Leave room between the stuffing and breast bone or the turkey may not cook through; ensure you can push a wooden spoon handle into the cavity above the stuffing. Also stuff the neck cavity.

Cooking a full turkey is no easy task and many ... you're missing out on big flavor. "Use the turkey neck, giblets (minus the liver) and other parts to make a flavorful homemade stock or gravy.

In skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in onions, celery, sage, thyme and pepper; cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until browned. 2. Remove giblets and neck from the turkey ...

One day, you don’t notice your neck at all, the next the sagging and wrinkling of the skin seems to have appeared overnight. Step forward the terrifying-sounding ‘turkey neck’. Just as the ...

Preheat oven to 350°. Prepare the turkey: Cut off ends of drumsticks, and make a cut 1" deep at joint connecting the drumstick and thigh of each leg. Set a wire rack in bottom of a large stockpot and ...

Loosen the skin over the breast of the turkey by slipping your fingers between the flesh and skin at the neck end ... Tie the legs with cooking string to give a neat shape. Tuck the wings under ...