The beer garden

[Kai]

But I still won't be trying with Xmas freerange chicken. Too much jeopardy with that amount of hot oil for me.

It'll be fine, most days you won't die

[firlandsfarm]

I've read that 4000+ burn their houses down every year doing this. (deep frying turkey - not jumping out of planes).

4,000! According to the National Fire Protection Association: deep fryer fires cause an average of 5 deaths, 60 injuries and $15 million in property damage each year. But let's run with the 'homeless but still alive' 4,000. That's ultra safe for a nation where as of Dec. 7, at least 40,167 people have died from gun related incidents in the U.S. this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive – which is an average of almost 118 deaths each day!

The problem is that staying alive is the most dangerous thing you can do. Even to the extent of not going out of your home to avoid all the risks out there but what do you do when you learn that the home is the most dangerous place you can be? Life/living is fraught with risk whatever you do and whatever safety steps you take to avoid risk. As I said if you place a frozen turkey into an overfilled pot of very hot oil that is over an open flame you can expect Darwin to claim you and prevent you from polluting the breeding stock going forward.

So how should you deep fry a turkey or chicken ...

Don't use a pot heated with an open flame, that way any oil that is spilled is less likely to instantly combust. Use an electric thermostat controlled pot to ensure no overheating.
Make sure the bird is completely thawed all the way through (best still use a fresh bird).
The day before place the bird on the cooking stand and into the pot (unheated) and top up with water until the bird is just covered.
Remove the bird and measure the amount of water in the pot.
Dry the bird as best possible and leave on the stand overnight to air dry turning upright occasionally to encourage any water in any 'nooks & crannies' to flow out.
When ready to cook place the measured amount of oil in the pot and set the thermostat to bring it up to 100C, which will ensure any water that has evaded your drying technique will not turn to steam and explode.
With the bird on the cooking stand gently lower it into the pot.
Turn the thermostat up to the cooking temperature of about 175C
When the bird is cooked lift it using the cooking stand and hold it over the pot to allow the surface oil to drain back into the pot.
Consume bird at your leisure.

Note: I would not cook turkey this way because I come from a very old school where you lay streaky bacon over the breast, stuff the main cavity as well as the neck and let the dripping fall into the catch tray below, half for the gravy and half for dripping on toast in the days to come. My father was an old school butcher and I handle/keep meats with confidence. My nose and eyes are my 'best before' sensors.

[sionascaig]

And of course the other reason is that it tastes crap (deep fried turkey)...

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/d ... n-blankets

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Deep fried everything...

[firlandsfarm]

And of course the other reason is that it tastes crap (deep fried turkey)...

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/d ... n-blankets

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Deep fried everything...

Never had deep fried turkey so cannot comment on taste/texture.

[Derek27]

Breaking news on Sky, Christmas carols are being sung to the wrong tune.

[Derek27]

Don't flush body parts down the toilet. It clogs up the pipes, stinks and you'll soon have the police around investigating!

[Derek27]

Calls for the Home Secretary's resignation for cracking a tasteless joke that barely falls below my high standards.

[The Silk Run]

Calls for the Home Secretary's resignation for cracking a tasteless joke that barely falls below my high standards.

Isn't that boy from Sierra Leone.

[Derek27]

Six fire engines turn up to Blackpool Tower to put out ...... a net lit up with orange light, blowing in the wind.

[Derek27]

Johnny Depp should play a depressed junkie at a rehabilitation centre for his next film. He wouldn't even need to act!

[Derek27]

If I were Liz Truss, I'd nominate 49 people for honours, one for each day in office.

[Archangel]

Liz Truss has a new year's honours list.

Bloody hell, the state of this country....

[Derek27]

After all the fireworks set off in Sydney, Seoul marks the new year by tolling a bell.

[Derek27]

A video of Rick Ashley just popped up on Sky News, and for a moment I was hoping to see the caption: Rick Ashley 1966 - 2023.

No such luck. He's playing at Glastonbury.

tbh - not a huge fan of the obvious *hit*. but, he is a lovely genuine guy. very self deprecating humour.

https://youtu.be/OcL3wJCE1w8

he's definitely prone to popping up un announced on many occasions, to the joy of the participants. saw one with foo fighters a while back!!

What a way to see in the new year! He's on BBC1 singing Together Forever!

He's played all his worst songs and I had to switch back to Sky after the fireworks. At least his worst songs that I've heard, but I guess to his fans, they were his best songs.

[firlandsfarm]

Seoul marks the new year by tolling a bell.

Well it won't add to global warming!