grinding turkey?

[aliceinfairyland]

Does anyone do this?? Yoif so, how do you do it? Our turkey turned out to be 40#. We have more leftovers than I care to think about.

[BettyBookWorm]

Nov 23, 2012 11:26:36 GMT -5 aliceinfairyland said:

Does anyone do this?? Yoif so, how do you do it? Our turkey turned out to be 40#. We have more leftovers than I care to think about.

If you have a stand mixer there is a meat grinding attachment!
That is how I grind meat when I have to.

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00004SGFH

Or you can get a butcher to do it. I don't know how expensive that would be. I believe there are stand alone grinders:
m.target.com/p/electric-meat-grinder-4500/-/A-665942


I hope that helps!

[motzie]

How the hell did you cook that thing? A bird that big wouldn't even come close to fitting in my oven, let alone any pan I own!

[aliceinfairyland]

Motzie, it was ridiculous. We had to use two pasta sized aluminum catering pans, and we had to tie the legs down, then cover the whole thing with tinfoil. To get it out of the oven, DH and my dad had to lift out the entire oven rack.

I had an inch of clearance on each side of the oven. It turned out okay, but it cooked for 7 hours. I'm surprised it wasn't dry as hell. Never again.

[fussbucket]

I am amazed also that you fit a 40 pound turkey in your oven.

I have never heard of grinding cooked meat. Does it not just turn to powder?

[aliceinfairyland]

Fuss, my mom used to grind it, mix it with Mayo and dill pickles. I'm having a stereotypical pregnant woman craving.

[Deleted]

You can get the same taste by chopping that shit up.

[fussbucket]

Well I have to admit that does sound good to me! But if you're basically making turkey salad, I agree that chopping it up would be preferable to grinding it up into turkey-flavored toothpaste.

[tmonoxide]

You could probably shred it using a hand held shredder. Shouldn't take much work.