Food Thread: Weird But Good, Or Just Weird...It's All Fun On Thanksgiving

I think a lot of the fun of the Thanksgiving table (besides one-upping your smarmy 2nd cousin) is the seemingly endless selection of side dishes that people conjure. Do an internet search for "Thanksgiving Sides," or even check The Joy Of Cooking, and you will be swamped with straightforward or weird dishes. Hell some of the straightforward ones are weird. Cranberry Sauce? That horrid green bean and canned crispy onion dish?

And you people make fun of Haggis?

Anyway, my favorite one is a simple squash soup with crispy crostini (I think that's redundant) smeared with some goat cheese. I have been making it for years, although I have delegated it recently to one of the brats. It's my carefully honed recipe of course, because the idea of giving up all control over what happens in my kitchen is mad...MAD I SAY! (I have posted it and other recipes before).

But there are lots of little tweaks to things like mashed potatoes that can make them special without a huge commitment in time and money. Sure, fly in some fresh truffles from Perigord! But you can also make garlic mashed potatoes that are absolutely delicious! And those roasted Brussels Sprouts that are a fixture at your table? Add bacon and Parmesan cheese for a delicious change.

And for those of you with refined tastes, an oyster stuffing is hard to beat. You troglodytes can eat "dressing" if you want, but all red-blooded Americans know that it is called "stuffing." And if oysters are a bit too weird for you, good old sausage stuffing is hard to top for deliciousness. I use corn bread, but plain old day old bread will work. And if you really want to do it up right, bake the loaf yourself! Hell, I wonder how sourdough bread will work for stuffing? Has anyone ever used it?

As fun and tasty and different the Thanksgiving meal can be, it is just a bonus. The real treat should be the relaxed and happy time you spend with your friends and relatives. That has always been my policy, and I find the idea that the meal is more important than the company to be a bit dismissive of our humanity.

That doesn't mean that you should pull out the crappy bourbon...we are not savages!

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Garlic, cauliflower, zucchini, flour.

You know what I mean.

50%...easy!

So tell The Bureau of Labor Statistics and their political masters to stick it where the sun don't shine.

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From commenter (Lurker?) "Tyler"

Got a kick out of the Negroni meme on the food thread.
Speaking of the aforementioned cocktail, I did have a pretty amazing Negroni recently which the post reminded me of... at a great local seafood restaurant (in Omaha of all places)... they used the standard Campari and sweet vermouth combo but had a gin that was aged in a Sauvignon Blanc barrel... the gin smoothed the whole cocktail out and almost required a lemon peel to bring out the "bite" of the drink.

Of course "Tyler" sort of glossed over the fact that I think Negronis are repulsive. However, I will forgive him because he is a Sous Vider, and he does short ribs that look delicious!
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[Hat Tip: Iris]

I am no longer going to adhere to any sort of rule of polite behavior about politics. I won't bring it up when we have company, but if it is a topic, I will not pull any punches.

Like last night.

Yes, I slept on the couch (just kidding).

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Well, this looks interesting! Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookie Pie sounds impossibly decadent. Probably one of those tiny slice jobs...

Or...you know...half the pie after everyone has gone to sleep.

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[Hat Tip: Misanthropic Humanitarian]

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From commenter "Robert." Oh lord, it does sound like fun. But I don't have a 6" Springform pan. Why would anyone have a pan that small? I guess I will have to double or triple the recipe to fit my smallest Springform.

Maple Bacon Cake

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[Hat Tip: Misanthropic Humanitarian]

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Addendum I have neglected some important safety advice, but commenter "Joe Kidd" has taken up the slack:

meal prep hydration is a too often overlooked Thanksgiving safety element, so keep a chilled six pack or Vino Verde within easy reach. Maybe even designate a spotter or two to make sure you are regularly restoring those vital fluids that quickly dissipate in a hot kitchen.

What the hell happened to all the vegetables? And send me garlic that isn't grown in heavy metals and human waste in China, well-marbled hanger steaks and elk chops to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.

~~Who are those poor deluded souls~~ We know who shake 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 of 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 24, 2024 04:00 PM (fwDg9)

2 Cheesesteak tonight because why not?

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 04:03 PM (fwDg9)

3 Just took a bite of a "Chocolate Quinoa Crisp". Don't need to do that again.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 04:03 PM (vd6bO)

4 I like green bean casserole.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 24, 2024 04:03 PM (PiwSw)

5 Hey, I dutifully called them but can't make them comment

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 04:04 PM (fwDg9)

6 The sharpest knives should be brought out for the Thanksgiving dinner. They make the carving so much easier.

Posted by: Amy Bishop at November 24, 2024 04:04 PM (/U5Yz)

7 I brought my knife and fork. Where's the grub, the nosh?

Posted by: Ciampino - but watch out for the ons carrying knives and forks at November 24, 2024 04:04 PM (i0xsb)

8 I like pork sausage ground up in my stuffing.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 24, 2024 04:06 PM (/U5Yz)

9 "That horrid green bean and canned crispy onion dish?"

Hey, I learned that one specifically from American Thanksgiving, and we've incorporated it into our dishes here when we do up our Thanksgiving in October. I rather like that one!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 24, 2024 04:06 PM (O7YUW)

10 I'm making cornbread and sausage stuffing this year. Sweet potatoes, maybe broccoli or Brussels sprouts for greens. I dunno just yet.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at November 24, 2024 04:06 PM (BbEYi)

11 Any turnip love?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 24, 2024 04:07 PM (/U5Yz)

12 Dinner tonight is lamb, roasted herbed potatoes, and green beans.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at November 24, 2024 04:07 PM (BbEYi)

13 I love a good squash soup! Also, if you need a good crouton and you dint have time to make your own, Kooshy Almost Naked Croutons are really yummy.

