tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post591925523658979724..comments2024-03-26T21:32:32.972-06:00Comments on Mommy's Kitchen: Brown Bag Roasted Turkey & A Butterball Turkey Tina Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10515629994766421233noreply@blogger.comBlogger163125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-63340253647399875522015-11-24T21:14:21.057-06:002015-11-24T21:14:21.057-06:00Been brown bag cooking turkey for 10 years and thi...Been brown bag cooking turkey for 10 years and this is the only way I do Thansksgiving. The only thing I may suggest is cooking at a lower temp (200-250) for 8-10 hours, which I will be doing this year......ECLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13537591995490838596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-57652645342873461922015-11-21T20:23:47.473-06:002015-11-21T20:23:47.473-06:00I too have cooke in brown bag for years. Was told...I too have cooke in brown bag for years. Was told not to do it with recycled bags. It is so good to see so many people still doing it. I shall return to my roots<br />Pappyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060360546196679514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-47154780441399653952014-11-13T12:55:39.834-06:002014-11-13T12:55:39.834-06:00I usually use a big lasagna type pan and cove the ...I usually use a big lasagna type pan and cove the bird and pan with reynold's wrap. However, I can totally see the benefits of allowing the bird to breathe while cooking. <br />Last year I had my turkey smoked at Sonny's BBQ and it was delish, but this year the family is requesting I go back to brining it. I was wondering if you had ever tried a brine, and if so, how do you think it compares to the veggie/fruit combo you use for stuffing. <br />Thanks!<br />Cindy Lourindyruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14973676397306989376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-76652648219369667802013-11-27T19:13:58.876-06:002013-11-27T19:13:58.876-06:00I cooked turkeys in brown paper bags for years. I ...I cooked turkeys in brown paper bags for years. I became so popular with my inlaws that i cook All the familys turkeys for the past 43 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-6706586368758269542013-11-16T13:15:22.742-06:002013-11-16T13:15:22.742-06:00I have never heard/tried the brown bag turkey meth...I have never heard/tried the brown bag turkey method, I have always used the Reynolds oven bags and they come out very moist and tender. I'd like to try the bag method sometime.<br /><br />I had never baked a turkey all on my own till I was in my early 40's! My parents always had us over and they always fixed the turkey. Now my hubby helps me w/it, cuz it's usually a great BIG bird! <br /><br />Thanks!<br />TanyaFriendship Crossinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207249966128971006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-61501351770476365542013-11-08T17:00:14.472-06:002013-11-08T17:00:14.472-06:00We have been brown bagging a turkey for years and ...We have been brown bagging a turkey for years and years and years..It must be about 100 years or more.. My mom (she's 88) learned from her mom and I am sure grandma learned from her mom.. and down the line.. But we stuff the turkey with stuffing.. and put some veggie oil on the bag... It comes out perfect every time..Robinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-50280701006722079752010-11-11T19:01:44.998-06:002010-11-11T19:01:44.998-06:00Oh gosh I'm glad I found this! I always make m...Oh gosh I'm glad I found this! I always make my turkey in a brown paper bag and when I tell people they look at me like I'm insane!! Isn't it so good. That's what I was going to write about, my fave being the brown bag :) I also make a killer sweet potato casserole. <br />disintegratingstarr@hotmail.comAStarrAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086366062881023853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-84853230892405611002010-11-11T14:30:22.186-06:002010-11-11T14:30:22.186-06:00I forgot to add my blooper! The first year my newl...I forgot to add my blooper! The first year my newly married sister made Thanksgiving dinner, she invited the entire family over for dinner and wanted to impress us with the BEST stuffing we've ever eaten. She used four POUNDS of butter. No, her name isn't Paula Deen! She thought the more butter she added, the better the stuffing would be. It looked like an oil spill! Come to think of it, her stuffing would go great with my turkey!Debra "Deb" Dresden Disney-Diorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14660851486605190512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-17710319809184369242010-11-11T14:23:33.974-06:002010-11-11T14:23:33.974-06:00This recipe sounds like something I'm in dire ...This recipe sounds like something I'm in dire need of. I haven't made a "good turkey" since 2001 -- the year I moved into my new home. I don't know "what" I'm doing wrong, but Dave believes it's the "freezer's fault." I'll go along with that...I wish. I've tried the roasting bags, the foil tents, only wrapping the legs and wings until the final hour of roasting, basting every 1/2 hour, brining it for 12 hours, 26 minutes and 3 seconds, I even purchased a $60.00, 12 lb., organic turkey, but NOTHING I did could produce an edible turkey. Nothing has been remotely acceptable. I DID purchase my turkey for this year. I COULD have gotten a 20 lb. turkey that was raised