steer clear of the "turkey" leg

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (emsmom)

Thu, 25 Mar 2004 15:23:30 GMT

We had them this summer at Dollywood in Tennessee. They do taste alot like ham hock. I thought they were good. I am sure they are alot better for you than the ham itself. I use alot of turkey products.
I use ground turkey for tacos and manwiches. I also buy the pkgs. of turkey legs in the grocery store and roast them in the oven. That makes a good meal with a tossed salad and cranberry sauce.

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (Alexander)

Wed, 03 Mar 2004 10:34:07 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by howard8

Alexander
I am always on the look out for new things to cook in my pressure cooker. How do you prepare those turkey legs?

I just salt & pepper them, put some water in the bottom of the pressure cooker, and cook them at 10 lbs pressure for around 35-45 minutes. I eat them just so, but I'm a confirmed basic carnivore. They would make a pretty good turkey salad, provided you use enough mayo to cover the color.

I'll have to warn you that the purplish hue makes them look pretty alarming. Also, the skin is pretty sticky.

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (howard8)

Wed, 03 Mar 2004 08:23:16 GMT

Alexander
I am always on the look out for new things to cook in my pressure cooker. How do you prepare those turkey legs?

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (Alexander)

Wed, 03 Mar 2004 07:18:48 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by St. Louis Browns fan

Few meals beat an OVEN-ROASTED turkey drumstick served with mashed potatoes, gravy, peas and cranberry sauce. I don't like the smoked ones.

I do mine (not smoked) in a pressure cooker. Wonderful flavor, but a kind of weird, purplish color.

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (Argent)

Fri, 26 Dec 2003 20:12:20 GMT

You know Ren Fairs are a lot like Alaska

quote:
Originally posted by lleechef

quote:
Originally posted by clothier

Hookers? Rowdy bars? Strip joints?

3 more reasons to visit Alaska.

I think my list of reasons is up to 7.

All that AND the turkey legs at the perky State Fair. Woah, now you will be stylin........don't forget your leisure suit.

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (i95)

Fri, 26 Dec 2003 10:56:18 GMT

Clothier, sorry, EliseT beat us to it.

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (EliseT)

Fri, 26 Dec 2003 02:11:45 GMT

Strip joints and(T)iffany (A)mber (T)hiesen???

Is that tit for TAT ?????

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (AdrianDube)

Thu, 25 Dec 2003 20:31:19 GMT

Strip Joints in Sand Lake? Now I'm the one who missed something . . .
And I find the red-white-and-blue flashing police car lights especially festive, praticularily during the holiday season . . .

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (i95)

Mon, 22 Dec 2003 12:49:58 GMT

Are we still talking about Tiffany Amber Thiessen ??

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (Rusty246)

Mon, 22 Dec 2003 11:19:12 GMT

Have add them at "ren" fairs, Wild Adventures, and DW. I think they roast them in one of those huge stainless steel jobies, by the rack fulls. I kind of like them myself. And for someone who salts everything even before trying the food, this is one food I can refrain. BTW, ever notice how those cheap napkins stick to your fingers when your trying to "clean up" after digging into one?

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (Zman)

Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:15:40 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by AdrianDube

Fairview is seedy -- we like to think of Spenard as "colorful" -- where do you hang out, lleechef, in Bayshore?

Hey, AD, I guess you could consider Spenard "colorful" since there is no shortage of red, white and blue police strobes flashing!!!!

We are deprived of this "color" in the Sand Lake area.

And clothier, thanks for your concern about Ms. Chef....but.....well.......yes, this is more hoity toity than Spenard, but I still know of some great strip joints.......

(typed by lleechef, laughing her arse off)

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (i95)

Sun, 21 Dec 2003 19:32:21 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by clothier

I'm not sure, since i know nothing about what you guys are talking about, but i think Ms. Chef has just been insulted.

Of course, it's possible you are talking about Bayshore High, home of Zach Morris and Screech.

But I think Bayshore is where the fancy shmancy pantsy people hang, correctamundo?

Three words for you, clothier:

TIFFANY AMBER THIESSEN

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (AdrianDube)

Sun, 21 Dec 2003 11:53:44 GMT

Fairview is seedy -- we like to think of Spenard as "colorful" -- where do you hang out, lleechef, in Bayshore?

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (lleechef)

Sat, 20 Dec 2003 23:32:15 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by clothier

Hookers? Rowdy bars? Strip joints?

3 more reasons to visit Alaska.

I think my list of reasons is up to 7.

All that AND the turkey legs at the perky State Fair. Woah, now you will be stylin........don't forget your leisure suit.

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (lleechef)

Sat, 20 Dec 2003 08:18:07 GMT

Sundancer, Spenard is a section of Anchorage that has always been famous (or infamous) for being a very seedy section of town. Hookers, strip joints, roudy bars, that became the notoriety of Spenard. It is no longer as bad as it used to be........I was being a smarta** about the "great metropolis of Anchorage". We all rag on Spenard here.
And yes, you are so right about Lake Spenard.....in 1940 it was connected to Lake Hood and is the busiest floatplane base in the world.

