My wife and I have a slight problem.

**Kenyth** · 12-22-2006, 05:24 PM

Our personalities clash with a catch 22. The particular incident I'm talking about here involves cooking a turkey.

I'm easygoing and accept a number of different ways to do things, but at the same time, I refuse to be micromanaged if I'm the one doing something.

My opinion is, you have two choices, you can have a job done exactly the way you like it every step of the way, OR you can have me do it, not both.

My wife likes to have things done exactly her way, but doesn't necessarily know how to, or want to do everything herself.

Here's the catch. We're having Xmas dinner at our house for the first time and I offerred to cook the bird. I've used a couple different methods to cook the bird (oven, not frying) in the past that have had both pro's and con's.

Cooking it upside down, in a bag, with herbs, butter, and a bit of apple juice, wine, or apple scnapps works the best for the meat taste IMHO, but renders the bird too ugly for display.

My wife is having a coronary because she want's the bird just like Gramma makes it traditionally in her old deep sided enamel roaster, uncovered and stuffed. As every cooking show now tells you, this isn't the best way to cook a bird. It dries out the breast meat.

**Cabaiguan Juan** · 12-22-2006, 05:28 PM

Well, I'll happily judge the two methods of cooking if you send me samples of turkey cooked in each method.

When ever i run into similar problems with the g/f, i tell her that the sofa's her new bed and that she's not getting any- just kidding.

**597** · 12-22-2006, 05:48 PM

Hey maybe you should just get the turkey already prepared for you at a supermarket or boston market if you have one around your area. That would save you from cooking it your way or her way, less yacking and more time to watch football.

bigpoppapuff · 12-22-2006, 06:52 PM

if you're cooking it,cook it your way...if she's cooking it,it'll be her way......if she demands that you cook it her way,you got problems...but in the grand scheme of things,it's hardly worth a spat..

**Newfie** · 12-22-2006, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by Cabaiguan Juan

snip...i tell her that the sofa's her new bed and that she's not getting any- just kidding.

Bwaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaa

Jon, you crack me up dude!

Kenyth, my wife and I came to an agreement a long time ago. If I'm cooking, it's done my way (which she usually likes BTW) and she stays out of the cooking room. If she's cooking, I intentionally stay out of that area of the house. She's so unorganized in the kitchen it's actually dysfunctional. Pisses me off to no end.

BTW, she's looking over my shoulder as I type this, and she does agree.

**heftysmokes** · 12-22-2006, 07:15 PM

Two small turkeys, one your way (to eat) and one hers (to look at)? Even if you have a bunch of leftovers you can freeze it up.

**CoventryCat86** · 12-22-2006, 08:33 PM

When I was married, I wasn't allowed in the kitchen so I never cooked. The kitchen was HER domain and HER "workshop" she knew where all her utensils, pots and pans were and doesn't like people fucking around with her shit.

That was one thing that worked well when we were married.

**Cabaiguan Juan** · 12-22-2006, 10:59 PM

you married folk crack me up. I'll join your ranks one day, but until then...

**cinda** · 12-22-2006, 11:20 PM

Your way is better for many reasons. The oven bag is the best way to cook a turkey and the stuffing should be cooked outside of the poison hole. Your turkey will always come out moist and tasty her turkey got a 50/50 chance. We are in 2006 and if grandma had all the new stuff we do back then she would have done it your way.

**Newfie** · 12-23-2006, 12:21 AM

Originally Posted by CoventryCat86

snip... she knew where all her utensils, pots and pans were and doesn't like people fucking around with her shit.
...snip

Bill, my wife cleans out & rearranges the kitchen so often, even she forgets where she puts shit!!! That really cracks me up when she's looking for something.

**CoventryCat86** · 12-23-2006, 01:51 AM

Originally Posted by Newfie

Bill, my wife cleans out & rearranges the kitchen so often, even she forgets where she puts shit!!! That really cracks me up when she's looking for something.

Yeah but at least that way you're safe since you can't get blamed when she can't find things! All you have to say is "I don't know where the hell you put it....."

**Lopaka** · 12-23-2006, 03:45 AM

I just try and avoid the kitchen unless I'm getting something from in there.

**Newfie** · 12-23-2006, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by CoventryCat86

snip...All you have to say is "I don't know where the hell you put it....."

Dayum DOOD, you got a bug here somewhere???

**SmokinDVM** · 12-24-2006, 03:31 AM

I have two ways that I prepare turkey. 1) I place the turkey in a roasting pan, breast up, and proceed to completely cover the bird with strips of bacon. Roast un-covered untill meat thermometer reads 175. The bacon gives the bird a great smokey flavor, and the meat is always moist.
2) I just put the bird in the smoker. More labor intensive, but it looks and tastes great.

While I prepare the main entree, my wife makes most of the side dishes. She doesn't mess with my bird, and I don't get involved in her dishes. Works for us.