I got home from work today off of a 14 hour shift, my lady made dinner and had it ready for me when I got home. Now I'm truly grateful for her doing that, but something tasted off about the meat loaf she made. She tells me she mad it with ground turkey meat (the ground beef substitute) and I have to say I absolutely can't stand the taste of it. I've never had it before but man oh man is that an acquired taste, I get that it's supposed to be healthier for you but man I just couldn't do it.

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When I see any sausage or ground meat and it has turkey or chicken as a part of it, FORGETABOUTIT!

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That’s tough, both for you after your long shift, and for your missus who was doing her best to take care of you.

You have my permission to get a couple of large ribeyes. (You should cook ‘em to show your appreciation.)

I wish luckily enough I have some left over chilli in the fridge.

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To give it some flavor, mix a pound of ground beef in with the turkey. The beef overpowers the turkey and gives it some taste. And while not quite as good for you as pure ground turkey, it is still more healthy than pure ground beef.

Give it a try.

And now you know why a good steak is measured by not needing any additional sauces, but a Thanksgiving turkey REQUIRES dressing and some sort of nasty gravy to make it edible.

Not if you deep fry that puppy!

The first time my wife made a meat loaf from turkey, we both agreed that it was the last time that turkey would be used for meat loaf. We are back to the beef hamburger and pork sausage meat loaves!

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I like turkey in sandwiches and at Thanksgiving, but not a lot of it. Now the chicken dressing....... that's another story. Makes me hungry just thinking about it.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

Turkey meatloaf can be good if prepared well with lots of spice, garlic, fried onions and other good veggies

Franks with chicken might be healthier than all beef but I am not a fan

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My wife prepped something called turkey bacon.
I liked it OK but it needs a different name.
Calling that substance bacon just ain't right, almost criminal.

I’m thinking, to make that turkey meatloaf? Start with a half pound of ground turkey. (Or a quarter pound if you are feeling dainty.) Now put that off to the side.

Fry up a half pound of bacon, snipped, cut or chopped into small pieces.

When there’s plenty of bacon fat, and the bacon is starting to look cooked, throw in the half pound of ground turkey, and mix it up.

After it is well mixed, and kinda cooked, throw in a pound of ground round, and mix it up.

Then hand off the concoction to the missus to make the turkey meatloaf.

Yessir. Bet that's the way to make a turkey meatloaf taste good!

When my wife and I were first married 40+ years ago, she made a “Tuna Casserole” about once a week. It was horrible but I ate it and smiled. Took 5 years before I said something about not really liking it that well.
Now I’m retired, I do most of the cooking.

...and now she's the one smiling...?

Turkey and Chicken "Meat products" were not invented to help your health! They were invented to sell more birds.

Many of the soy "Meat substitutes" were invented for vegetarian and religious concerns. I don't enjoy their flavors either, but I don't consider their existence a sin, like I do the bird products!

Ivan

We use ground turkey and chicken Mexican style dishes; tacos, stir fries, maybe chilli. Only beef loafs and beefburgers lol. I'll suck it up and eat the turkey just to show my wife I appreciate her cooking dinner. I'm a lucky gen Y'er that has an amazing woman who takes care of her family many times before herself.

No need to give up beef. It will cost a little bit more but it is not the beef that is bad for you. It's the hormones, chemical, antibiotics they put in it. and all that stuff that is in the GRAIN the feed it. Get the GRASS FED beef and you are home free. Bison is also good and VERY TASTY.

Uncured Bacon and cage free chicken with Omega 3 are also very good for you.

Olive oil is your friend. Coconut oil too. Corn and peanut oil not so much. Processed food in general are not good for you because of preservatives and chemical used in the process.

Again it will cost a little more but organic veggies are the way to go and for the same reasons.

KERRYGOLD is butter imported from Ireland. It is made from the milk of grass fed cows. It is naturally softer and it is delicious.

Lots of good stuff is out there if you look around...do a little research.

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It all depends on what percentage of ground beef you get.

If you buy very lean ground beef like sirloin it has less fat then the gross ground turkey.

There are different ground turkey also, Ground "parts" or ground white meat (breast) vs extra lean ground beef.

Read the labels, look it up.

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Rule3 has hit on it.

Lots of chicken and turkey products actually have
within them the fatty skins and parts that do nothing
to really reduce the fat content.

I make a good Chili using ground Turkey, but that is the only thing I'll use it for.

