Kusuka ku-fresh noma efriziwe, kuya kosher noma i-heirloom, thola i-turkey efanele kuwe.
Akukona okwedlule isikhathi eside impendulo yombuzo othi "Yimaphi ama-turkey okufanele ngiwathengise" kwaba "noma yini ayithengisa esitolo."
Manje, ngiyabonga, abapheki be-Thanksgiving banokukhetha-okuningi kokukhetha. Abanye bangase bathi izinqumo eziningi kakhulu. Ngakho-ke, hamba inyama enomama eyomile, amathanga angaphekiwe, kanye nenyama ngakho-ke ungacabangi nje ukuthi ucabanga ngokuthi "amaprotheni" ngesidingo esikhulu samabele. I-turkeys enomnandi, enomnandi, ephakanyiswe ngokucophelela ngabalimi bendawo bakulindele.
Uzosekela abalimi bendawo bese uqeda inyoni ye-tastier, evuselelayo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi isidlo saseLwesibili ebusuku, isidlo sokubonga, noma isidlo saseKhisimusi. Imagugu, idliwe, i-organic, i-nature-thola ukuthi la magama asho ukuthini ukuze uthole ukuthi uhlobo luni lwe-turkey oluzokwenzela ithebula lakho kulo nyaka.
Uma usenayo inyoni yakho, bheka ukuthi ungayilungisela kanjani ukunambitheka okungcono kakhulu nokuthi ungayigcoba kanjani .
I-Fresh versus Frozen
Umehluko wangempela ubonakala ngokucacile-izinyoni ezibandisiwe ziye zaqhwazeka futhi uma uzithengayo kanjalo kudingeka udinga isikhathi sokuthakazelisa. Ukudonsa inyoni enkulu kungathatha izinsuku eziningana kusukela ama-turkeys angasetshenziswa ngokuphepha ephefrijini . Uma uthenga ama-turkeys angasebenzi, qinisekisa ukuthi empeleni "ahlanzekile" hhayi "ngaphambili efriziwe" bese ehlushwa esitolo, uma kubalulekile kuwe.
Iningi labantu ngeke likwazi ukutshela umehluko phakathi kwezinyoni ezintsha noma eziqandisiwe uma seziphekwe, nakuba ezinye iziqhathaniso ezihlangene nezinye izinyoni ezifanayo zithola izinyoni ezintsha ziyizicucu futhi zithenda ngaphezulu.
Lokho kusho, ngezindlela zanamuhla zokuqandisa ezinciphisa ukulahleka komswakama, uhlobo lwe-turkey nokuthi luphekwe kanjani kubaluleke kakhulu.
Ukuzivocavoca noma Ukuguqulwa Kwangaphambili
I-turkeys yokuzigaxa kanye ne-pre-brined ibilokhu ijojowe ngomhluzi, usawoti, ukudlala, kanye / noma amanye ama-flavorings. Ungawawoti usawoti noma uhlanza ama-turkeys okuzenzekelayo, kungabangela umphumela ohlukile futhi uzophelela nenyoni enomunyu omile futhi omile.
I-Kosher
Ama-turkeys ama-kosher aye abulawa ngabanye yi-butcher yamaJuda aqeqeshiwe, ahlatshwa ngokuvumelana nemithetho ye-kosher, egazini legazi, kanye nosawoti. Yilokho nto yokugcina eyenza i-kosher turkeys ethandwayo: i-pre-seasoned ngakho-ke ithambekele ekubeni yiphunga elimnandi. Ungathengi i-kosher turkey uma uhlela ukuncibilikisa usawoti noma uhlanza i-turkey yakho ngoba izophela ngokuphelelwa isikhathi.
I-Turkeys yemvelo
Ngokusho kwe-USDA, inyama nezinkukhu-kuhlanganise ne-Thanksgiving ne-Christmas turkeys-ezibhalwe ngokuthi "zemvelo" noma "konke-zemvelo" azizange zibe ne-flavorings yokufakelwa noma izidakamizwa ezingeziwe. Nokho, kungenzeka ukuthi babe nosawoti, amanzi, kanye "ne-flavorings yemvelo". Ithebula elithi "yemvelo", ngezindlela eziningi, lingasho lutho ngokwezinga eliphezulu.
I-Turkeys ye-Organic
Ama-turkeys aqinisekisiwe asetshenziselwe ukondla ngokwemvelo yonke impilo yawo futhi akakaze aphathwe ngama-antibiotic. Ukuzibuza ukuthi kungani ama-turkeys ephilayo ebiza kakhulu? Kuyinto elula: ukudla okuphilayo (okwenziwe okusanhlamvu okuvuthiwe okuvuthiwe) ngokuvamile kuvame ukubiza kathathu njengokudla okwenziwe ngokujwayelekile.
