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From: charli@cylixd.UUCP (Charli Phillips)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Cooking Turkey (Foolproof method)
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Date: Sun, 24-Nov-85 16:11:45 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 24 16:11:45 1985
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Reply-To: charli@cylixd.UUCP (Charli Phillips)
Organization: RCA Cylix Communications , Memphis, TN
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Summary: 

For a perfect turkey every time, cook it the night before....

Make sure your turkey is completely thawed.  Preheat oven to 425.  Wash
and dry turkey.  Rub it inside and out with salt, pepper, and butter. 
(The one drawback of this method - don't stuff it!  You'll have to cook
the stuffing in a casserole dish.)  Put a quartered onion in the body
cavity.  Put the turkey in a roasting pan, pour one cup of boiling
water over it, put the lid on it, and put it in the oven.  EXACTLY one
hour later, turn the oven off.  DO NOT OPEN THE OVEN.  The next
morning, when the oven is completely cold, take the turkey out and use
the oven for everything else you're going to cook to go with it.
Before serving, put the turkey in a preheated 500 degree oven for 20 to
25 minutes.

Delicious!