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How to carve a turkey This task becomes easier if you let your turkey stand for about 20 minutes before carving. This will also give you a juicier end product, since the standing time lets the juices reabsorb into the meat. Put your turkey on a cutting board, and use a meat fork (a large fork with two tines) and a sharp carving knife to do the job. Place the turkey breast-side up, and pull the leg away from the body until the thigh bone pops out. Then cut through the joint. Slice along the breast bone to remove the breast meat, and then cut off the wings. Separate the thigh from the drumstick and slice pieces from the bone. 

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All featured products are curated independently by our editors. When you buy something through our retail links, we may receive a commission. Cooking with infused oil seems easy, yet potentially intimidating. Here are some tips and tricks for making the most of them, and using them properly in every way. Whether in an olive oil and vinegar specialty shop, gourmet housewares store, or even in the supermarket, picking up an olive oil infused with an interesting or unique flavor can be exciting. You imagine the nuances your bland grilled chicken will pick up, or envision the best vinaigrette of your life. But while these do make easy additions to salad dressings and marinades, you may struggle to get the full flavor from them when using them in high-heat cooking applications. However, says Crystal Ross, senior sales manager at Bozeman, Montana-based Olivelle Olive Oil, which is distributed to independent housewares stores across the U.S., you can—and should—be cooking with infused oli...

Click here to read the full article. Hosting a holiday is a serious undertaking — especially when you have about 20 dishes to make and you don’t have the luxury of multiple ovens. Sure, we all wish we had a stainless-steel double oven paired with a fancy fridge and granite countertops, but the reality for most of us is that we have only one oven. While it seems like the only solution is to jump ship and have someone else host, don’t give up yet. We have some tips to help you pull it off. Our mission at SheKnows is to empower and inspire women, and we only feature products we think you’ll love as much as we do. Please note that if you purchase something by clicking on a link within this story, we may receive a small commission of the sale.  More from SheKnows Can you cook 2 or more dishes in the oven at once? Yes. Most people fret when it comes to cooking two dishes at once, but it’s your oven’s job to keep the internal temperature set to what you selected. It may have to wor...

Notoriously easy to overcook (and undercook), famously bland, and intimidating to handle, turkey can make even the most seasoned cook lose their cool. But as a wise man once said, a path is formed by laying one stone at a time. Scroll down and learn how to make the best Thanksgiving turkey of your life, step by step. Image zoom Mint Images / Getty Images Where to Buy a Turkey Before Thanksgiving (and What Kind to Get) You might be hosting Thanksgiving for the first time. You might be doing a scaled-down version this year. Either way, you'll need to know where to score your Thanksgiving turkey, and of course, which size and variety to shop for. To find the exact bird you're looking for, think ahead—you'll want to put in an order at a farm or butcher shop, scope out options at the supermarket, and/or check out birds online a few weeks before Turkey Day to have your pick. And remember, for a scaled-down turkey feast, you can always the turkey-breast r...

Knowing how to make the perfect omelet may seem daunting, but as long as you have some pateience and know how to flip an egg, it's not as hard as you might think. Want prove? This easy recipe for a Southern-inspired pimento cheese omelet is done in just 15 minutes.  Breakfast Egg Dishes to Make Ahead Oozing with cheese, red pepper jelly and perfectly crisp bacon, this pimento cheese omelet is a decadent combination of the country's most iconic breakfast foods. Serve it for your next weekend brunch or just as something to look forward to on a weekday morning.  There are plenty of ways to cook eggs, but an omelet is perhaps one of the most essential. Start by melting some butter on a nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Then pour the whisked eggs onto the pan and stir lightly using a rubber spatula. Once the egg mixture has set, flip it over and let it finish cooking until fluffy yet firm.  Add the pimento cheese to the center and top ...

Martyna Szczesna If there's one side dish that's healthy and delicious, versatile and never boring, it's rice. You can enjoy it for breakfast (think Sweet Rice Porridge), lunch, dinner, and dessert (rice pudding, anyone?), and there are dozens of different varieties to choose from. From short- to long-grain, white to brown rice, different types of rice require different cooking times. However, there's a basic formula for preparing rice on the stove that will ensure perfectly cooked grains every time. First, choose which type of liquid to cook your rice in. While water is the most obvious choice, you can also cook rice in coconut milk or broth such as chicken or vegetable. Either way, a good rule of thumb is a two to one ratio of liquid to grain, meaning for every one cup of rice, you need two cups of water or stock. Add ¼ teaspoon of kosher salt for every cup of rice, which enhances its natural flavor. Bring a pot of rice to a boil, then cover and reduce to a s...

Staff Writer  |  Stephenville Empire-Tribune By Addie Broyles More Content Now Paella is a stunning dish, and it's more versatile than you might think. In Spain, home cooks make family-size paellas outside over a live fire and fill them with whatever regional ingredients are easily accessible. (They also make them in dinner plate-size paella pans in their small apartment kitchens, too.) When living there for a year in college, I had all kinds of paellas in all kinds of settings: With chicken and red peppers around my host mom's cramped kitchen table. With fideo and clams at a seaside restaurant. I even had one with rabbit with butter beans cooked over a smoky fire. Every home cook had his or her own tricks for getting the rice to cook through while also forming that crispy crust on the bottom without burning. I'm still honing my own paella skills, and I love an excuse to work on them. Earlier this month, I found this grilled paella recipe from a new cookbook from A...

0 This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Melt in Your Mouth Tasty Pot Roast, Every Time. (Miles Smith Farm) Fat cows make a farmer happy; most of the time. A cow with a layer of insulating fat will stay warmer in winter than her thin sister. So I don't like to see bones or ribs on my beef cows. Not all bovines can produce a layer of fat. You will rarely see a fat dairy cow because they use all their energy to produce milk, while beef cattle put their energy into building muscles to create meat. Obese Cows? Subscribe But sometimes a steer goes from beefiness to obesity. As with people, obesity in cattle can lead to joint problems and difficulty walking, and the fat from an overweight cow is inferior. When rendered into lard for cooking, it can taste "off" and is usually discarded. In my experience, getting cattle to lose weight is more challenging than putting it on; after all, there are no gyms f...

Sweet potatoes are the fall staple we never get sick of and with good reason: Their mildly sweet interior is soft and melty, and they are equally delicious when loaded with toppings or served simply with nothing but a pad of butter. Not only that, but these orange tubers are healthy too. Aside from being a rich source of dietary fiber, the sweet potato is also packed protein and vitamins. Not sure how to cook a sweet potato? No problem. Our step-by-step guide to the (exceedingly easy) process guarantees a satisfying sweet potato every time. RELATED: How to Prepare Tofu for Frying, Baking, Grilling and Beyond Much like its plain cousin, sweet potatoes can be cooked in a variety of ways but the most fuss-free method of them all is baking. The classic way to bake a sweet potato is in the conventional oven and the process is completely foolproof. Here’s what the sweet potato experts at the North Carolina SweetPotato Commission say to do. When it comes to baking sweet potat...