Healthy Thanksgiving

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  • jrich1
    jrich1 Posts: 2,408 Member
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    I dont see how brining a turkey adds calories, and its needed to smoke one without drying it out
  • cfregon
    cfregon Posts: 147
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    Brine is insanely high in salt, and like everything, salt has calories (not to mention using this method is insane on ingested sodium levels.
  • mlb929
    mlb929 Posts: 1,974 Member
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    What salt are you using that has calories? I don't think salt itself has calories, it's what the salt does to the food. I personally would wonder if the brine holds in the fat, making the turkey moister and higher calories.
  • jrich1
    jrich1 Posts: 2,408 Member
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    Brine is insanely high in salt, and like everything, salt has calories (not to mention using this method is insane on ingested sodium levels.

    But you arent drinking the brine, the amount that soaks into it would be minimal, I would rather have some sodium than a dry turkey
  • jrich1
    jrich1 Posts: 2,408 Member
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    What salt are you using that has calories? I don't think salt itself has calories, it's what the salt does to the food. I personally would wonder if the brine holds in the fat, making the turkey moister and higher calories.

    Salt doesnt have calories

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