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Correspondingly, do you remove the string from a roast before cooking?

You can always remove the meat ifits cooked and keep the potatoes cooking! - Ifyou are using a loin top roast with the stringaround it, DO NOT remove the string until after themeat has finished cooking!

Subsequently, question is, why do you Tie turkey legs together? Trussing is that final step in turkey prep whenyou wrap the turkey neatly in twine and tiethe legs together. This causes the turkey to cookunevenly, and the breast meat tends to overcook while thelegs are still roasting away. Trussing is really just forappearances sake, they say.

Subsequently, question is, what can I use instead of butcher's twine?

Substitutes

• Dental floss: Tie up your bird or bundle with dentalfloss.
• Aluminum foil: Roll up some aluminum foil into tightropes.
• Toothpicks or wooden skewers: Poke toothpicks or wooden skewersinto your meat to keep the seam from unraveling.

Can I use regular twine instead of kitchen twine?

Kitchen twine or string (or even dentalfloss) is the quickest and easiest way to truss a bird(surprisingly, you can also use gauze in a pinch).Now, loop the twine around the drumsticks and tie anotherknot, tightening it until the legs cross.