Comfort Food From Louisiana: Videos How to BBQ a Turkey on Your Grill & Deep Fry Turkey Safely

10 July 2009

Videos How to BBQ a Turkey on Your Grill & Deep Fry Turkey Safely

From Denny: We love our deep fat fried turkey here in Louisiana but it can be a mess and even dangerous to prepare if you don't know what you are doing. This video is from Canada and these guys had a great idea of how to BBQ a turkey for Thanksgiving on a normal outside grill for just a few hours. How they packed the turkey was smart.

Though they could have added the bacon on top of the turkey at the beginning of the grilling instead of stopping it toward the end, adding raw bacon (hello, bacteria!) and then overcooking the bird just to cook the bacon.

The video is sped up to fast forward that it is witty and funny, really easy to watch - AND you get a great, easy and fast idea of how to cook a turkey on your grill! Why wait until a holiday and do like we do in Louisiana: cook it any time you "have a taste" for a special food!

Here is the smart way to deep fry a turkey - funny AND informative video:

For safety and grilling tips:

Comfort Food From Louisiana

Cajun, Creole and Southern Comfort Food: The city of New Orleans is our most famous.

Our melting pot of food came from centuries of history and the cultures of Spain, France, Sicily, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Lebanon, the Caribbean and Africa as well as a sizable Jewish culture in New Orleans and Baton Rouge - a wild mix! Today's newer immigrants adding to our Louisiana flavor are from Vietnam and Mexico.

In the process of how all these diverse groups learned to live together a wonderful culture of food was born and is cultivated to this day.

Photo by Lyndi&Jason @ flickr of Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Please tell all your friends about this blog! - Denny Lyon

Welcome!

Come into my kitchen, relax and eat well! It's a tradition here in south Louisiana to trade recipes and talk about food like other people talk about the weather. Advice and tips buzz around like Junebugs in summer!

Louisiana is an interesting place. It is like a little piece of Europe planted in America, especially New Orleans. Each city and town has its own flavor in Louisiana from my Baton Rouge to New Orleans to Lafayette.

As this blog grows there will be historical and cultural articles along with the recipes so sit back and enjoy!

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Marti Gras colors: It's so New Orleans! For those that don't know, purple and gold are also the colors of Louisiana State University (LSU). Purple, green and gold are associated with Marti Gras. Gold is symbolic of Power. Purple is symbolic of Justice. Green is symbolic of Faith.

Laissez le bon temps rouler! (Let the good times roll!)

Keep grinning! Denny