I did this sort of product review for Kikkoman two weeks ago. They sent me a bunch of soy sauce and a gift card towards the purchase of turkey and other groceries for a practice Thanksgiving turkey dinner. I had NO idea you could brine turkey in soy sauce, in fact, I had never even tried to brine a turkey.  After getting the Brine recipe, we realized that our biggest obstacle was what the heck to put the turkey IN so it could soak in the brine overnight. I had bought an 8.5 pound turkey breast, so my clever husband looked around the house and came up with this styrofoam cooler that some frozen food samples had come in. The turkey fit perfectly! Chris came up with the great idea to take out the bottom drawer of our fridge and set the cooler right down on the bottom of the fridge.  I mixed up half a batch of the brine recipe and it filled the cooler to the top. The next day, Ryan carried the cooler to the sink for me, I drained the brine and then rinsed the turkey with … [Read more...]