This Alton Brown classic proves there IS a correct way to carve your turkey.
Here he explains step-by-step the easiest way to deconstruct your bird this year.
You’ve finally cooked the perfect turkey. It looks brown, juicy, and delicious. Now what? Are you really going to butcher the beast with a butter knife?
Before you tear apart that poor bird, watch Alton Brown’s video on how to deconstruct your holiday turkey. Yes, deconstruct.
In this three-minute video, Brown will show you how to turn your turkey into a meal for everyone.
Before you pick up that knife – watch this video. It may just save Thanksgiving.
Go ahead, open your fridge. How long have most of the items been in there? You’re probably thinking to yourself, when should they be tossed? Since the sniff test or a quick eyeball over isn’t the best way to make that determination, take a look at the guidelines and then get ready to keep or toss ‘em.
The Guidelines
Your refrigerator and freezer are temporary storage facilities that can extend the shelf life of food. However, the food stored in your fridge and freezer can definitely spoil within a specific time frame. Here are guidelines for common foods but if you’re ever in doubt, toss the food out.
Baby Food
Leftover baby food (jarred or canned): 2 to 3 days (refrigerator)
Beverages
Opened canned juices: 5 to 7 days (refrigerator)
Fresh orange juice: 6 days (refrigerator) or 6 months (freezer)
Opened sodas or carbonated beverages: 2 to 3 days (refrigerator)
Soy or rice milk: 7 to 10 days (refrigerator); don’t freeze
Breads and Grains
Store-bought bagels: 1 to 2 weeks (refrigerator) or 2 months (freezer)
Commercial breads: 1 to 2 weeks (refrigerator) or 3 months (freezer)
Unopened flavored rice: 6 months (pantry)
Unopened white flour: 6 to 12 months (pantry)
Muffins: 1 week (refrigerator) or 2 months (freezer)
Uncooked brown or white rice: 6 months (refrigerator) or 2 years (pantry)
Leftover pasta dishes: 1 to 2 days (refrigerator) or 2 months (freezer)
Homemade cake: 3 months (freezer)
Frozen waffles or pancakes: 3 to 4 days (refrigerator) or 2 months (freezer)
Condiments
Opened barbecue sauce: 4 months (refrigerator)
Opened canned tomato sauce: 5 days (refrigerator)
Opened jar of commercial mayonnaise: 2 months (refrigerator); don’t freeze
Opened bottle of ketchup or chili sauce: 6 months (refrigerator)
Opened jar of mustard: 1 year (refrigerator)
Opened bottle of olive or vegetable oil: 4 months
Shredded Parmesan cheese: 1 month (refrigerator) or 3-4 months (freezer)
Opened jar of natural peanut butter: 4 to 6 months (refrigerator) or 2-3 months (freezer)
Opened jar of pasta sauce: 4 days (refrigerator)
Unopened coffee jar: 2 years (pantry)
Olives: 2 weeks (refrigerator); don’t freeze
Meats and Poultry
Raw sausage (pork, beef, or turkey): 1 to 2 days (refrigerator) or 1 to 2 months (freezer)
Cooked chicken or turkey dishes: 3 to 4 days (refrigerator) or 4 to 6 months (freezer)
Fried chicken: 3 to 4 days (refrigerator) or 4 months (freezer)
Cooked ground chicken or turkey: 3 to 4 days (refrigerator) or 2 to 3 months (freezer)
Cooked chicken nuggets: 1 to 2 days (refrigerator) or 1 to 2 months (freezer)
Meats with gravy or sauces: 1 to 2 days refrigerator or 6 months (freezer)
Rotisserie chicken: 3 to 4 days (refrigerator) or 2 to 3 months (freezer)
Opened package of hot dogs: 1 week (refrigerator) or 1 to 2 months (freezer)
Opened package of deli meat: 3 to 4 days (refrigerator) or 1 to 2 months (freezer)
Cooked meat dishes: 3 to 4 days (refrigerator) or 2 to 6 months (freezer)
Dairy Foods
Ice cream: 2 to 4 months (freezer)
Butter: 1 to 3 months (refrigerator) or 6-9 months (freezer)
Margarine: 4 to 5 months (refrigerator) or 1 year (freezer)
Milk: 1 week (refrigerator) or 3 months (freezer)
Sour cream: 1 to 3 weeks (refrigerator); don’t freeze
Yogurt: 1 to 2 week (refrigerator) or 1 to 2 months (freezer)
Prepared Foods
Cut-up fruit: 4 days after cut; don’t freeze
Tuna or egg salad: 3 days (refrigerator); don’t freeze
Hard cooked eggs: 1 week (refrigerator); don’t freeze
Freezer-Aisle Items
Frozen fruit: 1 year (freezer)
Frozen shrimp: 1 year (freezer)
Frozen veggies: 8 months (freezer)
Other Common Leftovers
Pizza: 3 to 4 days (refrigerator) or 1 month (freezer)
Takeout: 3 to 5 days (refrigerator); don’t freeze
This monster snack is the world’s meatiest sandwich – crammed from bottom to top with 41 different cuts of meat including sausages, ham, turkey and – of course – bacon.
Before you tuck in youought to have planned for a long lunch break as this megawich will take an overwhelming ten hours to eat The massive sarnie, dubbed a ‘carnivore’s dream’, stands a whopping 15 inches high, 24 inches wide and tips the scales at more than two stones.
It contains 1,445 grams of ham, two kilograms of salami, turkey and bacon, one kilogram of sausages and 720 grams of chorizo.
Hidden among the meat is cheese and gherkins and if you look carefully you might even be able to spot some salad between the cuts.
It was made by British chef and restaurateur Tristan Welch to mark the launch of TV programme Man v. Food Nation on Food Network UK.
The new show sees host Adam Richman travelling through the United States encouraging people to take on daring food challenges. Luckily for all meat lovers Mr Welch has shared the recipe online so that brave diners can take on the challenge at home.
Nick Thorogood, from the Food Network, said: ‘The world’s meatiest sandwich is an epic creation.
‘We expect only the very brave will take on the challenge and attempt to eat it.
‘We wanted to create a sandwich that embodies the Man v. Food Nation series – that is big dishes, big flavours and big challenges.
‘It is definitely a dish that host Adam Richman will be proud of.’
