observer Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Got a few tips from Delia the other night - when you cover the bird with foil, make a tent effect above the bird, which acts as as oven within the oven. I've always cooked it upside down, to allow the juices to run into the breast, but noticed she cooked it right side up - but kept it basted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 I've always cooked mine the right way up and kept the foil loose (tent like) at the top and basted at regular intervals... I'm a naff cook or so I thought ... but maybe I'm not so bad after all if Delia is doing it the same way as me You have made my day Obs Wonder how many spoonfulls of Bisto gravy granuals (for turkey of course) she uses though and wether she prefers her christmas pud with custard out of a tin or the packet stuff that you mix with water.... tinned is far better in both consistency and flavour in my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 CUSTARD?????????????????????? Be daring and have Rum Sauce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LymmParent Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Obs missed the bit where Delia rammed pork mince stuffing into every possible orifice, smeared half a pound of butter over the bird and THEN layered it with a kilo of good streaky bacon. Thereby keeping the healthy white meat moist and succulent whilst leaving the gravy-making juices so loaded with cholesterol that you'd be dead by Boxing Day...... I found her dull, dull, dull and thought there was very little in the hour. More an exercise in selling her new book than a cookery programme, I think. All that intercutting with her walking in the garden and examining bags of breadcrumbs in her freezer was a right waste of time. I like the bit where we're all supposed to keep bags of frozen king prawns handy in case of unexpected visitors.... turn up at my house uninvited, you take pot luck on what's in the cake tin and join the ranks at set mealtimes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Thought the butter sounded unhealthy, still I bet it's tasty - can't wait to get cooking it - pork sausage meat for the stuffing to get some unhealthy fat into the bird - yummy. btw, she did a home made custard - and I think you can put rum in it?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LymmParent Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 I am a great fan of butter and you can't beat it for flavour, but I wouldn't have butter and bacon and pork stuffing. I use bacon myself, but never stuff any bird with anything more than an onion and some fresh sage or maybe a lemon and some garlic for a chicken. I always think there's a risk that it won't cook through - but then, to feed my lot requires something akin to an ostrich! I preferred Nigella's Christmas series myself. More recipes and more fun. Delia's freezer chat left me cold in many ways.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Obs. I watched the prog with Delia. I'm pretty sure she used two pieces of baking foil. One to wrap the turkey in full, and another piece to form the dome over the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Think you maybe right there Wing: talking of wings, prefer the leg myself, the dark meats yummy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 I'm a breast man meself. Ooooh us men eh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LymmParent Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Obs.I watched the prog with Delia. I'm pretty sure she used two pieces of baking foil. One to wrap the turkey in full, and another piece to form the dome over the top. She had two long pieces laid at right angles under the bird, so one went right over the top of the bird side to side and was long enough to leave airspace over the top, then the other piece came up at the two ends (neck and parson's nose) to seal the "tent". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Butter and Bacon are good on Turkey when cooking Sod the cholesterol its Xmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 I use a charcoal oven at times when I'm out fishing on an overnight session, it's dome shaped, and cooks a full chicken in two hours. It works on the principal a bit like Delias foil wrapping. The fire in one oven, and the chicken or whatever in the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LymmParent Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 So why do you take a chicken to cook on a fishing trip? Have you no faith in your abilities to hunt and gather? Might as well stay in the warm and buy some haddock then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Best to start another thread if you want to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Be carefull not to eat a rat - you might get prosecuted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 I hope they do prosecute then we might not have to suffer that crap program ever again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 You don't need to suffer it, don't watch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 True, but that might leave you with no channels to watch on occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LymmParent Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 I didn't see a single minute of it, but I gather they killed, cooked and ate a rat and this is cruelty. As opposed to chewing up live creatures, stomping around on them and stuffing them into stupid challenges, which is of course the main activity for everyone? The whole thing is pathetic. They are there for what, a fortnight? You can put up with anything for 14 days. Except the footage of this tedious nonsense...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Presume your a vegitarian then LP? How do you think that beef steak finds it's way to your plate?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocky Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 having the butcher cook our turkey for us this year.......it will be in the oven as we speak....but I do cook chickens in the slow cooker[to die for]pop the full chicken in...either frozen or fresh.....for about 5 hours on slow[or untill you think its done]evan leave overnight to cook[this would heat your house up to and wake you up to a nice smell.....tiny drop of water[half a cup to a cup of water with lemon juice]turn it over half way through,dosent matter if you dont.....it is gorgeous,and there seems to be alot more of it useable.......enjoy..................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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