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 04:07 PM (p4NUW)

14 8 That sounds good! Grew up on oyster dressing myself. Love the stuff, but the wife does not approve. Oh, well, she's a great cook.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 04:07 PM (vd6bO)

15 Willowed and now I have no food news to add.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 04:08 PM (D6PGr)

16
Wheel Of Misfortune:

Chuck Woolery is mort?

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2024 04:08 PM (rabIu)

17 Our family never did the traditional stuffing - ours was more of a potato filling - mashed potatoes with sausage, bacon chunks, and (not too many) bread crumbs. Baked in an monster dish with tons of butta.

Served with gravy. If you didn't go into a food coma after that something was wrong with you.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2024 04:09 PM (WXNFJ)

18 I’m going to make that squash soup this week. Sounds great and looks easy to do. Thanks CBD for the recipe and a Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 24, 2024 04:10 PM (o9LdA)

19 Never had oyster stuffing. That sounds like some weird east coast thing.

Wonder what weird west coast thing Nurse Ratched will make. Some geoduck horror probably.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at November 24, 2024 04:10 PM (BbEYi)

20 I do lingonberries instead of cranberry sauce and this year it was unanimously decided NO green bean casserole... Hurrah !

Posted by: It's me donna at November 24, 2024 04:10 PM (IyPmt)

21 My youngens help with a food distribution occasionally, and they send them home with the leftover stuff that would expire...some of this stuff is a bit odd.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 04:11 PM (vd6bO)

22 >>I am no longer going to adhere to any sort of rule of polite behavior about politics. I won't bring it up when we have company, but if it is a topic, I will not pull any punches.

That's the spirit.

And no Thanksgiving feast would be complete without oysters.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 04:11 PM (LkLld)

23 Okay on my food news I’ve got boxes of can food in my prepper cache that is past its sell by date that if not for the move I would keep. Now I’m going to throw it away as I couldn’t give it away now.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 04:12 PM (D6PGr)

24 11 Any turnip love?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 24, 2024 04:07 PM (/U5Yz)

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Down here we eat collard greens.
Delicious as long as you boil them in water/chicken stock with ham hocks (or ham bones with some meat) for about 4 or 5 hours.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 04:13 PM (6ydKt)

25 I was assigned to make dressing. Sausage, sage, homemade cornbread and sourdough will be the main flavor profile. I considered either apple or cranberry but decided to keep it simple. Making my own stock to mix in as I loathe store bought stock or broth.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 04:14 PM (R1Ziy)

26 Not thanksgiving but close. One of the things I miss about NY/NYC is being invited to my Italian friends home for the Feast of Seven Fishes.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 04:15 PM (D6PGr)

27 I am doing sage sausage stuffing, roasted root veggies, mashed potatoes with crème fraiche, and collard greens.

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 04:15 PM (p4NUW)

28 11 Any turnip love?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 24, 2024 04:07 PM (/U5Yz)

Turnips, rutabaga, parsnips, beets and sweet potatoes roasted are awesome.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 04:16 PM (R1Ziy)

29 Oh, and homemade cranberry sauce with satsumas.

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 04:16 PM (p4NUW)

30 >>>I am no longer going to adhere to any sort of rule of polite behavior about politics. I won't bring it up when we have company, but if it is a topic, I will not pull any punches.

See Amy Bishops post above. Limit the alcohol is always a good tactic.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 24, 2024 04:17 PM (/U5Yz)

31 I while back we started having practice Thanksgiving, roast turkey plus all other dishes we wanted to trial but didn't want to find out we didn't like for the big day. Lots of fun, plus we could invite friends who would be with their own family on Thanskgiving.

Posted by: Candidus at November 24, 2024 04:17 PM (zGvse)

32 >>Never had oyster stuffing. That sounds like some weird east coast thing.

I'll have you know, young lady, Thanksgiving is a weird east coast thing and seafood was on the menu in Plymouth Colony.

Damn flat landers.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 04:17 PM (LkLld)

33 I found this the other day. Looks good but why does the base recipe call for chicken sausage (bleah!) instead of Concecuh, which they suggest as an alternate?
Million Dollar Soup Is The Best Soup Of The Season
Southern Living
Plus it includes kale, so Piper should be happy. ;P

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 24, 2024 04:17 PM (KcwUg)

34 28 11 Any turnip love?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 24, 2024 04:07 PM (/U5Yz)

Turnips, rutabaga, parsnips, beets and sweet potatoes roasted are awesome.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage

I love them too. Costco has a bag of frozen grilled root vegetables. They are charcoal grilled and so good.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 24, 2024 04:18 PM (/U5Yz)

35 For years I made oyster and chestnut stuffing for the turkey, but as we're not having turkey this year I am going to dispense with that. As we're only having three people for TG dinner I don't feel a need to make a big fuss and the guys don't really care either. We will be together and we will give thanks to God. It's all good.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2024 04:18 PM (0dmPh)

36 I'm making kale salad again. Surprisingly, everyone liked it last year. I have lots of baby kale from the late summer planting, and the salad has kale, pomegranate seeds, Parmesan, onion, and a lemon dressing. Maybe some other things, need to review the recipe.

