Show H JK choosing bird for christmas s di dinner aind 1100 SING a christmas tu turkey akey C I 1 of the right size this year 4 will assure every guest plen ty of delicious meat and at the tha same time ilme avoid the usual visual post christmas series of turkey hash meals according to miss annabelle robinson associate in home economics education at the college of agriculture university of illinois A general rule of the thumb Is to allow three fourths to a pound of dressed turkey for each guest it if the bird is to be served with dressing the vt 34 pound allowance probably will be ample it if there is no dressing more wt meat will be needed and the larger allowance 20 will est be the sat gar A at t the above aboa e f rates a 15 pound U U 0 I 1 0 turkey will teed feed approximately 20 people while a 10 pound bird will be sufficient clent for 13 guests since many families do not plan to have more than five or six at the christmas table even smaller birds probably wul aul be in demand however it usually Is better to get a bird weighing at least ten p pounds 0 u n d s dressed a since I 1 n c a 0 smaller turkeys do not develop as fine a flavor unless the size ot of the turkey is entirely out of R proportion to the fj f number of din A J n ner e r guests y enough will be f left eft for only one me G sw U ES sa TS I 1 0 or c two meals of cold turkey miss robinson said whether the turkey is chosen from om the home lock flock or bought at a market it should be a tat fat plump bird and preter preferably ably a young one the skin should be smooth and clean and the breas and thighs plump and meaty the bird should lct be reason reasonable ahl fat at since the fat dl lm im parts a better flavor and prevents the dry tasteless flavor rommon common to turkeys in poor flesh |