Let's Talk Turkey (1951)

[Music] It's News Real Food news turkey once only a fall and winter holiday star can now because of better ways of breeding a pack TBL dressed quick Frozen be put on your table when you want it 365 days in the year not just at Thanksgiving and Christmas but in June or July April or May and it's news too good news that now there's a turkey for every size family 12 to 25ers for large families and a new 5 to 10B variety for smaller families with all this good news we in the Marie gford kitchen wanted to make sure that the information was made available to every Homemaker so we prepared to send out a special service bulletin on the newest in round thee ways to buy and serve turkey one of the big headlines is that today instead of the long established way of getting a turkey only partially oven ready in the style known as New York dressed you can buy a turkey that is completely and immediately ready for stuffing and roasting that's the modern quick Frozen TBL dress turkey and the other Headliners are the new Beltsville turkeys weighing only 5 to 10 lb meal size small family size a new breed especially developed by the United States Department of Agriculture experiment station at Beltsville Maryland specially selected birds as are all these turkeys buttermilk and grain fed expertly completely cleaned the turkeys transparent WRA to keep in moisture all the fine flavor quick Frozen in the larger ones labeled as to the exact kind of bird hen or Tom exact weight shown on every bird TBL dressed ready for the oven ready at their peak of flavor Perfection any time in the year that is news to compare costs between a New York dressed and one of these table dressed turkeys a New York dressed turkey was weighed as it is sold at the market with head and feet on visera in this is the weight you pay for in such [Music] turkeys this is what you have left to cook here are the discarded parts [Music] the turkey has lost nearly 1/5 of its original [Music] weight when you buy a convenient TBL dressed bird of the same weight you pay only for the meat you can [Music] eat as you can see here so with a fine Value Story to feature into our bulletin Go notes on how to give quick Frozen TBL dressed turkeys treatment worthy of their fine quality first how to [Music] defrost if you have plenty of time let defrost gradually in your refrigerator in the regular food [Music] compartment allow 24 hours at least [Music] or if you're in a hurry put under cool running water for one to 3 hours when just pable the leg can be moved turkey's ready and once defrosted don't refreeze turkeyy is a delicate food th and cook and eat now def frosted and flavor fresh the turkeyy is ready for the finest dressing giblet dressing first remove the parchment wrapped packages of [Music] giblets place in salted water sufficient to cover [Music] be sure to get giblets from neck [Music] cavity and simmer one hour chop giblets fine for the dressing and save the broth for both dressing and [Music] gravy and here are the ingredients for a magnificently flavorful stuffing this quantity will be right for a 12 lb bird a 6 lb meal siiz bird would use just half as much 3 quart of bread cubes are toasted the toasting really adds [Music] flavor over the toasted bread cubes pour a mixture made by Browning lightly 34 cup of chopped celery and 34 cup of onion in 34 cup of butter or margarine then add 1 tbsp of chopped parsley 1 tbsp of salt 1/4 teaspoon [Music] pepper 34 teaspoon of poultry seasoning the [Music] giblets and one and 1/2 cups of the rich giblet broth note especially this should moisten only lightly since the dressing draws moisture from the turkey itself and could become too soggy if too much liquid is added [Music] and now news on how to stuff and [Music] Truss after rubbing the inside of the bird with one teaspoon of salt stuff the neck cavity first fold the Wings close against the body pull the neck skin back over the wing tips and and skew [Music] thus stuff the body lightly that stuffing is going to swell so give it [Music] room put two or three toothpicks or skewers across the opening [Music] then lace with a cord the way a boot is laced cross the ends wind around the legs and draw the legs close together tying securely to the tail piece [Music] for actual roasting the very best way is to put the bird breast down in a v-shaped roaster rack thus the sweet fat from the back can melt and run juicily down through the breast meat brush all over with melted fat halfway through the roast turn breast [Music] up and there you are turkey ready to roast prepared exactly the same way whether this meal siiz belts spill or the larger [Music] bird here's a special news tip when the roasting time is given as so much per pound this means so much stuffed weight for an easy way to figure stuffed weight just add approximately 1/4 to the weight shown on the wrapper of your TBL dressed turkey say