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In this Thanksgiving edition of our Youre Doing It All Wrong video series, chef and TV host Michael Chiarello extols the benefits of a brined turkey. Avoid some things (have you ever heard of a blivit?) and embrace others (the bird fits perfectly inside a cooler). If you follow the approach Michael outlines here, he guarantees you one of the juiciest turkey dinners youve ever had.

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  • Water gets "stale"? Really? What happens...the Hs and Os get tired of being connected?

  • Dont tell me how to brine my turkey fool

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  • @rafayetn "Water gives off gases while it sits around..."

    What a coincidence, so do I!

  • @Bridgebain I think by stale he meant hard water. Just read up on it or ask an experienced chef. A lot of times they'll use cold water to stay away from the hot water heater which can have a large build up of mineral deposits. Even if it takes longer to boil cold water sometimes the water can have such a strong mineral taste they won't touch it. Chiarello knows his stuff even if he's a bit hollywood. I wish people weren't so focused on cracking jokes, these videos can be really helpful.

  • Forty five degrees? Hah! Here in Florida, my fridge isn't even that cold

  • He points out that people oversalt their brine, and then doesn't tell us how much salt he puts in it. Utter moron.

  • If you're using a liquid measuring cup to measure salt, you're doing it all wrong.

  • He makes a point of TOO MUCH SALT , then doesn't say how much to use. Brilliant. This was posted 2 years ago. How stupid is that?

  • Michael Chiarello is a god in the kitchen shut up fools!

  • WHY ARE YOU DESTROYING THE TURKEY

  • wth? He just wasted all that food to show meaningless ways of how people do it wrong. I bet a little kid in Africa could have eaten that. xD

  • Wtf, water isn't bong smoke.... it doesn't get stale...

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