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1.) crookedeye - 03/16/2013
whats youre favorite way to cook turkey?

i fried some up the super bowl this year just marinating them in buttermilk all night then the flour and fried ..i was going to suate them in cream of mushroom after frying them but didnt get around to it,anyone no of good turkey recipes ? besides the basic flour and fry ones..
2.) Swamp Fox - 03/17/2013
We did Panko breader on the Rio breasts last year and fried them. A little diferent taste from breaders I'm used to, and turned out very well. I think we breaded them, then dipped them in beaten egg and put them in the skillet. Something like that...something different than what I do, which is dip them in egg and THEN bread them. Heck, maybe they were breaded twice. I mean, like, who really nos all this stuff anyway?

As far as something that's not breaded, I like to put them in an Oriental stir fry. I just get a meatless stir-fry in a bag from the grocery store.

I'll also use wild turkey in any chicken and rice recipe, such as a bog or perloo. Also, my mom used to make a simple tettrazini but I haven't been able to duplicate it. I'm to the point that I might have to call my sister to see if she knows the secret. I don't have my recipes handy right now, but I'll dig some of them up if there is interest.

In the meantime, here's a very basic perloo and a fancier tettrazini than what I'm used to, but it sounds yummy:

[url]http://www.ehow.com/how_5766997_make-chicken-rice-perlo.html[/url]

[url]http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/chicken-tetrazzini-recipe/index.html[/url]


I expect that you can improvise on the tettrazini with some cream of mushroom, less or no garlic and no wine. You might even forego the green stuff. My mom's version was just a gooey mash of noodles, creamy sauce and meat (turkey or chicken) with a few peas LOL, plus a bit of spice, but probably not much more than a dash of anything. I know she didn't spend a lot of time whipping it up. It's great for throwing leftovers in from a whole bird that you cooked previously.
3.) Swamp Fox - 03/17/2013
And obviously, on the perloo recipe, you don't discard the meat as it says...LOL...You discard any skin and bones...:bang:
4.) crookedeye - 03/17/2013
thanks swampman i might have to try one of those..
5.) Swamp Fox - 03/17/2013
This is motivation for me to nail down a tettrazini recipe.. I'm going to do a chicken bog or perloo for a hunt club meeting coming up in about six weeks, and I'm in the process of organizing all my recipes "sometimes this year" so when I get a second I'll give you some "real" recipes...although the whole point of perloo, in particular, is to just throw a bunch of stuff in a pot willy-nilly..."almost" lol...

But I like to follow a recipe I've developed over time that I know I got the spices and the ingredient portions just right, since it's easy to under-do or over-do the layers of taste on a lot of stuff I like, especially "camp food".

Unfortunately, keeping most exact recipes with more than 3 ingredients in my head is one of the things I just can't do, unless I'm cooking the same thing every few days...LOL...I blame all the other information I have to absorb from the internet, and of course my "cook's lubricant." :-)


p.s. If you have my chicken bog recipe that I posted on BC, it works with wild turkey but you still need the chicken skin for fat.
6.) crookedeye - 03/17/2013
lol i dont remember youre blogs on bc..i cant even remember what i did two days ago..

you dont no a guy thats the president of the turkey foundation here in nebraska do you??
7.) crookedeye - 03/17/2013
the only blog i remember is when luv2 ran into that tree he seen from his childhood..
8.) crookedeye - 03/17/2013
no chit ..the tress going to get bigger..

just kiddin..

i like reading those blogs..expecially youres on the hoosier daddy call..

"it struck with the consistancey of a well maple hemlock which a note would sing out to you"

i was thinking mine doesnt do that...
9.) Swamp Fox - 03/17/2013
LMAO...Chicken Bog, not BC blog, you nut.

But I appreciate your poetic recreation of my product review...

:laugh:
10.) crookedeye - 03/17/2013
lol i no.. i need to quit hyjacking stuff..

i got a kick out of that myself..:grin:
11.) crookedeye - 03/17/2013
I'm the nut??
12.) Swamp Fox - 03/17/2013
Yes.

Yes you are.