Ama-Turkeys wama-Free Range
Ibanga lamahhala, ngokwe-USDA, lisho ukuthi isilwane sivunyelwe ukuba ngaphandle okungenani ingxenye yesikhathi. Kwabalimi abathile lokhu kungase kube yisikhathi esifushane; abanye abalimi bavumela izilwane ukuba zigijime endaweni enkulu futhi zizingele futhi zifake njengoba zithanda, zikwazi ukuthola indawo yokukhosela, njengoba isilwane sifisa.
I-Pastured Turkeys
Izinyoni eziphambukayo zikhulelwa ngaphandle futhi zivunyelwe ukuzingela izinambuzane nezinyosi ngokudla kwazo (zivame futhi zinikezwe ukudla ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi izakhi nezakhalori zidinga ukukhula usayizi wamakethe). Ukudla kwabo okuhlukahlukene kwenza kube lula okuthakazelisayo, futhi ukuphila okusebenzayo kwenyoni ehlwanyelwe kwenza inyama yayo ithuthuke. Qaphela ukuthi ngokungafani namalebula afana nokuthi "okuphilayo," ayikho izindinganiso eziqinisekisiwe noma eziqinisekisiwe zokuthi "zihanjisiwe."
Ama-Turkeys e-Heritage
Njengoba i-heirloom ingamathe utamatisi, ifa liyi-turkeys. Kuyinto isinyathelo emuva indlela izinto ezisetshenziselwa ukunambitha. Izindinganiso ezinzima zisebenza ezilwaneni ezibalula "ifa." Ifa lisho inyoni ingaphezu kwenzalo yezinhlobo zangaphambili ezinamagama afana ne-Red Bourbon, i-Narragansett ne-Standard Bronze: I-American Livestock Breed Conservancy ichaza ukuthi ama-turkeys amagugu kufanele ahlangane ngokwemvelo, ahambe kancane izinga lokukhula elibangelwa ukuphila okude futhi lichitha impilo yabo ngaphandle.
Ama-turkeys amagugu amancane kunabalingani bawo abadayiswa ngokudayisa (okuyiwo wonke ama-Whites aseBet Breasted) futhi banamandla-abanye bathi ukudlala-ukudlala. Ngaphansi kwesilwane samathumbu kanye namathanga aphakeme kakhulu kanye namaphiko asho ukuthi ama-turkeys amagugu ayazuza ezinkathini ezide, zokupheka kancane.
Kuye lapho uthenga khona, kungase kube sekwephuzile ukushaya inyoni yefa. Abalimi bavame ukuthatha imiyalo yabo futhi bathengise ngaphambi kwamaholide langempela, kodwa ungakwazi njalo ukubuza ngeminwe yakho iwele, ithemba phezulu, futhi ifihlekile ukunambitheka ekufundeni.
Hen ngokumelene noTom
Amantombazane ama-turkeys ama-toms namadoda angamadoda. I-Toms, ngokulinganayo, ikhudlwana, ngakho-ke uma uhamba nge-turkey ngaphezu kwamakhilogremu angu-18, cishe uzophela ngetamat, kanti uma ufuna i-turkey 14 amakhilogremu noma ngaphansi, kungenzeka thenga inkukhu. Ngaphandle kwesayizi, akukho umehluko wangempela. Abanye abantu bathi i-toms iyinambitheka kakhulu.
Awekho AmaHhommoni engeziwe
Awekho ama-turkeys athengiswe e-US anganikezwa ama-hormone (noma ama-steroids), ngakho le ilebuli noma isimangalo asinalutho ngoba isebenza kuwo wonke ama-turkeys.
Noma yikuphi uhlobo oluthile oluthengayo, qiniseka ukuthi ulandela izindlela zokuphepha zokudla okungcono kakhulu: ugcine inyoni ingcono kune-40F noma ishisa kunama-140F-noma yikuphi phakathi kwayo kubhekwa ngokuthi "indawo yengozi yokudla" ngoba ibanga lokushisa lapho amabhaktheriya ekhula khona. Ngokusobala, i-turkey izochitha isikhathi esithile kulolu hlu (endleleni eya ekhaya kusukela esitolo futhi njengoba isetshenziswa), kodwa umkhawulo wesikhathi esiphelele cishe amahora angu-4. Ngakho njalo thinta i-turkey efrijini, hhayi ekamelweni lokushisa, futhi uma uphekiwe, lihlale lifudumele noma lipholile.