Thanksgiving Menu

[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!

[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

[Diplomat]

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Cider with nutmeg, cinammon sticks, cloves and rum



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Good call...damn.

-Diplomat

[Diplomat]

Yeah, I know. I was saying that leaving the carrots out of the mirepois was a good idea.

-Diplomat

[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!

[astroglide]

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

[sfer]

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Turkey: Brined overnight in salt/pepper/garlic/sugar/maple syrup brine.

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Is this a first for a maple syrup brine? I've never heard of that before.

[Ulysses]

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Turkey: Brined overnight in salt/pepper/garlic/sugar/maple syrup brine.

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Is this a first for a maple syrup brine? I've never heard of that before.

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Not that unique. Lots of stuff like this and this .

[sfer]

Is the flavor noticeable?