the bird weighs 13 lb add 1/4 its weight for stuffing 3 and 1/4 lb this adds up to 16 and 1/4 lb stuffed weight figure roasting time for this weight it's all here on the chart a 16 lb bird like this 15 to 17 minutes per pound or about 4 and 1/2 hours for the smaller 6 lb meal siiz turkey 30 to 35 minutes per pound or about 3 and 1/2 hours keep the oven low 325° [Music] turkey goes with so many dishes for this dinner say for a Sunday in March we suggest crab apple pickles buttered green beans mashed potatoes a crisp [Music] salad the turkeys out of the oven a meal-sized beltville 5 to 7 lb just right for a family of four to five and there it is eating ready the family's just is ready and there's that bird a delicacy to feature to make any meal festive easy to serve calendar round [Music] picnic time time for a takealong potluck dish for picnic or any neighborhood social a dish that fits perfectly turkey rice casserole Cube about three cups of the meat of a cold already cooked turkey [Music] have ready boiling five cups of broth made from Bones and skin add one cup of raw rice 13 cup of chopped celery and 1/3 cup of chopped [Music] onion cook until the rice is soft but not mushy then add 1/4 cup of green pepper 1/4 cup of chopped [Music] pimento 1 and 1/2 to 2 teaspoon of salt 34 teaspoon of wherar [Music] sauce and the cubed turkey [Music] put it in a casserole edge with 1/4 cup of bread crumbs mixed with 1 tbsp of melted butter [Music] bake 1 hour in a 350° oven the distinctive flavor of good Rich bites of turkey combined with all the flavors of the sauce makes this a social star picnic or party a dish that is news that makes [Music] news and now June and here comes the bride and here's a wedding Buffet as beautiful as she is a buffet crowned by wedding cake and the perfect occasion salad turkey almond [Music] salad for family siiz proportions Cube two cups of cold turkey add half this quantity one cup of fine red grapes seated one cup delicately thin slices of green celery and sprinkle with crisply toasted almonds just enough dressing to [Music] moisten turkey with fruit and celery and with the almonds a dish to [Music] remember here we Heap it in a bowl lined with spring fresh lettuce it must then be kept well chilled until ready to serve before sir sprinkle with [Music] almonds or for the wedding buet put in individual lettuce cups shine up your prettiest silver tray and serve to make a memorable addition to a memorable day so here's to them may their home be graced with many a fine turkey dinner together July and August summer Out of Doors the hot months of the year months to get out of the kitchen in the hot hours of the day to eat in the cool Breezeway out in the patio under the trees now the cold roast turkey Stars a fine plump breasted turkey to be cooked in the cool of the day served in good generous slices with sweet fresh corn sliced tomatoes and a cooly refreshing salad bowl a new life for the cook new life for heat exhausted [Music] appetites by the way no need to stuff if you're the turkey cold unstuffed allow less time too only 10 to 12 minutes per [Music] pound and cold turkey good to keep ready in the refrigerator at any time in the same way you can have ever ready that other guest Insurance a cold ham [Music] and about midnight there may be an extra meal slipped in for turkey nibblers only a fine roast turkey ready in the refrigerator M that's eating that's living time for an impromptu father and son bandet on the side a chance to get together to share Mutual tastes [Music] then on a Cool October night what better than crisp hot turkey pin Wheels with mushroom sauce a happy return engagement recipe for any turkey for these roll biscuit dough [Music] thin mix chopped turkey with chopped onion and green pepper cooked in a little butter add pepper and 1/2 teaspoon of salt and sufficient cream to [Music] moisten spread over biscuit dough not quite to the edge [Music] roll as for a jelly roll [Music] gently even up the ends cut in 1 and 1/2 in [Music] slices place on a cookie sheet and [Music] bake over this serve your favorite mushroom sauce mouthwatering Philly for another meal [Music] headliner and so with the TBL dressed quick frozen turkeys available 365 days in the year that holiday bird has become your turkey any day in the week for an any size home at any time of the year Sunday or Monday June or January dinner or snack there's a turkey ready and waiting for any occasion meal size banquet size for you and now for that time of the year when turkeys are traditionally served Thanksgiving or Christmas Once Upon a Time the only time people serf turkey always popular so put in your order [Music] early a golden brown plump and juicy bird in the best of American tradition the family headliner as it comes to the table in all its Glory turkey a dish that adds Grace to every table a dish to be thank ful for 365 days in the year [Music]