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[quote=Anonymous]My mother always made the best turkey and I use her method and it works well.

I take the bird and cover it with 2-3 layers of cheesecloth.  Then I make a basting broth of 1 stick butter and about 8-14 oz of chicken stock (I'll use canned if I haven't made any recently).  Soak the cheesecloth in this.  Bake and every 30 minutes, baste the cheesecloth again with the basting broth.  When you run out of your premade supply, then just take it from the bottom of the roasting pan.  You have to have the bird on a wire rack and not that slotted baking pan that comes with many ovens because you can't get the juices from the bottom of the pan with the slotted pan.  The cheesecloth keeps the outside from getting too dried and also helps keep moisture in after it makes a "crust" over the skin of the turkey.  If you like really crispy skin, you can take the cheesecloth off about 30 minutes before the end, but it's a pain to get it off, so I usually just leave it on until done.  I've never had a problem with dried turkey with this method.[/quote]

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