:-)
13.) crookedeye - 03/17/2013
stir fryed turkey...i'm just throwing that out...
14.) BULLZ-i - 03/17/2013
WILD TURKEY POT PIE :tu:
15.) Swamp Fox - 03/17/2013
Unless you mean throwing it out as in the trash, see Post 2, Line 6 ;).
16.) crookedeye - 03/17/2013
[QUOTE=BULLZ-i;2999]WILD TURKEY POT PIE :tu:[/QUOTE]

im going to have to try that..
17.) Swamp Fox - 03/17/2013
So that's your response for everything, huh?
18.) Swamp Fox - 03/17/2013
[QUOTE=BULLZ-i;2999]WILD TURKEY POT PIE :tu:[/QUOTE]

Yeah, yeah, yeah...

Put Mrs. Bullz-i on the line to tell us how to do it...
19.) crookedeye - 03/17/2013
we havnt seen anythng about mrs bullzi.. she's probally one of my all time fantansy chicks..
20.) Swamp Fox - 03/17/2013
LOL...A dream girl...
21.) crookedeye - 03/18/2013
i was thinking of making some turkey jerky..probally be more of a pain than anything.
22.) Swamp Fox - 03/18/2013
Doing deer jerky's not that bad anymore (apparently, LOL), but I wouldn't mess with it for just one or two turkeys.

Tettrazini, man....I'm tellin' ya!
23.) Swamp Fox - 03/28/2013
Any new ideas? I hope to be after them next week. Depends on a couple of things...

I was just thinking I'd like to try fajitas...cook strips or chucks in a pressure cooker to tenderize them, or maybe some other way.

Anybody have any good fajita tips? Spices, marinades, ingredients?
24.) crookedeye - 03/28/2013
[url]http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/default.aspx?tabid=18696#bacon_cheese[/url]

i've been looking threw all these ..and i got my heart set on the bacon and cheese over the wild turkey ..with beer of course..
25.) DParker - 03/28/2013
Isn't any recipe involving bacon and cheese an automatic winner?
26.) bluecat - 03/28/2013
Gotta go with smoked after being in a brine. I posted this awhile back but tis the season.







27.) Deerminator - 03/28/2013
Roasred whole in a cooking bag. Man that was good. Mom made one that way.
She didn't know how to do one so she did one like normal cept in a cooking bag.
The bird was skinless. Seasonened like normmal.

There's the deep fry. Dangerous but good once ya get the timeing down.


The garbadge can methond also makes a fantastic bird.
28.) Deerminator - 03/28/2013
I'd love to have some of that smoked turkey. I know it's good.
29.) DParker - 03/28/2013
What about Cajun deep-fried? Anyone tried that?
30.) bluecat - 03/28/2013
It's all yummy! I've tried those oven bags too. It makes for a moist turkey. Haven't had that Cajun deep-fried but it sounds delicious (with or without beans).
31.) crookedeye - 03/28/2013
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instead of beef grind up some turkey,,
32.) Deerminator - 03/28/2013
MMMMMM turkey burger
33.) DParker - 03/28/2013
You've missed out. For farm-raised birds there is no better cooking method than Cajun deep-frying. Crispy skin and moist, flavorful meat with no greasiness. Now I'm just curious to see if anyone has subjected wild birds to that treatment, and if they turn out as well.
34.) crookedeye - 03/28/2013
[QUOTE=DParker;4131]You've missed out. For farm-raised birds there is no better cooking method than Cajun deep-frying. Crispy skin and moist, flavorful meat with no greasiness. Now I'm just curious to see if anyone has subjected wild birds to that treatment, and if they turn out as well.[/QUOTE]

cajun deep frying??You must be thinking of wendys spicy chicken sammich meal with fry's and a frosty..

i dont think you could form a wild bird into that type of pattie..
35.) DParker - 03/28/2013
Tell me you're not serious, and that you do in fact know about Cajun deep-fried turkeys (whole).

And here I just got done telling Swampy how cultured this place is becoming.

