The p-whipped man who, in a drunken stupor is sent to the store during football game by his S.O. for crap the biatch forgot to buy. Nuff said!

We can't buy alcohol in CT on holidays or Sundays. It totally sucks. Good thing NY, VT, & NH aren't that far.

There are stores open on Thanksgiving?

buried_alive:

uhh... MA is a hell of a lot closer to you than VT or NH

Beer on Sundays since 2002

Wegmans is always open. Gotta love Danny.

sells

deep Fry Turkey is the only way to go. But you can't overfill the cooker with oil! Unless you really want to fire things up!

I've never seen oil sold in jars... Must be a Texas thing

They forgot to mention that HEB's sales of beer increased due to a huge cable outage of more than two hours during the games. What is a guy supposed to do when he's trapped with ladies gawking over newborns?

Actually, it comes in big-assed plastic cans, Crunch. You can find it right next to the ammunition, just below the chaw tobacco display.

You think I'm kidding?

OPEC?

George Washington Carver?

Those dreamy young nubile butt naked oil wrestlers from that thread yesterday?

France?

Lesbians

god bless deep fried turkey!

I spaced getting my p'nut oil and was able to pick it up @ Academy (think of a hunter's version of Sports Auth, Oshmans and so on) on Turkey Day - W00t!

/got nuthin

I didn't know milk was supposed to be a hot item on Thanksgiving.

Okay, so this year, I caved to the "oh, man, this is the best turkey you'll ever have" crowd and bought a fryer.

So that we could do a Pepsi-style challenge, we roasted 1 turkey and deep-fried the other.

Observation #1: the deep fried turkey did taste better and was more moist.

Observation #2: after shelling out $35 for the fryer and $29 for the oil to cook it in (which, if you season your turkey, becomes useless for anything other than frying another turkey), I was depressed and broke. All to fry an 11 lb. turkey that I got for 18 cents a pound. What a bargain: $1.98 for the turkey, $64 to cook it.

Moral: deep fried turkey costs more than you think.

/never again
//anybody wanna buy a turkey fryer?

foonly - the startup costs aren't crazy expensive (think vs stove) and you can find peanut oil @ Costco, Sams and so on for about $25 for 5 gal. You can also strain and filter the oil for another bird (or pork loin) for xmas.

When fryin birds, you gotta do at least 2. Not to mention, you can use all of the equipment for a mud bug boil in the spring. If $25 extra is too expensive for something much better, than you are too cheap.

Mud...bug....b

/does not ask, and requests that others not ask as well. We're better off knowing. You know it's true!

Better off NOT knowing...derrRRR!

/wanted for questioning

mud bug, A.K.A. crawfish, A.K.A. crayfish

What's this milk thing you're all talking about?

/Thought it was another word for beer

I, for one, slow-smoke my turkey. 18 hours for my 18 lb bird this year. Best, juciest bird I or my 15 guests ever ate. Was told it was the best meat a man could put in his mouth. 2nd best for a woman. Sorry.

buried_alive:

We can't buy alcohol in CT on holidays or Sundays. It totally sucks. Good thing NY, VT, & NH aren't that far.

Ah, yes... it's the only reason I've been to Rye, NY as many times as I have. Truly, the happiest place on Earth. At least on Sundays.

Who?

White people. 9_9

i feel safer knowing i live in a state that outlaws turkey frying, thanks.

Have another beer, billy-jim-steve.

Rednecks.

Zenitals

i feel safer knowing i live in a state that outlaws turkey frying

Jesus farking Christ, I hope to God you're joking.

If not, I presume that french fries and fried fish are banned as assault weapons as well, in order to protect all you Mensa members who are incapable of heating up oil.

haha
frying a turkey is outlawed?

i'm curious as to why exactly they chose to outlaw it. unless 90% of the state can't read directions on deep fryers.

If deep frying turkeys is outlawed, then only outlaws will deep fry a turkey! WTF?

Nope. True enough. Although I gotta disagree with your comparison of a floor mounted stainless steel fryolater to the unsteady little bucket in the yard that makes up a turkey fryer.

Apparently the state does, too. You can actually get french fries here, if you are so inclined.

You'd be surprised how common fires have become on Thanksgiving thanks to dumbasses frying turkeys. In quite a few communities, fire departments bring in all staff that day because of the added number of calls.

