This question scared me for a long time during the holiday season: how to cook a turkey in the oven? Now let me say if y ...

Holding the turkey steady with a meat fork, make a deep cut on one side of the breastbone, starting near the neck and running the knife along the rib cage toward the tail of the turkey.

and make a cut 1" deep at joint connecting the drumstick and thigh of each leg. Set a wire rack in bottom of a large stockpot and pour 1-1/2 qt. water into the pot. Place the turkey (minus the neck, ...

2. Remove giblets and neck from the turkey cavity, keep for gravy. Rinse turkey inside and out with running water. 3. Stir together butter, sage, salt and pepper; rub over turkey, inside and out.