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How to Debone a Turkey - Step by Step Recipe

By Peggy Trowbridge Filippone, About.com

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How to Debone a Turkey Recipe - Step 5

Carve around turkey ribcage.
• Continue cutting, following the ribcage and around the wishbone, separating the turkey meat from the ribs down to the thigh joint.
• Be careful not to cut through or pierce the skin connecting the two breast halves.
Photo © 2005 Peggy Trowbridge, licensed to About.com, Inc.

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