might this turkey gravy be safe?
#226976 - 11/24/05 06:21 AM
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shelley29
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Loc: Northeast, USA
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I was perusing the Thanksgiving recipes & see recommendations to avoid gravy. My mom taught me a way to make homemade gravy that I didn't think was that dangerous for IBS- I'm at work without the recipe in front of me, but basically:
Some turkey drippings (I usually don't have more than a couple tbsp's tops - and I baste the turkey with club soda, so I don't think all of the drippings are fat)
Starch water from the taters
flour/water mixture (usually about 3/4c flour & 1c water)
a tbsp or two of gravymaster
and some S&P.
This usually lands me about 5 cups of gravy -
I've got my fingers crossed - does this seem that bad?!?
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Yep. Looks fine to me - just go easy on the drippings.
I often buy the pre packaged fat free powdered kind - I'm not a great gravy maker, and it's just easier that way.
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I don't know what gravymaster is. Gravy is safe, with other foods, as long as it doesn't have dairy or MSG and you don't ingest too much of it. If you thicken with cornstarch or flour instead of a roux it helps lighten it. All you need to do with gravy for the most basic is pour off all the turkey drippings while the turkey is resting. Put in a plastic bag and put in fridge. Then when the oil rises to the top cut the bottom corner and pour the dark drippings into a pan, leaving the fat layer out, and thicken with cornstarch mixed with water, wine or apple cider and stir. That is the easiest. I like to take the turkey neck and some carrots, onions and celery chunks and brown in a pan when you first put the turkey in the oven. Let that brown and add chicken broth and herbs. Simmer and strain and then add the dark fatless drippings to that when the turkey is done and thicken with cornstarch.
Why do you baste with club soda?
BTW I don't baste at all since reading an article about it years ago. We can't eat the turkey skin anyway.
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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