BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: SINSULL
Date: 26 Nov 11 - 12:09 PM

Posted this in error on "What's Eating You For Thanksgiving."

Had a lovely day.
A feast provided by Jacqui and Kendall of turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes and about fifty different roasted vegetables. Fine wine; beautiful pies for dessert.
And the entertainment included some guitar strumming and songs, a small ground hog and a lovely fox.

Happy Thanksgiving all.
SINS

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: wysiwyg
Date: 26 Nov 11 - 11:25 AM

Malaysian... fried oysters... subway... and stuff.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: Hollowfox
Date: 26 Nov 11 - 11:19 AM

I have stumbled on the most relaxing Thanksgiving tradition possible. First, I do not declare when dinner will be; that will be when the turkey's done. I get up when I want to, but it's usually early enough to see what hilarious last minute tips the morning news shows are giving to inexperienced cooks. When I feel like it, I make the stuffing, insert into the turkey,and start roasting. I wander between the kitchen and the TV, where I watch the Broadway musical bits and the parades. When that gets boring, I wander back into the kitchen and prepare the nibbles and whatnot. You get the idea.

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity
Date: 26 Nov 11 - 02:44 AM

Each other?

GfS

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: open mike
Date: 26 Nov 11 - 01:05 AM

ha! i downloaded many pecan pie recipes...and when i went to the store to get the ingredients, opted to get a ready made pie...oh well...

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: BrooklynJay
Date: 25 Nov 11 - 09:37 PM

I've almost recovered from yesterday's Thanksgiving dinner. I said almost. Good Lord. This was an experience I do not want to repeat. Ever.

Having nothing to do with myself, no family in New York or friends that were running any sort of dinner, I was pleasantly surprised when a musician friend and his wife that I know invited me to have dinner with them (and another friend) at a Kosher Deli nearby that I had never been to. They said it was a nice place with good food. I should never have trusted their judgment. First off, I have just about never eaten in a Kosher restaurant where the food (except for sandwiches) did not taste like it had been braised in old dishwater. Secondly, the couple are vegetarians, so their opinions about the place should have immediately been suspect.

Anyway, I joined them at the deli and I ordered the Thanksgiving Special. The service was horrible, we had to keep asking for everything ten times and the place was crammed with so many loud, obnoxious people that it reminded me of when I was young and was forced into attending those huge dinners at relatives' houses where everybody screams at each other across the dinner table.

A word here: I am Jewish, so believe me when I say that when great hordes of Jews meet for dinner, they don't converse over a meal - they yell at the top of their lungs with voices that often times sound like fingernails scraping across a blackboard. This was the background noise all through the meal.

The food itself ranged from tolerable to the ghastly. Chicken soup with matzoh ball (singular) was bland, the turkey was acceptable, they were all out of roasted potatoes, so I ended up having an (overcooked) assorted vegetable dish (how the hell do you burn peas??). The stuffing was mediocre and mostly lacking in any sort of distinctive flavor. The gravy was okay...barely. Unfortunately, before I had finished dinner I found myself racing for the men's room. And, from the look of the rest room, so had many other poor souls before me.

My two friends, being vegetarians, opted for an appetizer of veggie chopped liver (never knew there was such a thing) and a vegetarian goulash served over noodles. I have to admit, it looked rather good, and by the end of the meal I was having profound regrets that I did not order what they had.

I'm not going to say, "Next time, I'll know better," because I guarantee you that there will not be a next time. If I'm still around next year and feel the overwhelming urge to have a Thanksgiving turkey dinner, I'll buy a turkey breast from a local butcher and make the damn thing myself. I'm a good cook and at least I know I can trust my own cooking, as I have in the past.

I will now cross Jay & Lloyd's Kosher Deli in Brooklyn off my list for all eternity. As I write this, twenty-four hours after the crime, my stomach is growling its assent.

Jay

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: GUEST,Jim Knowledge
Date: 25 Nov 11 - 11:13 AM

I `ad that Kendall in my cab this morning. I picked `im up from `eathrow and took `im to Cecil Sharp`s for `im to do some research.
I said, "Morning Ken, did you `ave a good Thanksgiving?"
`e said, "Mighty fine Jim, as always."
I said, "What did you `ave this year?"
`e said, "Chub fish".
I said, "Chub fish? `Ow did you cook it then?"
`e said, "You top and tail it, gut and clean it and steep it in salt water for 24 hours. Then cut it in generous steaks,dress it with olive oil and pepper, rub in some salted butter, then cook it on wooden platters for 40 minutes on a medium heat, regularly dressing it with a sauce of red wine and diced shallots."
I said, "Go on, what`s it taste like?."
`e said, "I dunno, we chuck the fish away and eat the platters!!"