I'm surprised that I like it myself! You know how I am.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 24, 2024 04:19 PM (OX9vb)

37 I’ve gone to my friend’s house for Thanksgiving for past five years . For some reason the wife ( also a friend I met before they married) never made mash potatoes. I never said anything until prior to last year’s dinner. I couldn’t go another Thanksgiving without mashers and gravy.

And yes I’m still invited this year😀

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 04:19 PM (D6PGr)

38 19 Never had oyster stuffing. That sounds like some weird east coast thing.

Wonder what weird west coast thing Nurse Ratched will make. Some geoduck horror probably.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos

Hey hey hey now.

I would do oyster stuffing, but the host is allergic to bivalves.

Oyster stuffing is sublime. As for geoduck, I'd make fritters as part of the pre feast engorgement.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 04:19 PM (fzPQK)

39 I'm surprised that I like it myself! You know how I am.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November

Please share this recipe!

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 04:20 PM (p4NUW)

40 Just took a bite of a "Chocolate Quinoa Crisp". Don't need to do that again.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 04:03 PM (vd6bO)

Are you on a United Airlines flight? That's one of their snacks.

I have eaten them out of boredom.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 04:21 PM (d9fT1)

41 Our politics rule this year is that the five of us who are sympatico we will not bring anything up. If someone on the other team starts, we will have one designated spokesperson to respond who is calm, cool, de-escalatory and a dedicated moron.

Posted by: Candidus at November 24, 2024 04:21 PM (zGvse)

42 This year we're not having any friends or family over so we're going with a large Butterball turkey roll. We've had them before and they were good. Sacrilege I know.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 24, 2024 04:21 PM (/U5Yz)

43 Down here we eat collard greens.
Delicious as long as you boil them in water/chicken stock with ham hocks (or ham bones with some meat) for about 4 or 5 hours.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 04:13 PM (6ydKt)

In the bath tub right?

Posted by: Reforger at November 24, 2024 04:22 PM (xcIvR)

44 For two years running, I have dispensed with the actual dinner at Thanksgiving. I now go directly to the open-face sandwich, which, traditionally, had been the Second Meal.

If that's wrong, I don't want to be right.

Posted by: goatexchange at November 24, 2024 04:23 PM (qBTvW)

45 Sorry, but in N'Awlins, it ain't NEVAH called 'stuffing' ... it's always 'ersta dressin'' ... just like 'Where y'at, brah?' is the traditional greeting.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 24, 2024 04:23 PM (ayRl+)

46 In the bath tub right?
Posted by: Reforger at November 24, 2024 04:22 PM (xcIvR)

Only if great-aunt Esther is finished.

Posted by: Candidus at November 24, 2024 04:23 PM (zGvse)

47 >>Are you on a United Airlines flight? That's one of their snacks.

>>I have eaten them out of boredom.

Was on two United flights the other week. I ate the first one out curiosity.

I have no excuse for eating the second one.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 04:23 PM (LkLld)

48 Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 24, 2024 04:21 PM (/U5Yz)

That's interesting. I've never heard of a Butterball Turkey Roll.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2024 04:23 PM (0dmPh)

49 In the bath tub right?
Posted by: Reforger at November 24, 2024 04:22 PM (xcIvR)

Only if great-aunt Esther is finished.
Posted by: Candidus at November 24, 2024 04:23 PM (zGvse)

And the gin has been made already.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 04:24 PM (VNX3d)

50 33 Plus it includes kale, so Piper should be happy. ;P
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 24, 2024 04:17 PM (KcwUg)

I recently sent Doof the recipe for my famous squash, sausage and kale soup. He said “ummm…thank you….but I was really looking for a smoothie….” 🤣😂

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 04:24 PM (p4NUW)

51 >>> 37 I’ve gone to my friend’s house for Thanksgiving for past five years . For some reason the wife ( also a friend I met before they married) never made mash potatoes. I never said anything until prior to last year’s dinner. I couldn’t go another Thanksgiving without mashers and gravy.

And yes I’m still invited this year😀
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 04:19 PM (D6PGr)

Mashed taters are easy! My "challenge" this year is that I will *finally* be making mostly home made stuffing (store-bought instead of home baked bread).

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 24, 2024 04:24 PM (KcwUg)

52 I’ll be at a table with all conservatives so it will just be an echo chamber /preaching to the choir if someone chooses to talk politics.

Most likely it will be more about how LSU blew their season and how ridiculous NIL is.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 04:24 PM (D6PGr)

53 That's interesting. I've never heard of a Butterball Turkey Roll.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Yup bake it and then slice it. No bones.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 24, 2024 04:24 PM (/U5Yz)

54 Mashed taters are easy! My "challenge" this year is that I will *finally* be making mostly home made stuffing (store-bought instead of home baked bread).
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 24, 2024 04:24 PM (KcwUg)

Yes I even offered to make anc bring them. I have to say her stuffing is really good and I’m not a stuffing guy,

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 04:25 PM (D6PGr)

55 53 That's interesting. I've never heard of a Butterball Turkey Roll.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke[/i

My bad. It's a Butterball turkey roast. All stringed up and ready to pop in the oven.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 24, 2024 04:26 PM (/U5Yz)

56 Doing steaks for T day. Having spiral cut ham, wild rice and butternut squash casserole tonight. Roast the squash, onion and apples. When done whip it all together with seasonings of choice and lots of butter. Bake. Will most likely do pumpkin pie spices.
I make my squash soup with onion and bacon, don't need sherry. Lot's of butter. Notice a theme?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 24, 2024 04:26 PM (2NHgQ)

57 It has been long enough since the last time we cooked Thanksgiving dinner for the mob that I have almost forgotten what a PITA it had become.