The thing people do too much is use too much oil. When they dunk the turkey in, it flows over the sides of the fryer and onto the heating element, causing a class B fire. Either that, or they dunk a turkey that still has a lot of ice in it and the water boils and causes the oil to go spraying. Or both, you never know.

And, as we all know, when dumb people have class B fires, they throw water on it or use the wrong kind of fire extinguisher. And then, there's an even bigger problem than before.

I gotta disagree with your comparison of a floor mounted stainless steel fryolater to the unsteady little bucket in the yard

I wasn't making that comparison. My wife makes fried chicken in a pan of oil on the stove, french fries in a countertop deep fryer in the kitchen, and I fry fish in a cast iron pan of oil on my gas grill on the patio. Are those illegal, too?

What freaking state do you live in, anyway?

what state do you live in?

aye, Uhlek.

i understand that. frying a turkey is dangerous if you don't take the precautions. i just think it's crazyness having it banned altogether. deep fried turkey is so good!

Massachusetts, of course.

And again, i find you comparing more apples and oranges. A pan of hot grease does not quite compare to a turkey fryer.

Oh, how I miss the HEB and Central Market.

Best. Grocery. Stores. Ever.

Anybody have a good recipe for an injectable marinade for the fried turkey? I bought one that turned out a little too "cajun" for my taste. How does it turn out if you don't inject any at all? Still a neophyte but liked the bird anyway.

A pan of hot grease does not quite compare to a turkey fryer.

It doesn't? Aren't they the same thing, only the turkey fryer is larger?

Look, my point is that you can easily start a fire when cooking with oil in any size pot if you aren't careful. If your state feels its residents can't be trusted with turkey fryers because they're too dangerous, maybe it should outlaw candles, Christmas tree lights, Jet-Skis, ladders and BB guns while they're at it.

I really don't care one way or the other, and hope this doesn't sound like I'm trying to pick a fight because I'm not. Just something about hearing the attitude that 'Thankfully the government has removed another one of my rights because it isn't 100% safe.' seems odd to me.

But what the hell, to each his own. Have a safe holiday season.

We had a long, long discussion in my office the Wednesday before turkey day about this topic - deep fried turkey is much better. But I've learned over the years to keep my mouth shut when making suggestions about holiday meals to my family - your idea, your responsibility. I'd much rather be tired/hungover/slumped in a chair on thanksgiving than dipping a naked bird in hot oil. As hot as that sounds.

/I've got your injectible marinade right here
//Did I just say that?

I've got to doubt the veracity of Zenital's claims regarding turkey frying. I saw many turkey friers for sale over the past few weeks. I seriously doubt it's something that could be outlawed, much less enforced.
Though, it does seem kind of like the sort of retarded law this state would pass.

I couldn't find anything to prove or disprove the legality of turkey frying in Mass. However I did find some stores that sell fryers. Why would they sell fryers if nobody could use them?

Zenitals:

WTF are you even trying to debate here? Your whole tower comes crashing down because you are flat out wrong about your only point: Turkey fryers aren't even illegal in MA. Perhaps you should have verified this point before hammering it home 5 or 6 times.

Using unvented kerosene heating elements is illegal there and various other types of heating elements are too, so any turkey fryer using a non-permitted heater like that could not be sold; however, there are plenty of legal ways to buy a fryer and fry a turkey in Massachusetts.

Yes, safety is an issue with these things, but it's still possible to buy a safer fryer and operate it safely. The point of the research from UL and all the hoopla over turkey fryers every year is not to eliminate them from the market, but to cajole the manufacturers into making safer products and to make the consumer aware of the dangers and risk in using the products.

my whole tower.... what? I don't have a tower, Gork. I've been dragged along for the better part of half the day over whether or not a turkey fryer is unsafe, compared to fryolators, oven top frying, etc. I've been told by VENDORS that they were illegal. Not once, not ONCE did I make an argument that had anything to do with the legality of frying. and certainly not the five or six times you allege. try READING next time. I didn't research the shiat, because, honestly, I don't give that much of a crap about turkey, dude.

If you know something I don't know about the legality of fryolating turkeys in your backyard in Massachusetts, good for you. Wait, I'll jerk off with joy about your worldliness of poultry. Ahh.

find somebody who gives a shiat to harass. Jesus christ, I guess I'll piss away four hours doing research on the various variants of fryolators the next time I try to pass off an innocent wise crack. Actually, no I won't. fark you.

haha you care way way too much, man

don't you want to strenghten your last point with lies about things I didn't say?