--- title: Watch John Boehner Tell You How To Cook Your Turkey description: House Speaker John Boehner reveals the secret to the perfect turkey brine in a new video, and it actually sounds pretty good. canonical: https://time.com/3607265/john-boehner-turkey-video-thanksgiving/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-26T15:02:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:51.434Z og:title: Watch John Boehner Tell You How To Cook Your Turkey og:description: House Speaker John Boehner reveals the secret to the perfect turkey brine in a new video, and it actually sounds pretty good. og:url: https://time.com/3607265/john-boehner-turkey-video-thanksgiving/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt867d017a92b4f34d/69876b3355a859215fa845ad/john-boehner-brine-recipe.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: john boehner brine recipe og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch John Boehner Tell You How To Cook Your Turkey twitter:description: House Speaker John Boehner reveals the secret to the perfect turkey brine in a new video, and it actually sounds pretty good. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt867d017a92b4f34d/69876b3355a859215fa845ad/john-boehner-brine-recipe.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch John Boehner Tell You How To Cook Your Turkey > Sponsored content. 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The most powerful Republican in Congress revealed “The Boehner Brine,” the perfect Thanksgiving turkey in a video released Tuesday. > [](https://twitter.com/SpeakerBoehner/status/537608188028522497) Like a besuited Martha Stewart, Boehner tells the camera with a roguish cock of the head, “Now, I only cook my bird to about 160, max.” He adds, “And then I take it out and I put foil over it and let it sit for at least an hour,” punctuating his culinary strategy with a subtle finger point like a scat singer acknowledging a fan on the Las Vegas strip. The video also includes footage of Boehner in what is presumably his kitchen, wearing a flattering green apron over a crisp shirt far too white for messy cooking. 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