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (Sundancer7)

Sat, 20 Dec 2003 07:49:45 GMT

Spenard, AK?

Seems like that was the name of a lake at the airport? Also thought Spenard was about 50 miles southeast of Anchorage?

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (lleechef)

Sat, 20 Dec 2003 07:11:53 GMT

The great metropolis of Anchorage? Where's that? Did I miss something? Can somebody pass me another turkey leg?

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (AdrianDube)

Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:03:32 GMT

hey, I've lost a few quarters to the rats in my day . . .

And yes, I will give you that the AK State Fair is best discribed as "quaint" - especially compaired to fairs in the Midwest, but it still provides the required sights and smells of the fair experience -- just in a smaller package (except of course for the giant veggies -- my favorite of which was the giant blueberry which was about the size of a kumquat).

I usually go each year (recently overnighting in my RV) and refer to my time there as "eating my way through the state fair". Favorites include the afore mentioned turkey legs, Friar Tucks grilled corn on the cob, the cheeseburgers at the Slippery Gulch, and of course the cream puffs.

Hmmm.... is Fair Food a subset of Road Food?

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (AdrianDube)

Fri, 19 Dec 2003 08:47:19 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by clothier

quote:
Originally posted by AdrianDube

Ahhh the smoked turkey legs!! If you ever make it to Alaska in August there is the Alaska State Fair, where there are not one but two vendors of smoked turkey legs -- try the ones from the log cabin -- they are better that the Hawaiian guy.

You live in Alaska?

Where?

I live in the quaint and colorful neighborhood of Spenard, a part of the great metropolis of Anchorage

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (lleechef)

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 15:37:25 GMT

bring your roll of quarters and hold onto your hat!!!!

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (lleechef)

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 15:00:35 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by clothier

yet another reason to visit.

I'll take you on the Tilt'o'Whirl.....

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (lleechef)

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:21:17 GMT

check it out: www.alaskastatefair.org
you'll see for yourself.....rules and regulations for The Giant Cabbage Weigh-In Contest, the Spam (food, not email junk) Cooking Contest, on and on, oh we amuse ourselves up here in ways you folks that live Outside couldn't even imagine.

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (lleechef)

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:14:29 GMT

the record is 110 lbs. I believe. Not the turkey leg, the cabbage.

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (lleechef)

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:08:44 GMT

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Originally posted by clothier

Heck, I was impressed that he remembered which of the two legs was better.

And what's wrong with the tilt-o-whirl?

some rides are classic and timeless.

After a couple of those turkey legs and a few beers, maybe the tilt'o'whirl or the ferris wheel could become fun.....only after you've viewed the 90 pound cabbages.

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (lleechef)

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 11:33:43 GMT

Look out, clothier, another Alaskan.......and one that actually WENT to the State Fair????? Now THAT is a scary thought. And gnawed on turkey legs........hmmmmm.....presumably while riding one of the WONDERFUL amusement park rides like Tilt'o'Whirl. Right out of the 60's.
Other than eating turkey legs and riding antique rides that barely twirl, the other BIG attraction is.....are you ready?.....The Rat Race. This is hosted by the VFW and is essentially a betting game (no more than 25 cents, y'all hear?) about which hole the mouse will go in to. Oh yes, we have TONS of fun up here at the Fair.
Back to turkey legs........

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (AdrianDube)

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 10:12:51 GMT

Ahhh the smoked turkey legs!! If you ever make it to Alaska in August there is the Alaska State Fair, where there are not one but two vendors of smoked turkey legs -- try the ones from the log cabin -- they are better that the Hawaiian guy.

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (senor boogie woogie)

Fri, 12 Dec 2003 05:25:56 GMT

I have never had this,but it will be on my list of things to do before death,,,,,,,,,,

People (at leats in the south) deep fry Turkeys. Put the whole damned holiday bird in a pot of boiling oil and let loose. people have told me the outcome is absolutley heavenly. I don't know, but it cannot be too bad.

"Fat gives food flavor"-Julia Child

SENOR

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (St. Louis Browns fan)

Sun, 07 Dec 2003 01:01:56 GMT

Few meals beat an OVEN-ROASTED turkey drumstick served with mashed potatoes, gravy, peas and cranberry sauce. I don't like the smoked ones.

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (seafarer john)

Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:19:40 GMT

My oldest son worked the Ren Faire at Sterling Forest, NY when he was a senior in High School. He was assigned to be a beggar and was required to devise his own costume. He did a great job and left home for the drive down to Tuxedo arrayed in rags held together with more rags. To his surprise, patrons of the Faire gave him "alms" in real hard money - he came home with about $150 - some of it in fives and tens. Generous folks - those ren faire people!

RE: steer clear of the "turkey" leg (Argent)

Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:36:45 GMT

Yes indeed, I meant Renaissance Fair. I worked at way too many of them

quote:
Originally posted by alesrus

Yes that is it a ren fair is short for Renaissance Fair. There is one I have been to in Sterling forest N.Y. they have turkey legs and I think they are smoked with hickory wood. They are not bad except for the big tendons.