― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 9 October 2006 14:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jaq (Jaq), Monday, 9 October 2006 18:38 (seventeen years ago) link
It is rather a pain to skin pumpkin mind you (I just slice big chunks of skin off). Most of my punkin cooking is roast chunks of it, punkin soup (savoury and curried, not really that sweet), and veg curries.
― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 04:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 13:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― GILLY'S BAGG'EAR VANCE OF COUPARI (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 13:51 (seventeen years ago) link
I might be able to do it from memory though...
― Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 14:30 (seventeen years ago) link
From memory, the standard pie recipe has 1 big can of pumpkin (28 oz maybe?), 4 well-beaten (foamy) large eggs, 1 can sweetened condensed milk, tsp. cinnamon, 1/2 tsp ginger, 1/2 tsp mace, 1/2 tsp allspice. Mix together well, then stir in 1/2 cup flour, sifted.
A few years ago, Cooks Illustrated did some research on pumpkin pie, in which they dewatered the pumpkin on a thick layer of white paper towels spread on a baking sheet. Pumpkin has this great property of not sticking to the paper. I put down 5 or 6 layers of towels and spoon/smear the canned pumpkin over them. Lay a couple more thicknesses of towel on top and press. Change the top layer of towels several times. It doesn't have to be bone dry, but you want to take out a good quantity of moisture. When you're done sopping up the top layer, carefully lift one end of the bottom layer of toweling and flip that half of the pumpkin over on top of the other half, to make it easier to get into the bowl. When I make it this year, we'll do a photo session of the process :)
After nearly setting the cabinets on fire three years ago because my giant stainless bowl/bundt pan combo didn't actually fit in the oven, I switched to making the same amount of pudding divided into 2 4 cup ceramic ramekins and using my big oval roasting pan for the bain marie. The water needs to come all the way to the top of the mix in the mold, and I add more at the 1/2 way point of baking. I also start the baking/steaming with hot water in the bain marie, to speed things up a little bit. The 2 ramekins cook in 3 - 4 hours at 315 - 325 deg F. I don't bother greasing/flouring because I don't unmold it, just scoop it out instead.
Over the years I've tried straight baking vs. steaming - the results were not good. Higher heat/shorter time is also bad. Eating it hot is bad - the texture is all wrong until it has cooled. Warm is good, cold is better. It's not terribly sweet and it's delicious for breakfast.
― Jaq (Jaq), Saturday, 21 October 2006 22:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jaq (Jaq), Saturday, 21 October 2006 23:06 (seventeen years ago) link
I am looking forward to this! This technique sounds very interesting.
― GILLY'S BAGG'EAR VANCE OF COUPARI (Ex Leon), Monday, 23 October 2006 16:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jaq (Jaq), Monday, 23 October 2006 17:20 (seventeen years ago) link
Oh, wait, now I remember last year! Holy crap, that was weird. I haven't seen any of the people I ate Thanksgiving with again.
Anyway I will be making breads and pies. My apple cranberry pie will make its turn. And maybe I'll try out Jaq's pumpkin madness. (Unless you want to come down for our Sunday-before-Tgiving orphan's Tgiving party/house show?)
― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 02:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 02:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jaq (Jaq), Monday, 20 November 2006 20:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Joe Isuzu's Petals (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 03:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 16:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 17:36 (seventeen years ago) link
if you google for nut roast recipes, you'll probably turn up a bunch of stuff. they have a reputation (in the uk, anyway) for being the ultimate humorless (and tasteless) vegetarian dish, but that rep is pretty outdated and i'm quite fond of them.
― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 18:20 (seventeen years ago) link
The pumpkin challah is just challah with pumpkin. Let's see...
One envelope instant yeast, 1/2 tsp cardamom, 1/2 tsp ginger, 2/3 c (90g) bread flour, 2/3 c (140g) hot water. 20 minutes until bubbling. Then add 1/3 c (70g) sugar, 1/4 c (55g) oil, 1 1/2 tsp (8g) salt, an egg, 1/2 c (115g) pumpkin. Then the remaining 3c+2tbsp (410g) bread flour. Knead, let rise, shape, let rise again. Makes two 1 lb loaves or 1 1.5 lb loaf and 3 rolls. Glaze with egg wash and add sesame seeds. Cook (rolls 25, 1 lb for 40, 1.5 lb for 45 minute) at 350/180C/mark 4.
