Texas First: Killing and Cooking My Own Thanksgiving Turkey
As an impressive quantity of hot, steaming blood poured over my bare hands, I wondered how I, a vegetarian for most of my life, had ended up here.
Turkey
BBQ
November 15, 2021
How Greenberg Smoked Turkey Rebuilt After the Fire That Ruined Thanksgiving
Last November, an explosion at the beloved smoked turkey company destroyed 87,000 turkeys. Just in time for this year’s holiday season, the Greenbergs are back in business.
BBQ Recipes
December 22, 2015
Smoked Fried Turkey
I’m of the opinion that most foods can be improved when they’re smoked, and one of my favorite dishes that proves this proclaimed axiom is smoked turkey. We’ve got plenty of great options in Texas, all of which likely beat the oven-roasted turkey that your family overcooked at Thanksgiving. But when it
BBQ
November 24, 2015
The Best Turkey in Texas
Smoked turkey is now so common that nearly every grocery store deli case in the country carries at least one variety (and more often, many more than one). We now take this protein option for granted, but smoked turkey doesn’t have the same long history as beef and pork barbecue do in this
BBQ
August 31, 2015
Tough Turkey
Smoked turkey is about to get expensive. An outbreak of avian flu that started back in March has decimated the turkey flocks in the US, especially in Minnesota. The state is the largest turkey producer, and they lost 10% of their yearly stock due to the outbreak.
BBQ
November 24, 2014
Last Minute Turkey
Thanksgiving is just four days away, so most of us have already charted a plan for getting a turkey on the table, but in case you haven’t, here are a few helpful ideas.Smoke Your Own – If you want a simple recipe for a whole smoked bird, then Aaron Franklin’s
Food & Drink
January 21, 2013
Turkey, TX, Gets Another Offer to Rename Itself
Washington D.C.’s Pork Barrel BBQ strikes back at PETA by asking the small Panhandle town to rename itself “Barbecue” instead of “Tofurky.”
Travel & Outdoors
January 21, 2013
Miles and Miles of Texas
The Hill Country Drive, the BBQ Market Drive, the Backwoods Drive, and thirteen other summer trips, from the mountains to the coast, that will take you down some of the prettiest, most picturesque, most wide-open stretches of asphalt Texas has to offer. Buckle up!
Travel & Outdoors
January 21, 2013
The Music Drive
ROUTE: Turkey to Lubbock (the long way) DISTANCE: 366 miles NUMBER OF COUNTIES: 13 WHAT TO LISTEN TO: Buddy Holly’s That’ll Be the Day and Waylon Jennings’s Ol’ WaylonWest Texas is the Texas of wide-open spaces, but it is also the Texas of music giants, starting in the Rolling Plains
The Culture
January 20, 2013
126–150
From Buzz Bissinger arriving in Odessa—with a notepad—to Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen writing songs in College Station
Music
January 20, 2013
Bob Wills
Which future Texas governor hired Bob Wills to play on his Fort Worth radio show?
The Culture
January 20, 2013
126–150
From Buzz Bissinger arriving in Odessa—with a notepad—to Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen writing songs in College Station
Travel & Outdoors
January 20, 2013
Hotels
Big, breezy porches in Port Aransas, the only heated pool for miles in Marathon: You’ll get more than just a bed and breakfast at these ten appealing places to stay.
Recipes
January 20, 2013
Cinnamon Turkey Breast
In the Texas Firsts series, old and new residents alike experience linchpins of Lone Star State life and culture. Turkey 1 fresh turkey, approximately 12 pounds 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamonGlaze 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons molasses 2 tablespoons sherry
Recipes
January 20, 2013
Turkey Dark Meat in Cranberry and Ancho Chile Sauce
In the Texas Firsts series, old and new residents alike experience linchpins of Lone Star State life and culture. 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 each turkey thighs, drumsticks, and wings 8 cups water 6 ancho chiles, stemmed and seeded 1 white onion, peeled and roughly chopped 4 garlic cloves,
Eat My Words
November 17, 2011
Seasonal Texas Sides for Turkey Day
Next week, we celebrate my absolute favorite food day of the year. The turkey’s nice, don’t get me wrong, but I’ve always been a bigger fan of that particular bird the day after Thanksgiving, served between thick slices of white bread slathered with a healthy dose of mayonnaise and
Food & Drink
November 14, 2011
PETA Wants Turkey, TX, to Change Its Name to “Tofurky”
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals points its Thanksgiving publicity campaign toward the small Panhandle town of Turkey.
The Texanist
December 1, 2010
Offering fine advice since 2007
Aisle-scooting etiquette, slaughtering a turkey, skunk remedies, and the proper way to approach a group of ladies at a dance hall.
Music
April 30, 2000
Wills Power
Sixty-five years after his first recording sessions with the Texas Playboys, 25 years after his death, Bob Wills is still the king of western swing.
Recipes
July 31, 1978
Texas Turkey Ring Sausage
In the Texas Firsts series, old and new residents alike experience linchpins of Lone Star State life and culture. Another popular sausage indigenous to Texas is turkey sausage. The most famous purveyor of this local delicacy is Inman’s in Llano. They case theirs fresh, then barbecue it. If you
Hunting & Fishing
August 31, 1973
Texas Monthly Hunting Guide
A veteran hunter and guide tells how it's done.