Outside of winter

[monkeyboy]

When do you cook turkey?

 

[Michelle67]

Any time ya want, I guess, if you don't live someplace it's just too stinkin hot to run the oven that long. Aside from Thanksgiving, we've cooked them when we had a lot of people coming for dinner and a chicken just wasn't going to do it, and we also had deep fried turkey at our wedding reception. That was February, so I guess it was still "winter." I love turkey. I'd cook it regularly if it wasn't for the fact that my husband (who merely tolerates it) would revolt. I usually get an extra one at Thanksgiving time for some time later, just as I usually buy several corned beefs around St. Pat's day while they are cheap so we can have them later on.

 

[mrodgers]

Use a roaster and you don't have to heat up the house with the oven.

My wife's family has ruined Thanksgiving for me. That was the only time I ever ate turkey and it was awesome. I come from a ham eating family. Ham for Easter, ham for Christmas, ham for large get-togethers. My wife's family has turkey for everything. There are so many birthdays and turkey is on the menu every time. I got sick of turkey because it was a special treat to have at Thanksgiving and now it is everywhere.

 

[Pikester]

We use to deep fry one for the 4th of July. Moved on to a smoked turkey for a couple of years and now we just stick with burgers, brats and hotdogs.

 

[krcit]

Now that it is grilling weather we have a turkey london broil on the grill about 2 times a month

 

[minkydog]

I think I cook a turkey about 3 times a year. It's way too hot here in Georgia to cook a turkey in the summer, but I have one a Thanksgiving, Christmas, and then sometime around Feb-March. Mostly because my kids love all things Thanksgiving and they need a "fix" along about spring. When I make the turkey, I do the whole business--homemade dressing, devilled eggs, collard greens, carrot casserole, pie.

 

[bellebud]

we cook a big turkey often, have a nice dinner the first night, and my dh eats turkey sandwiches for lunch all week. he loves them.

 

[pospisil]

Never, only Thanksgiving and Christmas.

 

[Kathi OD]

If you're talking about the whole turkey, then never. But we had boneless turkey breast on the grill this past Sunday. Since DH and I were told to get our cholesterol down, we have been eating a whole lot of turkey. Turkey burgers, turkey meatballs, turkey chili. I'll also stop at the store and buy roasted turkey breast and make turkey salad.

 

[Pooh67_68]

Big one with all the trimmings at Thanksgiving.

Just a small turkey breast with mashed potatoes and a veggie, throughout the year. As a matter of fact I just bought one yesterday for the weekend.