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My wife and I only use ground turkey. Except for meatloaf. One beef and one turkey for that. Everything else get seasoning packets mixed In or a sauce that covers the difference in flavor. Even burgers.

Although nothing beats a nice juicy beef steak.


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Made this the other day. Takes all of 5 min (per individual steak). Salt and pepper thoroughly on both sides, add other spices if you wish but salt and pepper is all that's needed. While your doing that let the pan heat up. (You can let the steaks sit for a little bit to release the juices that's up to you)

Throw them on the skillet about 2 min each side. This will depend on the size of the steak of course. The thicker ones will need more time. I've done thick steaks before for 7 min on one side and 5 on the other. When you flip it over throw some butter on the skillet.... about a teaspoon full. Then do about the same onto the steak. Rub it on and let it melt.

When done put it on a plate and let it sit for 5 - 10 min depending on the size of the steak. Grab a fork and knife and dig in!!

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Well said. You are what you eat. CAFO poultry, pork and beef are poison. ALL bison is grass fed and antibiotic free. There are no bison feedlots that pump them full of corn and soy. American grocery store lamb is finished exactly like beef. Aussie lamb is grass fed and finished. No feedlots for sheep in OZ. I love KerryGold butter, but there are domestic grass fed butters available as well.
The eggs you buy on sale at the grocery store are laid by hens kept in pens so small they can't turn around. At about 18 months of age those poor birds are spent; burnt out. They are then slaughtered, ground up and served to you at McDonald's or the school cafeteria. "Free range" and "cage free" are deceptive terms and not worth the extra expense. Buy pastured eggs, local if you can find them. Look beyond the sale pages.

I long ago gave up eating turkey at Thanksgiving and Xmas. Give me a good porketta, a food shown to cure eating disorders.

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I really don't care for turkey much. I can make a sandwich using turkey cold cuts but I would prefer buffalo chicken. I can only eat so much turkey in any given month, maybe 2 or 3 times. Turkey sausage isn't a substitute for anything, that stuff is just plain nasty.

I'm pretty sure the turkey growers would go broke if it wasn't for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

I once went to a turkey shoot at a large gun range. They were giving out turkeys and hams for prizes. They gave away all the turkeys first because they knew that if they let people choose they would never get rid of the turkeys. When all the turkey was gone you won a ham. My buddy and I had about 5 turkeys between us and we were able to trade a few for hams later in the day. I put the turkeys on the smoker and fed them to my dogs, lasted for months and they never complained. Good dogs.

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I like turkey. Sausage, burgers, .... whatever. It just depends on how it's made/prepared

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You'll change your mind about turkey after your first Angiogram.

I don't do turkey in any fashion, never mind about these new fancy mixes, etc. I'm right there with you on this one.

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Ya know, all this turkey stuff started with turkey bacon. It didn't LOOK like real bacon, it didn't TASTE like real bacon and it didn't have the same TEXTURE as real bacon. Yet all the makers of it CLAIMED that it did taste like real bacon. Not even close.

It got so popular that I kind of knew that it was going to be used as a substitute for more and more beef and pork products. But I never imagined how popular it would get.

I like traditional Turkey and dressing at Thanksgiving and Christmas but that is it. On a rare occasion I'll buy a smoked turkey during the summer time but Never use ANY turkey as a substitute for real beef or pork or anything else.

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My wife makes a pretty good turkey loaf. She uses some sort of tomato sauce to give it flavor. I can neither confirm nor deny that I might, from time to time, put some Tobasco sauce on it to give it a bit more flavor.

As it happens, I like turkey, so it's not a big problem for me. Unfortunately, most of the flavor in turkey comes from the skin and fat. Neither of which are particularly healthy if you are trying to lose or maintain a weight.

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We've been using turkey and chicken burger for decades. We like it. We started to use it because of the cost and low fat but now it's become so popular that in some stores it's more expensive than beef.

A turkey leg for Thanksgiving dinner along with stuffing and mashed potatoes and gravy is a must for me. Top it off with a decent white wine. Repeat as necessary.

I also have to add that we feed inmates turkey/ham blend or chicken/turkey blend because my lovely state doesn't want to shell out the money for beef. That's another reason why I don't care much for the turkey ground meat stuff, plus the state pays peanuts for the stuff to make that why the heck are we going to a store and buying it for 10 bucks a lbs.