Whaddam I Like??

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: GUEST,saulgoldie
Date: 25 Nov 11 - 09:45 AM

My brother always makes this pi:

Kentucky Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Pie

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup butter or margarine
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 cup bourbon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup pecan pieces
1 unbaked pastry shell fitted

into a 9-inch deep-dish
pie plate.
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Combine
first 3 ingredients in a small sauce pan
and cook over medium heat, stirring
constantly, until butter melts and sugar
dissolves. Cool slightly. Beat eggs,
bourbon, vanilla, and salt in a large
bowl; gradually add sugar mixture, beating
well with a wire whisk. Stir in chocolate
chips and pecans; pour into pastry shell.
Bake for 50 to 55 minutes, or until set.

Serve warm or chilled

Saul

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: Janie
Date: 24 Nov 11 - 10:20 PM

Forgot to burn the rolls. Don't tell Mom.

Wonderful afternoon and evening with Dani, Elena and Sum Yung Sun. The turkey was worth the mess I created. To make the brine I boiled half the water called for with the salt, honey and fresh herbs then added the remaining water as ice. The boiling extracted the essential oils of the herbs into the brine, which infused the turkey meat through osmosis in the brining process, flavoring the meat delightfully.

Elena baked two lovely pies and brought dressing from her grandmother's recipe that was absolutely perfect. She had handled it perfectly and the texture was light and airy while still being perfectly moist.

Dani and I are both crazy-busy single Moms who don't get to visit with one another nearly often enough these days, much less with one another's youngin's. I love Elena and had not had the opportunity to spend time with her since she helped me move almost 4 years ago. She is such a delightful young woman now.

A precious day underscoring so much for which I am thankful.

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: gnu
Date: 24 Nov 11 - 08:41 PM

The highlight of my day was watching Woodson get a pic... 14 years that lad has been playing without a cup... that takes balls!

Oh, sorry... this is about grub and not football. Still, ya gotta admire that kinda committment eh?

Fer yer ferriners, T-giving Day in the US is a BIG day for football.

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: jacqui.c
Date: 24 Nov 11 - 07:26 PM

Company just left - dinner was good, except the parsnips were charred. Turkey was great, company even better. I love my adopted family.

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: bbc
Date: 24 Nov 11 - 05:10 PM

out. Duane & I went to a local, mid-priced buffet. It was almost laughable. Virtually everyone there was a middle-aged couple--avoiding children, separated by distance, childless--who knows? Good food, no prep, no left-overs. We may have to try this another year! Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Barbara

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: ranger1
Date: 24 Nov 11 - 04:32 PM

I hear ya, Tam. I was always the most homesick around Thanksgiving the three years I lived in Norway. Especially the year I lived there with friends when I was 14.

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 24 Nov 11 - 04:10 PM

Fajita feast at Chiquitos

I am more homesick around Thanksgiving than any other part of the year. Miss cooking for 2 days for a large family gathering.

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: ranger1
Date: 24 Nov 11 - 04:07 PM

Buurrrrrppppp!

Just had a lovely dinner at my uncle's, turkey (which I hate), a ham from one of Cuillion's last year's pigs, stuffing (or dressing, heck, I don't know the difference), corn, squash, three bean salad, cranberry jelly and cranberry sauce, homemade rolls, and mashed potatoes. After a brief intermission, there was berry pie, pumpkin pie, peach pie, two kinds of chocolate pie, and a Black Forest cheesecake that my mom made yesterday AM.

And while the food was great, the company was better. Spending time with my mom, my gramma, uncle, aunt, Jason and favorite youngest cousins is what really makes the holiday special.

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: Janie
Date: 24 Nov 11 - 01:52 PM

Bird is in the oven. Woke up to a big mess this morning. Got a wild hair before I went to bed and decided to brine the bird anyway. Went out and bought a turkey bag to do it. The bag leaked slowly in the fridge all night long, overrunning the brim of the pan, so I got to start my day thoroughly cleaning the bottom shelves of my frig. Had to toss all the produce in the bins - had marinated all night in turkey juice infused brine.

Sis called this morning to remind me to not forget the family tradition of burning the rolls.

