It dries out the turkey which is already a rather dry bird. If you actually want edible breast meat, don’t stuff the bird.
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Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world 1 year agoThe recommendation to cook dressing instead of stuffing for food safety reasons is only for the wackos that add sausage
Source: The West Wing
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
Vespair@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I haven’t consumed every piece of media on the planet so I can’t speak to the reference you’re making, but no, no it is not.
It is recommended to not stuff the bird because a turkey is large enough that stuffing will significantly increase cooking time and without care it is very easy to undercook the now solid interior, which can then soak bacteria-ladden juices into the stuffing which has not reached sufficient temperatures to kill said offending bacteria.
Stuff your small birds like chickens; dress your big birds like turkey.
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 1 year ago
The best recommendation of all in my book is to just use a thermometer. Never cook meat by time, always do it by temperature, it’s the only way to know what is actually happening in there.