For many, many years my friend Kathy has been trying to talk me into making a brined turkey.  I was hesitant to do so because I already had a tried-and-true turkey recipe that I loved, and rarely make a whole turkey on any occasion other than Thanksgiving.  Last year before Thanksgiving I purchased a turkey when they were practically giving them away, and decided to pull it out of the freezer last week - just the right occasion for trying the brining method.

Since its cold here, the garage gives me the perfect place to both thaw and brine the turkey.  I researched a few brine recipes and decided to make up a simple version that would leave me with a well-seasoned, but basic sort of bird.

The resulting recipe and method produced the tastiest, moistest turkey I have ever had.  It was so good that now I have a new/old standby recipe for turkey.

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