Neil & Michi - the oil comes in a giant jug that we saved to pour it back into after we couldn't use it anymore. Our experience has been that after two or three turkeys, the oil gets too dirty to use. As for disposal, we are fortunate to have a local recycling center that will take it.

I found a good webpage with pictures that gives a lot of detail about the process. Look at http://www.eatturkey.com/consumer/cookinfo/fryturk.html
Basically, you need a big pot, a big burner, 3 to 5 gallons of oil, some type of thermometer for the oil and a cold beer or two for the cook. You can buy the entire kit (oil included) at any warehouse store (like Sams or Costco) or even Target, Walmart, Sears, etc. etc. Price is anywhere from $50 to $100 USD and includes everything you need except for the propane tank. If you have a gas bbq grill, you can just use the tank from it.

John in Miami

That's what I like about Americans, John - you don't do things by halves! I tried to talk my health-conscious wife into this method, but she just shuddered. I think I lost the sale.

Its beginning to sound like we are all suffering from a tryptophan overdose brought on by too much turkey.

A/D

NEWS FLASH

Liz was featured on the evening news tonight:

Streaking at Disneyland

way too many turkey leftovers I guess

A/D

JohninMiami

Thanks for the info about cooking the turkey and the equipment. It makes a good story.

Like Neil, I will probably be vetoed by our family not so much for the calories but for the danger a 25 lb. turkey in grease on the bbq might pose with several small children around. We could alert the fire dept.

But thanks, it was very interesting.

Hi Michi - I wouldn't dare either, although can see deep frying the turkey would retain juices. Imagine after a few glasses of bubbly, in a blazing hot Oz Christmas kitchen, trying extract a large bird from boiling oil - I have enough trouble getting a steamed chook out of the pot without giving myself 3rd degree burns.

Pat

What's a chook?

chook = chicken

As in "Why did the chook cross the road?"

Or "He's running around like a chook with his head chopped off!"

A motorist was driving quietly along the road when, suddenly, his eyes goggled as, believe it or not, he espied a three-legged chook running beside him. It suddenly made a right hand turn, heading up a side track towards a nearby farm house. Intrigued, the motorist decided to follow the chook. At the end of the track, he met a farmer leaning on a gate.

The motorist said, "You probably won’t believe this, but I reckon I saw a three-legged chook running this way."

The farmer was nonchalant in response. "Yep, we breed them here."

"But why?" asked the motorist.

"Well, you see, I like a leg, my wife likes a leg, and me son likes a leg."

"And what do they taste like?"

"Dunno", replied the farmer, "No one can catch the little bastards."