Sorry folks no pictures of the finished products, was too busy whacking and stacking once everyone was ready to eat.
The women said no on even a little injection of butter in thier bird so I Followed Boots recommendations on the no salt halve of bird.
Boots, you made me a hero . The gals loved it.
I even liked it, after I added some salt to it.
Couple of observations of differences of the halves. The no salt half took almost a hour longer to get done then the other half. Also the no salt bird when done was definately much plumper then the other half. Now remember this was the same bird just cut in half.
All in all everything turned out great. Even my fussy eating SIL...the one that won't eat red meat...had two pieces of the brisket and she loved it.
I did sneak one past the girls tho. I made up a big pot of mashed taters. While they weren't looking I added a cup of sour cream, a stick of butter and a good dash of salt to the taters while mashing. They loved the taters
Only missque yesterday was while the meat was resting I jumped in the shower. My hearing aid ain't worked since.
Thanks y'all
Bill