{"id":22567,"date":"2021-11-28T00:26:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T08:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edelalon.com\/blog\/?p=22567"},"modified":"2021-11-29T07:29:22","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T15:29:22","slug":"how-i-survived-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/how-i-survived-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Survived Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey in a bag&#8230;I didn&#8217;t think it would work. I&#8217;ve done it in the past but this time I took my other techniques and combined them all. Here are the major steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Brine<\/li>\n<li>Make a nice layer of veggies to cook on<\/li>\n<li>Put it all in the bag<\/li>\n<li>Separate skin<\/li>\n<li>Add butter<\/li>\n<li>Cook breast side down<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. 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