SC - Deep-fried Turkey? OOP

[Elaine Koogler]

Yup...actually my lord tried it.  We purchased a turkey frier, which consists of a
kind of tall skinny aluminum pot, a large skewer-type implement to carry the turkey
and a pump to get the oil out after you're done(even had a strainer in it to get out
any non-oil particles).  We visited our local BJ's and purchased a giant, economy-size
container of oil, and Phillip tried it.  I wasn't sure why anyone would want to do
such a thing myself, but was assured that it was excellent...after all Justin said it
was.  I'll tell you truthfully:  it was excellent.  I can't wait for him to try it
again!  It came out moist and well-seasoned, and was thoroughly cooked.  I think it
was this last that I was most afraid of.

Kiri

Tara Sersen wrote:

> Greetings, all.  I hope you all had a good Turkey-Day!
>
> I caught a bit of a food show on NPR last Wednesday, and they were talking about
> the dangers of a "new, trendy way of cooking turkey" - immersing it in boiling
> oil.  They were talking about things like setting your curtains on fire or burning
> yourself severely with splashing oil.  I figured this was a joke - deep-frying
> a whole turkey?
>
> But, I happened to walk into the living room on Thursday while my father-in-law
> was watching the Macy's Parade on tv.  Much to my amusement, there was Bobby
> Flay (I think it was him, anyway,) deep frying a turkey as a demo at the parade
> site.
>
> So, my question is, WHY??  Why would someone want to deep-fry a whole turkey?
>  Does it cook faster?  Taste better?  Is a huge stock pot and 30 gallons of
> oil cheaper than a roasting pan?  I can't imagine wanting to maneuver a 25 pound
> bird into and out of a tall pot full of deadly-hot oil sitting way up on the
> stove.  And I'm certain that I couldn't lift the pot down to the ground after
> the oil was hot, put the turkey in and then lift it back UP there safely.  By
> then it would be a 50 or 60 pound tall pot full of deadly-hot oil.  Ouch!  Getting
> it in and out of the oven and flipping it over in the roaster is bad enough.
>
> I was much more interested in trying to grill the bird in halves, which was
> his other demo.  But, this hot oil thing still has me fascinated.  Has anybody
> tried this?
>
> Thanks!
> Magdalena vander Brugghe
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