The turkey, do you bake it or do you roast it?

Isabelle Cecchini typed thus:
[nq:1]What verb would you spontaneously use when speaking about what you do to a turkey or any other bird, really, ... you put it into an oven in order to cook it? Do you bake it or do you roast it?[/nq]
(UK answer): "cook". If it's a whole bird, there's only one choice in most houses, which is to shove it into the oven.

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[nq:1]Isabelle Cecchini typed thus:[/nq]
[nq:2]What verb would you spontaneously use when speaking about what ... it? Do you bake it or do you roast it?[/nq]
[nq:1](UK answer): "cook". If it's a whole bird, there's only one choice in most houses, which is to shove it ... can have baked ham, but I don't know how this might differ from roast ham. Real roasting requires direct heat[/nq]
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[nq:1]What verb would you spontaneously use when speaking about what you do to a turkey or any other bird, really, ... you put it into an oven in order to cook it? Do you bake it or do you roast it?[/nq]
What, no deep frying?
Roast.
Someday I may learn the difference between "bake" and "roast." I do know I've never had freshly roasted bread.

Liebs
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Isabelle Cecchini typed thus:
[nq:2]Isabelle Cecchini typed thus: (UK answer): "cook". If it's a ... might differ from roast ham. Real roasting requires direct heat[/nq]
[nq:1]Do you mean a real live fire?[/nq]
That's the original meaning. I suppose you could roast before an electric element, and certainly before a gas fire, but it's not what we usually mean. Think Henry VIII.
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[nq:1]What verb would you spontaneously use when speaking about what you do to a turkey or any other bird, really, ... you put it into an oven in order to cook it? Do you bake it or do you roast it?[/nq]
I wouldn't say I do either. I cook it. As verbs, neither "bake" nor "roast" sounds right to me at all, in a turkey context.
Charles Riggs
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[nq:2]What verb would you spontaneously use when speaking about what ... it? Do you bake it or do you roast it?[/nq]
[nq:1]What, no deep frying? Roast. Someday I may learn the difference between "bake" and "roast." I do know I've never had freshly roasted bread.[/nq]
The extent of my knowledge on the difference is: you roast meat or, if you speak BrE, you roast potatoes; you bake bread, a

My brother's going try deep fried turkey - where they slowly heat up a drum of cooking oil over several hours, put the turkey on a winch, and slowly lower Tom into the boiling oil. He's going to tell me how it tastes, and if anyone gets burned. Viva Extreme Cooking!

Then there is the curious custom of the Presidental Turkey Pardon (Article XIII of the Bill of Rights).

[nq:1]Isabelle Cecchini typed thus:[/nq]
[nq:2]Do you mean a real live fire?[/nq]
[nq:1]That's the original meaning. I suppose you could roast before an electric element, and certainly before a gas fire, but it's not what we usually mean. Think Henry VIII.[/nq]
Now I'm afraid that Isabelle is going to think she can't fix a turkey American-style on Thursday unless she crouches on a hear

Jim Ward typed thus:
[nq:1]Do youse non-Americans have a secular holiday where the family gathers for a dinner? How about a secular holiday where odd food is eaten?[/nq]
There is traditional food for Bonfire Night (= Guy Fawkes Night), but it's not odd food and the day isn't a holiday. We eat baked potatoes and sausages (I suppose these were originally cooked on the fire), and parkin, whic

[nq:2]What verb would you spontaneously use when speaking about what ... it? Do you bake it or do you roast it?[/nq]
[nq:1]I wouldn't say I do either. I cook it. As verbs, neither "bake" nor "roast" sounds right to me at all, in a turkey context.[/nq]
A baked turkey would be a very sad beast indeed.
"Roast" is common enough as a participial adjective/noun "roast(ed)" as in "roast beef"