Now that I remind myself, I think I will give it another year off. 2025 would be a good time to restart the tradition. Maybe.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 24, 2024 04:26 PM (sNCuU)

58 Link might help:
https://shorturl.at/QXGrp

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 24, 2024 04:26 PM (KcwUg)

59 Any turnip love?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 24, 2024 04:07 PM

Shredded into slaw with olive oil and seasoned rice vinegar, salt, and pepper.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 24, 2024 04:26 PM (Wnv9h)

60 I don't know how it happened, but some years ago I got roped into bringing a soup to the feast. And, now, I suppose it's our traditional appetizer. I prefer making poultry stock soups (chicken, turkey, even pheasant a couple times; always from scratch), but since the headliner of dinner is turkey, I'm forced go another way.

So, this year is Ox tail with homemade dumplings. The meat I'll smoke the night before, then braise...then marinate overnight in a garlic butter sauce with baking soda (that's how all those Chinese restaurants have such tender meat btw baking soda). Fresh veggies added with the dumplings (which this year will be stuffed with minced garlic, basil, parsley and a very sharp parmesan). The dumplings are very small, and I use a handheld meat injector to fill them. Veggies are nothing special, carrots, celery, white onions, seasonings. It's a good warm me up appetizer for the main event.

Posted by: Orson at November 24, 2024 04:26 PM (dIske)

61 Last year, for our first TGiving in the new house, we had MiladyJo, me, daughter & her hub, SonM, niece from Missouri and her daughter, and a friend Daughter's age, his lovely Thai wife, and their daughter, plus three dogs. The two young daughters were about the same age, so they weren't stuck with just old pharts.

This year, daughter and hub will be with his family in New Yawk, niece probably has her own plans, and the other couple have moved a ways south. Looks like it will just be MilaldyJo, SonM, and me. And our dog. (And cat, always, who hides when there's too much activity.)

MiladyJo says she has a turkey breast in the freezer, a couple of pies in mind. Mashed potatoes and green beans (but not the "canned crispy onion dish") with maybe some peppers thrown in. And, yes, cranberry sauce and some cranberry orange relish. Should be good eating for a couple of days.

If it were up to me, we'd just have sliced turkey sandwiches and some potato chips. Fortunately it's not.

Posted by: mindful webworker - family is family at November 24, 2024 04:26 PM (vUvG1)

62 Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 24, 2024 04:24 PM (/U5Yz)

Thanks. I'll have to look for that We got our "free" roast after spending $400.00 (sigh) at the local market so that's what it will be.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2024 04:27 PM (0dmPh)

63 . If someone on the other team starts

GAS THEM

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 24, 2024 04:28 PM (e8Sk7)

64 Thanks for food thread cbd

Sides are ok but I'm there for the star of the show.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2024 04:28 PM (RIvkX)

65 Stuffing is the only reason to cook a turkey. And gravy. That's it.

My grandmother's stuffing was so good I'm pretty sure she was some sort of witch.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 04:28 PM (LkLld)

66 Please share this recipe!
Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 04:20 PM (p4NUW)

I had to go find it. Thank God for The Deplorable Gourmet--in addition to the great stuff already in there, it is my catch-all for recipes I printed from the internet.

Recipe coming in a separate post...

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 24, 2024 04:29 PM (OX9vb)

67 RMBS's Onion/mushroom and wild rice soup is divine.
If you missed it--Doof's recommendation for spraying your turkey with duck fat is a winner. Crispy skin made easy. Works on your baked potatoes too

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 04:29 PM (gGMRM)

68 I'm surprised that I like it myself! You know how I am.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 24, 2024 04:19 PM (OX9vb)

I have had an excellent baby kale salad. The problem is that there are millions of recipes for kale, and only one tastes good.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 04:29 PM (d9fT1)

69 My bad. It's a Butterball turkey roast. All stringed up and ready to pop in the oven.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 24, 2024 04:26 PM (/U5Yz)

Aren't they pre-brined?

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 24, 2024 04:29 PM (sNCuU)

70 Tonight is "loose meat" sammiches on King's Hawaiian rolls with roasted broccoli and french fries.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2024 04:29 PM (RIvkX)

71 Thanksgiving massive dinners I think is past. But in years of big gatherings though most of dinner was made by one house, most brought dishes .

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 04:30 PM (fwDg9)

72 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2024 04:27 PM (0dmPh)

Meant frozen "chicken"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2024 04:30 PM (0dmPh)

73 Sides are ok but I'm there for the star of the show.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2024 04:28 PM (RIvkX)

Ah yes...the bone-in pork loin...sous vided then finished on the grill!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 04:30 PM (d9fT1)

74 for cranberry sauce, skip the sugar and water. instead use orange juice and port in proportion like the sugar and water. great depth of flavor. been doing this for nearly 30 years now.