in Iceland for a grand total of $7.32, but I chose a Lil Butterball for $13.99. This turkey, is SO cute. I can carry it, frozen, in the palm of one hand. Growing up my Mom ALWAYS chose HUGE Butterballs, that took a team of football players to place in the oven and to take it out of the oven. Thanks, Tina, I AM going to use this paper bag technique. If it doesn't work, I'm buying a new freezer! If not, maybe you'll spend Thanksgiving with me next year? Bring the paper bag! I hope I win a turkey, to replace the one my freezer is NOW ruining!Debra "Deb" Dresden Disney-Diorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14660851486605190512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-46076469521831697712010-11-11T12:00:15.384-06:002010-11-11T12:00:15.384-06:00I can't wait to make this for my inlaws this y...I can't wait to make this for my inlaws this year!!!<br /><br />I have a little blooper!<br /><br />Our second Thanksgiving after I was married, we weren't able to make it home to our families. <br />I was so excited to make my first Thanksgiving Dinner!! Even if it was just for the two of us.<br />I even made a couple of dishes ahead of time!!!<br />One of those being sweet potatoes with marshmallows!! I had put plastic wrap over it and put it in the fridge!<br />When it was time to bake my sides, I put them in the oven!!<br />I checked on them to see how nicely everything was coming along and noticed there was something wrong with the sweet taters!<br /><br />I FORGOT TO TAKE THE PLASTIC WRAP OFF!!!<br /><br />That was the last time I ever did any advance prep!! :)Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15264345224531877039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-79792208168463119122010-11-11T10:52:00.431-06:002010-11-11T10:52:00.431-06:00I will share a blooper that happened just the othe...I will share a blooper that happened just the other year. We had the oven stuffed with all the Thanksgiving sides, baking away...I put my turkey breast roulade in, and realized a little later I forgot to add the broth to the pan! So I went and added it, and my glass pan exploded!! Glass went everywhere, even in the side dishes that weren't covered! We managed to save the food and it was a good laugh afterwards. <br /><br />*Do not put cold liquid into a hot pan!<br /><br />=)Rachelle Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11680763165749938261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-62631674943737717732010-11-11T10:51:15.861-06:002010-11-11T10:51:15.861-06:00I will share a blooper that happened just the othe...I will share a blooper that happened just the other year. We had the oven stuffed with all the Thanksgiving sides, baking away...I put my turkey breat roullade in, and realized a little later I forgot to add the broth to the pan! So I went and added it, and my glass pan exploded!! Glass went everywhere, even in the side dishes that weren't covered! We managed to save the food and it was a good laugh afterwards. <br />*Do NOT add cold liquids to a hot pan!<br /><br />=)Rachelle Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11680763165749938261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-82072136501429860482010-11-11T10:21:34.414-06:002010-11-11T10:21:34.414-06:00My favorite memories are all family members got to...My favorite memories are all family members got together at grandma's and enjoyed the turkey feast.JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01698699124592687554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-30316810412910237112010-11-11T09:34:55.486-06:002010-11-11T09:34:55.486-06:00My fondest memories of Thanksgiving involved putti...My fondest memories of Thanksgiving involved putting up the Christmas tree with my mom as the turkey cooked and the house smelled yummy! Now that she has passed, I plan on continuing the same tradition with my children.Jodihttp://fourturtleracers.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-20103061041430804862010-11-11T08:58:23.896-06:002010-11-11T08:58:23.896-06:00My favorite memories of Thanksgiving are just gett...My favorite memories of Thanksgiving are just getting all of the siblings and kids together at mom and dad's house. After eating "the works", we would go outside and gather all the pecans that had fallen. It just doesn't seem like Thanksgiving unless I can pick up some pecans! mailto:alstonjt.mann@rrgsd.orgJeannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-67005297793276174232010-11-11T08:47:15.409-06:002010-11-11T08:47:15.409-06:00One year we visited my bil and family in Pennsylva...One year we visited my bil and family in Pennsylvania over Thanksgiving break. We all got up and drove to Washington D.C. on Thanksgiving morning. We spent the day at different museums. Perfect time to go because the crowds are THIN! We had Thanksgiving meal on Wednesday and nobody complained!KellyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15111968587415967101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-38685201244736723932010-11-11T08:14:37.192-06:002010-11-11T08:14:37.192-06:00My biggest Thanksgiving problem is getting the tur...My biggest Thanksgiving problem is getting the turkey and the rest of the meal ready at the same time. I can never seem to coordinate the turkey getting done with the rest of the meal. It is either way to soon or it takes much longer. I have yet to find that happy place where it gets done about the same time the rest of the food finishes cooking.