By about 6:45 this morning, I had the turkey in the pot and on the stove to poach. I hope your Christmas food is cooking too.
I'll take some more photos as the bird poaches and then goes into the oven to get a nice golden color. Happy holiday to all!
P.S. I just sat and admired the Christmas morning sunrise from our front windows. Here are a couple of photos. The first one is the view that first caught my attention.
Then it turned into this.
That's our neighbors' house. By the way, the turkey has finished poaching. I just turned off the fire under it to let it cool down some before I take it out of the poaching liquid and set it on a roasting pan.
P.S. I just sat and admired the Christmas morning sunrise from our front windows. Here are a couple of photos. The first one is the view that first caught my attention.
Then it turned into this.
That's our neighbors' house. By the way, the turkey has finished poaching. I just turned off the fire under it to let it cool down some before I take it out of the poaching liquid and set it on a roasting pan.
Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you too, Kiwi. Hope your day was as beautiful as ours.
DeleteMerry Christmas, Ken and all!
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Merry Christmas back at you too, Craig. We are now officially in the turkey torpor phase of the holidays.
DeleteHappy Christmas to Ken and Walt. Have a lovely day.
ReplyDeleteHappy Christmas to you too, Suecee. Thanks for the greetings.
DeleteNoël au balcon, Pâques au tison.. The translation according to dictionary.reverso.net is : A warm Christmas means a cold Easter. I don't mind a warm Xmas, but I'd hate a cold Easter. To each his/her own!
ReplyDeleteYou've now been to Saint-Aignan many times, and you know very well that les tisons ne seraient pas inutiles à Pâques, en mai, en juin, et même au 14 juillet ! Bon Noël.
DeleteMerry Christmas, Ken. Thanks for your reply to my query yesterday. I'll be poaching and roasting
ReplyDeletetoo. I had searched your poultry archives previously, but couldn't find the right one with the
instructions.
My 8 lb. turkey poached for slightly less than two hours -- I started it in cold water. Then I let it sit another 30 to 45 minutes in the hot broth after I turned off the burner. I tested the temperature of the turkey with an instant-read thermometer and it was up to at least 165ºF, and in some places 175. That's more than done. The white meat isn't as tender and moist as I hoped it would be, but it's still pretty good. We are looking forward to leftovers for a few days now.
DeleteTried your method...
Deletewill do it again...
but over-poached the bird this time....
now in oven keeping warm after browning.
Tastes fab.. very easy to carve [I sneezed at it!]...
Roasties on t'way... Black Tuscan, parsnips, carrots in t'steamer...
just about to make the gravy with the wonderful stock your method produces.
Just finished apero...
Job's a goodun!
Melodious Chrismas to you and Walt!
It's a little surprising how little time it takes to poach even a fairly big fowl. And by the way, the method is not mine. It's something I do because I've seen French cooks and chefs cook turkeys, geese, and ducks this way.
DeleteCheers.. Merry Xmas to you & Walt.......still very warm & wet here.....dreary in fact.....may have to dip into the champagne early!
ReplyDeleteAmazing dinner . And the sky was almost the same in my place I upload it on my blog today
ReplyDeleteNice sunrise photos. Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas, Ken. Looking forward to many more of your posts in the new year.
ReplyDeleteMerriest of Christmases to you two! My apple pie just came out of the oven, and it 's time to put the pork roast in!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas and hope you all have a great year. I really enjoy your blog!
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda in Ala. Hope you survived the heavy rains and winds. Happy New Year.
DeleteMerry Christmas to you and Walt! We didn't get to see that full moon here in Alabama because we've had lots of rain and some tornadoes even. We even had to turn our air conditioner on for a while since it got up to 74 I think.
ReplyDeleteI assume and hope that you are okay. It's warm here, but not that warm. We are having clear skies and mild temperatures though. Hope Christmas was happy.
DeleteGot to see the moon tonight! Creek is still "up" and weather is very nice today.
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