Posted by: DenverGregg at November 24, 2024 04:31 PM (MryGi)

75 We're grazing out of the fridge so that we have room for all of the feast, feast, feast indgredients.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 04:31 PM (vd6bO)

76 Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 04:29 PM

Glad you enjoyed the soup!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 24, 2024 04:31 PM (Wnv9h)

77 Aren't they pre-brined?
Posted by: Pete Bog

I believe so. The trick is to release the string net before the outside starts to get crunchy otherwise, the string is difficult to remove.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 24, 2024 04:32 PM (/U5Yz)

78 We're grazing out of the fridge so that we have room for all of the feast, feast, feast indgredients.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 04:31 PM (vd6bO)

Impromptu MoMe at Don's house, to help empty his fridge?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 04:32 PM (VNX3d)

79 As an only child and all relatives thousand + miles away, my Thanksgiving as a kid was going out to one of the few restaurants that were open or the occasional accepted invite to one of my parents friend’s home.

I was always a little uncomfortable when we went to someone’s house. Had to be on best behavior and not be a pig.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 04:32 PM (D6PGr)

80 No rocket launches for Thanksgiving, so I guess the launch crews at SpaceX have the day off and will be cooking. There is a Kiwi launch tonight - details later.

Posted by: Ciampino - send leftovers at November 24, 2024 04:33 PM (i0xsb)

81 Oyster stuffing was a tradition with my family. In fact it was so popular that my Mom world make a separate casserole with the ingredients because the stuffing would be gone so fast.

Posted by: pawn at November 24, 2024 04:33 PM (QB+5g)

82 74. We throw the whole orange(minus any seeds, of course, into our cranberry relish... can't say we skip the sugar, though.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 04:33 PM (vd6bO)

83 or cranberry sauce, skip the sugar and water. instead use orange juice and port in proportion like the sugar and water. great depth of flavor. been doing this for nearly 30 years now.
Posted by: DenverGregg at November 24, 2024 04:31 PM (MryGi)

That sounds great.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 04:34 PM (D6PGr)

84 Thanksgiving just isn't complete with out hot turkey sammiches with gravy. I buy just the breasts, pan fry them in wine and herbs and make the gravy with the juices left in the pan.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 04:35 PM (gGMRM)

85 Simple Kale Salad

Dressing
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 to 2 teaspoons honey
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Salad
2 bunches kale, chopped
1/2 cup finely shredded Parmesan cheese
1/3 cup toasted almonds (alternately, pine nuts or pepitas)
1/3 cup cranberries (I used pomegranate instead of cranberries)

I won't bore you with the instructions--I'm pretty sure any of you could figure it out.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 24, 2024 04:35 PM (OX9vb)

86 I like pork sausage ground up in my stuffing.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

So do I. I also add chopped dried apricots. Yum.

Posted by: Tuna at November 24, 2024 04:35 PM (oaGWv)

87 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j1k4wNS40iQ

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 24, 2024 04:36 PM (e8Sk7)

88 I recently sent Doof the recipe for my famous squash, sausage and kale soup. He said “ummm…thank you….but I was really looking for a smoothie….” 🤣😂
Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 04:24 PM (p4NUW)

That is true! But I do think I'm gonna try to make the soup. Gotta admit, it looks good!

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 04:36 PM (RFPHU)

89 I get really tired of people who want everything to be easy and no fuss and not a big deal.

Get off your ass and make a special meal for Thanksgiving. Jeepers.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 04:36 PM (9ONh1)

90 Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November

This sounds great! Adding it on.

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 04:37 PM (pZEOD)

91 buy just the breasts,

Still $20 like in town.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 24, 2024 04:37 PM (e8Sk7)

92 86 I like pork sausage ground up in my stuffing.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

So do I. I also add chopped dried apricots. Yum.
Posted by: Tuna

Oh yum. Will try.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 24, 2024 04:37 PM (/U5Yz)

93 RMBS, I did freeze some so I get to have it again.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 04:37 PM (gGMRM)

94 Haggis ain’t bad if it’s prepared right. It’s very rich tasting, almost like a very flavorful meatloaf. I think a lot more Americans would like it if they didn’t know what’s in it. Is it my thing? No. But I ate it knowing what it was and my reaction was ‘not bad.”

Posted by: Elric Blade at November 24, 2024 04:38 PM (CbgXE)

95 78. Might need the help. Makes for a weird meal or two. I had leftover French toast, cheese, olives, crackers, and reheated shrimp fettuccine for lunch.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 04:39 PM (vd6bO)

96 Food planning idea for those in hurricane country.

Keep a package of pre-cooked bacon in the fridge, marked "Hurricane Bacon".

When a hurricane hits, put the bacon in your pocket, to make it easier for the search dogs to find you quickly if you're buried in rubble.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 04:39 PM (VNX3d)

97 If you missed it--Doof's recommendation for spraying your turkey with duck fat is a winner. Crispy skin made easy. Works on your baked potatoes too
Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 04:29 PM (gGMRM)

Howdy Ben Had! Duck fat rules. No spray this year but my local Wegmans had a jar of actual duck fat. Will be doing the spatchcock thing with this year's turkey and rubbing it down with the duck fat.

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 04:40 PM (RFPHU)

98 Butternut squash is my go-to for pie. Milder than pumpkin. One year I made little butternut squash souffles. The seeds are very similar to pumpkin too, so you can roast them to have with your beer as you stay hydrated throughout your meal prep.

