Cheap $2 item to turn your Thanksgiving turkey from drab to fab and you can use it in your side dishes too

Thanksgiving is quickly approaching, and a feast wouldn’t be complete without a traditional turkey centerpiece.

For approximately $2, shoppers may add dairy, a versatile grocery store staple, to their turkey and side dishes.

Thanks to the wonders of dairy, the days of dry Thanksgiving turkey are over.

Americans can prepare a juicy and delicate Thanksgiving bird by using dairy products like milk and buttermilk in their recipes.

Both will give your Thanksgiving turkey layers of flavor and richness and cost about $2 at the grocery store.

Both dairy products are used in a turkey brine recipe from Dairy Farmers of America to ensure a moist and flavorful Thanksgiving turkey.

Meat’s protein is broken down by milk and buttermilk, making every bite moist and soft.

Additionally, the brine improves the browning of your turkey and gives an umami flavor.

In order to flatten the turkey, the recipe also asks for spatchcocking, which entails removing the backbone.

This guarantees more equal cooking and cuts down on oven time.

The benefits of using milk and buttermilk to brine a turkey have been praised by numerous seasoned cooks.

Dan Whalen, a five-time cookbook author, remarked, “I was amazed at how juicy and delicious my turkey came out after brining it in milk overnight.”

Darryl Postelnick, a TikTok chef with 2.9 million followers on his Cooking with Darryl channel, concurred.

“A really easy and direct way to really up your turkey game is with a milk and buttermilk brine,” he said.

The sugars provide a beautiful golden-brown skin that is crispy and tasty, while the acid in the buttermilk makes the flesh throughout moist and soft. Additionally, although I prefer to spatchcock my turkey to save time, a classic entire bird can still be prepared using this method.”

DAIRY DEVOTION

Buttermilk and milk are essential ingredients in many Thanksgiving side dishes and aren’t only for brining.

Dairy elevates several traditional Thanksgiving meals, such as sweet potato casserole, creamy mashed potatoes, and rich macaroni and cheese.

According to a DFA research, 65% of Americans cannot envision celebrating the holidays without dairy.

At least 41% of Americans want to purchase five pounds or more of milk for the holidays, and a staggering 90% of Americans claim that dairy is an ingredient in their favorite holiday foods.

53% of Americans said they would give up golf, and one in three said they would forgo Thanksgiving football before giving up a dairy product.

Dairy is preferred by a staggering 86% of Americans due to its well-known flavor and the assurance that it won’t affect the texture or flavor of their food.

This post was contributed to by TMX.

Look for locations where you may receive a free turkey if you want to prepare a Thanksgiving meal on a tight budget; it’s not just stores.

Walmart also acknowledged that its 29-item Thanksgiving meal is “on deck” with low-cost recipes, making it $217 less expensive than Costco.