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Lepke
I started subscribing to Cooks Illustrated magazine, but don't have access to the America's Test Kitchen website archive of recipes. The current issue of Cooks Illustrated has a recipe for roasting a turkey breast, but I don't have their recipe for roasting a whole unstuffed turkey. Can anyone please post the recipe for roasting a whole turkey. I've never had a bad recipe from Cooks Illustrated and this will be my first Thanksgiving turkey. Thanks for your time and effort.
Answer
Here we go--this is from way back in 1993 (issue #5!) This is a great recipe, but I will say that all that turning is unnecessary, in my opinion. It's guaranteed to mess up your clothes and really isn't worth the trouble...but you can decide that for yourself. Brining is definitely the way to go; the turkey stays really juicy and flavorful.
The Best Oven-Roasted Turkey with Giblet Pan Sauce
(Serves 10-12)
--1 turkey (12 to 14 pounds gross weight), rinsed thoroughly, giblets and tail removed
--2 pounds salt
--3 medium onions, chopped coarse
--1 1/2 medium carrots, chopped coarse
--1 1/2 celery stalks, chopped coarse
--6 thyme sprigs
--1 bay leaf
--1 tablespoon butter, melted, plus extra for basting
--3 tablespoons cornstarch
Place turkey in a pot large enough to hold it easily. Pour salt into neck and body cavities; pour salt all over turkey and rub into skin. Add cold water to cover, rubbing bird and stirring water until salt dissolves. Set turkey in refrigerator or other cool location for 4 to 6 hours. Remove turkey from salt water and rinse both cavities and skin under cool running water for several minutes until all traces of salt are gone.
Meanwhile, reserve liver and put giblets, neck and tail piece, 1/2 of the onions, celery, carrots, thyme sprigs, and the bay leaf in a large saucepan. Add 6 cups water and bring to a boil, skimming foam from surface as necessary. Simmer, uncovered, adding liver during last 5 minutes of cooking, for a total of about 1 hour. Strain broth (you should have about 4 1/2 cups); set neck, tail, and giblets aside. Cool to room temperature, and refrigerate until ready to use.
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Toss another 1/3 of onions, carrots, celery and thyme with 1 tablespoon butter and place in body cavity. Bring legs together and perform simple truss [here's what it says to do: Using the center of a 5-foot length of cooking twine, tie the legs together at the ankles. Run the twine around th thighs and under the wings on both sides of the bird, pulling tightly. Keeping the twine pulled snug, tie a firm knot around the excess flesh at the neck of the bird. Snip off excess twine.--These days a lot of turkeys come with a "hock lock" that holds the legs together, so this step may not be necessary.]
Scatter remaining vegetables and thyme over a shallow roasting pan; pour 1 cup reserved broth over vegetables. Put perforated cover on roasting pan; set a V-rack (preferably nonstick) adjusted to widest setting on top of cover. Brush entire breast side of turkey with butter, then place turkey, breast side down, on V-rack. Brush entire back side of turkey with butter.
Roast for 45 minutes. Remove pan from oven (close oven door); baste turkey with butter. With a wad of paper toweling in each hand, turn turkey, leg/thigh side up. If broth has totally evaporated, add an additional 1/2 cup stock to pan. Return turkey to pan and roast 15 minutes. Remove turkey from oven again, baste, and again use paper toweling to turn the other leg/thigh side up; roast until meat thermometer stuck in leg pit registers 165 degrees, about 30 to 45 minutes. Breast should register 160 to 165 as well. Transfer turkey to platter; let rest for 20 to 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, strain pan drippings into a large saucepan (discard solids) and skim fat. Return broiler pan to stove and place over 2 burners set to medium heat. Add 3 cups reserved broth to the broiler pan and, using a wooden spoon, stir to loosen browned bits. When pan juices start to simmer, strain into saucepan along with giblets; bring to boil. Mix cornstarch with 1/2 cup cold water and gradually stir into saucepan. Bring to boil; simmer until sauce thickens slightly. Carve turkey; serve with gravy.
Here we go--this is from way back in 1993 (issue #5!) This is a great recipe, but I will say that all that turning is unnecessary, in my opinion. It's guaranteed to mess up your clothes and really isn't worth the trouble...but you can decide that for yourself. Brining is definitely the way to go; the turkey stays really juicy and flavorful.