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 03:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jaq (Jaq), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 18:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 23 November 2006 01:07 (seventeen years ago) link
(sorry to piss on anyone's chips here, but when I was veggie I stopped eating it)
(yes yes, I once was veggie)
― Porkpie (porkpie), Thursday, 23 November 2006 08:03 (seventeen years ago) link
(yes, yes, I was a veggie as well)
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 23 November 2006 09:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 23 November 2006 15:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 23 November 2006 15:10 (seventeen years ago) link
Quorn's uptake in the vegetarian market was hampered by the use of battery eggs in its production process, a practice opposed on ethical grounds by many vegetarians. For this reason, the Vegetarian Society initially did not approve these products. Working with the Vegetarian Society, Marlow began phasing out battery eggs in 2000, and by 2004 all Quorn products sold in the UK were produced without battery eggs, earning the seal of approval of the UK branch of the Vegetarian Society.
Note all the UK qualifiers.
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 23 November 2006 15:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 23 November 2006 17:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 23 November 2006 17:36 (seventeen years ago) link
It's time to REVIVE!
My current T'day schedule: hope and pray I get to go home on Tuesday 11/20.
― Jaq, Saturday, 10 November 2007 04:05 (sixteen years ago) link
research paper due monday 11/19. everything thanksgiving to occur after that.
― tehresa, Saturday, 10 November 2007 06:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, I'm thinking t'day might get pushed back a bit later in the month this year.
― Jaq, Saturday, 10 November 2007 15:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Although, Mr. Jaq is picking up the turkey today. I went for a small one this year, after the fiasco of the giant bird last year.
― Jaq, Saturday, 10 November 2007 18:24 (sixteen years ago) link
1 pm - go to chinese restaraunt and order $50 of food 2 pm - get home and get down
― jergïns, Saturday, 10 November 2007 23:58 (sixteen years ago) link
I didn't invite anybody this year because of this goddamn job and the high probability of it fucking up my life. But when I get home, those cranberries better WATCH OUT.
― Jaq, Sunday, 11 November 2007 00:25 (sixteen years ago) link
our menu per my host: pumpkin fritters to start, then pumpkin and pea soup, lemon-honey glazed turkey and pumpkin cupcakes with vanilla cinnamon icing
i have changed the dessert to rosewater napoleon and added green beans. i think he chose too many pumpkin dishes.
― tehresa, Sunday, 11 November 2007 01:47 (sixteen years ago) link
anyway, i don't know what his recipe is for the turkey, but the other stuff seems not too labor/time-intensive, right?
― tehresa, Sunday, 11 November 2007 01:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Will the fritters be fried? (Can you bake them? I don't know the options.) That might be a bit labor intensive, if they can't be done much in advance. Pumpkin and pea soup sounds yummy, btw. But I think 2 pumpkin focused things are plenty in one meal. Also, green beans = yes please.
― Jaq, Sunday, 11 November 2007 02:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Mr. Jaq advised he got "a nice" turkey - 9.8 lbs of standard bronze heritage goodness. Much more manageable than last year's 25 lb behemoth.
― Jaq, Sunday, 11 November 2007 02:28 (sixteen years ago) link
10-11am - everybody starts showing up at the farmhouse hauling foil-covered casseroles, crock pots, and various other serving dishes full of dumplings, roasts, cakes, casseroles (indeed), macaroni & cheese, greens, and ambrosia
noon - bell rings. uncle jerry says grace at the head of a long line of people I am ostensibly related to one way or another
2pm - everyone more fatter, thinking about seconds, wondering why aunt sally has such a thing about no booze at thanksgiving, 'cause a beer would be sweet
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 11 November 2007 02:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Mmmm, ambrosia.
The thing to try to get around the no-booze rule: rum balls, or a rum cake absolutely dripping with dark rum. Not the same as a beer, but not bad.
― Jaq, Sunday, 11 November 2007 02:40 (sixteen years ago) link
This morning: Wake up extra early, run to store, get eggs and various other ingredients, run home, make molasses cookies and peanut dip for today's pre-Tgiving "orphan's Thanksgiving" style party. All of which I have done with like an hour to spare.
― Casuistry, Sunday, 11 November 2007 18:16 (sixteen years ago) link
well, i bought the wine and rosewater tonight, but it looks like everything else shopping- and prep-wise is happening on wednesday! eee the thought of the lines is not appealing considering how insane they were today.
― tehresa, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 01:25 (sixteen years ago) link
omg! Tonight, I found out I actually get to go home for a few days tomorrow. Will be going to visit my MIL for t'day apparently, which I'm sure is the right thing to do, but I would so much rather just sit in my own apartment with my feet up, thinking about what I COULD cook if only I had the energy. I'll have 4 days in Seattle to be thankful for, at least, before I am returned to this sunny hellhole for as long as it takes to finish this fucking project.