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: catspaw49
Date: 24 Nov 11 - 01:16 PM

We went to niece Jenny's new home Saturday for the combined family Thanksgiving. I did 4 sides and Karen baked rolls (always in demand...she is a really fine breadmaker) plus we had deep fried turkey and a nice ham as well. My orange-pecan-cranberry dressing was a big hit and my corn casserole came out almost like spoonbread and also disappeared quickly. It was a great day.....very warm......pretty perfect overall.

Today it is just Karen and I plus Tris. Mike is with his girlfriend Morgan and her family today but they don't have a "traditional" meal and believe it or not, THAT is what he wants tomorrow for his birthday! So I'm making a the usual turkey (but just a breast) dressing, taters, green bean cass, corn cass, etc......and he wants Mom's rolls of course. I cannot tell you how far he has come and how well he is doing........19 tomorrow.

So today we're having Filet Mignon and lobster tails on the grill with twice baked potatoes and a salad. Had kreppels (scrapple) for breakfast so this is MY kind of day!

To all of you......Bite the Bird!


Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: jacqui.c
Date: 24 Nov 11 - 12:06 PM

We are sharing the meal with SINSULL and Becca72.

Turkey is in the oven, potatoes are ready for roasting, I've got carrot and parsnip in the pan and, when the turkey comes out the oven, in go various vegetables that have been marinating overnight. Mary will be doing the sweet potatoes (last lot I did burnt!), Kendall made a pumpkin pie and I made a key lime pie.

We might see Kendall's grandson and his lady and possibly one of his other daughters for dessert. It will be a good day.

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 24 Nov 11 - 11:50 AM

I'm roasting a 15 pound bird. I'll eat about 8 ounces today. The rest will be processed into soup, stew and quick frozen dinners. Carol is making dressing, Brussels sprouts, corn and potatoes, gravy and cranberry jelly on the sides.


mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Turkey, dressing, Brussels sprouts, corn and potatoes, gravy and cranberry jelly mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: Bill D
Date: 24 Nov 11 - 09:59 AM

....basic turkey & trimmings, with 'dressing' (not 'stuffing')...cooked outside the bird. We are going to friends house with about 16 other folks, and there will be 'some' potluck...so who knows what will be there?
The trick will be pacing myself, as I don't eat the quantities I used to.

(If there is pecan pie to finish, I will be happy.)

(Years ago, I and these folks used to do **Thompson's Turkey**...(look it up!) but that takes dedication and time we don't seem to easily find any more)

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: artbrooks
Date: 24 Nov 11 - 09:21 AM

An advantage of general ineptness in the kitchen is that I shall get to smell roasting free-range turkey, home-made punkin pie, etc., and not have to do any of the work until clean-up time. I am grateful to herself for cooking the turkey livers and sharing them with the cats before I got up, however. Perhaps I shall finish the new hatch for the attic access this morning - just had a lot more insulation blown in.

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: Janie
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 11:58 PM

Shame! Shame! (she says as she drifts off to sleep, visions of hot bologna sandwiches dancing in her head.)

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 11:25 PM

Cook it until it is brown and crispy on the two sides. But tender and juicy with melted fat in the middle! And on cast iron. Teflon makes it too even!

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: GUEST,999
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 10:54 PM

That guest was me.

Jack, you spoke that like a true Rock-er, but the folks down Burin Bay Arm cut it 3/4". Was good. However, next time I have some, I'll take your advice. That and the cod cheeks, my son.

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 10:29 PM

3/4 inch!! Hell NO!, between 7/16's and 5 8th's no larger, no smaller!!

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 10:26 PM

I'll be having boneless fried chicken with a side of vegetable chow mein at the Chinese restaurant a block away from home. My son, daughter-in-law, and their children will be in New Hampshire with my ex and his second wife. They'll be in RI for Christmas and Easter, though. I got used to being without my son after our divorce, and I spent holidays with my dad (mom died young) and an aunt and uncle, whether or not my son was with me. Now that generation has passed on. My son's family have compensated me for their absence on the big day, though. Last week my daughter-in-law took me to her younger son's birthday party at his nursery school, on Sunday we all went to a Thanksgiving dinner at their church, and today, I went back to the nursery school for their Thanksgiving party. It was supposed to include a walk in the woods, but that got rained out.

After dinner I may watch the videos I borrowed from the library or treat myself to a movie.