The Best Oven-Roasted Turkey with Giblet Pan Sauce
(Serves 10-12)
--1 turkey (12 to 14 pounds gross weight), rinsed thoroughly, giblets and tail removed
--2 pounds salt
--3 medium onions, chopped coarse
--1 1/2 medium carrots, chopped coarse
--1 1/2 celery stalks, chopped coarse
--6 thyme sprigs
--1 bay leaf
--1 tablespoon butter, melted, plus extra for basting
--3 tablespoons cornstarch
Place turkey in a pot large enough to hold it easily. Pour salt into neck and body cavities; pour salt all over turkey and rub into skin. Add cold water to cover, rubbing bird and stirring water until salt dissolves. Set turkey in refrigerator or other cool location for 4 to 6 hours. Remove turkey from salt water and rinse both cavities and skin under cool running water for several minutes until all traces of salt are gone.
Meanwhile, reserve liver and put giblets, neck and tail piece, 1/2 of the onions, celery, carrots, thyme sprigs, and the bay leaf in a large saucepan. Add 6 cups water and bring to a boil, skimming foam from surface as necessary. Simmer, uncovered, adding liver during last 5 minutes of cooking, for a total of about 1 hour. Strain broth (you should have about 4 1/2 cups); set neck, tail, and giblets aside. Cool to room temperature, and refrigerate until ready to use.
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Toss another 1/3 of onions, carrots, celery and thyme with 1 tablespoon butter and place in body cavity. Bring legs together and perform simple truss [here's what it says to do: Using the center of a 5-foot length of cooking twine, tie the legs together at the ankles. Run the twine around th thighs and under the wings on both sides of the bird, pulling tightly. Keeping the twine pulled snug, tie a firm knot around the excess flesh at the neck of the bird. Snip off excess twine.--These days a lot of turkeys come with a "hock lock" that holds the legs together, so this step may not be necessary.]
Scatter remaining vegetables and thyme over a shallow roasting pan; pour 1 cup reserved broth over vegetables. Put perforated cover on roasting pan; set a V-rack (preferably nonstick) adjusted to widest setting on top of cover. Brush entire breast side of turkey with butter, then place turkey, breast side down, on V-rack. Brush entire back side of turkey with butter.
Roast for 45 minutes. Remove pan from oven (close oven door); baste turkey with butter. With a wad of paper toweling in each hand, turn turkey, leg/thigh side up. If broth has totally evaporated, add an additional 1/2 cup stock to pan. Return turkey to pan and roast 15 minutes. Remove turkey from oven again, baste, and again use paper toweling to turn the other leg/thigh side up; roast until meat thermometer stuck in leg pit registers 165 degrees, about 30 to 45 minutes. Breast should register 160 to 165 as well. Transfer turkey to platter; let rest for 20 to 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, strain pan drippings into a large saucepan (discard solids) and skim fat. Return broiler pan to stove and place over 2 burners set to medium heat. Add 3 cups reserved broth to the broiler pan and, using a wooden spoon, stir to loosen browned bits. When pan juices start to simmer, strain into saucepan along with giblets; bring to boil. Mix cornstarch with 1/2 cup cold water and gradually stir into saucepan. Bring to boil; simmer until sauce thickens slightly. Carve turkey; serve with gravy.
I want to start preschooling my child at home who is 3 years old?
oreomonste
Does anyone know of any good resources that I can find for preschool worksheets & materials online or anywhere else that has been helpful for their child. Any good suggestions would be great too. She is 3 so her attention span is kind of short but she's very smart. She can count to 15 & can recognize her numbers 1-9. She knows her basic shapes & basic colors & can also count from 1-8 in spanish. I am working with her on the alphabet especially right now. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Answer
Great! There are many a resource out there for you on the internet...and free at that! I'll give you this website...I don't use everything in it but it's a great jumping board. www.childcareland.com she has free daily art (I don't really consider it art :-) 3 year olds need open ended art explorations; daily learning sheet, and daily printables.
