Turkey Oil Strainer
 

Jack Redington wrote:
But then again if I find Canola
oil in bulk I might give it a try.

Cheers!

Capt Jack R.

Sam's

Turkey Oil Strainer
 

Jack Redington wrote:
JimH wrote:

"Jack Redington" wrote in message
...

I will use oil only twice. After that the Turkey can get oil
penitration and not be as good.

Here is the one that can be ordered from The Bass Pro Shop.


http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catal...=SearchResults


Sorry to hear of your troubles. I sincerly hope things work out for
the better. It sounds to me like you are taking a good stance.

Jack R..



Why not just use a large funnel purchased from wallyworld for a buck
with a coffee filter inside?


That is basically what this is, But the filter is a little less fine as
is a coffee filter. These funnels come with a metal spreader that keeps
the filter from folding over as the oil is passed threw. For a few bucks
it is worth it.

Capt Jack R..

Personally, I wouldn't waste the money. A funnel is a funnel. If you
'filter' the oil once, you may never do it again as you'll be waiting
forever for it to be strained the first time.

One thing to keep in mind is that even if you do have food particles in
your oil, they've been at a high enough temp that there won't be any
living germs in there. :^)

-Jim

Turkey Oil Strainer
 

"Boaterdude" wrote in message
...
Jack Redington wrote:
Boaterdude wrote:
Jack Redington wrote:

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:

Gene Kearns wrote:

On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:16:41 -0500, Boaterdude penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

Jack Redington wrote:

I will use oil only twice. After that the Turkey can get oil
penitration and not be as good.

Here is the one that can be ordered from The Bass Pro Shop.


http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catal...=SearchResults

Sorry to hear of your troubles. I sincerly hope things work out for
the better. It sounds to me like you are taking a good stance.

Jack R..

I will use oil only twice. After that the Turkey can get oil


penitration and not be as good.

What does this mean?



It means that the oil... as it gets old will begin to oxidize... and
you can't get the oil as hot as it *SHOULD* be without tasting nasty.
The result of this is for the (not hot enough) oil to soak into the
food.

That is what has happened when you get a soggy french fry.

Unless you are using transfat oils, it will go rancid very quickly
after using it once. I would not save any of the oil.

When frying a turkey I only use peanut oil. Some people use a
combination of cottenseed and peanut, but I like the straight peanut
stuff. You have to use oil that has a very high flash-point due to the
heat required to cook one of these things. Otherwise the results will
be rather spectacular!

Capt Jack R..


Capt, keep in mind that peanut oil is one of the most unhealthy oils to
use. I think it is pushed so much due to the high flashpoint (although
I don't know what that temp is off hand). I only use Canola oil and
cook turkeys and wings at 325 degrees. It the oil gets to 400, it'll
start smoking, and at that point, it's no good.

-Jim

Thanks Jim:

I will keep that in mind. But since I only do this a couple of times a
year I am not sure I will change my MO. But then again if I find Canola
oil in bulk I might give it a try.

Cheers!

Capt Jack R.



Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. Wait, in this newsgroup, that's a
given! :^)

From a nutrition class I took several years ago while trying to reduce my
cholesterol, it was stated that oils like peanut oil are not processed
well by the body, so they are turned to cholesterol. Olive oil is the
healthiest, but you can't deep fry with it. The second healthiest oil to
that is canola. I never researched it, but someone had told me that
canola oil is from the first pressing of the vegetables. After that, they
use chemicals to extract additional oil and that's where your vegetable
oils come from. For some reason, unknown to me, I've never seen a price
difference between the two. If you go to a BJ's or Sam's club, canola oil
is around $1 per quart.

Keep the temp as close to 300/325 and your food will not be greasy. I
cook turkeys at 325 for 3.5 minutes per pound. I don't know that chickens
require a longer time, but I cook them at 4.5 minutes per pound, and they
are still so moist you'll wonder if they're cooked. :^)

Don't know if you or anyone else here cooks fries, but if you have, you
may have noticed that the oil wants to, and sometimes does boil over the
pot. I learned by accident that if you turn off the flame, you can put
the fries in and it won't boil over. After putting your fries in, turn
the burner back on.

One more tip: In a turkey cooker, don't try to cook more than 14 pounds
of wings in a batch. If you do, there's so much weight pushing down on
the wings at the bottom, they will burn.

-Jim

Canola is also sold as Rape seed oil. Comes from the Rape seed, and
probably for marketing, canola sounds better than rape.

Turkey Oil Strainer
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
I've got a bunch of old funnels in the garage.

Might have a little left over motor oil though. :)

Helps to keep you regular...

Turkey Oil Strainer
 

Dan wrote:
basskisser wrote:

Jack Redington wrote:

I will use oil only twice. After that the Turkey can get oil penitration
and not be as good.

Here is the one that can be ordered from The Bass Pro Shop.


http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catal...=SearchResults

Sorry to hear of your troubles. I sincerly hope things work out for the
better. It sounds to me like you are taking a good stance.

Jack R..


