Food Thread: Duck...Duck...Dalit!

I love roast duck!

But I will often roast one not for the meat or skin, which is delicious, but for the pint or more of gorgeous, delicious, stupidly-expensive-if-purchased duck fat!

And that is what allowed me to stumble onto the easiest and least smoky way to roast duck. I discovered that a low-temperature roast for a long time will render most of the extra fat from the bird, while not smoking me out of the kitchen. And the resulting fat is beautiful and clear, not dark and roasted. Now, dark roasted duck fat is not a bad thing. In fact it is delicious. But I prefer the low temp rendered fat because it is far more versatile.

I roast at 225 or 250 degrees for a while, and turn up the temperature a bit if it is going too slowly. Only when most of the fat is rendered and poured off the roasting pan will I increase the heat to 425 degrees or so to give the duck its beautiful golden-brown roasted color. There is tons of fat on the duck, so it is difficult to dry it out even with a couple of hours of roasting.

And why am I thinking about duck? Because it is Thanksgiving season, and I much prefer duck (or pork roast) to turkey, which is boring.

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This selfish and spoiled b*tch has lived in America since the age of four. She is well-off and modestly famous because of the riches that American Exceptionalism has created. But she is a case study in the theory that you can't take the third-world out of a third-worlder!

CBS Cooking Show Host Padma Lakshmi: 'Apple Pie Isn't American' is just a nasty and oh-so-typical lashing out at America by the people who have benefited from its magnificence.

Sorry Padma, but nobody gives a shit what you think of America and American cooking. This is more your style,[NSFW] and a more appropriate use of your talents.

[Hat Tip: Lizzy]

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A Chef's Secret Ingredient for Thanksgiving Dressing
Hot Dog Buns! And I approve! I will often buy hot dog or hamburger buns, and almost never use them all. So they get tossed into the freezer until they get so completely freezer-burned that they are unrecognizable as food.

One little quibble: it's "stuffing," not dressing. And don't listen to Bluebell...she was dropped on her head as a child, and that is the glitch caused by the injury.

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Obviously the drink of choice with dinner isn't Bourbon. That's for breakfast!

Seriously...does anyone drink hard liquor with dinner? The only time I do it intentionally is...um...never. Well, actually, once. At a good restaurant in D.C. whose wine list was so stupidly expensive that I drank Martinis instead of wine.

But last night, at a birthday dinner for a relative, I poured myself a large Bourbon, and simply didn't get around to finishing it before we sat down for dinner.

And all was good and simple and fine! I finished the last ounce or so with a very nice meal. Yes, I moved on to wine, because there was a very good Zinfandel being poured, and I am not a complete fool!

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Chicken Vesuvio is a pretty standard recipe, but that is not a criticism. In fact, it is a delicious and easy way to make chicken thighs. It is also almost infinitely modifiable, so whatever you have in the refrigerator can go into the pan without fear of catastrophe.

But, as usual, the recipe writer is full of sh*t. "Bake in preheated oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest portion of chicken registers 175°F, 16 to 18 minutes." Really? 16-18 minutes? The nonsense precision of that sentence makes me want to smack the writer with a cast-iron pan.

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I just got a bunch of dried chilies yesterday, and I am quite excited to make...wait for it...CHILI. And it's not that dried chili powder is bad. I have some excellent stuff. But there is nothing quite like making it from scratch. I think I will also chop the meat by hand...the texture of rough-chopped beef chili is sublime.

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A friend graciously gave me some genuine grown-in-the-USA garlic, and I am going to taste one clove and plant the rest, because my pathetic failure last year is an anomaly...right?

And...send all of your extra antelope to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.

~~Who are those poor deluded souls~~ We know who shakes their Manhattans! These are the same people who drink fine bourbon with coke, and probably shake red wine with ice too.

$1,200 for a bottle of bourbon is just stupid, insulting, and a ghastly affront to most people's palates and wallets. I think the sweet spot is $40-$60 for excellent and interesting bottles, and bumping that to $100 gets you an incremental improvement in quality, but nothing mind-blowing. More than that and I think you are paying for hype and rarity, which may look good in your liquor cabinet, but doesn't translate to more quality in the bottle.

The problem...or the solution...is to buy lots of bourbon, take tasting notes, and eventually arrive at your favorites! It should take forty or fifty years, but it is worth it!

Posted by: CBD at 04:00 PM

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1 Food fight

Posted by: Skip at November 16, 2025 04:01 PM (+qU29)

2 Hard liquor is for before or after
But then if having haggis it's while.

Posted by: Skip at November 16, 2025 04:03 PM (+qU29)

3
Cookulating a pot of low-carb soup. Bacon, hot ground sausage, celery, onions, mushrooms and cabbage.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 04:03 PM (tgvbd)

4 Feel free to also send CBD $1200 bottles of bourbon.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 16, 2025 04:04 PM (Sco7b)

5 You all know my love for stunt cooking. Check out this Thanksgiving abomination:

Coolatta-brined munchkin-stuffed roast turdunkin

https://tinyurl.com/meeycdja

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at November 16, 2025 04:06 PM (kpS4V)

6 I had some delightful Indian food for lunch earlier this week. A graduate student who used to work for me treated several of us to lunch prepared by her. She spent HOURS cooking it all, but it was well worth it.

* Paneer Butter Masala
* Vegetable Biryani
* Masala Vada
* Sheer Khurma for dessert (it was ***AMAZING!***)

This was definitely a rare treat and every bite was delicious.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 16, 2025 04:06 PM (IBQGV)

7 I made my famous chili today. Four habanero peppers this time. Brought tears to my eyes.

Posted by: Don Black at November 16, 2025 04:07 PM (AOsQT)

8 Tonight's dinner is easy. I found a container of zesty chicken corn chowder in the freezer.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at November 16, 2025 04:07 PM (kpS4V)

9 Wow, Eris. That truly is abomination!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 16, 2025 04:08 PM (h7ZuX)

10 Duck is yummy.

I buy one from the Asian market which has already been rotisseried. Take all the meat off the bones. Make stock out of the bones. Use the stock to make a Thai red curry. Toss in shredded duck. Add some vegetable matter if you must. Serve over rice.

Or take duck breast, wrap in phylllo with mustard, cherries and spinach.

Eat while watching UW v Oregon in a couple weeks.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 04:09 PM (mT+6a)

11
Easy dinner tonight. Tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches.

It's cold and damp, snow is predicted.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 16, 2025 04:11 PM (3ek7K)

12 BILLS!

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 04:12 PM (mT+6a)

13 Oh, so for my Canadian Christmas in November party where my friends children decorate the tree, my neighbour brought mashed potatoes, corn, carrots and amazing roast beef.

I brought strawberries, whipped cream, store bought pumpkin pie and a desire to pay more attention to the food thread so I can make something next year.

It was my happiest day this year. And when I turn on the lights, you can almost see a Christmas tree under the angel, ribbons, bows and ornaments.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 16, 2025 04:12 PM (Sco7b)

14 11
Easy dinner tonight. Tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches.

It's cold and damp, snow is predicted.

Posted by: fourseasons

That sounds lovely. Do you dunk your sammich in the soup?

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 04:13 PM (mT+6a)

15
nurse, yes!

Posted by: fourseasons at November 16, 2025 04:13 PM (3ek7K)

16 >>>CBS Cooking Show Host Padma Lakshmi: 'Apple Pie Isn't American'

I hope nobody watched that.

Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 04:14 PM (RuTUS)

17 Another new freezer dish tonight, while paychecks show up next week. Dug out a 19oz carne asada (which had the 50% off Aldi sticker still attached) and realized I still had my Vet's Day Chipotle free meal red chimichurri sauce (which is HOT) in my fridge. And my kid grated a beet and didn't realize she'd have way too much for chocolate cake. So it's a Mexican meat and veg saute with a blueberry/raspberry/clementine salad. No carb, b/c the Church bake sale lady had my dairy free cinnamon bread (and even without a paycheck yet, I have to buy), so folks can put the meal in a tortilla, or hold out for some toast for dessert.

The veg in the saute will be onion, bell peppers, shredded beets, grey squash, garlic and cilantro (one kid only eats it cooked in), with fresh chopped arugula, tomatoes, and avocadoes added on top at the end to feed enough people. Probably 3-4 lbs of veg to make up for the small meat amount...but it should taste good (and the squash and beet should tone down the red chimichurri)...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 16, 2025 04:14 PM (tOcjL)

18 Dash, I'll admit it: I'm intrigued. Just might do it.

It's just me this year, so I wouldn't be subjecting anybody else to my unholy experiment.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at November 16, 2025 04:14 PM (kpS4V)

19 Well, Stateless, strawberries and whipped cream are divine. And a dinner party with friends is a wonderful thing. Sounds like it was lovely.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 16, 2025 04:14 PM (h7ZuX)

20 I thought that Padma Lakshmi was one of the whispery voices of NPR.

Posted by: Death points at November 16, 2025 04:16 PM (jc0TO)

21 16 >>>CBS Cooking Show Host Padma Lakshmi: 'Apple Pie Isn't American'

I hope nobody watched that.

Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 04:14 PM (RuTUS

It's CBS. And not airing during NCIS.
Wish granted.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 16, 2025 04:16 PM (Sco7b)

22 >>Easy dinner tonight. Tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches.

>>It's cold and damp, snow is predicted.

Lentil and sausage soup with sourdough/cheddar bread for the same reason.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 16, 2025 04:16 PM (viF8m)

23 Afternoon, Food Folken!

This will sound like heresy, but I bought some frozen waffles at Aldi yesterday. They are quite good toasted with some cheese between a pair of 'em. However . . .

. . . would it be possible to grill a *waffle* cheese sandwich like a grilled cheese?

I figure I would warm them in the toaster for a bit. Spread butter atop the warm faces so the butter fills the little squares. Then plop the buttered surface down into the medium-heat pan, add the cheese I want, put the second waffle atop the combo; then give it 4-5 minutes, flip over for another 4-5, and . . .?

