Name: Brining Turkey
Ingredients: 1 1/2 c Kosher salt; 1 1/2 c Sugar; 1 1/2 ga Water

If trifles are vital parts of divine providence, what of evil? Evil is often vastly significant. The most important event which ever occurred was, in one aspect, horribly evil. The crucifixion of Jesus from the standpoint of the crucifiers was grotesquely wicked. Yet, even though the killing of Christ was atrocity itself, what event was so vital and its effects so beneficial as the death of Christ? If God's providence does not include evil, it does not include the most important event which has ever taken place.

John Gerstner

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	c	Kosher salt
1 1/2	c	Sugar
1 1/2	ga	Water

INSTRUCTIONS

After reading several Cook's Illustrated articles about the benefits of
brining chicken and turkey, I have been converted to their way of thinking.
It does make the meat moister and tastier. The standard solution they
recommend, and I've been using, for a 6 - 8 pound turkey breast or a
chicken is:
Soak for 5 hours.
I would appreciate your thoughts on how to apply this "formula" to an 18-21
lb. whole turkey. I believe that the solution would remain the same but I'm
not sure how to adjust the soaking solution. Would 5 hours still allow the
solution to thoroughly penetrate the entire turkey? How long might be
enough? Has anyone read any Cook's Illustrated articles on brining an
entire turkey and care to share it with me?
Posted to EAT-L Digest  by "Grace M. Wagner" <wgmm@CITYNET.NET> on Nov 20,
1997

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