36.) crookedeye - 03/28/2013
my dad and brother did one years ago..i dont no about cajun, but they plucked two jakes, "which seemed lasted for hours" but when they where done they had to full turkeys just like store boughten.

they deep fried them in a turkey fryer ..and to this day that was the best turkey i ever eaten..
37.) DParker - 03/28/2013
Well, there you go. Though one of the things that makes it "Cajun" is the injection of a (usually slightly spicey) marinade into the meat before frying.
38.) Deerminator - 03/28/2013
[QUOTE=DParker;4131]You've missed out. For farm-raised birds there is no better cooking method than Cajun deep-frying. Crispy skin and moist, flavorful meat with no greasiness. Now I'm just curious to see if anyone has subjected wild birds to that treatment, and if they turn out as well.[/QUOTE]

The farm birds are raised and fed special diets of hormones and chemical compounds to make them fatter, juicyer with bigger breasts.(:-))
They're delicious.
Wild birds should also be tasty, Prolly a shorter cooking time.

I made chicken and biscuits for dinner. Betchya Turkey and biscuits or turkey and dumplings.
39.) crookedeye - 03/28/2013
[QUOTE=Deerminator;4148]The farm birds are raised and fed special diets of hormones and chemical compounds to make them fatter, juicyer with bigger breasts.(:-))
They're delicious.
Wild birds should also be tasty, Prolly a shorter cooking time.

I made chicken and biscuits for dinner. Betchya Turkey and biscuits or turkey and dumplings.[/QUOTE]

back in about 9th grade we injected some baby chicks with hormones and half with out,..the ones we injected with hormones got out of control.. got freakishly big in no time.. all i can remember is this ant right..
40.) Deerminator - 03/28/2013
Whaday taste like?
41.) crookedeye - 03/28/2013
i think we just threw them in the carbbage ..
42.) Deerminator - 03/28/2013
:pray:
43.) bluecat - 03/29/2013
[QUOTE=Deerminator;4148] are raised and fed special diets of hormones and chemical compounds to make them fatter, juicyer with bigger breasts.(:-))
[/QUOTE]

Hmm, I wonder if this could be used on...perish the thought.
44.) Nathan - 03/29/2013
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;4113]Any new ideas? I hope to be after them next week. Depends on a couple of things...

I was just thinking I'd like to try fajitas...cook strips or chucks in a pressure cooker to tenderize them, or maybe some other way.

Anybody have any good fajita tips? Spices, marinades, ingredients?[/QUOTE]

We use this with venison. When I cut up the deer any of the good steak ends that won't make a good steak are cut into strips instead of heading to the burger department. We premix a lot of the marinade then vacuum seal them already. Makes a quick and easy meal.

3/4 lb top sirloin steak
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 garlic clove, finely minced
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon hot pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 flour tortillas ( 8 inch/20 cm)
1 -2 onion, we usually use approx. 1-2 depending on size ( however much you like,enough to make a good mix with the peppers)
2 small sweet peppers, of your choice ( green, red, or yellow)

Give it a try or any variation of this would be good.
45.) Swamp Fox - 03/29/2013
Thanks! That looks good. I was hoping for something with some zest...:tu:
46.) DParker - 03/29/2013
1/2 tsp each of chili powder and pepper flakes is "something with some zest"? I'd better make a special toned-down batch of my chili just for you Carolinians. :p
47.) Swamp Fox - 03/29/2013
"Firefighters rushed to the site of the zesty blaze, but were too late to save the warehouse full of spices..."

There's a reason you've never seen that sentence, til now. :wink
48.) DParker - 03/29/2013
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;4232]"Firefighters rushed to the site of the zesty blaze, but were too late to save the warehouse full of spices..."

There's a reason you've never seen that sentence, til now. :wink[/QUOTE]

Well, of course not. No one loves a good, spicy chili more than firefighters, and nothing would have stopped them from getting there in time to save that warehouse. Duh.
49.) Swamp Fox - 03/29/2013
:p...
50.) Leighton - 03/29/2013
The best way I have found to cook anything is GIVE IT TO THE WIFE and call me when it's ready .:tu:
51.) Hunter - 03/29/2013
All these recipes for Swampy and he hasn't yet been able to get the main ingredient! :grin:
52.) Swamp Fox - 03/29/2013
I'm bookmarking them in case I ever need them! :-)

How've you been doing so far? I can start Monday if I can get out from under some stuff. We'll see...
53.) bluecat - 03/29/2013
I hit an oppossum this morning Swampy. You want me to send him to you?
54.) Hunter - 03/29/2013
I only got out opening morning. Heard a fantastic vocal performance. 3 or 4 gobblers were henned up with a flock. The trees were rocking but I couldn't get the gobblers to come my way. I did have 2 hens fly down about 10 yards from me.