Your first tidbit to think about is how serious are you? How far do you want to go? I have people ask me what they should do to teach their preschooler at home and I take the time to give them suggestions to find out that they are a "fly by their pants...do it when they have time" sort of people. So you'll need to think about how you want to do it. Personally, I'm a structure person :-) and I find that my kids and those I care for/teach love that structure and thrive on it. They know what to expect every day. ROUTINE! See what works best for you and your child.
She's three...and your right...they don't have much of an attention span. So instead of sitting down activities...get as many large motor activities in their as much as possible. There are a great many basic concepts that can be reinforced through large motor. For example... "hopscotch"...make a hopscotch board outside and in each square, draw or write a basic concept and as she "hops" have her yell it as loud as she can. :-) Go fishing...use a plastic wading pool, magnetic letters and numbers and a homemade or purchased magnetic fishing pole set.; Bounce-roll a ball back and forth and orally state the abc's or numbers or spelling her name. I can give you more ideas if you email with a specific concept. :-)
You'll want to decide what you want to teach. What I like to do is to decide what I want the children to learn before Kindergarten and we go one step at a time. I don't say that...just because you are only three you can't learn skip counting...because some can :-) I don't say that you can't learn to read until your five...because some can do it earlier. It's better to take it one step at a time. You might find it interesting to get on your State's website (if you live in the U.S. and find out what standards are for Kindergarten and go from there.
At three your best bet is to do as much "exploration" as you can. Have an area set up where your child can explore with different materials.
* Writing supplies are something you want out and available every day. You can go beyond crayons and paper. Use your imagination! I can give you more ideas here if you would like as well. Just email. It's good to have some tactile letters...either purchased or homemade available. Learning the strokes of the letters is a big help. Also, drawing circles, horizontal lines, vertical lines, etc. Check out the Kumon Writing Book that is available in most places :-) Target carries it I think. Amazon.com; Barnes and Noble.
* Art exploration: have a time set each day for art exploration. In your kitchen where it's easy clean up...if you don't have a set area for "school". Painting is a wonderful open ended experience and you can vary it by changing the colors, using more than one color, changing the brushes, making your own brushes, fingerpainting, adding texture, changing what you are painting on, painting at a table, painting at an easel, painting on a huge piece of cardboard or small pieces etc.
* sensory play is a definate hit amongst this age and so beneficial. I use a plastic wading pool with a plastic dish tub. I've used sand, water, bean mixture, flour, cornmeal, oatmeal, pom poms, corn off the cob, pop corn kernals, etc. You can vary it by changing the tools you have with it... spoons, cups, tweezers/tongs, bowls, plates, icecube trays, different size bottles, squeeze bottles, play sets.
* music and movement is a great daily acitivity. Make your own rhythm instruments or purchase them. Sometimes the dollar store has them. A child with a sense of rhythm will have an easier time with learning to read.
* Literacy components...brush up on what literacy actually entails. :-) It's more than just reading. A preschooler who learns early on about syllables, rhyming, beginning sounds, stretching sound, etc. will definately have a "head start". I can help you out here as well. You may wish to frequent your parent/teacher section at your local library. If you are in the States there is an awesome preschool magazine called The Mailbox Preschool. Easy to make and cheap ideas for activities. I make much use of it. :-)
* Mathematics: it's more than counting orally. You know that, I'm sure. Counting with meaning, shapes, beginning addition/subtraction, measuring, patterning, more/less, (can be done in sensory), etc. Again...if you check your state's standards it will give you an idea of where you start. I would suggest you do baking with your child...and talk talk talk :-)
* Science: at three you want to encourage curiousity. Answer the questions she asks...if you don't know the answer then have her join you in the "research". Get non-fiction books from the library. Do simple science experiments.
* scissors...there are more parts of a preschool curriculum but I do want to mention scissors. Please allow your child to use them!!! :-) I like to use the wading pool again. Providing different types of papers to cut. Younger children I provide long strips of paper so they can snip cut. As they progress I add wider paper, lined paper etc. Kumon has a great scissor work book as well. Foam is a very nice media for beginner cutters. Straws are really fun. :-)
Feel free to email. :-)
Great! There are many a resource out there for you on the internet...and free at that! I'll give you this website...I don't use everything in it but it's a great jumping board. www.childcareland.com she has free daily art (I don't really consider it art :-) 3 year olds need open ended art explorations; daily learning sheet, and daily printables.
