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RE: The engineer versus the turkey. - 11/25/2010 4:38:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, far be it for me to state the obvious, but why didn't you just LOOK at the label before putting it in the cart?  I usually know what size I'm looking for anyway, so you have to sort thru the birds til you find one close to the weight you want.......

Just sayin', yanno..........

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RE: The engineer versus the turkey. - 11/25/2010 4:41:20 PM   
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Well, far be it for me to state the obvious, but why didn't you just LOOK at the label before putting it in the cart?  I usually know what size I'm looking for anyway, so you have to sort thru the birds til you find one close to the weight you want.......

Just sayin', yanno..........


Where's the fun in that?!

A degree of randomness makes for a more exciting holiday.

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RE: The engineer versus the turkey. - 11/25/2010 4:43:07 PM   
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RE: The engineer versus the turkey. - 11/25/2010 5:56:42 PM   
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Very practicle.
You could set set up a broom stale as a balance. Hang it off one end and hang other weights off the other.



Yeah, but the body can make a pretty decent fulcrum without much fuss or trouble. 

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I did that with hamburger a few weeks ago (my mom's stash) and it worked well....would that it made the burger better.  It was some amazingly evil stuff from Walmart.


  I stopped buying any meat from Walmart and switched to a local butcher.  The difference in quality was amazing. Even though I don't shop at Walmart any more at all, I still avoid buying meats at the grocery store.

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I'm not an engineer but...

I'd simply compare it to other things of known weight.  5lb of sugar along with a few other unopened canned food items placed in a handled grocery bag, held in one hand while holding the turkey in the other might give me an idea of how much the turkey weighs.  



Clearly too much common sense for an engineer .


Having worked with many an engineer, I'd have to agree that applies to a good deal of them. 

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RE: The engineer versus the turkey. - 11/25/2010 6:03:12 PM   
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Well, far be it for me to state the obvious, but why didn't you just LOOK at the label before putting it in the cart?  I usually know what size I'm looking for anyway, so you have to sort thru the birds til you find one close to the weight you want.......

Just sayin', yanno..........
This may be one twue example of men are from Mars, women are from Venus..

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RE: The engineer versus the turkey. - 11/25/2010 6:05:58 PM   
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Very practicle.
You could set set up a broom stale as a balance. Hang it off one end and hang other weights off the other.




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RE: The engineer versus the turkey. - 11/25/2010 11:18:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		Steven, yes weight does have something to do with cooking time but internal temperature for poultry is more important.
Get yourself a cooking thermometer and stick it into the middle of the breast of the turkey and when it reaches 180 (F) it's done.
And don't ever stuff a turkey. The cold stuffing insulates and prevents the inside and dark meat from cooking thoughraly. Make stuffing in a pan.
What's 180 (F) in celcious 87 or so?

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RE: The engineer versus the turkey. - 11/26/2010 1:05:59 AM   
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RE: The engineer versus the turkey. - 11/26/2010 1:50:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		If this ever happens again, (and You don't want to follow the suggestions above), You could simply roast the turkey until it reaches an internal temperature of 165 F. Insert a probe thermometer into the thickest part of the thigh. Or simpy pierce the thigh- if the juices run clear, it's fully cooked. As the bird rests (and it should rest 30 min - 1 hour), the temp may continue to rise.

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RE: The engineer versus the turkey. - 11/26/2010 1:55:26 AM   
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Status: offline 		After all this headache, i would have just taken it back to the store, used their scales and been done with it. Or, order a pizza.

Way too much headache for a turkey...

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RE: The engineer versus the turkey. - 11/26/2010 2:12:01 AM   
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Steven, yes weight does have something to do with cooking time but internal temperature for poultry is more important.
Get yourself a cooking thermometer and stick it into the middle of the breast of the turkey and when it reaches 180 (F) it's done.
And don't ever stuff a turkey. The cold stuffing insulates and prevents the inside and dark meat from cooking thoughraly. Make stuffing in a pan.
What's 180 (F) in celcious 87 or so?


Incidently, popeye's advice and mine are the same. The breast cooks up faster than the thigh (which has a bone), and so the breast is at around 180 F when the thigh reaches 165F.

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P.S.- i'm glad You won Your fight. i would've been worried about You if You were outsmarted by a turkey.

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RE: The engineer versus the turkey. - 11/26/2010 3:47:35 AM   
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Status: offline 		Sheeesh...i am married to an engineer and i gotta ask...how bloomin' anal can you dudes get?

Steven...stick the darn thing in the oven and cook it until the smoke alarm goes off.

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RE: The engineer versus the turkey. - 11/26/2010 3:51:25 AM   
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Steven...stick the darn thing in the oven and cook it until the smoke alarm goes off.


This had me in fits of the giggles.

"When it's brown it's cooking ... when it's black it's done!".

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RE: The engineer versus the turkey. - 11/26/2010 3:57:01 AM   
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"When it's brown it's cooking ... when it's black it's done!".
such words of wisdom...




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RE: The engineer versus the turkey. - 11/26/2010 3:58:43 AM   
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Steven...stick the darn thing in the oven and cook it until the smoke alarm goes off.



"When it's brown it's cooking ... when it's black it's done!".


That's how i do it.

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RE: The engineer versus the turkey. - 11/26/2010 4:00:52 AM   
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RE: The engineer versus the turkey. - 11/26/2010 4:01:10 AM   
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"When it's brown it's cooking ... when it's black it's done!".
such words of wisdom...




An old saying of my mum's (who I must stress is an excellent cook).

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RE: The engineer versus the turkey. - 11/26/2010 4:12:40 AM   
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Very practicle.
You could set set up a broom stale as a balance. Hang it off one end and hang other weights off the other.




".....and therefore........."

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RE: The engineer versus the turkey. - 11/26/2010 4:15:39 AM   
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RE: The engineer versus the turkey. - 11/26/2010 6:42:50 AM   
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Submerge the turkey in water and measure how much water is displaced.

The conversion factpr is 1 pint of water is one pound.

Close enough that it wouldn't matter.

Stefan


That's one of those "solutions" that's technically correct (well it isn't, the densities aren't the same, but it's an estimate), but would almost be bound to be more trouble than it's worth, and leave your kitchen half submerged


You never heard of a bathtub?


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