Kikkoman: Making Your Thanksgiving Even Better!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
I have a confession to make. I am 31 years old, been married for almost 9 years and have given birth to two children. Don't you think that somewhere along the line I would have made a turkey for my family {hanging head in shame}? Well, I haven't. I guess that I haven't really had to. We have Thanksgiving at my Mother-in-law's house every year. And, I never really gave much thought to making a turkey outside of Thanksgiving time. That is until....I was contacted by the wonderful people at Kikkoman. They wanted to send me their turkey kit to try. I agreed and informed them that this should be really interesting...given it's my first time!
Kikkoman supplied me with a gift card to purchase a turkey, 2 different bottles of soy sauce, a jug of soy sauce, box of soy milk, a box of bread crumbs, and a cute little apron. They also supplied exact instructions on how to cook your turkey the Kikkoman way as well as recipes to use with your left over turkey.
I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to prepare my turkey. I put it in the fridge a few days prior to the "big day" so that it had time to thaw out completely. When it was time to prepare it, I removed it from it's wrapper, and took out the neck and giblets. I then prepared the brine mixture in a 5 gallon bucket and immersed my turkey in the mixture. You let it sit in the brine (2 gallons of water, 10oz of Kikkoman soy sauce, 1/2 C salt, 1/2 C. sugar, 2T dried Sage, 2T Dried Celery Seed, 1T Dried Thympe) overnight in your fridge. To accomplish this task we had to remove a shelf from our fridge. This preparation method may not work for those of you with a side by side fridge.
When you're ready to cook it the next day, you remove it from the brine, rinse well, release it's legs from the clamp and place in your pan breast side up with some brine in the pan and inside your turkey.
I baked it in the oven while we were at church. When we came home....
I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to prepare my turkey. I put it in the fridge a few days prior to the "big day" so that it had time to thaw out completely. When it was time to prepare it, I removed it from it's wrapper, and took out the neck and giblets. I then prepared the brine mixture in a 5 gallon bucket and immersed my turkey in the mixture. You let it sit in the brine (2 gallons of water, 10oz of Kikkoman soy sauce, 1/2 C salt, 1/2 C. sugar, 2T dried Sage, 2T Dried Celery Seed, 1T Dried Thympe) overnight in your fridge. To accomplish this task we had to remove a shelf from our fridge. This preparation method may not work for those of you with a side by side fridge.
When you're ready to cook it the next day, you remove it from the brine, rinse well, release it's legs from the clamp and place in your pan breast side up with some brine in the pan and inside your turkey.
I baked it in the oven while we were at church. When we came home....
had the most juicy suculent turkey ready to carve. I can't begin to tell you how good it smelled and tender it was. Using soy sauce you would think that it would be really salty. It wasn't at all. It was perfect! As you can see from the picture, we even shared some of the juice by putting it on our dog's food....it was only fair.....she had to smell it cooking the entire time we were at church.
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Kikkoman products are available nationwide at your local grocery store.
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Kikkoman products are available nationwide at your local grocery store.
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Now you have a chance to win some Kikkoman products of your own. One lucky winner will recieve:
- Kikkoman recipe book
- 2 full size bottles of Kikkoman special sauces
* All you have to do to get entered is head on over to the Kikkoman website, take a look around and then come back here and tell me something that you learned.
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November 20, 2009 11:27 AM
By the middle of the 17th century the process of making naturally brewed soy sauce had been established in Japan.
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November 20, 2009 7:41 PM
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November 20, 2009 8:47 PM
soy sauce is from 17th century Japan
November 20, 2009 10:18 PM
I learned that you can make carrot cake with the soy sauce
November 20, 2009 10:36 PM
In the 17th century Soy Sauce was produced by hand which was very tedious work.
November 21, 2009 1:54 AM
The chemically produced (non-fermented) soy sauces use hydrochloric acid. Yikes!
November 21, 2009 2:42 AM
checked their site--
Kikkoman is available in 6 continents!
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November 21, 2009 7:18 AM
Kikkoman creates a workplace that facilitates employees’ self-fulfillment.
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November 21, 2009 9:19 AM
You can buy Kikkoman in 6 continents... wowza!
November 21, 2009 9:34 AM
i learned about umami, the fifth flavor.
November 21, 2009 10:11 AM
The history of Kikkoman stretches back over 300 years. Thanks!
November 21, 2009 1:18 PM
I didn't realize that they made other sauces--just equated the brand with soy sauce!
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November 21, 2009 4:08 PM
I did not know that Chinese Soy Sauce came in light and dark
November 21, 2009 5:08 PM
i didn't know they made Panko
November 21, 2009 5:08 PM
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November 21, 2009 5:52 PM
I learned:
In ancient China, preserved foods and their seasonings were known as jiang, and it was mainly made from grain!
November 21, 2009 6:56 PM
soy sauce dates back to 17th century thanks minsthins at optonline dot net
November 21, 2009 6:56 PM
I learned they have a cook book with all kinds of recipes
November 21, 2009 9:33 PM
I learned:
Soy sauce is particularly rich in naturally produced umami components that are generated during the brewing process. These umami components are composed of about 20 different amino acids produced as the koji mold dissolves the proteins contained in the soybeans and wheat.
