The bourbon matters mostly for the aftertaste. As you don't use more than a few shots I buy whatever I want to drink the rest of but don't mind spending a couple shots on for cookies. Which generally means Maker's or Wild Turkey 80. Sometimes I'll do Beam because for reasons I don't quite understand I can buy a bottle of Beam for $9 at Ralphs quite regularly while Maker's remains within a few bucks of Woodford Reserve. I had to make do with a butterball for Christmas. First time I've had to do that since 2009. My god, the difference. On the plus side, $1.99 a pound (I usually spend $6 or $7/lb on my turkey, which is usually over 20 lb). On the minus side, chicken has more flavor. My lady is the only supplier of heritage birds south of Santa Barbara. There are over 16 million people in the greater LA metro area. She raised 90 birds and had several go unsold. It's a damn shame.
That makes sense, in regard to the bourbon. You know, I actually remember reading this article. Specifically this line: I have this thing against breast meat and the preference for it. I just don't get why people like it so much and I could express my love of thighs and legs (poultry and otherwise) all day. That really is a shame that in general, people grow up with industrially farmed meat and don't develop a taste for real animals and that convenience wins so often, but I get it. I hope your turkey lady has a change of fortune.They don't lay eggs; their large breasts make it impossible for them to mount.