True, not all the surface of the waffle will be in direct contact with the heat as with a slice of bread. But maybe it's worth trying?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 16, 2025 04:17 PM (wzUl9)

24 I have yet another food thread question. Is it possible to "season" stainless steel? I have a set of inexpensive but fairly decent stainless bought years ago. I use the stock pot and sauce pans all the time but the frying pan is never used because everything sticks to it. Canola oil (Pam(tm) or similar) doesn't seem to help much at all.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 16, 2025 04:17 PM (3nLb4)

25 That sounds lovely. Do you dunk your sammich in the soup?
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 04:13 PM (mT+6a)

Dunkers!!!!!
REEEEEE!!!!!
Away evil!!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 16, 2025 04:18 PM (2WIwB)

26 I assume the English brought apple pie over, but its ubiquity proves it's a beloved staple, hence, "as American as...". So shaddap Padma.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at November 16, 2025 04:18 PM (kpS4V)

27 CBS Cooking Show Host Padma Lakshmi: 'Apple Pie Isn't American'...

Um, OK. So what?

Posted by: Oddbob at November 16, 2025 04:19 PM (3nLb4)

28
Thanksgiving is my favorite day. After 49 years of cooking for Thanksgiving i would like something different this year.

I would love to grill steaks and make a couple of sides.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 16, 2025 04:19 PM (3ek7K)

29 Dunkers!!!!!
REEEEEE!!!!!
Away evil!!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at November 16, 2025 04:18 PM (2WIwB)

LOL

*I am also not a dunker

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 16, 2025 04:19 PM (h7ZuX)

30 Seriously...does anyone drink hard liquor with dinner?

A decent sipping bourbon--or a less-decent one made into an old-fashioned--is a fine drink to have with a steak. Or even with a burger.

And a Moscow Mule goes well with a lot of Asian food, since the only flavors are lime and ginger. If you consider the sort of drink that's maybe 1/4 alcohol and 3/4 mixer to be "hard liquor."

Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2025 04:19 PM (nhCoE)

31 CBS Cooking Show Host Padma Lakshmi: 'Apple Pie Isn't American' is just a nasty and oh-so-typical lashing out at America by the people who have benefited from its magnificence.

She's pretty uppity for a squatting savage.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 16, 2025 04:20 PM (jc0TO)

32 Lakshmi Singh is the whispery vocal fry on PBS.

BTW, can't wait to not see Ken Burns's new series on the Revolution.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at November 16, 2025 04:20 PM (kpS4V)

33 Dinner tonight: mixed vegetables with garlic pepper; a salad with pickle juice and dill pickle slices; and either two chicken "burgers" or two beer-battered fish filets. The fish will get paprika on top. The chicken, should I go that way, will get some spaghetti sauce and shredded cheese on top for the second half of the baking time, then a dash of the garlic pepper.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 16, 2025 04:20 PM (wzUl9)

34 Lakshmi Singh is the whispery vocal fry on PBS.

Ah.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 16, 2025 04:21 PM (jc0TO)

35 26 I assume the English brought apple pie over, but its ubiquity proves it's a beloved staple, hence, "as American as...". So shaddap Padma.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at November 16, 2025 04:18 PM (kpS4V)

Next week: "Johnny Appleseed isn't American"

Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 04:21 PM (RuTUS)

36
CBS Cooking Show Host Padma Lakshmi: 'Apple Pie Isn't American'

__________

*shrugs*

The genius of America is to take foreign inventions and bring them to a high degree of perfection. Would you rather have Scottish fried chicken or Southern fried chicken?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 04:22 PM (tgvbd)

37 I assume the English brought apple pie over, but its ubiquity proves it's a beloved staple, hence, "as American as...". So shaddap Padma.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

Never listen to anyone named after a character from Star Wars. Especially anything after the first 3 movies.

Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2025 04:23 PM (nhCoE)

38 19 Well, Stateless, strawberries and whipped cream are divine. And a dinner party with friends is a wonderful thing. Sounds like it was lovely.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 16, 2025 04:14 PM (h7ZuX)

It was. The kids made gifts for me and the dog - candies and treats and a picture from last years party of my late Mother that made me cry. And a beautiful picture of the youngest decorating the tree last year.

I was looking at the art threads for something to fill the walls but these are perfect.

The youngest had on her sparkly "Trump Rules" hat which was adorable. The kids loved their gifts. The next day the youngest was really sad because Christmas was over.

Fortunately....

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 16, 2025 04:23 PM (Sco7b)

39
That sounds lovely. Do you dunk your sammich in the soup?
Posted by: nurse ratched

________

Au jus is one thing. This is a disorder.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 04:24 PM (tgvbd)

40 27 CBS Cooking Show Host Padma Lakshmi: 'Apple Pie Isn't American'...

Um, OK. So what?
Posted by: Oddbob at November 16, 2025 04:19 PM (3nLb4)

So we aren't allowed to say "American as apple pie" anymore. Sad.

Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 04:25 PM (RuTUS)

41 28 After 49 years of cooking for Thanksgiving
Posted by: fourseasons at November 16, 2025 04:19 PM (3ek7K)

Whew! That was a long prep time.

Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 04:26 PM (RuTUS)

42
Lol m!

Posted by: fourseasons at November 16, 2025 04:26 PM (3ek7K)

43 Turduckitten?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 16, 2025 04:26 PM (dCs0D)

44
Oh, let's all have British apple pie! It will be so, so superior to ours. Right?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 04:26 PM (tgvbd)

45 Next week: "Johnny Appleseed isn't American"
Posted by: m

Paul Bunyan was an immigrant!

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 04:26 PM (mT+6a)

46 Going to make tacos because I had taco shells

Posted by: Skip at November 16, 2025 04:28 PM (+qU29)

47 "Baseball, hotdogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet," I believe it was.

Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 04:28 PM (RuTUS)

48 >>Oh, let's all have British apple pie! It will be so, so superior to ours. Right?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 04:26 PM

The taste won't be, but the attitude will.

Posted by: huerfano at November 16, 2025 04:28 PM (98kQX)

49 I've had the ingredients for Jamie Oliver's lentil Bolognese in the fridge for so long the carrots have gone bad.

Lord, grant me the energy to get off my a$$ and cook something...

Posted by: Adriane the Ghost in the Machine Critic . . . at November 16, 2025 04:29 PM (3ZUWJ)

50 Next week: "Johnny Appleseed isn't American"
Posted by: m

Paul Bunyan was an immigrant!
Posted by: nurse ratched

Babe the Blue Ox was a bi two-spirit!

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at November 16, 2025 04:29 PM (kpS4V)

51 Tonight's dinner will be filet Mignon done on the Traeger, baked potatoes and a salad.

After the Bourbon.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 16, 2025 04:29 PM (NwnyJ)

52 I have no appetite. Still digesting Alabama's choke job against Oklahoma last night.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 16, 2025 04:31 PM (jc0TO)

53
We ordered a smoked turkey from our butcher.

It is yummy and we like it better than roasted turkey. I still have to cook a turkey for the ones who expect traditional turkey.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 16, 2025 04:33 PM (3ek7K)

54 Turkey sucks.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 04:35 PM (mT+6a)

55 If she had even just called the show "The Origins of Apple Pie," her point might not have seemed so nasty.

Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 04:36 PM (RuTUS)

56 Mom is crock potting the Walmart pot roast kit. Pretty good meal.
Ice cold Coke is the best drink for savory dishes.
Milk is for sweets.
Wife went to her butcher, International Meat Market, in Astoria and got 10lbs of a very fragrant, old male goat. She and the African chick she works with are raving about it.

Posted by: Accomack at November 16, 2025 04:36 PM (Dpv2s)

57 I'd love to do Thanksgiving without turkey. Mom will hear nothing of it. So, hoping son-in-law will smoke it for us.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 16, 2025 04:37 PM (h7ZuX)

58 13 Oh, so for my Canadian Christmas in November party where my friends children decorate the tree, my neighbour brought mashed potatoes, corn, carrots and amazing roast beef.

I brought strawberries, whipped cream, store bought pumpkin pie and a desire to pay more attention to the food thread so I can make something next year.

It was my happiest day this year. And when I turn on the lights, you can almost see a Christmas tree under the angel, ribbons, bows and ornaments.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 16, 2025 04:12 PM (Sco7b)

Sounds fun. And your contribution was already perfect - fresh fruit is always welcome, everywhere and by everyone.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 16, 2025 04:37 PM (tOcjL)

59 Alabama has 4 or 5 great receivers and yet can’t pass with consistency

Posted by: Accomack at November 16, 2025 04:38 PM (Dpv2s)

60 6 I had some delightful Indian food for lunch earlier this week. A graduate student who used to work for me treated several of us to lunch prepared by her. She spent HOURS cooking it all, but it was well worth it.

* Paneer Butter Masala
* Vegetable Biryani
* Masala Vada
* Sheer Khurma for dessert (it was ***AMAZING!***)

This was definitely a rare treat and every bite was delicious.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 16, 2025 04:06 PM (IBQGV)

Sounda awesome - I miss paneer.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 16, 2025 04:38 PM (tOcjL)

61 Turkey sucks.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025

***
It has its place, mostly as cold cuts. I'd prefer to have fried shrimp as a Thanksgiving meal, or a steak.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 16, 2025 04:38 PM (wzUl9)

62 Oh, let's all have British apple pie! It will be so, so superior to ours. Right?

They probably boil the apples.

I just came from Sam's a bit ago. They had flats of canned green beans and cream of mushroom soup stacked front and center. Now I don't mind a green bean casserole but just imagine how many people you must be feeding to buy ingredients (OK, not really "ingredients" so much as "components") in Sam's Club quantities.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 16, 2025 04:39 PM (3nLb4)

63
Don't know what we're going to do for TG. Lamb sounds good.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 04:39 PM (tgvbd)

64 Firming up the Thanksgiving menu and Little agrees that White Castle stuffing MUST be included.

In re pairing hard spirits with a good metal, my most memorable experience was "touring" a half dozen distilleries from my table at the Greyhound Tavern in Kentucky. Per my host's recommendation, I had the jack salmon, which I guess is a local fish. Ended the meal with a Griffins 400 Churchill and a healthy pour of Rockhill Farms single barrel, which I judged to be the best of the flight....

