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nutraxfornerves
The germs that might cause food poisoning are usually not in the stuffing ingredients; they are in the cavity of the turkey. They can start breeding in that nice, moist stuffing and get to high enough levels that they aren't fully done in by cooking.
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northamerican
Nutrax: My post at #10 was not intended to dispute what you said at #7, but to explain what I thought was the reasoning behind it; namely, that certain ingredients in the stuffing can lead to problems. I did not know that the germs are in the cavity of the bird itself. Ugh! What will I eat next year?
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anonymous
It maybe all a bit late now, but i would cut the legs off and peel off the skin, strip the leg meat off the bone and mix it with stuffing and then stuff the leg skin and sew up like sausages. This way you cut the cooking time and have less of an ordeal when it comes to carving it, you could also do it with the neck skin if you get a full bird, stick it all in a roasting bag and Bob's yer Uncle.
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seppolini
It's 7:38 AM now on Friday in Sydney OP, now what are you going to do with the turkey leftovers?
Turkey croquettes, turkey noodle soup? Turkey and cheese sarnies?
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5waldos
Drover- your life must be quite sad if you treat everything this way. We love to celebrate- Chinese New Years, May Day, Fat Tuesday, Cinco de Mayo, Palauan Independance Day, all the Jewish holidays, and bloody well why not? To some degree it is a recognition that we live in a small world and isn't it nice that all these people have days that they set aside to have a good time. And yes, some of the holidays also have deep religious or national meaning- I'm not hurting anyone by not digging deeply into the underlying meaning.
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