'That's Why God Invented Gravy'
The Much-Desired 'Moist' Turkey Doesn't Necessarily Have to Be Bland
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Thursday, November 27, 2008
By now your turkey is probably in the oven, unless you number among the 3 percent of Americans who will eat something else today.
There is a very good chance it will be bland.
And you will enjoy it anyway.
The most common compliment bestowed on the person who has sweated over the turkey since before sunrise is this:
"It's so moist!"
The second most popular:
"I love your gravy!"
And the third?
"The stuffing is scrumptious!"
But the meat itself?
"A lot of people want bland, soft, wet meat. That's what they grew up on," said Christopher Kimball, publisher and editor of Cook's Illustrated and host of "America's Test Kitchen" on PBS.
Everyone who cooks turkey -- and one survey found that 97 percent of Americans will today -- seems to have something up his or her sleeve to battle blandness.
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