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 16, 2025 04:41 PM (nbLIj)

65 One day, I'll invite you all to Thanksgiving and my turkey and gravy...I'd change so many of your minds.

Citrus and olive oil and salt and herbs and water-filled vegetables make for a juicy, tasty turkey.

Never stuff, but fill with veg and citrus...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 16, 2025 04:42 PM (tOcjL)

66
How is pizza in Italy? I know they can cook.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 04:42 PM (tgvbd)

67 58 13 I brought strawberries, whipped cream, store bought pumpkin pie
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 16, 2025 04:12 PM (Sco7b)

Sounds fun. And your contribution was already perfect - fresh fruit is always welcome, everywhere and by everyone.
Posted by: Nova Local at November 16, 2025 04:37 PM (tOcjL)

That sent me to breaking out some apple slices for a snack!

Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 04:42 PM (RuTUS)

68
Do any of you cook the make ahead turkey?

You can find recipes online.

Gravy is always a challenge for me with everything else that needs to be prepared.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 16, 2025 04:42 PM (3ek7K)

69 Not sure what we'll have for TG. A turkey is too large. Maybe duck instead.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 16, 2025 04:42 PM (ZeH0U)

70 Thanksgiving Dinner: roast turkey and lamb, curry goat and cakes from a patisserie.
There might be vegetables

Posted by: Accomack at November 16, 2025 04:43 PM (Dpv2s)

71 Hear my neighbor Edna may cook for Thanksgiving, which means she offers me a generous plate, turkey, dressing, green beans, cranberry sauce (with the ribs from the can! Yum.), all the good things.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 16, 2025 04:43 PM (BEOIm)

72 Thanksgiving . . . the Boulevard Bistro out in the suburbs, where we went in '21, has a salad/turkey/cheesecake prix fixe for $42. That's not much choice for a lot of money. Linda will want to go downtown or to the French Quarter, and I loathe the idea. Parking is free, if you can find a spot, but then you have to walk among the panhandlers and homeless on the street.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 16, 2025 04:43 PM (wzUl9)

73 As for Thanksgiving menu, I'm so behind stocking up (and Aldi's keeps not having potatoes, but at least onions were back)...so I haven't actually planned too much, either, nor do I have my free turkey yet (thanks Safeway in advance...I assume I'll have a 23lber, b/c my spouse will complain about 10lb and there will be no size in between)...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 16, 2025 04:44 PM (tOcjL)

74 I was at NoFrills this week and they had bags of hot dogs for $10 Canadian. There were about 20 to a bag and they were the longest hot dogs I've ever seen.

Pretty much a foot long.

I was tempted. Maybe when I start making rice again, those may be a nice addition for awhile.

The dog needs food so I'll be heading to Costco and will get my hot dog fix there.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 16, 2025 04:45 PM (Sco7b)

75 Turkey sucks.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Now now. Survey says: "not!!"

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 16, 2025 04:46 PM (BEOIm)

76 Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, boats of gravy, warm rolls, fresh green beans with onion rings, bacon and cheddar, fruit salad, fresh cranberry sauce, old fashioned relish tray, spinach salad with bacon, slivered almonds and dijon honey dressing, sharp cheddar cheese ball with pecans, California dip with crudites (and Fritos - we aren't barbarians after all), pecan pie with vanilla bean ice cream, pumpkin pie with fresh whipped cream, apple pie with cheddar slices, wine, stronger drinks, fizzy apple juice for the kids and teetotalers, and big comfy chairs to beach ourselves upon when done.

Y'all are invited. Just give me a head count. We start just after the Packer's game.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 04:47 PM (yKmBH)

77 Now now. Survey says: "not!!"

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 16, 2025 04:46 PM (BEOIm)

It's not that turkey sucks, it's that for the amount of work that goes into roasting a turkey, one could have much better food.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 16, 2025 04:48 PM (n9ltV)

78 >>>festive little hats

haha!

Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 04:48 PM (RuTUS)

79
55 If she had even just called the show "The Origins of Apple Pie," her point might not have seemed so nasty.
Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 04:36 PM (RuTUS)

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It wasn't about the pie. It was about delegitimizing the US.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 16, 2025 04:48 PM (VWtfl)

80 How much is a duck?

Posted by: Eromero at November 16, 2025 04:49 PM (i+bC1)

81

68
Do any of you cook the make ahead turkey?

You can find recipes online.

Gravy is always a challenge for me with everything else that needs to be prepared.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 16, 2025 04:42 PM (3ek7K)

I make my gravy ahead with the giblets...and then decide if/how much turkey jus I want in it (the citrus and herbs help lighten it). It means I've always got a really good gravy even if the turkey is a disaster b/c everyone wants gravy for stuffing and mashed potatoes, too.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 16, 2025 04:49 PM (tOcjL)

82 54 Turkey sucks.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 04:35 PM (mT+6a)

Drop in and I will change your mind.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 04:50 PM (yKmBH)

83
I love the cold turkey sandwiches after Thanksgiving.

Turkey, mayo, Salt and pepper. Yum, so much better than hot turkey.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 16, 2025 04:50 PM (3ek7K)

84 >>>@66 How is pizza in Italy? I know they can cook. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 04:42 PM
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Can speak for currently but, when we visited 50 years ago, pizzas were "tomato pies" with crusts, tomato sauce, a light sprinkling of cheese, and no meat (unless we begged).

Posted by: Kathy at November 16, 2025 04:50 PM (zuKcR)

85 It wasn't about the pie. It was about delegitimizing the US.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 16, 2025 04:48 PM (VWtfl)

She just sucks as a pie maker. Also, a bit of a twat.

Honestly, just the thought of the smell of India makes me nauseous.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 04:51 PM (yKmBH)

86 DUCK SEASON!

Posted by: It's Like I Don't Know You People Any More at November 16, 2025 04:51 PM (ULPxl)

87 I'm curious.

My family would ALWAYS go over to the States for American Thanksgiving because it was a big deal.

And we had a few Canadian Thanksgiving parties here. But they were all low key. In later years, the families would just go out to eat at "Swiss Chalet."

Do any of you just blow off the cooking and decide to eat out?

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 16, 2025 04:51 PM (Sco7b)

88 ... and olive oil?

Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 04:52 PM (RuTUS)

89 How much is a duck?

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 16, 2025 04:52 PM (BEOIm)

90 My cat just puked in the floor. I think I'll wait a while to start supper.

Posted by: huerfano at November 16, 2025 04:52 PM (98kQX)

91
Lol

Posted by: fourseasons at November 16, 2025 04:52 PM (3ek7K)

92 Posted by: Eromero at November 16, 2025 04:49 PM

4-6 lb duck about $ 12.00 to $40.00 . We do not need a 6 lb duck.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 16, 2025 04:53 PM (ELdpA)

93 Posted by: Posted by: Stateless

We've eaten out a number of years. It was very good but pricey.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 16, 2025 04:54 PM (ELdpA)

94 you foodsters, I am warming up to Padma after more research.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 16, 2025 04:55 PM (eUQTM)

95 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 16, 2025 04:53 PM (ELdpA)

LOL! P(ennsylvani)a right there at the end of your hash.

Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 04:55 PM (RuTUS)

96 Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 04:55 PM (RuTUS

Are you collecting various state names through hashes😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 16, 2025 04:56 PM (ELdpA)

97 So, make the cranberries two days in advance, so the cinnamon has time to do its thing. The cheese ball and pies are one day in advance. While warm apple pie is a treat, I only have one oven. Suck it up.

California dip on day in advance, so the flavors build.

Precook all the bacon. It can keep in the fridge.

Everything else is day of. Fruit salad made in the morning and dressed with lemon/lime dressing to keep it fresh. Likewise, spinach salad dressing made in the morning and tossed with the spinach late in the afternoon.

Rolls cook after the turkey is out of the oven and resting. Gravy gets done while the rolls cook.

Onion rings made late in the afternoon, so they don't get soggy.

Damn, I love feeding people good food. It is even more fun now that I'm retired and have time to really do it.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 04:56 PM (yKmBH)

98 Never stuff, but fill with veg and citrus...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 16, 2025 04:42 PM (tOcjL)

True. The stuffing gets cooked separately. Onions, celery, granny smith apple slices, garlic (about half a head), thyme and sage go into the cavity, loosely. This goes into the blender along with the meat juices, and broth from simmering the giblets. Makes about a quart of gravy...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 16, 2025 04:56 PM (nbLIj)

99 Sam's Club sells a 2 pack of turkey gravy that is surprisingly good.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 16, 2025 04:57 PM (VCgbV)

100 95 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 16, 2025 04:53 PM (ELdpA)

LOL! P(ennsylvani)a right there at the end of your hash.
Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 04:55 PM (RuTUS)

I thought that hash was short for Hell to Pay.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 04:57 PM (yKmBH)

101 How much is a duck?

Posted by: Eromero at November 16, 2025 04:49 PM (i+bC1)

I pay about $4.75/lb at my local poultry farm for a six pound duck.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 16, 2025 04:57 PM (n9ltV)

102 100

Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 04:57 PM (RuTUS)

103 drat

Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 04:57 PM (RuTUS)

104 My family would ALWAYS go over to the States for American Thanksgiving because it was a big deal.

And we had a few Canadian Thanksgiving parties here. But they were all low key. In later years, the families would just go out to eat at "Swiss Chalet."

Do any of you just blow off the cooking and decide to eat out?
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 16, 2025 04:51 PM (Sco7b)

Nope, Thanksgiving is my one cooking holiday. I blow off cooking on Christmas.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 16, 2025 04:57 PM (tOcjL)

105 94 you foodsters, I am warming up to Padma after more research.
Posted by: Pete Bog at November 16, 2025 04:55 PM (eUQTM)

She's not stupid about food, but she is stupid about being an American. Not the same thing.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 04:58 PM (yKmBH)

106 THANKSGIVING PIZZA ... I have recently seen online videos of pizzas made with leftovers ... Press stuffing onto a traditional pizza pan, spread on a thin layer of mashed potatoes, sprinkle with small chunks of turkey, drizzle with gravy, and top with shredded mozzarella ... After baking and cutting into wedges, spoonsful of cranberry sauce can be added (if desired).

