YA READY FOR YOUR TURKEY DINNER?

cranberry chutney, a roll.

I made this for my extended family.

http://classandcircumstance.blogspot.com/2006/12/neatloaf-recipe.html

It went over very well.

We did a potluck thing, including most of the usual suspects, although no yams. : (

turkey
gravy
stuffing
cranberry sauce
mashed potatoes
caramelized pumpkin trifle
green beans
almond cookies

All y'all who say "stuffing," is this something that is baked in the bird, or do you really mean "dressing"?

(ps, I am not as dogmatic about this as I am about barbecue, just wondering)

some crab dip to kick things off then:

motherfuckin' turkey
gravy
mashed potatoes
sausage stuffing (or "dressing", whatever dude)
saurkraut
sweet potato pie
green beens
steamed carrots
cranberry sauce

pretty amazingly delicious. my moms is skilled in the art of cooking.

Roasted nuts with rosemary and honey
Turkey
Gravy
Dressing (yes, WmC)
Cranberry sauce
Broccoli casserole w/Velveeta made by me, twice, because the first time I got 1. the broccoli overcooked and 2. the sauce all runny
Green bean and mushroom casserole
Mashed potatoes
Sweet potatoes
Pumpkin pie and whipped cream

All y'all who say "stuffing," is this something that is baked in the bird, or do you really mean "dressing"?

― Bob Saget's "Night Moves": C or D (WmC), Thursday, November 26, 2009 9:13 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

Stuffing is the bread based goodness traditionally baked in the bird but it doesn't have to be. Would you really call that dressing?

DO NOT THROW TOMATOES AT ME, but I do not like holiday meals. I prefer indian food any day of the week. We went to the stanley hotel and had dinner earlier, I had pecan pie and salad and brie. oh and some steamed asparagus.

imo the best cranberry sauce is the stuff that comes straight out tha can.

I forgot to buy
a pecan pie and now I
wish I'd remembered.

I always thought stuffing was, by definition, stuffed into the bird to bake, but I guess not since the abomination that is Stove Top Stuffing is not necessarily meant for the inside of the bird. What I call dressing is cornbread dressing, but I'm sure there is also non-cornbread dressing. PS, prepackaged stuffing mixes can eat a bag of pope's noses.

btw,

Baked chicken (nobody in our family likes turkey that much)
Dressing with giblet gravy
sweet potato casserole
mashed potatoes
blackeyed peas
creamed corn (the good stuff from my dad's garden)
cabbage casserole (some new thing my mother decided to make this year instead of the awesome broccoli casserole ;_;)
deviled eggs (my contribution)
cranberry sauce, brown & serve rolls, tea

huge 23 pound farm turkey, never frozen
spicy cranberry chutney
straight cran sauce
yams
mashed pots
collard greens
gravy
stuffing
pearl onions reduced in balsamic vinegar
pumpkin pie with our garden pumpkins
spiced pears with vanilla ice cream
wine
homebrew

damn

Went to a restaurant - had pasta and pumpkin pie. Lol that sounds depressing.

Buffet @ the Squaxin Island tribal casino was a-okay, but the brussel sprouts were sad-looking. If I was my grandma, I'd have left with a purse full of "leftovers" and a slice of white bread. But I'm not (forgot to pack the ziplocs).

I missed cooking, a lot. But I'd rather cook for people 1) I actually like 2) that want to eat 3) what I cook.

it's only 10 and i'm exhausted. we ate at around 3 and i'm still really full.

i am ready for a serious sandwich but that is all at my grandparents' house and i'm sure they're asleep by now!

teensy lil 11 pound free range turkey
stuffing
kale, mushrooms, green beans w parmesan n vinegar
roast butternut squash w honey
giblet gravy
cranberry sauce
orange, almond, avocado salad
pumpkin pie
ice creams: lychee sorbet, honey lavender, red hot chocolate
"gilded lilies" (caramel/nut/graham cracker thang my mother used to make)

twice boiled, please post recipe for the orange/almond/av salad, though I'm going to look stupid if it's just 'mix them all up and put them in a bowl'

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My mom made this throughout my childhood in the 80s. The taste of it is instant time-machine for me, but results may vary.
Here is her recipe:

Mandarin Orange Salad

Dressing:
1/4 cup salad oil (not olive oil use canola or similar oil)
1/4 tsp tabasco sauce
1/2 tsp salt
2 Tablespoons white sugar
2 Tablespoons Tarragon Vinegar
Mix thoroughly and keep at room temp

