Roast Turkey
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Roast Turkey

Ingredients

  • 12 pound turkey

Directions

  1. The turkey should be thoroughly cleaned and washed in a Pan of water to which one teaspoon of soda has been added To each two quarts of water.
  2. Wash the inside with a cloth, Rinsing thoroughly, allowing plenty of water to run through the Turkey.
  3. Dry well and stuff.
  4. Season all over with salt, pepper And butter.
  5. When baking, lay the fowl first on one side, then On the other until one-half hour before taking from the oven.
  6. Then it should be turned on its back, allowing the breast to Brown.
  7. A twelve pound turkey should be cooked three hours In a moderate oven, basting frequently.

Other Information

Author: Louise Bennett Weaver, Helen Cowles LeCron

Source: A Thousand Ways To Please a Husband (1917-01-01)

Category: Meat, Main Dish

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Equipment: stove

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