Oh, and meal prep hydration is a too often overlooked Thanksgiving safety element, so keep a chilled six pack or vino verde within easy reach. Maybe even designate a spotter or two to make sure you are regularly restoring those vital fluids that quickly dissipate in a hot kitchen.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2024 04:40 PM (Cbio9)

99 Daughter wanted a Thanksgiving dish, so she's doing breakfast.

She's making Thanksgiving shortcake for breakfast. What she tells me is we're having a pumpkin butter apple precooked filling (the Trader Joe pumpkin butter is the sweetener, but I expect her to use more holiday spices, too) with her dairy and nut free shortcake biscuits and some coconut whip. Sorta desserty, but we normally do the Pepperidge Farm turnovers or the organic cinnamon rolls, so the family is used to the small dessert breakfast before my lunch tray of proscuittio, smoked salmon, cheese, 3 fruits, and pumpkin dip (this is all the pre-eating before dinner...breakfast is the only real junk, so it might as well be good!)...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 24, 2024 04:41 PM (exHjb)

100 Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 04:36 PM (9ONh1)

I think people should do what they and their family want to do for TG. I cook every day from scratch and make very special meals at other times.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2024 04:41 PM (ZvPn1)

101 I hope Dominos is open on Thanksgiving

Posted by: Don Black at November 24, 2024 04:41 PM (/7KEl)

102 Better go upstairs and get making supper.

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 04:41 PM (fwDg9)

103 Got a big chicken breast on the smoker. Nobody likes turkey at any time, but me. So... this, as sorry as it might be is my "Thanksgiving" bird.

But... there is sausage stuffing. Smoked of course.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 24, 2024 04:41 PM (Q4IgG)

104 98 Butternut squash is my go-to for pie. Milder than pumpkin. One year I made little butternut squash souffles. The seeds are very similar to pumpkin too, so you can roast them to have with your beer as you stay hydrated throughout your meal prep.

Oh, and meal prep hydration is a too often overlooked Thanksgiving safety element, so keep a chilled six pack or vino verde within easy reach. Maybe even designate a spotter or two to make sure you are regularly restoring those vital fluids that quickly dissipate in a hot kitchen.
Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2024 04:40 PM (Cbio9)

I love butternut squash pie (of course, I find butternut squash, sweet potato, and pumpkin almost interchangeable as fall pies)...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 24, 2024 04:41 PM (exHjb)

105 Avocado/tomato on toast.

Posted by: Eromero at November 24, 2024 04:42 PM (LHPAg)

106 I like pork sausage ground up in my stuffing.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

So do I. I also add chopped dried apricots. Yum.
Posted by: Tuna

Oh yum. Will try.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 24, 2024 04:37 PM (/U5Yz)
———

My mom makes a monster sausage stuffing, and has been for 40+ years. She got the recipe from my grandmother (her MiL) who probably got it from a German ancestor further up the line. This is back from the days when families passed recipes down. I don’t know if they do that any more.

Posted by: Elric Blade at November 24, 2024 04:42 PM (CbgXE)

107 No spray this year but my local Wegmans had a jar of actual duck fat.

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 04:40 PM (RFPHU)

Buy a $25-$30 duck, trim and render the fat, then roast the duck.

You get delicious roast duck, and about $25 worth of duck fat!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 04:43 PM (d9fT1)

108 I'm surprised that I like it myself! You know how I am.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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Kale salad fan here.
Our Thanksgiving salad is the lettuce, cauliflower, bacon, onion, and Hellmann's one.

Posted by: scampydog at November 24, 2024 04:44 PM (41CYW)

109 little butternut squash souffles

Posted by: Joe Kidd at

Ohhh! I have these little Le Creuset soufflé dishes my mom gave me that would be perfect. But there will only be 4 of us at the table…okay, everyone, get in your cars and start driving to my house! We will need a bigger turkey but that is okay!

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 04:44 PM (pZEOD)

110 74 for cranberry sauce, skip the sugar and water. instead use orange juice and port in proportion like the sugar and water. great depth of flavor. been doing this for nearly 30 years now.
Posted by: DenverGregg at November 24, 2024 04:31 PM (MryGi)

That's hardcore - I cut the sugar called for in half b/c I like it tart...but damn, that would be REALLY tart!

Posted by: Nova Local at November 24, 2024 04:45 PM (exHjb)

111 If you don’t already brine your turkey (or chicken), then try it. You won’t go back to unbrined. Brining is a game changer. There are a million how-to guides on brining your meat. Choose one. It’s easy, it’s quick, and it’s cheap. And it makes a noticeable difference. Trust The Blade.

Posted by: Elric Blade at November 24, 2024 04:47 PM (CbgXE)

112 106 I like pork sausage ground up in my stuffing.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

So do I. I also add chopped dried apricots. Yum.
Posted by: Tuna

Oh yum. Will try.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 24, 2024 04:37 PM (/U5Yz)
———

My mom makes a monster sausage stuffing, and has been for 40+ years. She got the recipe from my grandmother (her MiL) who probably got it from a German ancestor further up the line. This is back from the days when families passed recipes down. I don’t know if they do that any more.
Posted by: Elric Blade at November 24, 2024 04:42 PM (CbgXE)
Mrs.E makes macaroni and cheese with Mama Eromero’s recipe, very rich and very satisfying.

Posted by: Eromero at November 24, 2024 04:47 PM (LHPAg)

113 >>>I hope Dominos is open on Thanksgiving
Posted by: Don Black at November 24, 2024 04:41 PM (/7KEl)
********
If not, I’m sure your local Chinese carry-out will be.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 24, 2024 04:47 PM (o9LdA)

114 Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2024 04:40 PM (Cbio9)

Added to the post. Thank you!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 04:47 PM (d9fT1)

115 Duck. Grill the breasts, cook all the rest and make duck enchiladas in blue corn tortillas.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 04:48 PM (gGMRM)

116 Get off your ass and make a special meal for Thanksgiving. Jeepers.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 04:36 PM (9ONh1)

Or find somebody who is willing to make one, be really nice and bring them a good bottle of wine. Then ask if they have a boat or a vacation house.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 24, 2024 04:48 PM (sNCuU)

117 110. Cranberry pie! Not adulterated with strawberries or cherries, straight-up! Best pie I have ever had....other than that pumpkin pie where my daughter emptied the pumpkin pie spice container ('bout triple the usual amount).

