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Easy Orange Herb Turkey Brine Mix I grew up thinking that all turkey was dry and needed to be drenched in gravy.  Not that I'm giving gravy a bad rap, because I love gravy, but that will be another blog.  A few years ago I learned the benefits of brining turkey. Brining your turkey creates tender, juicy and flavorful meat by locking in the meat's natural juices.  Man-o-man it really works. Brining was kind of scary for me -- I was worried about refrigerator space and not poisoning my relatives by not keeping it cool enough.  Turns out if you live in Iowa chances are pretty good the temperature will be cold enough at Thanksgiving you can keep your turkey brining in the garage (or in the back of your Honda CRV parked outdoors) for the night.  Problem solved! A brine can be a simple or complex as you want.  The simplest being just a cup of Kosher Salt mixed with a cup of sugar for 2 gallons of water.  I like to experiment a bit with flavors so here is my recipe for an Orange Herb mixture which I adapted from a Pioneer Woman Blog and some other similar ones from years ago. 5.0 from 1 reviews Countdown To Thanksgiving - Orange Herb Turkey Brine Mix   Save Print Prep time 30 mins Total time 30 mins   Create this easy Orange Herb Brine mix for your Thanksgiving turkey. Author: Mary Lovstad, the Farm Girl Recipe type: Spice Mix Cuisine: American Serves: 1 Turkey Ingredients 1 Cup Kosher Salt 1 Cup Brown Sugar Orange Peel from 1 Orange 1½ tsp whole allspice berries 1½ tsp crystallized ginger (optional) 1 TBS whole peppercorns 2 Bay leaves 4 TBS chopped fresh rosemary 4 TBS chopped fresh sage Instructions Mix all together....