Stock or Not when roasting your turkey?

[PoohBWV]

My mother swears you must not use stock in the bottom of the pan when roasting a turkey. I usually don't, but have just seen a recipe on cooking.com where they used a homemade turkey stock in the bottom of the roasting pan. What do you all do?

 

[holycow]

my DH makes the Turkey with stock and it is yummy!
HC

 

[piratesmate]

I never heard that you shouldn't roast the bird with stock. I'm not sure why that would be. I've roasted a turkey planning to shred it & use it for sandwiches. In order to get additional broth, I added several cups of water & it turned out great. I can't see what the difference would be.

Not much help - sorry!

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