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Cooking & Baking

Diamond_Dog

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8. Back in those days

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #6)

Thu Nov 28, 2024, 01:05 PM

Nov 2024

for some reason the cooks used to take the turkey out of the oven like 10 times to check and see if it needed more liquid added to the bottom,. My Grandma did that,too.

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Joy of Cooking Pan Gravy ....giblets, cream, drippings, salt & pepper, and a little corn starch [View all] Botany Nov 2024 OP

I can cook damn near anything, and do it pretty well, if I do say so myself. Except gravy. rsdsharp Nov 2024 #1

This is outstanding you can feel it go right to your heart. Botany Nov 2024 #3

Good tip! Can somebody explain to me why they take the turkey out of the oven rsdsharp Nov 2024 #6

Back in those days Diamond_Dog Nov 2024 #8

And leave it on the table and walk away? My mom would pull the turkey out to baste it, rsdsharp Nov 2024 #9

Yeah that is a bit of a stretch! Diamond_Dog Nov 2024 #10

I made a pan of concrete one thanksgiving Historic NY Nov 2024 #2

I have made my pans of dog food a time or two Botany Nov 2024 #4

California roasted Steve Garvey lapfog_1 Nov 2024 #5

Thanks Botany Nov 2024 #7

NOooooo!!!! Kali Nov 2024 #11

I hated my grandmothers' giblet gravies growing up. Lunabell Nov 2024 #12

My mother used to use flour and 1 cube of dried chicken stock. applegrove Nov 2024 #13