Thanksgiving turkey is a tradition in most American households for Thanksgiving dinner. Observed on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States, Thanksgiving celebrates giving thanks for bountiful harvests, as well as celebrating family and friends. It is generally a very traditional family event. Sometimes called Turkey Day, Thanksgiving dinner almost always features turkey, but also stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie.
If you are preparing a turkey this Thanksgiving or Christmas, you will need to know some basics for cooking turkey, and one thing you cannot forget is basting the turkey. In this free video series, our expert will show you how to properly baste your turkey. Using broth, butter and turkey juices to keep your turkey moist is essential to achieving the best flavor for your Thanksgiving turkey, so let our expert show you how to prepare this part of a delicious holiday meal.
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How to Finish Making Turkey
Learn how to finish making your turkey with expert cooking tips for making turkey in this free video recipe clip. Now it's finally time to take our turkey out of the oven cause it looks like he's done, you want to be able to pull the rack out cause remember this turkey is heavy. If you are lucky ...
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How to Prepare Turkey for Basting
Learn about how to prepare the turkey for basting with expert cooking tips for making turkey in this free video recipe clip. Now before we stick our turkey in the oven and start basting it we need to get the skin ready. By that I mean adding some seasonings, now you can add pretty much whatever you ...
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How to Add Third Turkey Basting
Learn how to add the third turkey basting with expert cooking tips for making turkey in this free video recipe clip. Now it's time for our third basting. By now the turkey should have some pan juices accumulating on the bottom so we're going to go in with our syringe and kind of sop those up just ...
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How to Add Second Broth Turkey Basting
Learn how to add the second broth turkey basting with expert cooking tips for making turkey in this free video recipe clip. Let's see how our turkey is doing. It's about time you put your second basting. It has been in for about 1/2 and hour so you just want to baste approximately every half an ...
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Placing Turkey in the Oven
Learn about placing turkey in the oven with expert cooking tips for making turkey in this free video recipe clip. We are now ready to put the turkey in the oven. Now first we are going to have the oven preheated to 400 degrees. You are going to start the turkey at a slightly higher temperature so ...
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How to Cover Turkey with Foil
Learn about covering your turkey with foil when preparing to baste turkey with expert cooking tips for making turkey in this free video recipe clip. The last step before putting our turkey in the oven is to cover it with foil or to cover it with the lid if your roasting pan has one. Now the reason ...
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Ingredients to Baste Turkey
Learn about the ingredients you will need to baste a turkey with expert cooking tips for making turkey in this free video recipe clip. The first thing I'm going to do is to tell you about the ingredients that are needed for basting your turkey. Of course the most important ingredient is your turkey ...
