What's the flavour of thanksgiving? Turkey?

I've never made it at home, but when I see it for sale, it's always pre-slathered, Dipping the fries, and curds on the side could work though. :)

I know they sound weird but they are really good. I have even taken them to friends' house for Thanksgiving dinner and everyone loved them. I was quite disappointed when TJ's told me last week that we were past the season. huh?
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Cheeseburgers on sourdough toast
chicken apple sausage
sweet potato casserole (practice for thanksgiving!)
oven steak fries
Crescent Rolls (last had these years ago)
WF tomato soup with Parmesan cheese crisps (just grated Parmesan at 375)

This - ditto for cheese sauce :-)
we don’t slather ketchup on crisp fries.

I don't make them at home either, but I order them every now and then as a salty snack at the pub and the gravy always comes on the side. I guess for poutine the gravy and curds is the dish and having them on the side would be like deconstructed poutine. :D

They sound pretty good. I had a hot bbq chicken roll with stuffing and gravy for lunch from a place down the road.

I can't believe the amount of food (especially carbs) that you can pack away. :eek:

lol I’m just full of surprises.

Carbs and fat.

The building blocks of a delicious meal.
Actually, I'd probably sub protein for the carbs.

The intriguing omission from that dietary overload is anything that is grown in or on the ground. I'm certainly opposed to veganism, but I'm not opposed in the sense of refusing to eat, or enjoy, vegan foods!

Delicious, perhaps, but not healthy.
That's an ongoing comment on this thread.

Sweet potatoes would qualify from that list I think. Although that's the one vegetable you won't catch me eating. And regular fries, which I would.

I roasted a turkey last night, solely to cut up for use in other meals like like turkey tacos.

How do you not like sweet potatoes? How about Yams?
sweet potato fries? :-)

ooh fun!! Enjoy :-)

Broiled salmon
mashed potatoes with optional lemon/mushroom gravy
leftover sweet potato casserole with broiled marshmallows
roasted bruxelles sprouts

I’m so excited to cook thanksgiving! Just had a zoom chat with the other moms in our book club and one will also have a turkey for their family of 3; the other mom is vegetarian so it’ll just be 2 of them! The other moms assured me that I can freeze the turkey leftovers :-)

Several of us on here confirmed that you can freeze leftover turkey as well. IMO it gets a little dry when frozen/defrosted. Save some gravy to moisten it with. I noticed that you are making the gravy tonight instead of using the turkey drippings---don't let all of that yummy bottom of the pan go to waste.

Just my wife and I for Thanksgiving as we are making sure we don't get exposed to our nieces and nephews who are all nurses.

Thanksgiving Dinner:
Sliced Boar's Head Turkey Breast
Heinz Turkey Gravy
Bob Evan's Mashed Potatoes
Bruce's Canned Yams which I will make into my Candied Yam Pie, adding Brown Sugar, Butter, and Marshmallows.

Skipping my Green Bean Casserole w/ Cream of Mushroom Soup and French's Fried Onions

As a side note, I will be putting together the furniture I bought to make my Memorial to Bayani. I am looking at numerous rescue organizations trying to find someone to adopt. A few I visited just haven't been the right fit as of now. My wife says the right one will show up, just give it some time.

I agree with your wife. Don't rush it just because you are feeling the emptiness . This is a long commitment as you know....you are bringing a new family member home . Unfortunately there are always way too many dogs and cats looking for homes. Thank you for looking for a rescue .

Frozen turkey is good for curry (look up various Indian recipes) or you could use in Thai curries instead of chicken......basically saucy dishes help combat dryness.

Cast iron pork chops, roasted sweet potatoes and red onion, with a maple laced pan sauce. An excellent autumn meal that went well with a few glasses of Pinot.

I agree.

As far as dinner today:

• Butterball turkey breast
• Mashed Potatoes
• Corn
• Green Bean Casserole
• Stuffing
• Gravy
• Cranberry sauce

It's just three of us, so the turkey breast made more sense.

Classic! Our table almost the same.

I can't believe people will spend so much money for a purebreed pet. The best ones are usually mixes who have many different traits of each breed. Before I got Bayani, I looked at purebred Shitzu's as my brother had one. The shops were asking for $K's and even though I spent more than $4K on Bayani to restore his sight due to cataracts, I wouldn't spend that kind to acquire a pet. There are many stories of people who bought pets that ended up passing away because of either sickness or inbred diseases.

Anyways, to get back on topic, I decided to add a pumpkin pie I bought at Publix yesterday to tonight's dinner with whipped cream for dessert. However, the way my wife eats, it probably will be here for the next week.

Final menu...

Pre-dinner nibbles:

• Assorted cheeses, including marinated feta
• Assorted crackers
• Nut mix

Dinner:

• Turducken with cornbread stuffing
• Pork sausage and sage stuffing
• Scalloped oysters
• Maple glazed sweet potatoes
• Green beans with ginger and garlic
• Roast Brussels sprouts
• Mashed potatoes
• Gravy
• Homemade bread with Kerrygold butter
• Cranberry relish with orange and pecans

Desserts:

• It's a surprise! (The other couple is bringing them.)
• Frozen cranberry salad (one of the other couple's family recipes, which most eat with dinner but I love as my dessert

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Socially distanced dinner table

I am babysitting this week for an expensive designer dog....he is absolutely the cutest and sweetest dog ever but I am with you---love a mutt!

