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 ====== Assorted tips for cooking a heritage-breed turkey ======
+===== Rose and Steve's 2022 plan =====
+Brine 24 hours with [[Apple Cider Brine]]
+Prep turkey and cook according to [[Slow Roasted Turkey with Apple Gravy and Buttermilk Brine]] :
+  * apples etc on bottom of roasting pan
+  * stuff cavity with lemon, orange,
+  * fast start at 400 until spotted brown
+  * cover with foil and slow roast at 300 ~4 hours until 150F breast, 160F thigh
+  * roast uncovered until 155F breast / 165F thigh
+===== Steve's approximate 2021 plan =====
+  * cover bottom of pan with halved garlic heads, onion, apples if available, bay leaves, thyme, ginger, orange.  stuff additional onion, bay leaves, etc. into the cavity.
+  * rub rosemary butter beneath skin of breast, and over the rest of the bird.  use olive oil if more coverage needed.
 ===== Rose and Steve's 2019 Bird =====
   * brined 24 hours.  apple cider based.