How do you store your oil in between uses? Do you refrigrate it?


Could you explain "refrigrate"? Is that an engineering term?

If you don't understand a typo, then you're too damned stupid to ever
figure it out. Your infatuation with me must be providing a lot of
chuckles to others! Every singe post I make, there's my little
stalker.........

Infatuation.......
Infatuation.......
It's making Dan crazy.....
It's driving Dan crazy..............

Turkey Oil Strainer
 

UglyDan®©™ wrote:
(JimH)wrote
Why not just use a large funnel purchased from wallyworld for a buck
with a coffee filter inside?

Another typical knee jerk response from Jim H.
Everyone knows you're supposed to use an oil filter.
Sorry I couldn't resist. :) Happy Thanksgiving. UD

Well, yes, it IS quite a stupid question. The oil is too thick, and
must be forced through a filter. Just using gravity would take a few
days to filter.

Turkey Oil Strainer
 

Jack Redington wrote:

I just keep it in the garage in the corner. Never had any trouble with
it going bad. I am sure someone will have thier objection to this and
some valid reasons. But it has worked for me for about 8 years and about
14 fried Turkeys. I uasually do one at Thanksgiving and one at
Christmas. We alternate these holidays between Here in Atlanta and were
we hail from in St.louis. I keep a additional frying setup at my Moms in
St.Louis.

Capt Jack R..

Jack, do you put it back in jugs? And do you store it that way even in
warm weather?

Turkey Oil Strainer
 

For $25-30, $20 if mismarked, you get a battery powered transfer pump with
filters. Bought one a couple of days ago. Will give a report after T day.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:15:34 -0500, Boaterdude
wrote:

Jack Redington wrote:
JimH wrote:

"Jack Redington" wrote in message
...

I will use oil only twice. After that the Turkey can get oil
penitration and not be as good.

Here is the one that can be ordered from The Bass Pro Shop.


http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catal...=SearchResults


Sorry to hear of your troubles. I sincerly hope things work out for
the better. It sounds to me like you are taking a good stance.

Jack R..



Why not just use a large funnel purchased from wallyworld for a buck
with a coffee filter inside?


That is basically what this is, But the filter is a little less fine as
is a coffee filter. These funnels come with a metal spreader that keeps
the filter from folding over as the oil is passed threw. For a few bucks
it is worth it.

Capt Jack R..

Personally, I wouldn't waste the money. A funnel is a funnel. If you
'filter' the oil once, you may never do it again as you'll be waiting
forever for it to be strained the first time.

One thing to keep in mind is that even if you do have food particles in
your oil, they've been at a high enough temp that there won't be any
living germs in there. :^)

I've got a bunch of old funnels in the garage.

Might have a little left over motor oil though. :)

Turkey Oil Strainer
 

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
ink.net...
For $25-30, $20 if mismarked, you get a battery powered transfer pump with
filters. Bought one a couple of days ago. Will give a report after T
day.

snip

If it's like the one I bought at Home Depot, it works fine. I thought it
was going to take a long time to empty the pot, but if I recall correctly it
was about five minutes with fresh batteries.

Turkey Oil Strainer
 

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
. ..
On 11/22/2006 3:23 PM, Calif Bill wrote:
For $25-30, $20 if mismarked, you get a battery powered transfer pump
with filters. Bought one a couple of days ago. Will give a report after
T day.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:15:34 -0500, Boaterdude
wrote:

Jack Redington wrote:
JimH wrote:

"Jack Redington" wrote in message
...

I will use oil only twice. After that the Turkey can get oil
penitration and not be as good.

Here is the one that can be ordered from The Bass Pro Shop.


http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catal...=SearchResults


Sorry to hear of your troubles. I sincerly hope things work out for
the better. It sounds to me like you are taking a good stance.

Jack R..


Why not just use a large funnel purchased from wallyworld for a buck
with a coffee filter inside?


That is basically what this is, But the filter is a little less fine
as
is a coffee filter. These funnels come with a metal spreader that
keeps
the filter from folding over as the oil is passed threw. For a few
bucks
it is worth it.

Capt Jack R..

Personally, I wouldn't waste the money. A funnel is a funnel. If you
'filter' the oil once, you may never do it again as you'll be waiting
forever for it to be strained the first time.

One thing to keep in mind is that even if you do have food particles in
your oil, they've been at a high enough temp that there won't be any
living germs in there. :^)
I've got a bunch of old funnels in the garage.

Might have a little left over motor oil though. :)




Why are you cooking a healthy food in oil?

Turkey should be baked, not fryed in oil. Blech.


I agree. You cannot fry a bird that is stuffed, thus missing out on much of
the seasoning.

My brother in law deep fries his birds and they are not as tasty and juicy
as the birds I bake with stuffing.

I made our stuffing this morning (sausage, mushrooms, onions, butter,
seasoning and croutons), let it cool down and stuffed the bird 15 minutes
ago. The stuffed 23 pound turkey is now keeping cool in our garage fridge
waiting to be baked tomorrow. ;-)