Perfect!

It is just me so I will be doing a zoom cocktail hour with some friends so to start:
Cosmopolitan cocktail
Union Square Cafe bar nuts

Turkey meatloaf that has stuffing mixed in and cranberry/jalapeno on top
Joel Robuchon mashed potatoes (almost equal parts butter & potatoes) https://www.saveur.com/article/Recip...ee-1000070040/
roasted brussels sprouts with maple and pecans
sweet potato souffle with lots of toasted marshmallows on top (being dropped off from a friend who makes them every year--yum)
Pumpkin pie & whipped cream
Pinot Noir.

Catering by Whole Foods:

Cider brined smoked turkey
Maple mashed sweet potatoes
Cornbread dressing
Green bean casserole
Cranberry orange sauce
Turkey Gravy
Scarlett Pie

I have an estate vineyard and a Alisos vineyard Syrah by Andrew Murray lined up for the wine, which I hope to be a nice compliment to the smoked meat.

I have had WF turkey dinner before...they do an excellent job.
What is scarlett pie?

Roasted turkey (herb garlic butter under the skin, Apple, orange, onions, and herbs in the cavity)
roasted garlic mashed potatoes (2 cups of roasted garlic, cream cheese, butter, heavy cream, Parmesan and Asiago cheese)
roasted Brussels sprouts, butternut squash, and cranberries
Trader Joe’s stuffing
Pomegranate, walnut, and cabbage salad,
deviled eggs
raw veggies and ranch dip made with Greek yogurt
pickles and olives

Cherry Pie, Sweet potato pie, and chocolate fudge pie.

Cabernet Sauvignon, with coke for the non-drinkers

Well, you got me Googling.

We also had the apple-brined whole small cooked turkey. It was not as good as I was hoping (kind of dry), especially considering the cost.
The cornbread dressing was good, but not as good as the kind they used to have with sausage in it.

My turkey meatloaf was delicious but a little dry. Mashed potatoes with insane amount of butter--excellent but very labor intensive . My arm might need to be iced because of the workout it got.

Everything was ace and the turkey was so good that it was great on its own with no need for garnish per bite!

Turkey xx
Gravy for turkey (unnecessary)
Sweet potatoes with Marshmallows
Stuffing

Cranberry sauce - TJ’s
Cranberry jarred sauce

pb&j

Raw veggies

cornflake ring dessert :-)

This was my first plate, came out very tasty. I gave my Pumpkin Pie away to a neighbor who had all of his grandchildren show up unplanned. I also had a large amount of the Candied Yams, so I gave him a large Baking Dish of that as well. Finished off the meal after a second serving with Haagan-Dazs Vanilla Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
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I would have used my mixer to whip them up. Like Bacon, Butter makes anything I put it on taste better.

No...mixer makes them gloopy. Ricing them and hand whipping after is best.
This calls for about 3/4 butter to be cubed and chilled and beaten gradually....a few cubes and as they melt add a few more . I thought my arm would fall off.

My immersion blender has a potato mashing attachment. It's got 3 settings depending on how rustic or creamy you want it. Works really well.

I prefer them whipped with a mixer, but thick and gloppy. Yum. I also like to use Yukon golds or a mixture of Yukons and russets for a more gluey texture. Makes them seem richer to me. But I also never use more than a tablespoon or so of butter to about 2 cups of mashed taters.

As I said....this is a specific French potato recipe from Joel Robuchon. It is like making risotto...you have to let the previous cubes of chilled butter become incorporated before you can add more. I don't always make potatoes using a half pound of butter but I wanted to try a Michelin chef's recipe.
When I am not making his recipe I still would not use a mixer as it will release more starch causing a gloopy potato and I prefer a fluffier mash than a wallpaper paste one. A ricer is awesome for this.

I only started to cook mashed potatoes this year and I use the old-style masher tool. It’s not a ricer and it’s not refined but I prefer it over a blender or mixer because of limited space and ease of using a 12” tool instead of an electrical appliance. Despite knowing that Yukon gold is a good potato for mashed, I just use russets. Maybe one day I’ll feel inspired to use gold and russet together :-)

I used the mixed petite potato bags from Trader Joe’s. I started mashing with a potato masher, but switched to my Pampered Chef mix and chop, because it had a longer handle. But all hand mashed and totally worth it. My friends refer to my potatoes as CrackPotatoes.

We also made Joel Robuchon's mashed potatoes recipe.

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Brussels Sprouts Salad

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Dry brined turkey, cornbread dressing, mashed potatoes (Robuchon), roasted yams with pecan and maple (Ottolenghi), blistered green beans with shallots and pistachios (Nik Sharma), homemade gravy and cranberry sauce.

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Spiced pumpkin pie (Ottolenghi)