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November 22, 2009 1:24 AM
in the seventeenth century, soy sauce was produced completely by hand
November 22, 2009 8:10 AM
The site has an informative KIKKOMAN Soy Sauce Museum. How cool is that! katklaw777 at yahoo dot com Great giveaway, thanks!
November 22, 2009 8:11 AM
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November 22, 2009 8:57 AM
I learned that soy sauce evolved from an ancient seasoning/preservative called jiang.
November 22, 2009 11:21 AM
I learned that Kikkoman has ISO 9001 certification for all of its factories in Japan.
November 22, 2009 11:57 AM
Kikkoman is available all over the world
November 22, 2009 1:36 PM
I learned that Kikkoman soy sauce is requested in over 100 countries.
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November 22, 2009 6:57 PM
I learned that the history of Kikkoman stretches back over 300 years. asthenight at gmail dot com
November 23, 2009 12:41 AM
I learned how to make Vegetarian Onion Soup!!
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November 23, 2009 8:55 AM
I learned that After being introduced into Japan, the development and processing of jiang took a turn; by the middle of the 17th century, the process of producing naturally brewed soy sauce had been established here, and began to spread throughout the country.
November 23, 2009 10:19 AM
I learned that Kikkoman was born in the city of Noda, located in Chiba Prefecture.
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November 23, 2009 2:35 PM
The unique characteristics of soy sauce originate primarily from the proteins contained in soybeans. Soybeans are first soaked in water for an extended period, and then steamed at high temperatures.
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November 23, 2009 9:27 PM
I learned " In 1980, this trade name was altered to the company’s current name: Kikkoman Corporation"
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November 23, 2009 10:19 PM
I am amazed that you can make carrot cake with soy sauce
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November 24, 2009 2:06 AM
wow, lots of info, didn't know it's only 300 years old though and from japan
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November 24, 2009 10:58 AM
I learned that you can make carrot cake with soy sauce. I'll have to try it.
November 24, 2009 12:05 PM
I had learned that soy sauce is from 17th century Japan.
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November 24, 2009 12:55 PM
I learned that the color of naturally brewed Kikkoman Soy Sauce is a clear reddish-brown
November 24, 2009 12:58 PM
Kikkoman is for sale in 6 continents
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November 24, 2009 1:40 PM
I learned that Kikkoman has ISO 9001 certification for all of its factories in Japan and is currently working to obtain HACCP certification at each of its overseas factories.
November 24, 2009 1:52 PM
With Global Vision 2020, the Kikkoman Group sets the following three qualitative goals:
(1) Make Kikkoman soy sauce a truly global seasoning
(2) Become a company that supports a healthy lifestyle through food
(3) Become a company whose existence is meaningful to global society.
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November 24, 2009 3:29 PM
The soy sauce draws out the flavor of the ice cream and gives it a delicious caramel-like aroma. - Definitely did not know that!
November 24, 2009 4:57 PM
I learnt that in 2007 June Kikkoman celebrates its 50th anniversary in the US!
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November 24, 2009 11:59 PM
I learned that there's a virtual Soy Sauce Museum on the Kikkoman's website - who knew? lol I had no idea that soy sauce is pressed from aged moroni.
November 25, 2009 12:21 AM
Kikkoman Soy Sauce's aroma is made up of about 300 different components,including flowers, fruits, whiskey and coffee. Wow!
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November 25, 2009 12:22 AM
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November 25, 2009 3:15 AM
One thing I learned is they have a recipe for Garlic Flavored Baked Mushrooms I'm going to try out tomorrow.
I also learned they have a Kikkoman sales office about 5 miles from my house. I'm going to call them to see where I can find Kikkoman Ponzu Sauce in this area
November 25, 2009 3:17 AM
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November 25, 2009 3:52 AM
i learned that soy sauce dates back to 17th century
November 25, 2009 6:40 AM
You can buy Kikkoman in 6 continents
November 25, 2009 8:36 AM
I learned that Kikkoman was born in the city of Noda, located in Chiba Prefecture. Thankyou :)
November 25, 2009 10:25 AM
Kikkoman is available everywhere- on 6 continents.
November 25, 2009 10:28 AM
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November 25, 2009 1:48 PM
What a great website! I love the soy sauce museum (information and history) and their recipes. I want to try the noodles and beef. http://www.kikkoman.com/cookbook/search/recipe.php?numb=00000151
November 25, 2009 1:50 PM
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November 25, 2009 1:50 PM
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November 25, 2009 2:59 PM
in the 17th century soy sauce was produced by hand!
November 25, 2009 3:08 PM
You can purchase Kikoman in 6 continents !!!! birdson@roadrunner.com
November 25, 2009 3:10 PM
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November 25, 2009 4:14 PM
soy sauce is from 17th century Japan
November 25, 2009 4:19 PM
I learned that they have a virtual soy sauce museum on their site!
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November 25, 2009 7:05 PM
yum, they have lots of great sounding recipes on their site!
Thanks for the giveaway!
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November 25, 2009 7:07 PM
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November 25, 2009 11:37 PM
I love their panko bread crumbs!