Thanksgiving Menu

[Sponger15SB]

I am not a big fan of everything else, and your lack of mashed potatoes is sad, however that Turkey sounds realllllly freaking good.

I am sad because usually went spend thanksgiving with family friends but they have since moved to pennsylvania, and they make an excellent assortment of food as well as very tasty margaritas and me and my mom get drunk together, haha.

So we are going with a very bland thanksgiving of just turkey w/ wet&dry stuffing, pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes, waldorf salad and rolls.

[dogsballs]

Why mashed? Roast spuds are way better.

beer butt turkey for me. I don't have teh stand, so I jabbed two stainless forks through the breasts to make a tripod. Soup can with red wine and rosemary in there - it's on the bbq now.

my gf just informe me mashed spuds are traditional and thats' what we are having, and no talk back...eh, ok darling.

roast brussel sprouts are my dept though; along with grilled asparagus.

Jacobs creek cab sav and I splurged on a nice california syrah too. Shreck 2 for the dvd.

edit: gf has home made pecan pie in the oven

[La Brujita]

I cooked the whole Thanksgiving:

Turkey, in a bag rubbed with rosemary, butter and olive oil, sea salt and white pepper. Stuffed with lemons, cooked on top of carrots, celery and onions

Gravy: drippings, a bit of stock, white wine and some garlic I roasted

Cranberry Sauce

Homemade stuffing (one with pork sausage one without)

Candided Yams

Green Bean Casserole

Mashed Potatoes

Rolls (I bought em)

Apple Pie Pumpkin Pie and Chocolate Pie (I made the crusts as well)

Cider with nutmeg, cinammon sticks, cloves and rum

I am damn tired!

[Diplomat]

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Good call...damn.

-Diplomat

[Zeno]

Instead of a huge heap of the mashed potatoes, try a smaller portion of yams or sweet potatoes, roasted. A good tasting yam only needs butter/pepper or other seasoning to taste.

For the green beans, get them fresh and split them (French style?) and add some chopped onions to the sauté, use less garlic.


Also for an extra side, if yams etc are out, try baked apples. I don't have any 'recipe' off hand but simple butter and first-rate cinnamon should do the trick. The apples add much to the festive fare and are great in just a small portion and add a different flavor to the meal.

Also, have a plate of different cheeses before or after dinner for light munching and to add to the wine you are using.


I Hope you are having a great time with the family.

-Zeno

[ThaSaltCracka]

for the first time ever, we are going out for thanksgiving dinner. I'll let you guys know how my big mac was.

Seriously, we are going to the Keg, no clean up for the TSC family [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[young nut]

Seeing as my folks live clear on the other coast of the US, I am playing the role of cook (just for me and my sister.) On our menu:

Turkey - oven roasting with butter, chopped celery and onion

Stuffing - seasoned stuffing with chopped celery onion and fresh parsley

Mashed Potatoes - skins on with french onions mixed in

Macaroni and Cheese - homemade sauce with Ricotta and chedder cheese and a little heavy cream (best tasting sauce ever)

Brocolli - simmered in a little olive oil and salt and pepper, use some of the cheese sauce from macaroni for topping.

7 layer flaky rolls - Pillsbury (can't beat em)

Reisling or Sam Adams Boston Brew for beverage.

Desert - buttermilk pie, pumpkin pie, or blueberry yum yum(some chick made it for me, but its good as hell)

Thats the menu, should be pretty good. Eating in about an hour or so. Gotta go baste the turkey!

[beerbandit]

hows that buttermilk pie?

ive never had it, i looked up the recipe and it looks intersting--


cheers
beer

[astroglide]

god damn dude do you have to ruin everything by mixing it with sweet stuff?

[Ulysses]

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Well, the brine worked out insanely great. And how can you not love glazed carrots?

As for the pie, I just like 'em sweet.