire in the firehouse!
Heh heh, yeah...fire's cool!
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jrjo
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Posted: 12/08/03 - 12:43 Post subject:
Had some for t-day'02.. good stuff. The fryer gets so hot, it makes the outside cripsy instantly so all the juices stay inside and it's hella moist. There really isn't much "soak" factor, unlike most fried foods.
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Posted: 12/08/03 - 12:44 Post subject:
I think the rest of us are finally catching on to this southern delicacy. My cousins made one for Christmas last year and it was actually really good!!! It doesn't come out as fatty as you would think, like KFC type fried chicken, because it's hot enough that it sears the outside and keeps the juices in without absorbing a ton of fat.
Edited to add: great minds think alike but your fingers, like your legs, are faster than mine!!! 
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MastrBrewr
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Posted: 12/08/03 - 12:45 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | | Had some for t-day'02.. good stuff. The fryer gets so hot, it makes the outside cripsy instantly so all the juices stay inside and it's hella moist. There really isn't much "soak" factor, unlike most fried foods. |
You don't really "bread" the turkey, so that's less stuff to soak up the oil.
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akern
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Posted: 12/08/03 - 12:46 Post subject:
It's been a big deal around here for the past couple of years as well. I don't know anyone who has done it tho.
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Posted: 12/08/03 - 12:47 Post subject:
No, it's not.
They were doing it in Ohio before we moved in '99/'00. I think it's one of the latest trends on how to cook your turkey. So, I don't think it's just a Southern thing.
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Posted: 12/08/03 - 12:47 Post subject: Re: Is this a Southern thang?
| Maddie's Wench wrote: |
GROSS. Might as well have a chicken Mc Nugget. |
Wrong.
These are extremely delicious. The oil is so hot, it like sears the outside of the meat, keeping the inside moist and tender.
Turkeys are awesome like this. Only the very outside of it is kinda greasy...and that layer is not very thick...basically the skin only.
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Noley
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Posted: 12/08/03 - 12:48 Post subject:
One more thing...
We had friend turkey a few years back in SC. It was "to die for!" Awesome stuff.
It takes a lot less time to fry them things up.
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Posted: 12/08/03 - 12:50 Post subject:
They have been big up in WI for a few years as well. I own one but have never used for frying turkeys. Mine is modified and it brewers beer! 
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Posted: 12/08/03 - 12:56 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | | It's been a big deal around here for the past couple of years as well. I don't know anyone who has done it tho. |
Same here.
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