. Agri-news. Agriculture. October 2,2000 Time to buy that turkey! ! Thanksgiving is a celebration steeped in a tradition of families coming together and sharing the harvest abundance. Whether the family opts for the traditional Alberta turkey, or chooses roast beef, bison, pork, chicken, ostrich or rhea, it's the celebration that counts. "Buying a turkey is one of the fun activities at thanksgiving time," says Linda St. Onge, food scientist and nutritionist with Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Leduc. "Turkey can be purchased frozen or fresh, whole or in part, pr
. Agri-news. Agriculture. October 2,2000 Time to buy that turkey! ! Thanksgiving is a celebration steeped in a tradition of families coming together and sharing the harvest abundance. Whether the family opts for the traditional Alberta turkey, or chooses roast beef, bison, pork, chicken, ostrich or rhea, it's the celebration that counts. "Buying a turkey is one of the fun activities at thanksgiving time," says Linda St. Onge, food scientist and nutritionist with Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Leduc. "Turkey can be purchased frozen or fresh, whole or in part, pre-seasoned, pre-basted or ; Turkeys are graded by appearance. Grade A denotes the highest quality birds free from physical defects. Birds with discolouration, tears in the skin or a missing wing are graded Utility. Nutrition is not affected. If you buy a frozen turkey, leave the original wrapping on and thaw it out in the refrigerator. Depending on size, it will take several days, so plan accordingly. If you don't have enough refrigerator space, use the cold-water thawing method, or a large insulated picnic hamper. To avoid food-borne illness, it's important to keep the thawed portion cold while the inner portion of the turkey is stilj thaw ing out. Cook a thawed or fresh turkey within a day or two. "Pre-basted turkevs have had fat injected under the skin. During cooking the fat melts and bastes' the turkey," adds St. Onge. "Consumers pay a higher price for pre-basted turkeys that have that added hydrogenated or saturated fat added. While moist turkey is the goal of all holiday cooks, it is just as easy to wiap a few strips of bacon around the drumsticks and lay a few strips across the breast. Or you can decide to find the turkey baster and take the time to baste the bird by hand. Be careful around the hot oven and remember that there can be a lot of steam building up in a covered roasting pan. Lift the lid ; Overcooking will dry o
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