Posted by: Kathy at November 16, 2025 04:58 PM (zuKcR)

107 Drago's Seafood Restaurant in the 'burbs is apparently open on T-Day. Nothing on their website about a special, but their regular menu is much more appealing than a simple turkey deal, and maybe I can get away with spending less than $100 for both of us.

The Red Fish Grill, where we've gone a number of times over the years, has their buffet again this year. $90 a person!!!!! For that, they ought to send a car for us, and drive us back home after. And it too is down among the panhandlers and homeless. No thanks.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 16, 2025 04:58 PM (wzUl9)

108 105 94 you foodsters, I am warming up to Padma after more research.
Posted by: Pete Bog at November 16, 2025 04:55 PM (eUQTM)

She's not stupid about food, but she is stupid about being an American. Not the same thing.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 04:58 PM (yKmBH)

I think he might just be looking at photos of her?

Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 04:58 PM (RuTUS)

109 Or take duck breast, wrap in phylllo with mustard, cherries and spinach.

Eat while watching UW v Oregon in a couple weeks.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 04:09 PM (mT+6a)

What time should I be there?

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 04:59 PM (yKmBH)

110 106 THANKSGIVING PIZZA ... I have recently seen online videos of pizzas made with leftovers ... Press stuffing onto a traditional pizza pan, spread on a thin layer of mashed potatoes, sprinkle with small chunks of turkey, drizzle with gravy, and top with shredded mozzarella ... After baking and cutting into wedges, spoonsful of cranberry sauce can be added (if desired).
Posted by: Kathy at November 16, 2025 04:58 PM (zuKcR)

yum

Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 04:59 PM (RuTUS)

111 The Red Fish Grill, where we've gone a number of times over the years, has their buffet again this year. $90 a person!!!!! For that, they ought to send a car for us, and drive us back home after. And it too is down among the panhandlers and homeless. No thanks.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 16, 2025 04:58 PM (wzUl9)

For that price I better end up tall and blonde.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 05:00 PM (yKmBH)

112 Posted by: Nova Local at November 16, 2025 04:57 PM (tOcjL)

It sounds like you cook all the time with feeding the teens for youth group. 😊

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 16, 2025 05:01 PM (ELdpA)

113 Turkey sucks.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 04:35 PM (mT+6a)

You are doing it wrong. It doesn't at our house.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 16, 2025 05:01 PM (eUQTM)

114 10 take duck breast, wrap in phyllo with mustard, cherries and spinach
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 04:09 PM (mT+6a)

wow

Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 05:01 PM (RuTUS)

115
Kathy,

That sounds great. Something different.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 16, 2025 05:03 PM (3ek7K)

116 I think he might just be looking at photos of her?
Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 04:58 PM (RuTUS)

That M, nothing gets by. Wasn't she married to the Satanic Verses Author?

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 16, 2025 05:03 PM (eUQTM)

117 The Red Fish Grill, where we've gone a number of times over the years, has their buffet again this year. $90 a person!!!!! For that, they ought to send a car for us, and drive us back home after. And it too is down among the panhandlers and homeless. No thanks.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 16, 2025 04:58 PM (wzUl9)
*
For that price I better end up tall and blonde.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025

***
Exactly. Drago's the seafood place, if they are open for T-Day (I'll call tomorrow), looks like a better bet. Though they don't take reservations. I don't want to get there at 3:00 and have to sit until 4:00.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 16, 2025 05:03 PM (wzUl9)

118 111 The Red Fish Grill, where we've gone a number of times over the years, has their buffet again this year. $90 a person!!!!!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 16, 2025 04:58 PM (wzUl9)

For that price I better end up tall and blonde.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 05:00 PM (yKmBH)

hahahahaha!

Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 05:04 PM (RuTUS)

119 I'm keeping it simple for thanksgiving.
Fried turkey
Ham
Dressing
Mashed potatoes
Corn casserole
Green bean casserole
Sweet potatoes
Cranberry sauce
Rolls
Pie

Posted by: lin-duh at November 16, 2025 05:04 PM (VCgbV)

120 112 Posted by: Nova Local at November 16, 2025 04:57 PM (tOcjL)

It sounds like you cook all the time with feeding the teens for youth group. 😊
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 16, 2025 05:01 PM (ELdpA)

Yeah, I do...it's why Christmas is my one day off...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 16, 2025 05:06 PM (tOcjL)

121 It's smiling at us.

Posted by: Ralphie's Old Man at November 16, 2025 05:07 PM (dyewR)

122 Nope, Thanksgiving is my one cooking holiday. I blow off cooking on Christmas.
Posted by: Nova Local at November 16, 2025 04:57 PM (tOcjL)

My mom cooked Thanksgiving like a pro. She also made the most amazing Christmas Eve dinner: Crab Louie with fresh baked rolls and butter. For Christmas dinner, we pretty much just surfed all the treats and leftovers. She was smart that way.

Also, the "Thanksgiving Pizza" is not a new invention at all. Mom would layer the turkey, stuffing, potatoes, gravy, cranberries, and whatever else was left over in 9 x 13 pans, and then heat them up for dinner a couple of times the following week.

She wasted nothing. Child of the depression. She sort of passed that down to her daughters.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 05:08 PM (yKmBH)

123 93 Posted by: Posted by: Stateless

We've eaten out a number of years. It was very good but pricey.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 16, 2025 04:54 PM (ELdpA)

But it's a holiday and there's no cleanup.

My 'party' wasn't bad. There were just the six of us. It's getting more elaborate each year. Not huge. Three hours. But it started off with pizza. It's a comfortable 'party.' The kids decorate, we have food and gifts. I don't expect anything but was so touched.

Next year, I am bringing out Mom's china dishes.

They're useless there looking pretty.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 16, 2025 05:09 PM (Sco7b)

124 As for Thanksgiving menu, I'm so behind stocking up (and Aldi's keeps not having potatoes, but at least onions were back)...so I haven't actually planned too much, either, nor do I have my free turkey yet (thanks Safeway in advance...I assume I'll have a 23lber, b/c my spouse will complain about 10lb and there will be no size in between)...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 16, 2025 04:44 PM

The HEB is melissa TX had 5 pound bags of russet potatoes for $1 each no limit, I thought it was a misprint on the flyer. We bought 15 bags. 2 for us and the rest are going to the food pantry on Tuesday. We could not pass that up.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 16, 2025 05:09 PM (0N4FZ)

125 Hot Dog Buns! And I approve! I will often buy hot dog or hamburger buns, and almost never use them all. So they get tossed into the freezer until they get so completely freezer-burned that they are unrecognizable as food.

***
For the last 3 years I've been making my dressing with brioche. (and brown butter and sage, but that's another very delicious and fattening story... ). The texture seems like it would be similar to using hot dog buns !

Posted by: LASue at November 16, 2025 05:10 PM (lCppi)

126 It's Rabbit Season!
Daffy Duck

Posted by: Skip at November 16, 2025 05:10 PM (+qU29)

127 122 Nope, Thanksgiving is my one cooking holiday. I blow off cooking on Christmas.
Posted by: Nova Local at November 16, 2025 04:57 PM (tOcjL)

My mom cooked Thanksgiving like a pro. She also made the most amazing Christmas Eve dinner: Crab Louie with fresh baked rolls and butter. For Christmas dinner, we pretty much just surfed all the treats and leftovers. She was smart that way.

Also, the "Thanksgiving Pizza" is not a new invention at all. Mom would layer the turkey, stuffing, potatoes, gravy, cranberries, and whatever else was left over in 9 x 13 pans, and then heat them up for dinner a couple of times the following week.

She wasted nothing. Child of the depression. She sort of passed that down to her daughters.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 05:08 PM (yKmBH)

I do cook a nice Christmas Eve...and have acres of cookies baked that day for Christmas...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 16, 2025 05:10 PM (tOcjL)

128 $90 a person!!!!!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 16, 2025 04:58 PM (wzUl9

AMERICAN DOLLARS????

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 16, 2025 05:11 PM (Sco7b)

129 113 Turkey sucks.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 04:35 PM (mT+6a)

---------

That's Türkiye to you, sister.

Posted by: Istanbul (Not Constantinople) at November 16, 2025 05:12 PM (dyewR)

130 The HEB is melissa TX had 5 pound bags of russet potatoes for $1 each no limit, I thought it was a misprint on the flyer. We bought 15 bags. 2 for us and the rest are going to the food pantry on Tuesday. We could not pass that up.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 16, 2025 05:09 PM (0N4FZ)

Sweet! I hope you stocked up on butter, cheddar cheese add sour cream, too !

Posted by: LASue at November 16, 2025 05:12 PM (lCppi)

131 128 AMERICAN DOLLARS????
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 16, 2025 05:11 PM (Sco7b)

ha!

Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 05:12 PM (RuTUS)

132 106 THANKSGIVING PIZZA ... I have recently seen online videos of pizzas made with leftovers ... Press stuffing onto a traditional pizza pan, spread on a thin layer of mashed potatoes, sprinkle with small chunks of turkey, drizzle with gravy, and top with shredded mozzarella ... After baking and cutting into wedges, spoonsful of cranberry sauce can be added (if desired).
Posted by: Kathy at November 16, 2025 04:58 PM (zuKcR)
---

One of the major frozen pizza makers offered a Thanksgiving pizza last year. It wasn't awful.

Me, I just make Leftovers Lasagna.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at November 16, 2025 05:12 PM (kpS4V)

133 Duck, oh yeah. I loved having Thanksgiving by myself so I could have duck..

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 05:13 PM (zzXla)

134 I make my own chili powder by drying and grinding peppers out of the garden. I have been running them through the blender to pulverize them, though I have used a mill powered by my mixer, too.

I usually wind up feeling like I have been sprayed with bear-spray.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 16, 2025 05:13 PM (rbvCR)

135 The texture seems like it would be similar to using hot dog buns !

Posted by: LASue at November 16, 2025 05:10 PM (lCppi)

I'll bet Brioche works wonderfully.

I might give it a shot next year, but I am too cheap to buy brioche buns, so I will have to bake them.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 16, 2025 05:13 PM (n9ltV)

136 CBD, are you making pecan pies ?

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 05:15 PM (zzXla)

137
Everyone can't make it for Thanksgiving this year, so we're discussing whether to cut down on the size of sides or cut down on the number of sides.