Your first tidbit to think about is how serious are you? How far do you want to go? I have people ask me what they should do to teach their preschooler at home and I take the time to give them suggestions to find out that they are a "fly by their pants...do it when they have time" sort of people. So you'll need to think about how you want to do it. Personally, I'm a structure person :-) and I find that my kids and those I care for/teach love that structure and thrive on it. They know what to expect every day. ROUTINE! See what works best for you and your child.
She's three...and your right...they don't have much of an attention span. So instead of sitting down activities...get as many large motor activities in their as much as possible. There are a great many basic concepts that can be reinforced through large motor. For example... "hopscotch"...make a hopscotch board outside and in each square, draw or write a basic concept and as she "hops" have her yell it as loud as she can. :-) Go fishing...use a plastic wading pool, magnetic letters and numbers and a homemade or purchased magnetic fishing pole set.; Bounce-roll a ball back and forth and orally state the abc's or numbers or spelling her name. I can give you more ideas if you email with a specific concept. :-)
You'll want to decide what you want to teach. What I like to do is to decide what I want the children to learn before Kindergarten and we go one step at a time. I don't say that...just because you are only three you can't learn skip counting...because some can :-) I don't say that you can't learn to read until your five...because some can do it earlier. It's better to take it one step at a time. You might find it interesting to get on your State's website (if you live in the U.S. and find out what standards are for Kindergarten and go from there.
At three your best bet is to do as much "exploration" as you can. Have an area set up where your child can explore with different materials.
* Writing supplies are something you want out and available every day. You can go beyond crayons and paper. Use your imagination! I can give you more ideas here if you would like as well. Just email. It's good to have some tactile letters...either purchased or homemade available. Learning the strokes of the letters is a big help. Also, drawing circles, horizontal lines, vertical lines, etc. Check out the Kumon Writing Book that is available in most places :-) Target carries it I think. Amazon.com; Barnes and Noble.
* Art exploration: have a time set each day for art exploration. In your kitchen where it's easy clean up...if you don't have a set area for "school". Painting is a wonderful open ended experience and you can vary it by changing the colors, using more than one color, changing the brushes, making your own brushes, fingerpainting, adding texture, changing what you are painting on, painting at a table, painting at an easel, painting on a huge piece of cardboard or small pieces etc.
* sensory play is a definate hit amongst this age and so beneficial. I use a plastic wading pool with a plastic dish tub. I've used sand, water, bean mixture, flour, cornmeal, oatmeal, pom poms, corn off the cob, pop corn kernals, etc. You can vary it by changing the tools you have with it... spoons, cups, tweezers/tongs, bowls, plates, icecube trays, different size bottles, squeeze bottles, play sets.
* music and movement is a great daily acitivity. Make your own rhythm instruments or purchase them. Sometimes the dollar store has them. A child with a sense of rhythm will have an easier time with learning to read.
* Literacy components...brush up on what literacy actually entails. :-) It's more than just reading. A preschooler who learns early on about syllables, rhyming, beginning sounds, stretching sound, etc. will definately have a "head start". I can help you out here as well. You may wish to frequent your parent/teacher section at your local library. If you are in the States there is an awesome preschool magazine called The Mailbox Preschool. Easy to make and cheap ideas for activities. I make much use of it. :-)
* Mathematics: it's more than counting orally. You know that, I'm sure. Counting with meaning, shapes, beginning addition/subtraction, measuring, patterning, more/less, (can be done in sensory), etc. Again...if you check your state's standards it will give you an idea of where you start. I would suggest you do baking with your child...and talk talk talk :-)
* Science: at three you want to encourage curiousity. Answer the questions she asks...if you don't know the answer then have her join you in the "research". Get non-fiction books from the library. Do simple science experiments.
* scissors...there are more parts of a preschool curriculum but I do want to mention scissors. Please allow your child to use them!!! :-) I like to use the wading pool again. Providing different types of papers to cut. Younger children I provide long strips of paper so they can snip cut. As they progress I add wider paper, lined paper etc. Kumon has a great scissor work book as well. Foam is a very nice media for beginner cutters. Straws are really fun. :-)
Feel free to email. :-)
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