YA READY FOR YOUR TURKEY DINNER?

my parents at 2:30, ks parents at 5:00. i will eat turkey at round one and eat scotch at round 2.

leftover turkey in remaining scotch at round 3

don't wanna know what happens 'round midnight

gravy shots a go-go

partner & her sister arriving on train tonight. Another friend is joining us tomorrow and we're roasting a duck. Saturday they leave and I play board games and eat hot dogs w/ high school friends all day.

I made three pumpkin pies today, two of which will see duty at my sister's house tomorrow. My wife and I will begin eating the other one tonight.

pumpkin pie is the thing I'm most looking forward to

The fear of god and the love of pumpkin pie are the beginnings of wisdom, so they say.

Thanksgiving prep DONE

can I makethe buttermilk biscuit dough the night before or will they turn out weird?

also: how should I roast these brussels sprouts

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I'm hosting a gathering of 5 tomorrow. There will be pumpkin pie, but I'm looking forward to my sister's pumpkin cheesecake.

in re: brussels sprouts.

look up braising in your reference cookbook. basically, you halve them, saute them for a bit in a pan that you can also put a lid on and pop into the oven. enameled cast iron dutch ovens seem to be the popular thing these days. i have a cast iron fry pan with a good lid that works fine.

anyway, after you've sauted them, add a minimal amount of liquid (a quarter cup maybe), such as white wine. you can also add some crushed herbs, like rosemary. put the lid on and pop them into a medium hot oven for ten or twelve minutes. take 'em out and drizzle a tad bit of balsamic vinegar on them if you like.

i'm not sure about making the buttermilk biscuit dough ahead, but if I tried it, i'd for sure refrigerate the dough right away.

oh, and deglaze the pan, too.

I usually just roast brussels in EVOO in the oven with no saute prep, but now I want to try Aimless's version.

A friend just posted this "Brussels sprouts with bacon, chicken broth, fresh thyme, white pepper and sea salt." but I don't know the process. Will eat them tomorrow. I'm bringing wine, no cooking involved.

NYT quiddities and all that, but this is a nice Tksgiving essay: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/22/opinion/on-being-not-dead.html?_r=0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QMuLU7oi14

duck in progress

Waiting a bit. When all you have to make is a salad, hey.

Having seen pics of Ned's salads, I suspect today's will be an exemplary demonstration of the art.

Too kind. (Basics: red leaf lettuce, celery, broccoli.)

Happy thanksgiving ILX!

I wish I were having a turkey dinner, but I'm in Paris TX and Tera and August are in Austin, until next weekend. Watching movies all day and having enchilada with beans and rice instead. A lonely thanksgiving this year.

Aww. Happy Lonely Thanksgiving, Jacob. Just remember that with Senor Wences by your side you are never alone.

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HA! thanks I needed a good laugh!

Who around here eats later? For Cubans the notion of early afternoon meals is bizarre, even if football's involved.

The dinner at my sister's is usually served at about 4:30pm. No football to be seen anywhere.

we had really light breakfasts and plan to tear into the food around 2. no pretending that this is "dinner."

we usually have our meal around 4. i find it weird but it works.

We'll be eating around 5 or 5:30, lord willin'.

what's your menu like, alfred?

my dad and stepmom and I got stoned off some shit from Cali called "sputnik" and we are apparently getting a tday dinner from some place followed by homemade pie and oh christ if I don't eat soon I'm going to die

My cousin's cooking. This year besides the turkey: wild boar with chutney, duck (I know not the recipe), corn risotto, and perhaps other passengers on Noah's ark.

boar! wow

The turkey is in the oven, and when I can smell anything (I have periodic sneezing attacks and Johnstown Flood quantities of mucus) it smells GLORIOUS.

- breakfast sandwiches (Italian sausage, eggs, pepper jack, onions, garlic, hot sauce on English muffins)

- margaritas

- nachos

- cajun shrimp

- pot brownies

fuck dude I wanna nom those breakfast sandwiches so hard

I want a margarita and nachos

I wanna be the best like no one ever was

I have a turdecken in the oven right now. Eta is halftime of game #2

Stevie, come over -- I got gimlets.

http://www.gardein.com/imgs/products/frozen_us/gardein_HolidayRoast_US218.jpg

Not bad, and pretty good textururally, but a bit flavorless sans faux gravy.

I am Team Tofurky for life, as long as it's cooked right (on a bed of potato/carrot/onion/celery/garlic, marinated w/ olive oil and soy sauce). Beats the hell out of Field Roast and all the other things I've had.

better than IRL turkey

fuck dude I wanna nom those breakfast sandwiches so hard

Yeah, neither me nor my gf like turkey, or the preparation thereof, so we just said, "What would we eat if we could just stay home all day and do nothing but eat?"

pepper jack

good man.

i wanted to do something dr. strongoish this year but i was shouted down by the other members of my party.

Chopped red leaf/celery/broccoli salad made and chilling. Just waiting on the carpool.

stuff a turkey with liverwurst and doubloons or something.

stuff a turkey with pepperjack, sauerkraut, and tortilla chips and fucking SERVE.

"Cuz I like to PARTY."