It appears that Prime Rib with Yorkshire Pudding will be the main.

There was a brief revolution involving me making Beef Wellington again but I put down that revolt until everyone is here for Christmas. Gunfire may have been involved.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 16, 2025 05:15 PM (iJfKG)

138 Meh. Stomach still not happy. Nothing sounds good.

But. This thanksgiving will be the first since 2018 I will have BOTH my boys sitting at the table with me.

We could have cold cereal and I would be still the happiest person on the planet.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 05:16 PM (mT+6a)

139 133 Duck, oh yeah. I loved having Thanksgiving by myself so I could have duck..
Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 05:13 PM (zzXla)

You, my dear, have a standing invitation to Casa tcn.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 05:17 PM (yKmBH)

140 nurse, that is so great.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 05:17 PM (zzXla)

141 We could have cold cereal and I would be still the happiest person on the planet.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 05:16 PM (mT+6a)

Then of course, the meals don't matter. I'm so happy for you!

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 05:18 PM (yKmBH)

142 But. This thanksgiving will be the first since 2018 I will have BOTH my boys sitting at the table with me.

We could have cold cereal and I would be still the happiest person on the planet.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 05:16 PM

And that right there is what it's all about.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 16, 2025 05:18 PM (Wnv9h)

143 I buy French bread but make my own cornbread for the dressing. Add sausage, sage, onions, celery and apples. Bake in a Bundt pan.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 05:20 PM (mT+6a)

144 tcn, thank you. Will you let me play in the kitchen? I've got my duck enchiladas in blue corn tortillas recipe down pat.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 05:20 PM (zzXla)

145 If you were going to be a farmer, what kind would you want to be? There's a place in eastern Oregon where driving the freeway smells like onions, so I think I would like to grow that, or maybe garlic if it has a similar effect.

There's another place I've been in southern Oregon that smells of animal feces -- I don't know what kind, presumably pig or cow -- and I can only imagine the owner taking a big ol' sniff and going, "Smells like... MONEY." But I'd rather do the one that actually smells good, or maybe apples since I love cider, and anyway alcohol would probably be a more reliable money-maker than commodity produce. Or all three, apples, onions, and garlic, if they would go together crop-wise. Just an idle musing, not a serious plan, but something to think about on a long drive.

Posted by: SciVo at November 16, 2025 05:20 PM (VB5xp)

146 Tonight is Thai Basil ground chicken with rice

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 16, 2025 05:21 PM (9ipOP)

147 It appears that Prime Rib with Yorkshire Pudding will be the main.

There was a brief revolution involving me making Beef Wellington again but I put down that revolt until everyone is here for Christmas. Gunfire may have been involved.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 16, 2025 05:15 PM (iJfKG)

Christmas dinner one year in Wisconsin I make an 18 lb Prime Rib with all the trimmings and fixings.

When DH picked up the roast from the butcher, they rolled it out on a cart it was so big.

It was supposed to happen at my house, but at the last minute, it was determined that DH's grandma was too ill to travel, so we boxed it all up and hauled it to Cross Plains to her old folks' home, and had all 20 of us in her little one bedroom apartment. The boys sang for her, which is sort of a tradition, and then everyone demolished everything I cooked. Grandma beamed the entire time, even though she really couldn't eat much.

She died on Jan 6 from lung cancer. It was the best Christmas dinner I remember.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 05:21 PM (yKmBH)

148 Thanksgiving this year will be in Utah with Son 1, and his fiancé. Son 2 can't be there, but it's for a good reason. He takes shifts at his job so the married folks can be with their families on holidays. Doesn't hurt that he makes a ton of pay when he does that.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 16, 2025 05:22 PM (0aYVJ)

149 142 But. This thanksgiving will be the first since 2018 I will have BOTH my boys sitting at the table with me.

We could have cold cereal and I would be still the happiest person on the planet.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 05:16 PM

I'm so happy for you nurse!!

And I'm happy for people when they win stuff on game shows. So for this, I'm REALLY happy for you.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 16, 2025 05:22 PM (Sco7b)

150 144 tcn, thank you. Will you let me play in the kitchen? I've got my duck enchiladas in blue corn tortillas recipe down pat.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 05:20 PM (zzXla)

OOOH baby.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 05:22 PM (yKmBH)

151 The best duck is Peking Duck with lots of scallions

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 16, 2025 05:23 PM (9ipOP)

152 tcn,
That’s beautiful.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 05:23 PM (mT+6a)

153 When I no longer felt confident about handling 20-lb. turkeys, I started roasting two 12-to-15-pounders ... I also started a new routine of roasting one turkey the day before and the second one on Thanksgiving day ... Not only could we sleep later than 5am the morning of, the new routine allowed us to debone and carve the first cooked bird -- placing the sliced meat in a stainless steel pan-- which could be reheated during the last hour or so before serving dinner ... Then, if more meat was needed, we'd just carve some from the second turkey ... Mashed potatoes and green bean casserole are also now made the day before and reheated (for the sake of my sanity) ... Hey, if TG leftovers taste great on Friday, there's no reason they won't also taste great on Thursday.

Posted by: Kathy at November 16, 2025 05:23 PM (zuKcR)

154 How is pizza in Italy? I know they can cook.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 04:42 PM (tgvbd)

They get pissed about Canadian bacon and pineapple.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 16, 2025 05:24 PM (rbvCR)

155 Husband and I took over Thanksgiving host duties after several successive years of awful dinners hosted by my mom and her sister. (They were tired of cooking.) We've been doing it for at least 15 years now. Several years ago I created a timetable for what to do ahead of time and when to do everything on the day of. Takes a huge amount of stress out of the process.

BTW, one of the things I make in advance is make-ahead gravy based on a Bon Appetit recipe from several years ago. It's really good and we FINALLY have enough gravy for all of the leftovers. It also removes all of that stress about making gravy at the end of a long stretch of cooking.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at November 16, 2025 05:24 PM (FEVMW)

156 Seriously...does anyone drink hard liquor with dinner?

Yep.

Most roast or grilled meats go well with bourbon, some scotches, aged tequila, aged rum.

Manhattan and martinis work well. Old Fashioned too.

Of course, margaritas and tequila with Mexican food and grilled fish.

Martinis work well with Italian and some fish dishes.

In Hong Kong, I saw Chinese drinking gin(!) and scotch with Chinese dishes.

I'd rather grab a good cocktail or bourbon at a nice restaurant than a mediocre wine any day of the week.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 16, 2025 05:24 PM (iJfKG)

157 All this talk of food is making me hungry.

Guess it's time to polish off the last two slices of pizza I made yesterday.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 16, 2025 05:25 PM (IBQGV)

158 * hands SanFranpsycho a plate of grilled duck breast with a blackberry/ sage sauce and a side of wild rice with pine nuts and mushrooms *

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 05:25 PM (zzXla)

159 Learned something this week. I love winter squash. Just baked with salt and butter and it is like candy. Splitting a stubborn one takes some care so the knife (mine is sort of medieval and heavy) doesn't slip. Never had a problem but I'm careful. Saw a suggestion to just treat it like a baked potato: pierce the skin with a sharp knife and bake. When done, it splits easily and the seeds come right out. It worked great. Cooking just got a bit easier and the taste is the same, maybe better.

Posted by: JTB at November 16, 2025 05:26 PM (yTvNw)

160 tcn, what a heart memory. Thank you for sharing that.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 05:27 PM (zzXla)

161 Ben Had, that blackberry sage sauce recipe is in the Deplorable Gourmet, isn't it?

I'm not usually a fan of sweet with meat, but I sure do love blackberry, and it sounds intriguing. Would it work with turkey? Thinking of making it for our TG dinner.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 16, 2025 05:27 PM (h7ZuX)

162 And the day after Thanksgiving much of the leftover turkey goes into a pot pie with homemade crust and the veg I like. By that point the stock has been made from the carcass for a bit of liquid and that is a delicious pot pie.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 16, 2025 05:28 PM (eUQTM)

163 BTW, one of the things I make in advance is make-ahead gravy based on a Bon Appetit recipe from several years ago. It's really good and we FINALLY have enough gravy for all of the leftovers. It also removes all of that stress about making gravy at the end of a long stretch of cooking.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at November 16, 2025 05:24 PM (FEVMW)

Yup, as you saw I premake that, also.

I also premake homemade cranberry sauce (not sure on paired fruit this year yet), my pumpkin pie "ice cream" pie, a pumpkin dip for my lunch food tray, and sometimes I prep the green beans (and sometimes, I don't).

Posted by: Nova Local at November 16, 2025 05:29 PM (tOcjL)

164 Dash, the sauce isn't sweet. Fruity with being sweet.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 05:30 PM (zzXla)

165 161 ... "I'm not usually a fan of sweet with meat, but I sure do love blackberry, and it sounds intriguing. Would it work with turkey? Thinking of making it for our TG dinner."

Just a guess but I think any sweetened berry sauce would work. I've used various jams on a turkey sandwich when there was no cranberry sauce available. It was tasty.

Posted by: JTB at November 16, 2025 05:31 PM (yTvNw)

166 160 tcn, what a heart memory. Thank you for sharing that.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 05:27 PM (zzXla)

That's one reason we know there is a God and He loves us.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 05:31 PM (yKmBH)

167 162 And the day after Thanksgiving much of the leftover turkey goes into a pot pie with homemade crust and the veg I like. By that point the stock has been made from the carcass for a bit of liquid and that is a delicious pot pie.
Posted by: Pete Bog at November 16, 2025 05:28 PM (eUQTM)

Oooh, I bet you could make those and freeze them for later. I may not give away so many leftovers this year....

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 05:32 PM (yKmBH)

168 Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 05:21 PM

Now it's all dusty in the Food Thread.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 16, 2025 05:32 PM (Wnv9h)

169 Next week: "Johnny Appleseed isn't American"
Posted by: m

Paul Bunyan was an immigrant!
Posted by: nurse ratched

Babe the Blue Ox was a bi two-spirit!
Posted by: All Hail Eris

Well, he did have bottom surgery. That's what an "ox" is.

Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2025 05:35 PM (nhCoE)

170 Dash, cranberries rehydrated in sherry with ground walnuts and a touch of orange zest will go with turkey too.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 05:35 PM (zzXla)

171 Never stuff, but fill with veg and citrus...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 16, 2025 04:42 PM (tOcjL)
====
Expert trick.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 16, 2025 05:36 PM (A0sqA)

172 tcn--

Sounds amazing!

Posted by: Brunnhilde at November 16, 2025 05:37 PM (3AwA+)

173 Turkey is okay although I prefer it as leftovers in sammies, soup, etc, instead of the main course. I find a good roaster chicken is more flavorful.

Having said that, our TG dinner will be a beef roast. I'll look for sales of turkey breasts after the holiday. Two or three of them in the freezer and I'm covered for turkey leftovers for a year.

Posted by: JTB at November 16, 2025 05:37 PM (yTvNw)

174 Dash, the sauce isn't sweet. Fruity with being sweet.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 05:30 PM

The blackberry sage sauce recipe I have goes great with venison and beef. I should make it for those duck breasts sitting in my freezer. Duck and fruit is a natural pairing.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 16, 2025 05:37 PM (Wnv9h)

175 We used to celebrate Thanksgiving with several families and friends so 18 to 25 was typical. We started making three 10 lb turkeys with different preparations for some variety. One of them was always fried. It really is a delicious preparation.

This year it is only the little Bog, L&T and I. I was thinking I might buy a turkey and part it out so that the thighs and breast were off the bone. I might bread, spice and fry it like chicken. I've never tried that and it might be awesome. Leave those as is. Then you have a handle for gnawing.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 16, 2025 05:37 PM (eUQTM)

176
Our dishwasher died a few days ago. It can't be repaired. Tomorrow we get to make the trek to buy a new one.

I sure hope it can be installed before Thanksgiving.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 16, 2025 05:38 PM (3ek7K)

177 Posted by: m at November 16, 2025 04:55 PM (RuTUS

Are you collecting various state names through hashes😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I've got New Hampster and Colorado for ya, if you are.

Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2025 05:39 PM (nhCoE)

178 And since this is a duck-themed Food Thread, I give you ~~deviled~~ Devil Duck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TclQPPTnor0

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 16, 2025 05:40 PM (Wnv9h)

179 If I’m eating out I will usually have a cocktail rather than wine. It is generally a better experience for me. Eating in I prefer a good wine I’ve been looking forward to. Cocktails I save until a little later.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 16, 2025 05:41 PM (olroh)

180 Seriously...does anyone drink hard liquor with dinner?
Yes. Her Majesties Chief Petty Officers in their Mess. As I recollect, about a dozen toasts, on top of the wine or ale at supper. Got wiped slick.

Posted by: Eromero at November 16, 2025 05:41 PM (i+bC1)

181 I'll bet Brioche works wonderfully.

I might give it a shot next year, but I am too cheap to buy brioche buns, so I will have to bake them.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 16, 2025 05:13 PM (n9ltV

Bake early so they can dry out a bit. And bake extra cuz how could you not eat half right out of the oven!!??

Posted by: LASue at November 16, 2025 05:41 PM (lCppi)

182 The group here wants lamb chops so I am adding pumpkin ravioli with brown butter and sage

Black walnut ice cream for dessert.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 05:42 PM (zzXla)

183 The group here wants lamb chops so I am adding pumpkin ravioli with brown butter and sage

Black walnut ice cream for dessert.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 05:42 PM

Yum. I made pasta with sage browned butter last night to go with dinner.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 16, 2025 05:43 PM (Wnv9h)

184 "Our dishwasher died a few days ago."

Several years ago our oven went out two days before Thanksgiving. Went out as in "had two speeds--off and cremation." I discovered this when it incinerated my pumpkin pie.

There was some frantic reworking but everything came out fine. We cooked the turkey on the outdoor grill and it was really good.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at November 16, 2025 05:44 PM (FEVMW)

185 RMBS, you are my food muse.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 05:46 PM (zzXla)

186
I have never understood the stupid vents that vent back into the kitchen. The best are the ones that vent outside.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 16, 2025 05:47 PM (3ek7K)

187 I need to work on my pie crust skills. (I'm good with pat in pan style.) The second best use of leftover turkey is a pot pie.

Posted by: JTB at November 16, 2025 05:47 PM (yTvNw)

188 Tacos were simple but good

Posted by: Skip at November 16, 2025 05:47 PM (+qU29)

189 A wonderful cocktail I’ve been enjoying recently is an old school Bee’s Knees.

½ oz honey
¼ tsp rosemary (optional)
2 oz gin
ice
1 oz lemon juice

Mix the honey and rosemary, and warm in the mi-
crowave for ten seconds. Mix lemon juice in, potentially warming for another five seconds to keep liquid free-lowing. Add gin, shake with ice, and double strain into a cocktail glass with one ice cube. A normal strain is fine if not using rosemary.

Adapted from the ABC of Cocktails (1957).

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 16, 2025 05:49 PM (olroh)

190 Our dishwasher died a few days ago."

Several years ago our oven went out two days before Thanksgiving. Went out as in "had two speeds--off and cremation." I discovered this when it incinerated my pumpkin pie.

There was some frantic reworking but everything came out fine. We cooked the turkey on the outdoor grill and it was really good.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at November 16, 2025 05:44 PM

That happened to our oven as well. I put biscuits in and 15 minutes later the smoke detectors were going off. It was on full nuclear reactor blast even though it was set at 350. Our appliance guy asked how old it was and when he found out it was 15 years old he said buy a new one I can't get parts for an oven that old.

It took three weeks to get a new oven installed because ours is a wall unit and apparently those have to be measured to make sure we got one that would fit with minimal cabinet reworking. Luckily GE still made a wall unit that was the same size so we bought that one and got it on labor day sale at home depot.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 16, 2025 05:49 PM (0N4FZ)

191 Turkey enchiladas are always good.

But my favorite is turkey soup made with homemade Turkey stock. Save a few cups of the stock in the freezer to help with the winter cold and uri. Nothing better than a mug of hot broth to make
You feel better.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 05:52 PM (mT+6a)

192 It took three weeks to get a new oven installed because ours is a wall unit and apparently those have to be measured to make sure we got one that would fit with minimal cabinet reworking. Luckily GE still made a wall unit that was the same size so we bought that one and got it on labor day sale at home depot.
Posted by: Mister Scott

My parents had that problem.

So when they remodeled the kitchen, they put in a "normal" stove, and the vertical stack where the oven used to be became a pantry cabinet.

Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2025 05:53 PM (nhCoE)

193 Stephen Price Blair, I know you cook some amazing things but you're skinny as a rail. I want to force feed you cheesey polenta.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 05:54 PM (zzXla)

194 RMBS, you are my food muse.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 05:46 PM

Made some nice red wine braised short ribs for myself and the RMBS Mom today. Paired it with Thomas Hardy's Ale. If you haven't tried it, I highly recommend giving it a try if you can find it in your AO. 13% ABV, hardly any carbonation, and more like a malt wine than an ale. Pricey and sometimes hard to find, but very good.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 16, 2025 05:54 PM (Wnv9h)

195 Turkey and sweet potatoes.
Half a can of Kirkland chicken.

The dog is fed. I'm going to have some beer and watch stupid crap. I turned a corner and have a lot to do now.

Everyone have a happy week.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 16, 2025 05:55 PM (Sco7b)

196 The best leftover dressing trick? Put a glob in the waffle maker. Get nice and toasty. Put a fried egg on top.

Serve.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 05:56 PM (mT+6a)

197 nurse, no such thing as leftover dressing in this house.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 05:57 PM (zzXla)

198
The dishwasher that came with the house we bought a little over a year ago is one of those fancy ones. It's only five years old. I've never figured how to run it so hubby starts it.

We called for service and were asked what code was showing. Well the code it was displaying says you're *ucked it can't be repaired.

We just want a dishwasher that has dials. Simple is best.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 16, 2025 05:57 PM (3ek7K)

199 I have agonized how to install a double oven, but there isn't a rational way to do it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 16, 2025 05:58 PM (n9ltV)

200
Double ovens are great.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 16, 2025 05:59 PM (3ek7K)

201 CBD, sure there is. Tear out the existing kitchen and start over.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 05:59 PM (zzXla)

202 I am the dishwasher in this house. Not forever, but until we redo the kitchen next spring. Of course the kitchen as it is now is so tiny I can't get much dirty without washing up. Not idea, but it will all be fixed this coming year.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 05:59 PM (yKmBH)

203 Our trash pickup is on Thursday. This year Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years day all three fall on Thursday and our trash pickup is going to be delayed until Friday which means we wont see the trash guys until Monday at the earliest of the following week.

I fully expect the entire space time continuum to collapse because of this. Reality will fold in upon itself and the universe will cease to exist before our trash gets picked up on Friday.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 16, 2025 06:01 PM (0N4FZ)

204 >>>CBS Cooking Show Host Padma Lakshmi: 'Apple Pie Isn't American'

------------

Neither are you bitch. Go away

Posted by: Bigsmith at November 16, 2025 06:01 PM (1Au9i)

205
We have a large garage and I told my husband is would be happy having an apartment sized stove installed.

Having an extra oven would be great.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 16, 2025 06:02 PM (3ek7K)

206 Damn it. It's kind of food thread related.

My friend just messaged me. The albino squirrel yhat's around our neighbourhood was apparently hit by a car.

Outdoor animals suck. Snowflake just came in for love and affection and is back outside. I still guard my heart....

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 16, 2025 06:02 PM (Sco7b)

207 202 I am the dishwasher in this house. Not forever, but until we redo the kitchen next spring. Of course the kitchen as it is now is so tiny I can't get much dirty without washing up. Not idea, but it will all be fixed this coming year.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 05:59 PM (yKmBH)

I lived without a dishwasher for two weeks...worst time of my life. It doesn't help that I had to buy a ton of disposable cups and silverware so kids could have dairy (milk, yogurt, ice cream, etc) and not leave contaminated dishes for me (since it usually takes a sanitize temp to rid stuff of allergens, and I didn't trust my kids and their dishwashing skills).