My friends who are Jewish refer to a Chinese meal followed by a movie as "Jewish Christmas," but it works for me, too, even on Thanksgiving.

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 09:57 PM

"I'd say it's pretty unlikely fried bologna sandwiches will be the main course, but you never can tell."

The thing that stops fried bologna from being a gourmet dish is slicing it too thin. Minimum 3/4 inch. Good with Keen's and pineapple. The other part of the sandwich is bread. If you have some, go to KFC. They got good bologna. Tastes like chicken.

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: Janie
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 09:49 PM

Having Dani, one of her daughters and my son for a pretty low key Thanksgiving meal with shortcuts in a few departments.

simple hors d'oeuvres, a triple cream fromager d' affinois and a wensleydale with cranberries, assorted marinated olives and crackers.

Roasting a fresh, free range turkey breast (it does make a difference!) which I intended to try brining until tonight when I discovered I don't have a large enough container. (Not inclined to use a trash bag as recommended on many websites - they ain't certified food safe.) Baked (microwave) sweet potatoes, cranberry-orange relish. Will decide tomorrow between steamed fillet beans dressed with herb butter and toasted sesame seeds or Red Russian kale from my garden sauted in olive oil and butter with onion and garlic and tossed with Parmesan cheese, french and multigrain rolls (purchased frozen), pumpkin pie and dressing brought by Dani and Elena, Will have a salad or raw veggie platter if I can get the house cleaned in time to get to the store to buy produce. Otherwise the cranberry relish will have to do for fresh and raw.

For wine, a choice of (California) Cannonball 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon (very smooth, complex and yummy) and a 2010 white by Carpineto called Dogajolo. Haven't tried it and bought it on the recommendation of the wine clerk at my local coop-a Tuscany blend of Chardonnay,Grechetto and Sauvignon Blanc. (Unless I drink it tonight;^)

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 09:17 PM

With my family, there's no telling what might appear on the Thanksgiving table. I'd say it's pretty unlikely fried bologna sandwiches will be the main course, but you never can tell.

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: Bobert
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 06:28 PM

I'm outta the loop...

I got my marching orders Sunday... Paint the downstair's bathroom and install the new kitchen sink that has been out in the garage in an unopened box for the last 2 months...

Both were slobber-knockers but the sink is in (had to take it out twice to cut notches in the wood under the counter-top for the hold-down clips) and the bathroom took two coats and awaiting the hardware and switch plate to be re-installed...

So I know that the phone keeps ringing and the P-Vine, her sons and d-i-ls have been talking food so I won't starve...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 05:28 PM

Carol is making pepper jelly right now!

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 05:05 PM

Pepper spray to taste.

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 04:49 PM

Musket shot, hand plucked, auto stuffed, napalm roasted turley

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: catspaw49
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 03:41 PM

For a fine turkey prep method........

PLEASE CLICK HERE

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: gnu
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 03:34 PM

I had turkey. I hope my friends south of the border enjoy their day with friends and reAltives and have things to be thankful for. Like football... I shall be watching the games too.

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 03:25 PM

I'll be having bird carcass.

Subject: RE: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: open mike
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 02:39 PM

oh, yeah, and also this:
Mama Stamberg's Cranberry Relish

2 cups whole raw cranberries, washed

1 small onion

3/4 cup sour cream

1/2 cup sugar

2 tablespoons horseradish from a jar
("red is a bit milder than white")

Grind the raw berries and onion together.
("I use an old-fashioned meat grinder," says Stamberg.
"I'm sure there's a setting on the food processor
that will give you a chunky grind — not a puree.")

Add everything else and mix.

Put in a plastic container and freeze.

Early Thanksgiving morning, move it from
freezer to refrigerator compartment to thaw.
("It should still have some little icy slivers left.")

The relish will be thick, creamy, and shocking pink.
("OK, Pepto Bismol pink. It has a tangy taste that
cuts through and perks up the turkey and gravy.
Its also good on next-day turkey sandwiches,
and with roast beef.")

Makes 1 1/2 pints.

Plus I am gonna try to make a Pecan pie this year.

Subject: BS: what you eating this thanksgiving?
From: open mike
Date: 23 Nov 11 - 02:35 PM

My classic dish for Thanksgiving is always http://www.tofurky.com/ the vegetarian alternative to Da Bird. I got a radar wave infra red convection oven so I could bake this when I go to places where all the oven spaces are full of bird. see picture 43 out of 49 on the Tofurky family foto album to see me and my turkey friend Junior.