― Jaq, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 05:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Today I'm making pumpkin dinner rolls, cranberry sauce, maybe some mashed turnips and some similarly mashed potatoes. Some of which I'll have tonight and some of which I'll hopefully be sharing with someone tomorrow night.
― Casuistry, Sunday, 12 October 2008 22:10 (fifteen years ago) link
But this is my 21st Thanksgiving as a vegetarian and I still haven't figured out a main dish that makes me happy.
Oh! And some brussels sprouts.
― Casuistry, Sunday, 12 October 2008 22:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Happy Canadian T-day! Are you going to have a US one as well? I'm very interested in your pumpkin dinner rolls.
― Jaq, Sunday, 12 October 2008 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
I never did roast last year's turkey ;_;
I hope it is not too freezer-burnt for this year.
― Jaq, Sunday, 12 October 2008 23:05 (fifteen years ago) link
I am planning to have a US one as well. We'll see how the pumpkin dinner rolls turn out, they are rising very slowly.
― Casuistry, Monday, 13 October 2008 00:10 (fifteen years ago) link
What sorts of things have you tried as main dishes? I'm generally stymied by what makes a good holiday vegetarian main, and hate falling into the gigantic cheese-bomb casserole trap.
― Jaq, Monday, 13 October 2008 00:17 (fifteen years ago) link
i am going to a vegetarian/vegan thanksgiving this year at my boyfriend's parents' house. my first ever thanksgiving!
― Sarah Palin isn't dumb, she's post-modern (Rubyredd), Monday, 13 October 2008 00:34 (fifteen years ago) link
whaaaaat omg
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 25 November 2013 17:25 (ten years ago) link
i am going to my friend's house to watch football and smoke weed and eat a ham. no turkey.
― sleepingbag, Monday, 25 November 2013 17:28 (ten years ago) link
Took the pork roast out of the freezer.
― mutually aquatinted (doo dah), Sunday, 22 November 2015 14:59 (eight years ago) link
Good morning!
― stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 November 2023 13:43 (six months ago) link
Yams roasted yesterday. Chicken this year as the main protein. Sides of brussel sprouts, cranberries, yams, dinner rolls. Cheesecake for dessert.
― Jaq, Thursday, 23 November 2023 15:32 (six months ago) link
Made cherry pie yesterday, today it’s gumbo* butter rolls w herb butter, lightly sautéed green beans then pie w ice cream for dessert. Cooking for 4. * I’ve done this for about 15 years bc it’s easy to procure ingreds, I’d never make a dark roux on a normal day, and it’s the only thing my dad ever cooked and he passed away in May. It’ll maybe taste different today.
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Thursday, 23 November 2023 15:41 (six months ago) link
<3 sounds delicious
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 November 2023 16:35 (six months ago) link
cheesecake made last nightmr veg smoking turkey breast on bbqi’ll make sides later: braised brussel sprouts w cream; roasted cauliflower w smoked paprika; and green beans w lemon & parsley they’re all pretty easy-do
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 November 2023 16:39 (six months ago) link
we got a super fancy takeout meal, gonna start heating things up around 3 pm
Spiced NutsMarinated OlivesOnion Dip, Smoked Trout Roe & Housemade Chips Brie & Quince Turnovers
Herb Roasted Turkey Breast & Confit Legturkey gravy & cranberry orange chutney
Mashed Potatoes
Wild Mushroom & Leek Stuffingchanterelles & thyme
Green Beansonion soubise & crispy shallots
Roasted Fall Vegetablesspicy maple & rosemary
Chicory Saladbeets, apple, hazelnut vinaigrette
Pumpkin Piechantilly cream
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 23 November 2023 18:06 (six months ago) link
just the two of us, for the first time I can remember
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 23 November 2023 18:07 (six months ago) link
wow that sounds amazing
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 November 2023 18:24 (six months ago) link
yours sounds great too! mmm smoked turkey
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 23 November 2023 18:25 (six months ago) link
my faaaaaavorite
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 November 2023 19:24 (six months ago) link
The turkey went in the oven at 1pm; should be ready and resting at 4:30. At that point I start the potatoes (peeled and in water on the stove top) and put the fish (for my sister) in the oven. The asparagus is also ready for a quick steaming.
My guests are scheduled to arrive around 4pm; my mother's stuffing goes into the oven to warm up.
Officially everything is planned for 5pm, but my guests have not been fussy in the past. And a good thing; while I've done this before, so much of this has to be done at the last minute.
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Thursday, 23 November 2023 20:01 (six months ago) link