Thanksgiving- What's on the menu?

[Leon Grizzard]

We're having 8-10 people. Turkey and cornbread stuffing, with lots of gravy, baked heads of garlic, baked onion halves, and carrots and parnsnips. Green beans with almonds (or maybe fresh ginger), and/or brussel sprouts. Baked sweet potatoes. Wild rice with mushrooms if I decide the spread is not lavish enough. Maybe mashed potatoes, but probably not. Salad plate with cranberry orange salad, picked peaches, and various other pickles and olives. A niece is bringing bread. Iced tea, bubbly, and Texas Becker Vineyards claret. Pumpkin and pecan pies with homemade whupped cream. (Appetizer - boiled shrimp, deviled eggs and homemade cheese straws.)

What are y'all doing?

[voodoostation]

Hangin' out on your back porch and begging for scraps. Nice spread!

[Joel66]

I was hoping for Jambalaya.......but it looks like turkey this year

[tiktok]

Tofurkey!

[getbent]

roast turkey, a honeybaked ham (some part has got to be easy) mashed potatoes, a river of gravy, cornbread stuffing, cranberries (two types), cheese grits, homemade rolls, salad with tons of local greens (my kids call it 'weed salad' but like it) homemade dressing my nutty sister makes, pumpkin, pecan and sweet potato pie, green beans, some sweet potatoe dish that has a glaze of walnuts and brown sugar and other stuff (it is hot as lava but delicious) some fancy iced tea and a wide variety of good local wines.

The day before we'll have homemade chili (red this year) and some really amazing chili rellenos we make with the killer tortillas from a local place and homemade salsa. whole beans and arroz!

[JimiBryant]

gah! I gotta work a short shift at the kennel and I'm gettin'
hosed 'cuz mom is down in Ken-tucky and my gal's folks live
all the way out in the 'burbs so I'm gonna miss the chow-down.

I will prolly hafta order a pizza or some dang thing.

[jazztele]

i'll be bringing my mashed sweet potatoes with sauteed cranberries, apples, white raisins and walnuts.

i'll someone who knows what they're doing handle the turkey.

[maestrovert]

Tur-duck-hen basted with my garlicbutter
smoked Ham w/Clove & Pineapple
Morel Mushrooms sauteed in butter & sherry
steamed Broccoli
steamed green beans w/a pinch of brown sugar
Candied Yams
Manischewitz Concord wine

for dessert:
my wife's from scratch homemade Pumpkin pie
fried Apples & homemade (w/cream & heavy whipping cream) Vanilla Ice Cream

[beachkos]

Roast Turkey with a maple glaze
Spiral sliced Honey Ham
Home made sausage stuffing
Fresh Brussel Sprouts
Butternut Squash
Home made Cranberry dipping sauce
Fresh Cauliflower
Home made Mashed Potatoes
Home made dinner rolls
Home made Turkey gravy
Apple Pie
Cherry Pie
and a nice selection of Long Island and Hudson Valley wines

[shades]

Our family goes to my sisters place for Thanksgiving dinner, all the usual fare on the table. There will be 8 or so around the table counting our blessings, enjoying each others company and chowing down. Turkey with home made stuffing & gravy, cheddar cheese potatoes, mixed vegetables, sweet potatoes, home made cranberry sauce, sweet apple rings, apple and pumpkin pies. A snooze on the couch n'at...our son and his sweetie will then head off to the future in-laws to do it all over again. He's an eating machine anyway.

[morroben]

HungryMan turkey dinner...just me and the dog this year.

[boneyguy]

Hey get with it guys. Thanksgiving was weeks ago eh.

[1293]

We have a baby due in a couple of weeks so we'll be staying home and keeping it simple this year. We have a couple of friends coming over.

Starters:

Martinis (None for my wife )

Open a Rhone and a Burgundy to let them breathe (sample some to make sure they're good )

Oysters (if they look good)

Cheese Board

Grilled Rack of Lamb

Seared Sea Scallops with Spinach Cream Reduction, Star Anise Balsamic Syrup, and Micro Greens

Main Course:

Cornish Hens with Sausage Cornbread Stuffing

Mashed Sweet Potatoes and Carrots

Brussels Sprouts

Roasted Beets

An Apple and Cranberry Thing

Dessert:

Apple Pie and Homemade Cinnamon Ice Cream

[austintele]

Brie cheese and GOOD mustard sandwiches

salt + vinegar chips

cornbread

small piece of filet mignon

pint of ben and jerry

good salad

six pack of good beer

bottle of red wine

to be continued

[Leon Grizzard]

1293 - Sounds excellent!

PS: My wife, who has a strict No Appliances rule when I'm buying for her, bought me a little commercial convection oven that runs on household current for my birthday. I've wanted a second oven forever, and this really fills the bill. It's smaller than having a real second oven of course, (it's about an 18 inch cube), but it really bakes. I baked two cast iron skillets of corn bread at the same time in it yesterday, and today I baked some turkey wings for the stockpot, and we did a trial run on a cheese straw recipe. Two dozen medium cookies at a time. It has to live in music room most of the time, but it rolls out on a cart easily, heats up quickly, and doesn't heat up the whole house like the gas oven. Thanksgiving it will handle side dishes. I love it.

[1293]

Originally Posted by Leon Grizzard

I've wanted a second oven forever, and this really fills the bill.

I bought my wife one of those before we got married. She was living in a studio apt. that had a combination sink/two burner electric stove/2 cu-ft fridge (no oven). We managed to cook some good food at that place, though. Now we have a 36" 6-burner range, so we still use that little oven when we don't want to waste the gas heating up the big 'un.

[shoebox22]

This is the South and I'm an adamant "homemade" cook.