Found out dishwasher fall into the priceless category, even more than an oven is. I lived without my oven for 2 weeks happier than without my dishwasher...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 16, 2025 06:02 PM (tOcjL)

208 My mom's kitchen had double ovens, side by side, at eye height. The doors opened up instead of out, so you could actually reach into the oven itself instead of having to dodge the door and break your back. For some odd reason they don't make those anymore. Fridgidaire made them. Glass doors. Lift out a little bit and then up, like guillotine overhead doors. Probably too smart to keep making, be my guess.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 06:02 PM (yKmBH)

209 You people and your kitchens!

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 06:03 PM (zzXla)

210 I want to force feed you cheesey polenta.

I love cheesy polenta! I make it in the crockpot. Often add red bell pepper too. Or lots of garlic and herbs.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 16, 2025 06:04 PM (olroh)

211 It took three weeks to get a new oven installed because ours is a wall unit and apparently those have to be measured to make sure we got one that would fit with minimal cabinet reworking. Luckily GE still made a wall unit that was the same size so we bought that one and got it on labor day sale at home depot.
Posted by: Mister Scott

My parents had that problem.

So when they remodeled the kitchen, they put in a "normal" stove, and the vertical stack where the oven used to be became a pantry cabinet.

Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2025 05:53 PM

I so want to do that but the real estate lady who we had over to look at our house said for us to leave it as it is. We are looking to sell and downsize and she said if we sell that would be a significant waste of money. If we do decide to stay here that is #2 on the list to do.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 16, 2025 06:05 PM (0N4FZ)

212 209 You people and your kitchens!
Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 06:03 PM (zzXla)

I'm tempted toward a summer kitchen for canning during harvest season. I sort of have that, with the Coleman stove my dad left me. Takes white gas, but it heats like a charm. Would be better with a sink and water out there. This house heats up like hot death, for Alaskan, anyway.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 06:05 PM (yKmBH)

213 Stephen Price Blair, If I didn't make polenta by stirring it my Grandmother would come back and put a spell on me

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 06:07 PM (zzXla)

214 Posted to wrong thread. Not a first.
Just in from a potluck thanksgiving dinner at the bar, everything from turkey, gravy and cranberry sauce to meatballs, cheese manicotti, and a bundle of sides. Live music provided by the Tim Taylor Blues Band.
There's a lot to be said for living in a somewhat dumpy Rhode Island city.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 16, 2025 06:08 PM (sl73Y)

215 For some odd reason they don't make those anymore. Fridgidaire made them. Glass doors. Lift out a little bit and then up, like guillotine overhead doors. Probably too smart to keep making, be my guess.
Posted by: tcn

I think the word "guillotine" explains why they went away.

Along with the word "lawyers."

Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2025 06:08 PM (nhCoE)

216 My dishwasher works fine. But I haven't used it in some time. I clean and rinse the plates and bowls I use and put them into the dishwasher to dry -- it's sort of a "staging area." Originally I started doing this to save electricity money, but now I kind of like it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 16, 2025 06:08 PM (wzUl9)

217 I'm tempted toward a summer kitchen for canning during harvest season. I sort of have that, with the Coleman stove my dad left me. Takes white gas, but it heats like a charm. Would be better with a sink and water out there. This house heats up like hot death, for Alaskan, anyway.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 06:05 PM

Can that coleman stove hold the weight of a fully loaded canner? I have a two burner coleman propane stove and if I could can outside it would be a blessing as I live in Texas and it doesn't cool down until December.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 16, 2025 06:09 PM (0N4FZ)

218 I think the word "guillotine" explains why they went away.

Along with the word "lawyers."
Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2025 06:08 PM (nhCoE)

Malarkey. They were perfectly safe.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 06:10 PM (yKmBH)

219 Can that coleman stove hold the weight of a fully loaded canner? I have a two burner coleman propane stove and if I could can outside it would be a blessing as I live in Texas and it doesn't cool down until December.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 16, 2025 06:09 PM (0N4FZ)

It can and does, although I use both burners. It's the old school kind, not those new ones with the wimpy burners and stupid little canisters.

I have to pump it up every 30 minutes or so, but it never quits on me.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 06:11 PM (yKmBH)

220 If I didn't make polenta by stirring it my Grandmother would come back and put a spell on me.

Haha. I have done it that way, but I just like the flavors in the slow cooked versions better. Fortunately my grandmother was a northerner.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 16, 2025 06:11 PM (olroh)

221 I do like a good duck but, lately I've been eating a lot of crow.

Posted by: Pam Bondi at November 16, 2025 06:13 PM (abIsI)

222 RMBS, maybe you can send me that braised short rib recipe? Mrs. Red just mentioned wanting some braised beef.
DILIT is preparing a huge beef stew as we speak!

Posted by: RI Red at November 16, 2025 06:14 PM (aZ9eR)

223 Vintage Green Coleman Double Burner Portable Gas Camping Stove Model 425B w/ Bronze Lacquer Tank circa 1950's

Search that up. That's the kind of Coleman I use. My dad bought it new when he moved to AK, from the Army Navy Surplus store. I replaced the old leather seals with new rubber ones. A little bit safer. Works like a charm.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 06:15 PM (yKmBH)

224 What a bullshit call on Denver negating their interception. Does the NFL want Mahomes, Kelce and the Chiefs to be the primary AFC attraction?
Yes. Yes they do.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 16, 2025 06:16 PM (sl73Y)

225 TCN , I saw your T Day menu and booked myself a flight to Alaska.
Then I realized that was your husband’s portion.
Guy is huge!

Posted by: RI Red at November 16, 2025 06:17 PM (aZ9eR)

226 219 Can that coleman stove hold the weight of a fully loaded canner? I have a two burner coleman propane stove and if I could can outside it would be a blessing as I live in Texas and it doesn't cool down until December.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 16, 2025 06:09 PM (0N4FZ)
--------------------

Wouldn't surprise me if it would.
And on the subject of Coleman, glad you reminded me, it was reported here that one could send their old stove back to Coleman and they would refurbish it for the cost of parts and shipping. That's a good deal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 16, 2025 06:17 PM (1IBl2)

227 DILIT is preparing a huge beef stew as we speak!

Posted by: RI Red at November 16, 2025 06:14 PM (aZ9eR)

It's that season!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 16, 2025 06:21 PM (n9ltV)

228 I'll take our propane fueled Coleman 2 burner camp stove over the latest trendy trend of the Blackstone solid grill.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 16, 2025 06:21 PM (abIsI)

229 RMBS, maybe you can send me that braised short rib recipe? Mrs. Red just mentioned wanting some braised beef.
DILIT is preparing a huge beef stew as we speak!
Posted by: RI Red at November 16, 2025 06:14 PM

Sure. I found it online, though. I'll have to go back and look for it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 16, 2025 06:23 PM (Wnv9h)

230 My dishwasher works fine. But I haven't used it in some time. I clean and rinse the plates and bowls I use and put them into the dishwasher to dry -- it's sort of a "staging area." Originally I started doing this to save electricity money, but now I kind of like it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

I pretty much do the same. Run it about once a week or ten days to keep it from going stale and the rubber getting stiff. Also helps for rotating the dishes so you are not always using the same three.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 16, 2025 06:23 PM (sl73Y)

231 Vintage Green Coleman Double Burner Portable Gas Camping Stove Model 425B w/ Bronze Lacquer Tank circa 1950's

Search that up. That's the kind of Coleman I use. My dad bought it new when he moved to AK, from the Army Navy Surplus store. I replaced the old leather seals with new rubber ones. A little bit safer. Works like a charm.

Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 16, 2025 06:15 PM

I think that is going to be way more than I want to spend on something I will only use sporadically for a few months in the fall. I have one of the presto canners that I can use on an induction burner. That may be the way I need to go as I have multiple outlets on my covered patio.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 16, 2025 06:24 PM (0N4FZ)

232
"Obviously the drink of choice with dinner isn't Bourbon. That's for breakfast!"

Oh dear Lord, preserve and protect us,
We've been drinking whiskey before breakfast.

https://youtu.be/tiag8ym2dVI

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 16, 2025 06:24 PM (XQo4F)

233 Beef and barley stew the first day it isn't 85 here.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 06:25 PM (zzXla)

234 Does the NFL want Mahomes, Kelce and the Chiefs to be the primary AFC attraction?
Yes. Yes they do.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 16, 2025 06:16 PM

Don't forget about me.

Posted by: Tay Tay at November 16, 2025 06:27 PM (XQo4F)

235 DOUBLE OVENS ... When half of my double walk ovens died and couldn't be repaured -- and we didn't have the money to replace both ovens -- we bought a Breville "countertop" oven and placed it on a rolling cart ... It doesn't hold my largest pieces of bakeware, but I have plenty of bakeware in smaller dimensions as my workarounds.

Posted by: Kathy at November 16, 2025 06:27 PM (zuKcR)

236
Kathy,

We have one of those and it is very useful.

Posted by: four seasons at November 16, 2025 06:29 PM (3ek7K)

237 Okay, I'll go ahead and come in here and see what happens. I'll stick to the topic...

Isn't duck gamy tasting? That's the impression I've always had. I had the same trepidation about Arby's Game Burger (I think that was what it was called). Anyway it's something I kind of want to try but don't know.

What's odd is that I don't have nearly the same issues with seafood. No problem with eating squid, for instance.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 16, 2025 06:29 PM (cQHrm)

238 Ooooooo. I love barley.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 06:29 PM (mT+6a)

239 Also I'm hoping that steak prices drop, now that the tariffs are going down.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 16, 2025 06:30 PM (cQHrm)

240 I made beef stew yesterday. I'm making bread today.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 16, 2025 06:32 PM (VCgbV)

241 Ooooooo. I love barley.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 06:29 PM

Malted and fermented it's great!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 16, 2025 06:34 PM (Wnv9h)

242 lin-duh you are a cooks cook.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 06:34 PM (zzXla)

243
What time is the gun thread? I can't remember.

Posted by: four seasons at November 16, 2025 06:35 PM (3ek7K)

244 Malted and fermented it's great!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

When do you get to sample your home brew?

