Reviewed: Dec. 5, 2004

I feel like it was missing something...

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HulaGirl

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Reviewed: Nov. 29, 2004

This turkey was just wonderful. It was so moist and the flavor couldn't have been better. The whole family enjoyed it. I didn't use the leftover butter for gravy. Instead, I used all the butter on the bird and made my own gravy from what was in the pan. I wasn't sure that the sweet gravy would go well with mashed potatoes and stuffing. I will make this again next year, but I think I will inject the butter into the turkey prior to cooking. Thank you so much!!

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BABYPHAT55

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Reviewed: Nov. 29, 2004

Than You for sharing this recipe. This was the first year I made Thanksgiving Dinner by myself. Everyone enjoyed the Turkey even my husband who hates turkey because it's always "dry". I really loved the flavor of the veggies. I even used the juice from the turkey to make my stuffing. The best stuffing I have ever had!!!!

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Reviewed: Nov. 28, 2004

Thanks for helping with my successful Thanksgiving! My husband doesn't typically like turkey so I wanted to try something different to see if I could get him to eat it. I made the maple butter the evening before - be sure to allow time for the syrup/cider to cook down. That helped greatly. Also used dried thyme and marjoram, just converted tablespoons to teaspoons. Turkey was super moist and had a great flavor. Husband was impressed. He has not changed his ways and become a turkey lover - but he did enjoy it for Thanksgiving - and I'm still enjoying it immensly. Vegetables cooked with turkey and gravy were also very tasty.

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CONNIE MAYES

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Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2004

This is a good recipe. I'm grading it fairly tough though. I was dissapointed in the gravy flavor...much sweeter than I was expecting. Overall, the flavor did not soak in like it has with my other recipes.To me this is not for the traditional Thanksgiving feast, but any other time a unique recipe worth trying for a turkey meal.

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Karisma

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Reviewed: Nov. 26, 2004

this recipes was fantastic--I was a big hit at Thanksgiving and everyone loved the turkey--it was moist and very flavorful and the gravy was the best!! This is a must have recipe!!!!!

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Reviewed: Oct. 12, 2004

When I asked my boyfriend how he rated. It gave it a 9 out of 5. :) I made it exactly as is. But next time I would thow some potatoes in with the vegetables to mash later. yum yum

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Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2004

I'm sorry, I can only give this recipe 2 stars. My family likes the traditional taste of a roasted turkey. This turkey had too much of a lemon taste, the skin blackened quickly and was not crisp ( crispy skin a big hit in my family ) the only reason I gave this 2 stars is because the meat itself was very juicy and tender, but like I said, too much of a lemon flavour! I will stick to my family recipe and not use this again! SORRY !

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ISLANDKATE

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Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2004

FANTASTIC RECIPE! First time I made it for Thanksgiving, and everyone loved it - even the guests that are not fond of turkey thought it was great. It turned out so tender with a hint of sweetness. I have been elected as the annual turkey roaster!

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MARIA741

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Reviewed: Feb. 10, 2004

Very moist and had a unique sweet taste.

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Reviewed: Dec. 25, 2003

Just tried this for Christmas Dinner, It turned out wonderful :) It came out with that carmel glazed look just like ones you would see in a movie. Thanks!!!

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FRAPPUCCINO

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Reviewed: Dec. 23, 2003

This recipe is THE BEST, the turkey meat is just perfect and never dry. This year we'll make it for the 4th time!

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Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2003

This will be the 4th time we made this turkey, its a HUGE hit with my family every time!!!!!!!! I will be adding potatoes to the vegetables this year, and ommiting the Brandy from the gravy though. :-)

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Reviewed: Nov. 30, 2003

This recipe was fantastic! This was my first Thanksgiving dinner and it went great! I recommend making the maple butter the night before, since I think the gravy tasted much better the next day after it had time to sit. I also recommend adding the brandy to a small sample of the gravy before adding, since you may not like it. I used dry marjoram which substituted well for the fresh. This will be a recipe in my permanent collection.

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LEKAHLUA

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Reviewed: Nov. 28, 2003

Delicious recipe. Mine took a bit longer to reach the proper temperature, but was worth the wait. This is the second year in a row I have made this recipe with tasty results. The flavor of the butter really makes this recipe special.

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Reviewed: Nov. 28, 2003

Smelled so Good! Tasted so Good! The gravy is really good too! But this is exotic! It's not your cafeteria brown gravy, and some more traditional taste buds might object to the spices. But I loved it!

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Reviewed: Nov. 21, 2003

Terrific!!! I've made this recipe for 3 years now - every Christmas! Everyone loves it and the gravy is delicious! I make extra Maple Butter as our family really loves a ton of gravy and we do like the extra maple flavor... I have used different herbs under the skin and whatever kind I use - it always turns out great. The turkey is moist - but I believe you really need to purchase a good turkey to start with - you get what you pay for! Try it - it's delicious!

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Reviewed: Oct. 14, 2003

Well, what can I say? 4 out of 4 of us eating this turkey didn't really care for it. We would've much preferred a "traditional" turkey. I think I followed the recipe exactly. It was okay, but definitely not great. Perhaps it was the flavour of the lemon that completely changed the taste of the turkey. While preparing it, I loved the aromas of the maple syrup, cider, marjoram, thyme. But in the final analysis - it failed.

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Reviewed: Oct. 13, 2003

This was very good. It made a wonderfully moist turkey, and people did comment on how tasty it was. I just don't think I was into the lemon flavour of the zest as much as everyone else. While I didn't have any complaints by any means, I don't know that I'll stick with this particular recipe. It went very nicely with the apple, sausage and cranberry stuffing from this site.

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KarenK

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Reviewed: Oct. 3, 2003

I just made this turkey today (Thanksgiving, 11/27/03) and it was so flavorful and delicious! I like to cook my turkey for a good long time to make sure that there's no danger of bacteria, and because I like a good brown bird. Usually, when you cook a turkey for a long time, the breast really gets dry - but not with this recipe! It was honestly the most tender turkey I have ever had. The maple compound butter was so unbelievably wonderful - not just to eat, but the aroma's from the fresh marjoram and fresh thyme makes you want to put a little behind your ear! Excellent recipe!

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