<br /><br />tinabop7@gmail.comtsmithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-62573858012081430982010-11-11T07:34:25.564-06:002010-11-11T07:34:25.564-06:00I would have never believed it if you hadn't p...I would have never believed it if you hadn't posted the brown bag turkey recipe and pictures. Golly, what next?? I remember one Thanksgiving when my daughter, Michelle, volunteered to make cookies for our dessert buffet. She accidentally used salt instead of sugar in the recipe-so they were fairly inedible (not that we didn't try to eat them LOL). But bless her heart, she tried.Gail_OKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04811677385947339041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-45241079980851122652010-11-11T05:56:06.569-06:002010-11-11T05:56:06.569-06:00My favorite memories of Thanksgiving tend to go wa...My favorite memories of Thanksgiving tend to go way back to my childhood. I remember the last Thanksgiving in my Great Grandmas home. Grandma cooked the big bird and all the rest of the food on a huge big wooden cookstove. Oh she had a apartment sized electric but very seldom used it. The bird was perfect and I can remember my dad and two cousins fighting over who would get the turkey legs. Dasd let the cousins have it. I think he must have been just playing around with them cause next week dad will be 82 and to this day does not eat turkey legs. All us kids got to go out sledding after dinner while the ladies all cleaned the kitchen up then we all got to take a sleighride with the neighbors in a big sleigh pulled by two horses. It was so fun. Though great grandma lived several more years we always went one year to my grandmas and the next to my Aunts house. The family had just grown to large for great grandmas house.Those were the Good Old Days.Karannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-9378472424636732142010-11-11T00:10:59.787-06:002010-11-11T00:10:59.787-06:00I've never heard of using a brown paper bag to...I've never heard of using a brown paper bag to cook a turkey in! Have to try that one. I think I've done the one goof-up that many have done...forgetting to take the giblets out of the turkey before cooking!!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16491500626977284361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-71987388717972390172010-11-10T20:31:01.756-06:002010-11-10T20:31:01.756-06:00I think back to my younger years when my grandpare...I think back to my younger years when my grandparents were still living and all of my mom's family would be at their house for Thanksgiving. I remember the dishes, the tables, the seating arrangements, everything about their house. We were so happy to spend this time together each year because everyone lived in different cities.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723019841485882289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-2757045513463125882010-11-10T20:16:46.134-06:002010-11-10T20:16:46.134-06:00I posted a comment but forgot my favorite Thanksgi...I posted a comment but forgot my favorite Thanksgiving memory. (I shouldn't do things early in the morning....) I lived in Rome, Italy, during the 80s & 90s & my Italian landlady, who was also a good friend, LOVED anything American, especially Thanksgiving. Every year she has Thanksgiving for her American & Italian friends on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. She was so thrilled when I introduced her to sweet potato casserole as sweets are her favorite. I had to bring it every Thanksgiving & give her the recipe when I moved back to the States. It was nice to celebrate the holiday so far from home with such good friends.LMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16610029324346106243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-17089098746312514692010-11-10T19:44:01.558-06:002010-11-10T19:44:01.558-06:00My great aunt Callie had a wood cook stove (and ne...My great aunt Callie had a wood cook stove (and never did agree to getting an electric one). She not only cooked the turkey in a brown paper bag, but the apple pie too. Now you talk 'bout good.... those two things were irresistible! Good stuff, good stuff!Ginger @ Crock Pot Recipe Exchangehttp://crockpotrecipeexchange.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-28277154003238633412010-11-10T19:36:25.155-06:002010-11-10T19:36:25.155-06:00My favorite memory was from 3 years ago with my fa...My favorite memory was from 3 years ago with my family at Thanksgiving. My mom always makes pecan pies. I'm not a big fan, but when our meals is over, I am always in charge of Grandma and the desserts. Well I went to cut the pecan pie and it literally bent the knife. I couldn't believe my eyes. What was I doing wrong?? Well, it wasn't me...my mom had cooked them too long...instead...she made pecan brittle. Well I brought what I could to the table and announced the brittle was here!!! My mom wasn't amused....I was!!!! Every year, I now ask where the pecan brittle is??? Followed by no laughes from my mom=) Julie McNee-RugerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390396285139687239.post-7019605532784088232010-11-10T19:24:11.002-06:002010-11-10T19:24:11.002-06:00When my husband and I were newly married we would ...When my husband and I were newly married we would visit the turkey farm to pick out a turkey. Thankfully we saw only the freezer section and the free roam turkeys and not the in-between steps that got the turkey into the freezer.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354015630387223166noreply@blogger.com