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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2016
Cooking your first turkey? Don’t lose your giblets
something that ALL good
Ned
writers must have: A Food
Hickson Handler’s card.
The countdown has begun.
Soon, thousands of newly-
weds will be in the kitchen
preparing their very first
Thanksgiving turkey. As a
service to our readers, we felt
a responsibility to help edu-
cate people about foodborne
illness by offering a special
holiday feature that we like to
call:
Don’t lose your giblets this
Thanksgiving.
Being a writer, I’ve natu-
rally spent a good portion of
my career working in the
food service industry. And
like most writers, it was there
that I was able practice my
craft and eventually acquire
Because of this, I can
stand before you as someone
highly qualified to talk
turkey.
So let us begin.
Like many of us, your bird
has probably been somewhere
in the bottom of the freezer
since last January’s turkey
clearance sale — in most
cases, right next to that unla-
beled container of something
which, in its frozen state, has
become completely unrecog-
nizable.
This means that you will
have to thaw your turkey
before cooking it. To estimate
how long the thawing process
should take, the rule of thumb
is 24 hours for every five
pounds, which means that if
you forgot to pull your bird
out ahead of time, you’ll be
thawing your turkey with a
blow torch like everyone else.
Once it’s thawed, reach
into the abdominal cavity and
remove the giblets which,
apparently, all turkeys conve-
niently wrap in wax paper
and then swallow moments
before death.
Next, you need to
Immediately place the giblets
into the refrigerator. This will
Serving Dinner from 1pm to 7pm
any educational supplies.
Facebook has the official
information and a wish list can
be printed from there. The dis-
tribution party is at the Sutton
Fire Station on Dec. 22.
Teens must be present to
claim each of the gifts or send
someone in their place. The
party starts at 6 p.m. and lasts
until 7:30 p.m.
Rides to the event are avail-
able.
For more information, to
help with fundraising or to
inquire for a teen, call the
Twin Lakes Store at 541-997-
3021.
confined space can lead to
what culinary experts call
“Exploding Turkey” syn-
drome. Though it’s not lethal,
it will mean a substantial
delay in festivities while
everyone waits for you to
scrape the stuffing from the
ceiling.
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the legs into a tucked position
using twine or a metal clip.
This is important because,
if you don’t, the legs WILL
spring open and do the splits
at some point during dinner.
Okay, not really.
But if that does happen,
you may want to put the
turkey back into the oven for
a while — assuming you
haven’t lost your giblets.
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Applications available for
annual Teen Giving Tree
Christmas seems a ways off,
but Twin Lakes Store is
preparing for its fourth annual
Teen Giving Tree.
The applications and wish
lists are now available for
neighborhood teens to fill out.
This year’s Teen Tree is for
12-18 year olds living in the
north lakes area, From Heceta
Beach Road to the county line.
Stop by Twin Lakes Store,
on Highway 101 North of
Florence, to pick up an appli-
cation or wish list.
Teens are encouraged to
seriously consider their list of
needs and wants, including
ensure they don’t end up on
the kitchen floor and, as a
result, get thrown away after
being mistaken for cat vomit.
If you choose to cook the
stuffing inside the turkey,
make sure that you don’t over
stuff the body cavity. This can
impede the cooking process
and provide a breeding
ground for foodborne illness.
In addition, the expansion
of cooked bread crumbs in a
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