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 04:49 PM (vd6bO)

118 Sides are ok but I'm there for the star of the show.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2024 04:28 PM (RIvkX)
------------

I'm there for everything. Actually, I'm here for everything. And I make everything. But I like everything I make.

Posted by: bluebell at November 24, 2024 04:49 PM (79pEw)

119 Thanksgiving here will be my citrus and herb turkey, giblet (w/o the actual giblets IN it) gravy, homemade mashed potatoes, Stovetop stuffing (b/c you have to save time somewhere if everything else is homemade), roasted green beans/onions/mushrooms with fried onion topping (no glop), and homemade cranberry sauce (to be decided with pear or apple or clementine). Pumpkin pie "ice cream" pie for dessert.

Friday will be the same meal, minus the stuffing which will be gone, so I will make sweet potatoes (in some way) and probably a new dessert or muffin...this way, you never over-carb and always feel good after dinner...

Then Saturday, we start sandwiches. And Sunday night, we have Thanksgiving soup if there's anything left from Thursday or Friday...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 24, 2024 04:49 PM (exHjb)

120 Southeastern Massachusetts is covered with cranberry bogs. Watching them harvested with the wet method is really cool and really helps kick off the Fall season.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 04:50 PM (LkLld)

121 I was born and raised in California. My mother always made oyster stuffing, also regular stuffing. I am fortunate that no one in my family circle even comes close to being left-wing. Trumpsters all the way. So no arguing about politics on Thanksgiving.

Posted by: washrivergal at November 24, 2024 04:50 PM (mzoqX)

122 Sausage stuffing works just fine with sourdough. the gravy even goes well with it. Been doing that for years.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 24, 2024 04:50 PM (hKoQL)

123 Cranberry pie! I've never heard of that. Hmmmm.

I love cranberry anything.

Posted by: bluebell at November 24, 2024 04:50 PM (79pEw)

124 I loved it when I could do Thanksgiving alone. Put on some music, open a bottle of wine and cook the meal I wanted.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 04:51 PM (gGMRM)

125 I think people should do what they and their family want to do for TG. I cook every day from scratch and make very special meals at other times.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Except when you're ordering the entire meal from a boutique store and then bitching because you had to cook the bird.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 04:51 PM (0MDkH)

126 123 It's GOOD.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 04:52 PM (vd6bO)

127 Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 04:51 PM (0MDkH)

Not doing that so it's fine.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2024 04:52 PM (ZvPn1)

128 Ohhh! I have these little Le Creuset soufflé dishes my mom gave me that would be perfect. But there will only be 4 of us at the table…okay, everyone, get in your cars and start driving to my house! We will need a bigger turkey but that is okay!
Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 04:44 PM (pZEOD)

Cooked B'nut squash freezes well, so bust out the dishes and enjoy the tribute that your guests will undoubtedly lay at your feet. Then do it again for Christmas...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2024 04:52 PM (Cbio9)

129 Tonight is meatloaf, roasted carrots and parsnips with ginger and honey, lettuce/spinach/kale salad with homemade sourdough croutons (if there are homemade croutons, my kids destroy salad - if not, they don't), and blueberries and grapes.

This is both a clear out the fridge dinner and a "beef up" before the week of poultry...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 24, 2024 04:52 PM (exHjb)

130 Buy a $25-$30 duck, trim and render the fat, then roast the duck.

You get delicious roast duck, and about $25 worth of duck fat!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 04:43 PM

"Save the liver!"

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 24, 2024 04:52 PM (Wnv9h)

131 RMBS, I did freeze some so I get to have it again.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 04:37 PM

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 24, 2024 04:53 PM (Wnv9h)

132 I think people should do what they and their family want to do for TG. I cook every day from scratch and make very special meals at other times.

>>>Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2024 04:41 PM (ZvPn1)

I am very glad that we have you as a moral guide for our behavior.

Posted by: test pattern at November 24, 2024 04:53 PM (oUoKb)

133 And always gratitude. That's why this is the best holiday of the year to me. Always begin everything with gratitude. Just works better that way.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 04:53 PM (vd6bO)

134 That chocolate chip peanut butter pie looks almost exactly like the chocolate chip pie I make. I never thought to put peanut butter in it. I bet that would be rich and delicious.

Posted by: bluebell at November 24, 2024 04:55 PM (79pEw)

135

Well, the lamb is out of the pressure cooker and marinating in my vindaloo paste. Some onions were caramelized and are now sitting in the cooking juices, which is gently reducing . Basmati rice will go on when mama gets home.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at November 24, 2024 04:56 PM (H4YoQ)

136 Sides are ok but I'm there for the star of the show.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2024 04:28 PM (RIvkX)
———-

Same. I’ll take a nice fat helping of my mom’s sausage stuffing (see above), but otherwise just gimme the bird and I’m done.

Posted by: Elric Blade at November 24, 2024 04:57 PM (CbgXE)

137 homemade sage dressing with onions and celery is our family tradition. I have to just lookup sage stuffing as I lost the recipe but what I found works fine. I tweak by using more seasoning then they say, especially sage.