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 06:35 PM (DfaQL)

245 RMBS, beef and barley cooked in Guinness needs to be added to your playbook.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 06:35 PM (zzXla)

246 240 I made beef stew yesterday. I'm making bread today.
Posted by: lin-duh at November 16, 2025 06:32 PM (VCgbV)

For which to dunk in the stew, I hope?
Best to you and Spawn!

Posted by: RI Red at November 16, 2025 06:35 PM (aZ9eR)

247 I'm making bread now. Mucking with my molasses oatmeal bread recipe to see if I can get three smaller loafs in one rising.
Better work as I'll be running out of day at completion.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 16, 2025 06:35 PM (sl73Y)

248 I am home, dinner is going to be salad and leftover chicken J made last night when I wasn’t here. The kid said is was good, easy peasy after traveling all day. I loved seeing my family, but am also glad to be home even if it was a very short trip.

Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 06:36 PM (BLgrV)

249 I made beef stew yesterday. I'm making bread today.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 16, 2025 06:32 PM (VCgbV)

A combination made in heaven!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 16, 2025 06:36 PM (n9ltV)

250 What time is the gun thread? I can't remember.
Posted by: four seasons

After this one.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 16, 2025 06:36 PM (sl73Y)

251 Whole lot of body for the size of the legs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 16, 2025 06:37 PM (f4KJa)

252 When do you get to sample your home brew?
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 06:35 PM

I sampled the still brew when we bottled it last Sunday. Tastes great. It'll be properly carbonated by next weekend, and shared on Thanksgiving.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 16, 2025 06:37 PM (Wnv9h)

253 Welcome home, Piper.

It’s good to be with the people you love. Please, hold hands, squeeze and tell them you love them.

Thank God for Lucy.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 06:38 PM (DfaQL)

254 RMBS, beef and barley cooked in Guinness needs to be added to your playbook.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 06:35 PM

If you have a good recipe to share, I promise I'll make some. Beef, barley, and Guinness can't be wrong.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 16, 2025 06:38 PM (Wnv9h)

255 Coleman Double Burner Portable Gas Camping Stove Model 425B

Dayum the things I basically gave away at garage sales...

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 16, 2025 06:38 PM (Rx2W7)

256 It'll be properly carbonated by next weekend, and shared on Thanksgiving.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 16, 2025 06:37 PM (Wnv9h)

What style of beer is it?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 16, 2025 06:38 PM (n9ltV)

257 RMBS, I do. Will forward to you.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 06:39 PM (zzXla)

258 Whole lot of body for the size of the legs.

Used to date her.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 16, 2025 06:40 PM (Rx2W7)

259 What style of beer is it?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 16, 2025 06:38 PM

An IPA recipe I've made before. Good stuff.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 16, 2025 06:41 PM (Wnv9h)

260 Our dishwasher died about a year after we moved in. That was over 40 years ago. Never replaced it and haven't missed it although our friends thought we were crazy not having one. And these days a lot of my cookware is cast iron, carbon steel knives and heavy crock bowls which can't go in one anyway.

What I would like is another chest freezer.

Posted by: JTB at November 16, 2025 06:41 PM (yTvNw)

261 RMBS, I do. Will forward to you.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 06:39 PM

😀

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 16, 2025 06:41 PM (Wnv9h)

262 A friend just filled my freezer with venison roast and steaks. Venison carpaccio is addictive.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 06:43 PM (zzXla)

263 I just hope our dishwasher up here never fails.
That would be me.

Posted by: RI Red at November 16, 2025 06:44 PM (aZ9eR)

264 Coleman Double Burner Portable Gas Camping Stove Model 425B

Dayum the things I basically gave away at garage sales...

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 16, 2025 06:38 PM

Yep and you can't buy them for any amount of $$$ now.

This conversation got me thinking and I did find a solid single burner propane 50,000 BTU stand alone burner unit on amazon that would work perfectly for my outdoor canning needs. I may just buy it and try it for next year. $69 on prime.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 16, 2025 06:47 PM (0N4FZ)

265 What I would like is another chest freezer.
Posted by: JTB at November 16, 2025 06:41 PM (yTvNw

Those are beautiful.

We had a huge one when I was growing up. My parents would buy half a cow at the butchers. The thing was huge.

My late uncle had my late grandfathers' fridge. That thing was 50 years old and still running. I wonder where it is now.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 16, 2025 06:48 PM (Sco7b)

266 CBD,

Here's how to grow garlic. Seems to know his stuff

https://tinyurl.com/mspsmjt8

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 16, 2025 06:48 PM (EW4eo)

267 Speaking of stews; I have a ton of canned hominy, and need to make a chicken and hominy stew. Lots of lovely spices and roasted tomatillos.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 16, 2025 06:49 PM (n9ltV)

268 253 Welcome home, Piper.

It’s good to be with the people you love. Please, hold hands, squeeze and tell them you love them.

Thank God for Lucy.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November

I will, and I wish I was closer to you to bring some soup over. You have had a rough weekend!

Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 06:49 PM (66bex)

269 268 253 Welcome home, Piper.

It’s good to be with the people you love. Please, hold hands, squeeze and tell them you love them.

Thank God for Lucy.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November

I will, and I wish I was closer to you to bring some soup over. You have had a rough weekend!

Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 06:49 PM (66bex)

The 'Ettes are the best....

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 16, 2025 06:50 PM (Sco7b)

270 Om Mani Padma Hummer!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2025 06:51 PM (npFr7)

271 CBD , Pozole.6

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 06:51 PM (zzXla)

272 267 Speaking of stews; I have a ton of canned hominy, and need to make a chicken and hominy stew. Lots of lovely spices and roasted tomatillos.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 16, 2025

A good pozole is soul warming!

Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 06:52 PM (DFVHb)

273 I have agonized how to install a double oven, but there isn't a rational way to do it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 16, 2025 05:58 PM

Since you don't need rationality, hire a Democrat Strategist.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 16, 2025 06:52 PM (0sNs1)

274 "Obviously the drink of choice with dinner isn't Bourbon. That's for breakfast!"

Oh dear Lord, preserve and protect us,
We've been drinking whiskey before breakfast.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty
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Written (and performed) by an old friend of mine, Mike Cross:
https://shorturl.at/Cxykx

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2025 06:53 PM (XeU6L)

275 Here's how to grow garlic. Seems to know his stuff

https://tinyurl.com/mspsmjt8

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 16, 2025 06:48 PM (EW4eo)

Thanks!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 16, 2025 06:55 PM (n9ltV)

276 * raises a dram of Glen Fodhry in thanks for the food thread*

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 06:55 PM (zzXla)

277 Since you don't need rationality, hire a Democrat Strategist.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 16, 2025 06:52 PM (0sNs1)

Maybe the oven can identify as a single oven....

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 16, 2025 06:56 PM (Sco7b)

278 Pozole.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 06:51 PM (zzXla)

One of my favorite foods!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 16, 2025 06:56 PM (n9ltV)

279 Our dishwasher became possessed, so we called the appliance repair company we have used before for a price to fix. The MFG paid for the visit. The machine was 12 years old. Cost to repair was more than a new one. So we have a new one, different MFG.

Posted by: javems at November 16, 2025 06:57 PM (8I4hW)

280 Thanks for reading and commenting folks!

Even you Sous Vide haters!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 16, 2025 06:58 PM (n9ltV)

281 "Oh dear Lord, preserve and protect us,
We've been drinking whiskey before breakfast.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty
--------

Written (and performed) by an old friend of mine, Mike Cross:
https://shorturl.at/Cxykx

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2025 06:53 PM"

Kewl!
It's one of my favorite bluegrass songs.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 16, 2025 06:59 PM (XQo4F)

282 .
Gun Thread is NOOD

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 16, 2025 07:00 PM (O7YUW)

283 Hey. I saw that.

My Thanksgiving stuffing, which goes into the turkey, is made with all the leftover odds and ends of bread and hot dog and hamburger buns that I collect over the year. I cube them in small pieces and store in bags in the freezer and the stuffing is always delicious.

Posted by: bluebell at November 16, 2025 07:00 PM (79pEw)

284 44
Oh, let's all have British apple pie! It will be so, so superior to ours. Right?

It definitely will be because we won't flood it with Palm oils, corn syrup and synthetic flavors. Jk!

Anyway, enjoy Thanksgiving, which if I'm being awkward is also technically a British meal!

Posted by: STV at November 16, 2025 07:24 PM (XMeSM)

285 * hands SanFranpsycho a plate of grilled duck breast with a blackberry/ sage sauce and a side of wild rice with pine nuts and mushrooms *
Posted by: Ben Had at November 16, 2025 05:25 PM (zzXla)
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Mmmmm

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 16, 2025 07:28 PM (8SdDq)

286 265 What I would like is another chest freezer.
Posted by: JTB at November 16, 2025 06:41 PM (yTvNw

Those are beautiful.

We had a huge one when I was growing up. My parents would buy half a cow at the butchers. The thing was huge.

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A small chest freezer conveyed with our current house - put it into use when I found a decent source for a 1/4 steer - front quarter is heavy on the ground beef, lots of roasts, and 8-10 ribeyes. All on the higher end of the quality we'd get from the supermarket, and probably about 10% savings. Love it. Few weeks away from our next 1/4 - hoping to get the fat scraps, make some homemade tallow.

Posted by: MD_Mike at November 16, 2025 07:57 PM (A5TIN)

287 A little late but:

CBD: "Seriously...does anyone drink hard liquor with dinner?"

Pretty much exclusively. I don't care for wine. I'll drink it, when in Rome yada yada. But it doesn't really enhance food, to me. It's just too much grape-skin "earthiness" (dirt) and tannins. Blech.

Now a nice old fashioned (bourbon, rye, or rum) goes really well with a steak. So does a Manhattan.

And margaritas go well with Mexican food, and Mojitos with Cuban -- properly made margs and mojitos, tart and bright, no bottled sour mix involved, fresh-squeezed or muddled limes only.

Posted by: Pastafarian at November 16, 2025 08:42 PM (e0Tsu)

288 Lagavulin 16 with a ribeye, preferably with a blue cheese crust.

You WILL thank me later.

Posted by: Hillary's Left Testicle at November 17, 2025 01:02 AM (3EqMc)

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