How to Carve a Turkey (It’s Easier Than You Think

Carving a turkey can be a stressful task. You’ve probably been drinking. Everyone is standing around waiting for you. It’s all up to you. But trust me: at the end of the day no one will care if you don’t do it perfectly. Get a few good breast slices off, get the legs off, and the rest is, well, gravy.
But to really do it right, I recommend watching at least one of the videos below. The basic steps are:
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Countdown to Thanksgiving: Cooking the Turkey

This article may give readers some idea about how long to cook a turkey. Please note that how long to cook a turkey depends upon a number of variables such as the size of turkey and cooking temperature etc.

Posted by Diane Van, Manager, USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline, on November 23, 2010 at 12:28 PM

November is the busiest month of the year for those of us on the USDA Meat & Poultry Hotline. During the week of Thanksgiving, we get lots of questions about how to safely cook a turkey. Here are answers to the questions we hear most often.

How can I tell when the turkey is done?

Whether you roast, brine, deep fry or smoke your turkey, always use a food thermometer to check the temperature of the meat. You won’t overcook your turkey, and you can ensure it has been cooked to a safe minimum internal temperature of 165 °F to destroy bacteria and prevent foodborne illness. Check the temperature in the innermost part of the thigh and wing and the thickest part of the breast. If the turkey is stuffed, the stuffing must also reach 165 °F.

How long to cook a turkey?

Use the Turkey Cooking Time Chart to determine how long to cook your turkey. These times are approximate and based on fresh or thawed birds at a refrigerator temperature of 40 °F or bel
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Stuff turkeys with ham sandwiches and chocolate, first graders say

Students in Christi Reed’s first grade class submitted their thoughts on how to cook a turkey for Thanksgiving.
    Cook the turkey in the pan at 100 degrees for 400 minutes. I help mom make mashed potatoes, corn and brownies and macaroni, too. Cut the turkey and gobble it down!
    Arica Weis

    I am putting flour and I am going to put in bananas, corn, a ham sandwich and nuts in it. At 1000 degrees I will the turkey on the oven. I am going to set the “stuff” at the table and everybody can come and eat all the turkey and food.
    Meric Veloz

    Put the turkey on a cooking sheet. Put in 1 cup of baking powder. Start the temperature on the stove at 1,00,000 degrees. Put chocolate in it. Cook it in the oven. Take it out of the oven and cut it and eat it.
    Kinzie Kolb

    I would put the turkey on the platter and put the temperature on the oven at 50 degrees. I will put seasoning on the turkey. Wait for it to cook for 20 minutes. Take the turkey out of oven and let it cool.
    Laney Bergstrom

    Put the turkey on a pan. Cook it at 100 degrees for 3 minutes. Take out of oven and cut with a knife. Place cut turkey on a plate and eat!
    Courtney Swemline

    Put the turkey at 40 degrees in the oven with carrots and broccoli. Cook it for 24 minutes. It is done when it is brown.
    Lucas Kessinger

    Put the turkey on the stove a 6000 degrees. Mix a kit-kat, twix, carrots, and strawberries. Put them on the turkey. Water it. Let it cook 6000 minutes.
    Carson Nodine

    Put the turkey in the oven with carrots and boccoli. The temperature is 200 degrees. The turkey is brown when it is in the oven.
    Cameron Tejeda

    Bake a turkey in a pot with lots of ingredients, like carrots, grapes, peas, apples, and blueberries. Cook for 20 minutes.
    Zoey Larson
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