Is it necessary to rinse the turkey?
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Comments (5)No, rinsing it is not worthwhile. It's a waste of your time, and more importantly, it's a waste of water. The amount of salt on seaweed is negligible for soil systems and compost systems. If you're adding so much seaweed that salt becomes a problem, then your soil system or compost system isn't going to be well balanced enough anyways to be successful. Salt is no good for plants but with enough organic matter in a system other than seaweed you will be fine. What I do is usually add seaweed but in small layers at a time, separated with other organic material like leaves/grass/etc. Space it out and don't go overboard. You'll be fine. Don't waste precious water and don't waste your time....See MoreCrushed stone path -- do you rinse the stone first?
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Comments (21)To Nancy, the original poster, we have flipped, cheeseclothed, stuffed and not, ...done it all. For us it depends on the size of the bird and the oven. We brine. And rinse. Then let the bird rest in the fridge un-covered for a few hours to dry off. We never use the amount of salt in a recipe. We learned early on, years ago, from a disaster recipe for chicken thighs DH wanted to make 'as the recipe exactly' even though i thought it was far too much salt and soy sauce. This was years ago and we could not eat it. It is now one of our favorites, adjusted. Following a brined Turkey recipe without experience brining might have the same outcome. It really isn't necessary especially if your Turkey is 'enhanced'. All our ovens are different. Sizes and heat methods. Gas vs electric. One persons perfect bird 'recipe' is not necessarily mine or yours. Use your thermometer and check temp. If it works this year, the same good outcome will work the next time. Same oven. (we have a new oven so we watched it like a hawk this year) My mother has a new oven and it was shoe leather last year. She just did what she always did but never checked temp. (we were driving/traveling) so we could not help at all......See MoreFor those concerned about pre-rinsing dishes
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