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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Last-Minute Recipe: Turkey and Vernor's!
cartoon turkey with a can of vernor's



We have a super-special last-minute turkey recipe!

Lifetime Mothers customer Nancy has sent us a most unusual turkey recipe, made with whole apples, cinnamon applesauce and Vernor's ginger ale!

Vernor's was invented in Michigan, and for a long time you could only get it in the midwest. However, lately we have seen it all over the country. If you can't find Vernor's, use a strongly-flavored ginger ale, something stronger than Canada Dry. If your family doesn't use processed foods, try Blue Sky Organic Ginger Ale, which has just water, cane juice, natural ginger and citric acid.

Now, we haven't tried this ourselves, but we have eaten Vernor's ham before, so we have high hopes for this recipe! If you make it, please tell us how it came out, and remember to include a photo!

Vernor's Turkey

1 turkey, clean and dry
dehydrated onion chips
paprika
garlic powder
pepper
salt
cinnamon applesauce
2 apples, halved. No need to core.
16oz Vernors
32oz water

Place turkey in its baking pan.

In this order, sprinkle entire surface of turkey with:

dehydrated onion chips
paprika
garlic powder
pepper
salt

Now pour the applesauce all over the turkey, letting it run down the sides.

Put apple halves in the turkey cavity.

Pour Vernors and water in the baking pan.

Cover with aluminum foil and roast at 350 for 15 - 17 minutes per pound.


turkey