Turkey?

[MommaMia]

We are camping for Thanksgiving.  It's our first holiday campout and we are dry camping.  We had a big dinner last week when my parents came to visit so I was thinking we would skip the traditional Holiday Feast.  But the kids were bummed.

So I picked up a Smoked Turkey breast that we'll heat over the campfire.  Nobody in our family likes darkmeat so why waste time and $ on the whole bird?

We are also having roasted potatoes, stuffing, yellow squash and onions in foil packets, asparagus (my favorite)  rolls and cranberry sauce and lots of homemade gravy!  I made the gravy last week and froze it in a ziplock.  Nobody really likes pie here so it's cinnamon rolls for desert.  Poke em on a stick, toast over fire until they puff up really nice, then squirt the icing on top and watch it melt all over!  Yummy!

[Camping Coxes]

I am rather afraid to use a turkey fryer as it can be dangerous if the hot oil splashes on one,

Amen to that!  I've seen one we use at our ball park for fries flame up when the oil sloshed over the side.  I was facing it as my DH was pouring in the fries.  Whoever previously had that duty overfilled the oil and I watched my DH jump back as a fireball shot up over the roof of our snack bar.  I just knew the whole thing was going up in flames.
 
I think if camping, the best thing to make for Thanksgiving is reservations!  I have seen turkey rolls in the market that could probably be made on the BBQ.

[mowalker]

Buy a smoker, they turn out great, but it takes some time.   :cool:

BEST BIRD YOU EVER ATE

Plus you can do all kinds of meats and other things the possiblities are endless.

B

[B-flat]

My BIL has a smoker and uses different "flavors" for his bird. The one I tasted was superb and it almost had a flavor like smoked ham. There wasn't any left. Hey, when will yours be done? I might come over.

[fintastic5]

I've cooked turkeys over an open fire, and they were GREAT!! Hang them on a tripod, feet up. I put sliced apples in the cavity, the drap aluminum foil like a tent over the whole bird, open or flared out at the bottom. I then use a charcoal chimmny to start the briquets, place the bird over the fire, about 8"-10" up, I recomend some soaked hardwood tossed on the fire. One chimmnys worth of briquets at a time is about right, one after the other. It takes 6-8 hours, but worth it!