Before You Carve the Turkey - CHOW Tip

Willie Benedetti of Willie Bird Turkeys was born into a turkey-raising family, and has been cooking and carving turkeys all of his life. His free-range birds get a thorough endorsement from Chowhounds. Before you carve your turkey, Willie recommends that you let it rest and don't forget to remove the stuffing.

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First thing you got to do is let your turkey rest for fifteen or twenty minutes. Let's the juices set in and the meat firm up. The next thing you do is you take out the stuffing. It helps cool down the turkey and lock in the juices.