I'm hosting Thanksgiving at our home this year for the first time and am interested in recipes for tried and true "moist" turkey recipes. Any other recipes for side dishes that you love or recommend would be great as well! I thought about posting this in the holiday forum, but figured that this would be a better spot. Thanks!
Cut up bread 1 to 2 days in advance. Put in large pan (I use a turkey roasting pan) season with salt, pepper and poultry seasoning. Store in oven, stiring occassionally.
When you're ready to make your stuffing:
Cook down the bacon (chopped), onion (chopped), celery (chopped) and mushrooms (sliced).
Pour over bread squares and mix well. Cover with foil and bake at 350 for about an hour. If it seams too dry use some chicken stock.
This is my moms recipe, before baking she puts chicken wings on top of the stuffing for flavor. When the chicken is cooked fully your stuffing is done.
This is the BEST stuffing in the world. Even good cold right out of the fridge for left overs.
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Mama2D, please take a moment to check out the November/December thread. I moved many of the holiday cooking threads there. So rest assured, with a little search, I'm sure you'll find TONS of things to help you to prepare your winter holiday meals. There are 253 threads in there at this moment - and many of those discuss holiday food.
PS - there are at least 23 threads in cooking now, that mention Thanksgiving. More than likely there are many more, but our search is still off kilter since the upgrade. But know that when in doubt, search is your friend
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I think a good way to get a very moist turkey is to brine it. There is a good recipe for this from Alton Brown's "Good Eats" show - you can probably find it on the FoodTV website.
My DH and I are huge fans of Reynolds Oven Bags. Our turkeys always come out moist, the juices are contained and make it easy to make gravy, and cleanup is much easier.
Last year I used Alton Brown's turkey brine recipe- I'll never do another turkey without brining again. It took a bit of prep (maybe 15 mins) the night before, but it was incredible.
Thank you so much for your replies! I had considered brining the turkey and had heard of Alton Brown's turkey brine recipe. I found his recipe for "Good Eats Roast Turkey". One question that I have is what sort of flavor remains from the brine? Unfortunately, DH is not fond of any sweet flavor in meats. Actually, he pretty much hates it . It is only 1/2 a cup of brown sugar, so I'm assuming it really doesn't sweeten the meat.
Katy - I knew that there had to be recipes and other threads out there I looked through the Nov/Dec holiday thread and could not find a single one ... then when I realized that I needed to extend the posts to include the entire past year, I found a ton. Sorry Tired mom brain over here.
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. It is only 1/2 a cup of brown sugar, so I'm assuming it really doesn't sweeten the meat. 
I looked through the Nov/Dec holiday thread and could not find a single one ... then when I realized that I needed to extend the posts to include the entire past year, I found a ton. Sorry 
Tired mom brain over here.
