Productive Corporation

When I am not perfecting my turkey brining recipe, I am helping my customer's makes the most out of their software investments.  Productive is truly a unique company to work for and I try to exemplify what Productive is all about on every phone call I make.  Now, back to my brining recipe, read my famous recipe here.    

Benefits of Working With Joe:

• Very responsive to every phone call and email
• An infrastructure software specialist; providing solutions for the gateway, desktop, patching, software deployment, data replication and backup
• Able to facilitate technical resources, provide relevant information regarding Productive's product line and other pertinent resources
• Helps you make the most out of your software investment

Joe's Chinese Five Spice Turkey Brining Recipe (assuming you know how to cook a regular turkey):
My Grandfather had me believe that a dying comrade gave him his family's turkey recipe at the battle of Guadalcanal during World War II.  This was totally untrue, but it's still a delicious recipe.

• One 20lb fresh turkey, cleaned out
• One 15 gallon Rubbermaid storage bin
• Small bag of ice
• 4 gal water
• 1 qt. brown sugar
• 1 qt. kosher or sea salt
• 2 cps. soy sauce
• 4 oranges, halved
• 1 or 2 ginger roots, sliced
• 4 cinnamon sticks
• 1/4 cp. whole Jamaican allspice
• 1/4 cp. star anise (or regular fennel seeds)
  

Put everything (including oranges) in the largest stock pot you can find and boil until sugar and salt are dissolved.  Transfer everything to the large storage bin, add 2 qts. ice cubes and 2 cups soy sauce.  Let cool completely.  Add un-cooked turkey, cover and refrigerate 18-20 hours.  Watch the time - over-brining will leave your turkey much too salty.  Cook turkey as directed by Grandma.