Some nice looking and sounding action going on here. The wood fired oven is awesome!
We had a 14lb brined & roasted bird at our daughters. Quite good, and moist. Turkey day was at our house for many years, and brining never came up. I may well try this in the future.
Worst part is I'm apparently allergic to turkey, but it's sooooo good. I just have to go easy on it, and skip the leftovers. Growing up we had ham most of the time, so I don't recall issues back then.
It took me close to 10 years of discomfort to finally realize the reason. After a few years of red and itchy hands the next day, I started wearing gloves to cleanup. Then a more years of gastro issues before I realized that it started on turkey day and lasted into Dec (when the leftovers were gone!), then back after Christmas turkey. Mr doctor just rolled his eyes when I made the connection, yet he had no answers over the years. I keep wondering if a free range, or other unprocessed bird might make a difference. A store roasted chicken can affect me, too. Anyone else have issues like this?