But, since our blueberries are coming in about 2 weeks early this year, I haven't been out since. I hear them gobbling every morning while i'm working. They are just taunting me! I'm hoping for a morning this weekend but don't know how this full moon will affect them.
55.) Swamp Fox - 03/29/2013
[QUOTE=Hunter;4281] I'm hoping for a morning this weekend but don't know how this full moon will affect them.[/QUOTE]


Makes 'em crazy! :-)

Good luck!

Bluecat, yeah send it along but keep the "O"---I wouldn't know what to do with it, LOL
56.) DParker - 03/29/2013
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;4284]Makes 'em crazy! :-)

Good luck!

Bluecat, yeah send it along [B]but keep the "O"---I wouldn't know what to do with it[/B], LOL[/QUOTE]

Granny is saddened by what a disappointment you've grown up to be.



Possum Stew:

Serves/Makes:6


Ingredients
1 lb (.5 kg). ground beef
1 can (16 oz (448 grm).) diced tomatoes
1 can (16 oz (448 grm).) ranch style beans
1 can (4-1/2 oz (126 grm).) sliced mushrooms
1 can (4-1/2 oz (126 grm).) chopped green chilies
1-1/2 cups (350 ml) uncooked rice (Minute Rice takes less time)
1 can water
1 cup (225 ml) crushed tortilla chips
1 cup (225 ml) shredded cheese
Chili Powder to taste
Salt & Pepper to taste

Instructions:Preparation
Brown beef in pot.
Add tomatoes, beans, drained mushrooms, chilies, rice and water.
Season with the chili powder, salt & pepper.
When rice is done turn down heat to low.
Top with the crushed tortilla chips (do not stir in) and sprinkle shredded cheese on top of chips.
Put lid on pot; dinner is ready when cheese is melted.
A pan of cornbread will make this meal complete.
57.) crookedeye - 03/29/2013
one of my best times hunting turkey is when there was a thunderstorm off in the distance..they where so vocal and active that evening it was crazy ..i think me and my buddy shot one that night.
58.) Swamp Fox - 03/29/2013
[QUOTE=bluecat;4280]I hit an oppossum this morning Swampy. You want me to send him to you?[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;4284]
Bluecat, yeah send it along but keep the "O"---I wouldn't know what to do with it, LOL[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=DParker;4290]Granny is saddened by what a disappointment you've grown up to be.

Possum Stew:

Serves/Makes:6


Ingredients
1 lb (.5 kg). ground [B]beef[/B]
1 can (16 oz (448 grm).) diced tomatoes
1 can (16 oz (448 grm).) ranch style beans
1 can (4-1/2 oz (126 grm).) sliced mushrooms
1 can (4-1/2 oz (126 grm).) chopped green chilies
1-1/2 cups (350 ml) uncooked rice (Minute Rice takes less time)
1 can water
1 cup (225 ml) crushed tortilla chips
1 cup (225 ml) shredded cheese
Chili Powder to taste
Salt & Pepper to taste

Instructions:Preparation
Brown beef in pot.
Add tomatoes, beans, drained mushrooms, chilies, rice and water.
Season with the chili powder, salt & pepper.
When rice is done turn down heat to low.
Top with the crushed tortilla chips (do not stir in) and sprinkle shredded cheese on top of chips.
Put lid on pot; dinner is ready when cheese is melted.
A pan of cornbread will make this meal complete.
[/QUOTE]


Looks like Granny didn't know what to do with the "O" either, LOL...And she didn't even bother with the possum!
59.) crookedeye - 03/29/2013
i heard coon was really good if cook right...i would like to try that one day for the heck of it..
60.) Swamp Fox - 03/29/2013
I've done raccoon--way back---find another way to do other than par-boiling for a roast, is all I can say, LOL.

Other people have made it for me in a crockpot and it's not bad. It depends on the spices, LOL.
61.) crookedeye - 03/29/2013
o guess thats one of those things if youre really really hungry..and have no money..
62.) PB - 03/30/2013
I only had wild turkey once, but my daughter baked it in one of those cooking bags, which I thought helped retain moisture. Anyway, it was great! I liked it better than farm raised.