The Hit Farm

Okay, so you've got the whole brining thing down. How long do you actually cook the turkey? Symmetry Breaking suggests you use (I kid you not) this equation. It seems that there has been a lot more talk about brining over the past few years. I get a lot of emails, phone calls an in-person [...]

If you want the tenderest, juiciest turkey possible, then you definitely want to brine it. Brining meat in a salt solution causes the proteins to re For starters, Doucette recommends brining a turkey before it even hits the oven. A brine soak will add approximately 24 hours to your prep, but Doucette says it will [...]

The recipe below is not an old family tradition, but is the way I will always prepare a turkey. I brined my first turkey breast last Thanksgiving and it was the most tender and moist turkey I had ever cooked. It carved perfectly as thin or thick as I It seems that there has been [...]