Baked Stuffed Turkey

Ingredients

• 1 x 12 – 16 pound turkey
• 2 limes or ½ cup vinegar
• ½ stick margarine
• 2 tblsps meat tenderizer
• ¾ – 1 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp garlic salt /powder
• 1 tsp thyme
• 2 round recardo balls
• ½ cup shortening/cooking oil
• 2 tbsp Lea and Perrin Worcestershire sauce

Procedures

1. Remove turkey from freezer put to thaw (approx. 24 hours.)
2. Wash turkey with limes/vinegar.
3. Rinse, drain or pat dry.
4. Rub bird in and out with meat tenderizer put in plastic bag and put back in refrigerator. (For about 12 – 24 hours)
5. Remove bird from refrigerator rub inside with margarine, thyme (stuff).
6. In 1/2 cup cooking oil/shortening add black pepper, garlic powder/salt, thyme, recardo etc. Mix and rub this mixture over turkey. Sew or use turkey pins to hold in stuffing. Pour Lea and Perrin Sauce.
7. Bake breast side up (remove foil for last hour of cooking time).
8. Bake at 250 °F for 3 – 4 hours. Baste regularly