Salad:
1 can drained mandarin oranges
1/2 head chopped iceberg lettuce mix with hearts of romaine
1 cup chopped celery
1Tbl chopped fresh parsley
2 green onions chopped
1/2 cup slivered almonds (roast in a pan or toaster oven)

MIx salad with dressing, Add roasted almonds on top just before serving

I use red leaf and romaine instead of iceberg, add cucumbers and avocados and scrap the celery. Because it's not Kentucky in the 1980s anymore . . .

oh, and warning: the dressing is really sweet- maybe up the salt/tabasco slightly?

thanks!

teensy lil 11 pound free range turkey

mine was 11 lbs too -- it finished cooking quicker than i expected it to! it didn't turn out "dry" per se but it wasn't as thoroughly moist as the last turkey i made. still, delicious.

roll on christmas

I AM HAVING TOFURKEY THIS YEAR

BRING IT ON!!!!! PUTTING MY BIB ON AS I TYPE THIS

so ready

just putting our bird in the oven
it sat overnight with "beauty paste" on it (butter, salt, paprika, "george washington powder" -what the hell is in that?)

we eat in four hours

Ready as I will ever be.
It's hot in the kitchen.

bird is in the oven. pre-basted it with sage compound butter.

Do Americans not do roast potatoes? Food of the gods.

often i do, but this year i didn't.

so ready.

reposting here cuz i like this one.

how to have a successful thanksgiving, get bent style...

-your relatives live 3,000 miles away and your extended family as a whole (mostly because of age/distance/death) doesn't really "do" thanksgiving anymore
-your significant other doesn't have a family thanksgiving either (similar reasons) and has no plans
-you make a turkey and a couple of well-considered side dishes and a store-bought pie, so you still have *plenty* of food but it's all killer, no filler
-you do most of the prep/cooking beforehand and relax on the day, while the bird cooks
-winner!

― and then peaced (get bent), Thursday, November 25, 2010 12:50 PM (0 seconds ago) Bookmark

now I am full :)

STILL HAVEN'T EATEN THE TOFURKY

i am so hungry omg bring it on
our menu this year is

turkey for the meat eaters
quorn t'urky roast for me and my vegetarian sister
sage and mushroom gravy
cornbread, pecan and pear stuffing
mashed potatoes
scalloped corn
creamed spinach
roasted brussel sprouts
and pumpkin bread pudding

ROARRRR I WANNA FOOD

u need oyster stuffing, but otherwise grebt

we ate at 2 p.m.
dessert at 4 p.m.
coma time

Turkey done, resting.
Sweet potatoes still roasting
Zucchini sausage casserole ready
Mashed potatoes waiting in the wings
Stovetop stuffing ready

Gawd I am sooooooo hungry

something i learned today: my microwave's "sensor reheat" function is iffy. i was afraid of that.

so full...

cousin bought two local turkeys. one 28 pounder and a 30 pounder! 37 people did not go hungry.

i am in the richardson room at the moment. you can see an aerial view of our room!

http://www.waitsfieldinn.com/rooms.php

omg scott 37 people that is insane

we are 7 tonight.

we ate:

15 lb turkey
sage cornbread sausage apricot cognac stuffing
spicy fruit chutney (apple cranberry grapefruit cloves allspice hot pepper)
rutabaga, sweet potato, parsnips
brussels sprouts
gravy
apple pie (baked at home by brother's boyfriend)
bread pudding w caramel sauce (baked at home by brother)
berries
"gilded lilies" (crazy caramel nut graham cracker Deep South dessert thing my mom makes every year)
white wine: 1996 Puligny-Montrachet "les Enseigneurs"
red wine: 2003 Brunello di Montalcino

I'm just doing the dishes, my brother and mother and my brother's boyfriend did all the cooking.

turkey
mushroom gravy
mashed potatoes
roasted sweet potatoes
STUFFING
green beans
roasted root vegetables
apple/squash thing

everything was really good this year. forwent dessert for seconds of turkey and stuffing plus beer and wine obv

eat a fucken turducken

y'all need rhubarb pie, dammit

i had some mincemeat pie. and pumpkin pie. and pumpkin cheesecake. and stuffing. and green beans. and corn pudding. and turkey. and mashed spuds with garlic. and wine. and coffee. and probably other stuff. i got so stufffffffed. yummy. i gotta share pictures of my cousin's place. so amazing. three grand pianos! and a state-of-the-art basement recording studio. i'm moving in. i took lots of snapshots.

Salmon (my sister doesn't eat meat or poultry) with a sesame stuffing
Brown rice/wild rice/barley pilaf
Spinach
Caesar salad (brought by my mom)
Pumpkin cheesecake (brought by my sister)

sex and the city 2 on ppv. it's a fascinating car wreck.