I slathered the bird inside and out with herbed oil:
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- about 1 1/2 teaspoons each of sage, oregano, and thyme
- salt and pepper and LOTS of chopped garlic
After two hours at 160 C, it was a little burned on top but only 120 F in the thigh, so I increased the temperature to 170 and put a bit of foil over the breastbone. After 3 1/4 hours the thigh was still only 158 F so I took it out, put it on a dish, and put it back in, then microwaved it for 6 minutes.
The meat was tender and moist, with a lovely aroma from the herbs -- especially the garlic!
The birds were ordered on the web from the Foreign Buyers' Club. I think they were about 5,000 yen each. That's about US $55 for each 5 kg. (11 pound) turkey.
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