The weather was good with temperatures in the low 50’s °F – its often much colder at this time of year.
There were going to be 13 of us for Thanksgiving Dinner and as we wanted enough left overs to go round we’d decided to cook two turkeys. But how do you do that with only 1 oven? The answer is that you don’t
Instead you use two gas burners, two large “kettles” and more than 6 gallons of Peanut Oil.
Take your two “kettles” and having worked out how much oil to put in (by using water and your turkey) you fire up the gas and heat the oil to 350°F.
Once the oil is hot you carefully, and slowly, lower the turkey into the kettle:
You keep an eye on the oil temperature and adjust the gas flow as appropriate making sure it doesn’t go over 350°F
And cook for 3.5 minutes per pound.
So after 60 minutes we lifted the turkeys out and let them drain for a new minutes.
Then you take them inside, let them rest for 30 minutes and then carve and eat!