Turkey (smoked) (for RC)
Baked ham (for my son)
Cornbread dressing
mashed potatoes
sweet potatoes with marshmellows
gravy
rolls (homemade if I have time)
green beans
cream style corn
pink salad
relish tray
cranberry jelly

pumpkin pie
pumpkin gooie butter cake

There will only be 4 of us but my son wants to take leftovers back to Starkville (college) and my daughter wants to take leftovers back to Knoxville. *sigh* I'll freeze the rest, if any.

[kingnimrod]

Our setup is very simple, mainly because we go to my family's home for the big dinner. But we love our own cooking so much we make up a "private stock" for our own personal enjoyment. It's really the best food we eat at the holidays each year.

Here's what we do:

Turkey Breast - shove a whole sweet onion, a stick of butter, some carrots, celery , salt, pepper and paprika inside the turkey. Set it in a foil pan full about 1/2 inch deep of water in the bottom. Shake generous amounts of salt, pepper, and paprika over the top of the breast. As the turkey cooks, baste it obsessively and inject it with the juices from the bottom of the pan. Re-season the top of the bird as it starts to turn brown. At this point, stick a sheet of foil over the top of the bird (tent-like) to prevent it from getting too dark or dried out. Keep basting and injecting until done. You'll end up with the juiciest, most flavorful turkey you've ever had.

Cranberry sauce - make your own with fresh cranberries - follow the recipe on the back of the bag. FAR superior to that fake stuff that slides out of the can in one piece. Very easy to make - your kids can do it.

dressing - we get the pepperidge farms herb / seasoning bags and follow the directions, but add the following - extra egg, substitute chicken broth for the water, plus a generous amount of large chunks of sweet onion and fresh celery. Make sure and use plenty of paprika and a bit of pepper over the top before baking. Don't use too much paprika though.

we're by no means "gourmet" but it doesn't have to be to taste amazing.

[jlrich]

Originally Posted by 1293

We have a baby due in a couple of weeks so we'll be staying home and keeping it simple this year. We have a couple of friends coming over.

Starters:

Martinis (None for my wife )

Open a Rhone and a Burgundy to let them breathe (sample some to make sure they're good )

Oysters (if they look good)

Cheese Board

Grilled Rack of Lamb

Seared Sea Scallops with Spinach Cream Reduction, Star Anise Balsamic Syrup, and Micro Greens

Main Course:

Cornish Hens with Sausage Cornbread Stuffing

Mashed Sweet Potatoes and Carrots

Brussels Sprouts

Roasted Beets

An Apple and Cranberry Thing

Dessert:

Apple Pie and Homemade Cinnamon Ice Cream

And that's keeping it simple?

Originally Posted by morroben

HungryMan turkey dinner...just me and the dog this year.

Been there, done that...only without the dog. Find you a restaurant, if possible, and at least get out of the house for dinner.

[Fret Wilkes]

The freshest New England eggs carefully fried so that the yolk remains liguid.

Delicately fork split Thomases English Muffins toasted to a golden brown and slathered with generous helpings of Land O' Lakes butter. Fill them nooks and crannies!

Baked ham slices

Diet Coke chilled to 38 degrees and then carefully poured over home made ice cubes (momma's recipe).

Bed.

[jlrich]

Originally Posted by Fret Wilkes

Diet Coke chilled to 38 degrees and then carefully poured over home made ice cubes (momma's recipe).

Bed.

I bet its some of the best on the planet.

[petebradt]

Appetizer - Oysters en Brochette using the recipe from Prejeans Restaurant in Lafayette, LA.

Smoked Turkey (went on the smoker at 0900), stuffing, baked spuds, home-made cranberry sauce (using Splenda instead of sugar), sauteed mushrooms and onions added to the stuffing. Turkey has about another three to four hours to go, it's been a bit of a struggle to keep the head up...I just added some more burning lump charcoal.

How I yearn for a fireplace to have a fire in. I haven't had one for eight years.

[stantheman]

We just got back a while ago and we've got definite "turkey hangover".
I'm afraid of HURLIN' if I go to bed so I'm stayin' up at least until midnight.
I'm wearin' all "relaxed fit" tomorrow for sure.
The pecan pie is what finally did me in.
You know you're stuffed when there's no room for coffee.
Surprisingly traffic wasn't as bad as I expected it to be, maybe because people can't afford the gasoline...
Anyways the turkey,stuffin',yams, mashed potatoes, creamed onions, squash
and cranberry sauce plus all the "Cold Duck" over the course of the day and I'm ready for some serious snooze time.

[stantheman]

Originally Posted by petebradt

Appetizer - Oysters en Brochette using the recipe from Prejeans Restaurant in Lafayette, LA.

Smoked Turkey (went on the smoker at 0900), stuffing, baked spuds, home-made cranberry sauce (using Splenda instead of sugar), sauteed mushrooms and onions added to the stuffing. Turkey has about another three to four hours to go, it's been a bit of a struggle to keep the head up...I just added some more burning lump charcoal.

How I yearn for a fireplace to have a fire in. I haven't had one for eight years.

Pete my most excellent friend > go to Your local Home Depot and buy one of their fireplaces - they look pissah and they do warm the room too. The only way to tell they ain't the real deal is there's no smoke in Your eyes

[boris bubbanov]

We had vegetable casserole with a good bit of asiago and parmesan over top.

Brownies and Milk for dessert.

BTW, we were hiking all morning with the dog and saw a total of 10, maybe eleven wild turkeys near the St. John river near DeLand, Florida. More fun seeing the real thing, I promise you the flesh on those birds would be dark and actually taste like something. Acorns? Bugs?


Bubbanov