Originally Posted By: Sicilian Babe
Has anyone tried placing bacon on the turkey when they bake it? I heard that adds a nice flavor.


We did, years ago, but not with turkey. We laid strips of bacon over the breasts and legs of Cornish game hens (secured with toothpicks, IIRC). I think the process is called "barding" and it actually did impart a nice flavor to the birds.

I would imagine that it would take quite a lot of bacon to do justice to a turkey, but the resulting flavor would be very interesting.


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