I know most people go the traditional turkey/ham/stuffing and all the fixin's route, but how about you? Eating something different? Ordering in from a caterer or elsewhere? My family does the traditional thing. This year my younger sister is hosting. I'm responsible for bringing green bean casserole and this green jello salad stuff that my family loves. And for our work celebration this week, I'm making a fresh cranberry compote and sweet potatoes.
I can't decide yet. Last year I ordered a complete Thanksgiving meal from one of the local well known chefs and even though it was good, it was way too much food for only me and my mom. This year I was planning on going the BBQ route (ribs and pulled pork) and ordering from one of the local BBQ joints, but after watching several days worth of Thanksgiving shows on Food TV...I'm tempted to go back to the traditional route albeit on a much smaller scale...more specifically looking at just getting a big turkey breast instead of a whole turkey. I need to make sure I get some pecan pie! EDIT If someone can recommend a good online Thankgiving dinner retailer, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Nothing special. My wife has to work that day and I don't really know anyone here outside of my coworkers. I will probably sit around watching movies and eating junk food. Probably the most traditional I'll get this year will be watching the Lions play their Turkey Day football game.
We are planning to do a leg of lamb. We will either do the 40 cloves of garlic recipe or an herbal crust. Along with that, we will have oven roasted potatoes, sweet potato/carrot puree cut with Glenfiddich, green beans and a salad. My wife makes the salad and I know she has not decided on a recipe, yet. To wash it down, we will have bottles of West Slope Chardonnay, SLO Pinot Noir and Heinekens. (Sorry, I'm Dutch, so my body naturally metabolizes the stuff!)
My mom and dad are coming out to Colorado. We're going to a brunch buffet at a place called the Fresh Fish Company. Lots of turkey and other goodies.
My family is going to have turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. Call us crazy.
Yum! Go with the garlic but don't forget the fresh rosemary and butter! Noah:You crazy guy, what a wild menu
Ritual will be followed. Ralph the Turkey will arise from his slumber in a nice warm bath (any one can eat ol' Tom Turkey...but we have Ralph!). Then he'll enjoy a nice hot shower and a rubdown before he heads out to repose on the front porch as he's stuffed. Then we tie him back (he's a bit of an odd bird), and place him in his own personal tanning booth (made by Weber), where he's basted in butter and wine every half hour. Ralph gets the box wine...we get the good stuff. We open the Jordan chardonnay when Ralph starts getting tan.
Going to be with relatives where HOPEFULLY my brother-in-law has perfected the deep-fried turkey thing. This will be go-round #3. Hasn't tasted right yet. Anybody can cook a turkey (hell, i did it one year. that says a lot). Not too many can make good stuffing & gravy. And people - remove the giblets before you cook the bird. Just a friendly public service announcement.
When is Thanksgiving, then i might be able to tell you what I'll eat (no, Germans don't celebrate it anymore... but hey we started picking up on halloween...) But this saturday I'll have with some friends Chinese pasta as an apertizer, Schweinebraten (Pork), potatoes and red cabbage for main thing and as a dessert coupe denmark (vanilla ice cream with hot chocolate sauce), That#s what I'd eat for thanksgiving...
I still really want to try Turducken or deep fried turkey but I'm going to a relative's so the menu is not in my control. I have to admit that I'm not crazy about brined turkey which is all the rage today. The NYTimes had an article Wed. by someone whose favorite method is smoking, and I tend to agree (although recipe included brining).
We hit a Mexican place for our family Thanksgiving dinner. It's an annual thing. Burritos, fajitas, chips & salsa and Corona.
Ok Thanksgiving is always at my house and I always do the cooking. I started planning the menu and looking through my recipes two weeks ago. The eating begins around 2pm and goes on through about 10pm. There are always a few things that “must” be made to satisfy everyone. So far I have….. Typical chips and dip Canapés: I’m still undecided as to if it will be smoked salmon or maybe proscuitto. It will depend on the budget, when I do my last bit of shopping. A cheese course: Camembert, gorgonzola, parm. regiano, aged goat cheese, and the standard accompaniment. Wild mushroom bisque. Baby spinach, pear and blue cheese salad. Corn bread and biscuits Sausage and sage stuffing Mashed potatoes Herb roasted turkey Green beans and shallots (although I did get an asparagus recipe the other day) Potato salad *sigh* Cranberry conserve Fudge brownies Pumpkin pie Apple pie Things will change between now and then… I have about 20 people to feed.
A tip for your roast potatoes - after parboiling, scratch them around in the pot with a fork, then put the lid on and shake it about a bit - then cook them hot and quick - it makes them pleasantly crunchy on the outside and soft in the middle
I'm baking: Pumpkin pie Pumpkin cheesecake Pecan pie Pumpkin bread I'm making: Mashed potatoes...my secret recipe We're having, in addition: The ususal: Turkey, cranberry salad, stuffing, green beans, other veggies, apple pie, shrimp, scallops, some other good stuff
I'm traveling to Atlanta on Thursday (OVER IT!!!) to have dinner with my bro/sis in law and my wife's parents. This sucks.
working,,,,otherwise I would be deep frying a turkey,,,,will never ever bake a turkey as long as I live,,,deep frying is the way to go! allong with that, sausage stuffing, marshmellow fruitcocktail and sourcream ambrosia, rosemary roasted red potatos, etc....last year I had venison chops to go with the turkey,,,,soooooo goood
On Turkey Day!? What do you do? Well in another 15 mins I'm leaving to drive over to Heavenly Ham to place an order for a turkey breast and mashed taters. Probably order a pie too!!