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I love bison, even though out my way it commands a premium price but I could eat it for every meal of I could afford it. She's on this whole we need to eat healthier kick again (happens alot) and I work long shifts so I don't go shopping (it's a win in my book as i hate shopping) but I really wish she would read Into better stuff to make as you've listed.

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I do smoked turkey for Thanksgiving and New Years, that's it. Now pheasant, quail, beef or pork I will eat most anytime. Not big on duck or goose but the boys will tear it up, the girls not so much so. Just about any game fish and I'm good to go.

Ketchup. Lots and lots of Ketchup. And some Tabasco.

My wife knows this gimpy Injun likes bison.
Nihtsi kiyistoi iinii.
Anyway bison's a healthy, lean alternative to beef. It's lower in fat and cholesterol and high in protein.
She makes bison meatloaf.

We tried turkey burger once.

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Grilled bison steak.

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My wife makes a really good Turkey Chili also. I eat turkey sausage at Cracker Barrel and love it so I went into it with an open mind. With this cooler weather we are having, it is about time to make a batch!

Splash a little Tabasco sauce on it, it''ll be OK.

You deep fry puppies? I have had stewed dog it was a flat tasting. I am not a turkey fan, tastes like chicken.

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I don't know about the rest of you guys, but if my wife cooks or bakes something, I just eat it. She is a very good cook and has never done me wrong.

She does all the meal planning, etc. all we do is sit there and eat it.

Overall, sounds like a good trade off to me, even if, and I say IF she made something I wasn't ecstatic about, I just keep that to myself.



PS, was divorced once, now 28 years + with this wife, and not doing that again.

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If my wife offers to cook for you, run away do not walk. Think Ellie May Clampett's cooking. I thought that I was passing blood, until in my agony, I remembered it was her patented extra acid tomato sauce. A moment on the lips. two hours in the latrine. On the good side, in 25 years she has only cooked about 12 times including the years as a stay out home mom. I did well, her sister is known to burn water.

Arik:

I cook my steaks the same way you do-always use Ribeyes but cook them a little less as I absolutely cannot eat a steak if it's medium rare or more done (result of stinking radiation for the cancer). I do them several times per week, breakfast, lunch and, sometimes dinner. Breakfast sized Ribeye is seared on each side in the hot, buttered skillet for a minute at most.

I also make Chili, about 4 times per week. Can't eat it hot yet (did I mention the results of the radiation?) but I can taste it, unlike many other foods. I used to use ground turkey before the cancer, but now use either Ground Chuck or make small cubes from various cuts of beef. I tried the ground turkey once since the radiation and it was really awful.

I still like turkey and made turkey wings in the slow cooker for dinner tonight.

I do all the cooking here, and my wife has never had to do it. I like to cook and have been doing it for myself since I was 15 (except when the Army took me under its gentle wing) and my doing it lets my wife relax when she gets home from work.

She seems to be tolerating the diet of Turkey, Steak and Chili pretty well, though I have caught her cheating with a pizza.

Bob

Try being married to a vegetarian for 20 years. Meat is meat. Some meat is ####ing great, and other is just fantastic.

When I was younger used to love turkey at Christmas and Thanksgiving. Now at 71 not so much any more. I'll eat it on those holidays with stuffing and mashed potatos with gravy. But as leftovers maybe the day after. After that forget about it. Same thing with ham. Ok for one or two days but not after that. As far as chicken or turkey franks no way, once was enough. Frank

Oh no that's a nightmare in my book

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If you have a wife that cooks--sit down, eat it, and say "thank you". Beats bein' single.

Just a couple days ago, on a whim, I bought a pound of processed, sliced turkey breast on sale. Made a sandwich, and noted it looked like some kind of white mystery meat, certainly not real sliced turkey breast. Couldn't finish it. Even the cat was unimpressed, and just batted around the slice I gave him. Tossed the rest.

Now, real, thick sliced turkey breast from a deep fried turkey on an onion roll, along with a little pepper, mayo, and a topping of cranberry sauce makes my mouth water, and is a late hunting season staple in my hunting day pack.

Like many here, a couple big turkey dinners a year with all the fixings is enough for me.

Back in the late 70's, had an uncle who retired from Remington Arms in Bridgeport CT, moved to Maine, and raised "Beefalo", a cow/buffalo cross. That meat was excellent, and every year he would bring 50 or so pounds of prime cuts down when they came to visit. I have never seen it available in the supermarkets, and guess it never really caught on.

Larry