Reviewed: Nov. 28, 2010

Most moist turkey ever! Nice mild flavor. Not too salty, but I did not add any salt to the turkey before cooking. Used an oven bag for an 18 lb turkey. Cooked at 350. Was finished in 2 hours.

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dharma77

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Pekin, Illinois, USA

Living In: Minooka, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2010

This was the best recipe for turkey that I have ever had. It was juicy, tender and down-right yummy. My husband and I were amazed that an XL-Zip lock bag could hold so much! One thing that I wish I had done was completely dissolve the kosher salt (not doing so resulted a slightly more salt flavor than we were use to). I used apple cider instead of apple juice and a whole head of garlic roughly chopped.

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FUN2EAT

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Springtown, Texas, USA

Living In: Lakewood, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 10, 2010

Perfect! I don't use that much apple juice, just few cups. Hubby said the turkey looked like something from a magazine and didn't need gravy, it was so moist. I reduced the salt to 3/4 cup depending on the size of the turkey. I've made this 4 or 5 times now and it's always good.

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darmstro67

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Caledonia, Nova Scotia, Canada

Living In: Elora, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Jan. 9, 2010

This was amazing! I used one of those turkey sized oven bags to brine mine overnight and then followed the recipe for Homestyle Turkey, the Michiganer way. Best turkey I've ever made.

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leah

Reviewed: Dec. 26, 2009

2 yrs ive used it and 2 yrs my turkey is perfect

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Charlie0709

Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2009

This brine turned out great! The turkey had great flavor and was oh-so moist. I didn't find any brining bags in time, so I used a turkey baking bag. This worked, but be careful if you choose this route! We set the turkey (bagged) in a large tub before putting in the brine to avoid moving the delicate bag. This worked, but next time I'm looking harder for a brine bag!

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Tantricdragon13

Reviewed: Dec. 1, 2009

i was very afraid of ruining my dinner, this was by far the best turkey i have ever made. i also put turkey on the grill, this made it very moist, when it is usually dry.

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Lee Ann

Reviewed: Nov. 28, 2009

While this made the turkey very nice and moist (plus I used an oven bag), I wasn't crazy about the subtle apple flavor. Since other reviewers said that they couldn't taste the apple, I went ahead and tried it. Actually, the flavor almost felt like apples that had been sitting too long. I was hoping the apple juice would add tenderization and moistness, and no flavor, but I was wrong.

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Nette

Reviewed: Nov. 25, 2009

While garbage bags are large and strong enough, they are unfit for food because acids and fats in food leech out extremely harmful chemicals out of the plastic into the food. Just make sure the plastic is "food-grade" or "pharmaceutical-grade". These don't contain the harmful additives and are safe.

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Dylan

Reviewed: Nov. 25, 2009

excellent, i use a bucket, and line it with a food safe bag, most years i can put it on the back porch, as the weather is very cold overnight, the bucket makes it much easier to move and handle, than a cooler

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