And after brining the turkey the first time because I needed to get it thawed after not getting started in time I always brine. Juicy turkey and extra gravy to make turkey pot pie* leftovers. I cheat and don't make a real pie crust, I just do it like a shepherds pie or with biscuick topping.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 24, 2024 04:57 PM (CKOCg)

138 43 In the bath tub right?

Posted by: Reforger at November 24, 2024 04:22 PM (xcIvR)

- --- -
Ha!

Some people clean them and pull the stalks off in the bath tub, but we just use the sink.

To cook them we use a huge pot.
About the same size you'd use to make a deep fried turkey.

After about 4 hours the collards have shrunk enough that you can put them in a large pot on the stove.

I love them,... about three times a year.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 04:58 PM (6ydKt)

139 I bet that would be rich and delicious.

Posted by: bluebell at November 24, 2024 04:55 PM (79pEw)

I'll tell you Thursday evening. Or earlier if you do your job and come here and teach me how to make pie crusts.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 04:58 PM (d9fT1)

140 Not a turnip fan.

I mean if I'm served them at someone else's Thanksgiving meal, I'll eat some and smile politely and say "yum yum" and think "meh".

Buuuuuut, it won't ruin my TG.

Now-

If they were to serve a horrid, gloppy, nasty wet stuffing, that would definitely ruin my Thanksgiving meal and I might have to go on a homicidal rampage.

Slightly moist stuffing/dressing baked in the oven so that it has a nice crunchy crispy top is the way to go. Otherwise, you're just abusing your guests.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 24, 2024 04:58 PM (eDfFs)

141 We made butternut soup a while back.

It was thick... but very good. I had lamb sirloins on the side.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 24, 2024 04:58 PM (Q4IgG)

142 Posted by: test pattern at November 24, 2024 04:53 PM (oUoKb)

Honey. How is that being moral guide if I think people that they should be able to do want- cook, don't cook and go out , have something other than turkey, have turkey. There are three of us. It's our holiday not yours .

LOL insult factory even on the food thread. LOL
Adios

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2024 04:58 PM (I762/)

143 Oxtail soup finally put together. Just need so simmer for 3 1/2 hours.

Posted by: javems at November 24, 2024 04:59 PM (8I4hW)

144 If they were to serve a horrid, gloppy, nasty wet stuffing, that would definitely ruin my Thanksgiving meal and I might have to go on a homicidal rampage.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 24, 2024 04:58 PM (eDfFs)

That sounds almost as bad as a shaken Manhattan!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 05:00 PM (d9fT1)

145 I think the holidays can bring out the best of us and the worst of us. Me included, I hate my older girls won’t be with me so if I get testy, I need someone to smack me, please. Thank you.

Back to food.

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 05:00 PM (pZEOD)

146 I loved it when I could do Thanksgiving alone. Put on some music, open a bottle of wine and cook the meal I wanted.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 04:51 PM (gGMRM)

And then I threw this stupid party in October and years later it seems like I have all these new friends and people offering to feed me.

Ha! you are stuck with us Ben Had.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 24, 2024 05:00 PM (sNCuU)

147 Watching Uncle Buck for the 30th time.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 05:01 PM (D6PGr)

148 Wait ! There’s crappy bourbon ?

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at November 24, 2024 05:01 PM (64qRd)

149 124 I loved it when I could do Thanksgiving alone. Put on some music, open a bottle of wine and cook the meal I wanted.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 04:51 PM (gGMRM)

This is me, lately. The best part is no hosting pressure makes for very chill meal prep. I still make a full meal, eat most over the next few days, and freeze the rest. Made turkey omelets one January morning because, oh look what I found in the freezer!

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2024 05:01 PM (Cbio9)

150 I had lamb sirloins on the side.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 24, 2024 04:58 PM (Q4IgG)

I have never seen lamb sirloins at the store!

Legs, loin chops, racks, and sliced shoulder chops.

Sh*t...I have missed out!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 05:02 PM (d9fT1)

151 I can attest that Maker's Mark 46 is a damn fine bourbon. And now that Costco is selling it, it's very affordable.

I wish they'd stock Buffalo Trace though.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 05:03 PM (xcxpd)

152 146 I loved it when I could do Thanksgiving alone. Put on some music, open a bottle of wine and cook the meal I wanted.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 04:51 PM (gGMRM)

I've never had that...pre-cancer, I actually used to invite bachelor friends and other friends of my spouse over so no one would have to have Thanksgiving alone if I knew them...made me happy to feed people...

I'd go back to doing it now, but all the bachelor guys finally married or moved away...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 24, 2024 05:03 PM (exHjb)

153 CBD - There was a request in the last 2-3 weeks for an alcohol thread. I don't know anything about alcohol, because I don't drink, so I couldn't write it.

I don't know if that's the food thread, an idea for a future Sunday, or someone creates a post for it. If it is the food thread, and I see the request again, I'll remember to direct them here.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 05:04 PM (VNX3d)

154 I had a leg of lamb that was too big to fit on the rotisserie so I cubed it and made lamb curry. I have got to find a ground lamb supplier.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 05:04 PM (gGMRM)

155 BiL reverse searing some venison backstraps tonight. We are headed over there AFTER dinner. That sumbitch better save a bit for me.

Posted by: scampydog at November 24, 2024 05:04 PM (41CYW)

156 Gratitude first. But the meal for me is oyster dressing, mashed potatoes, giblet gravy, plain green beans, and cranberry sauce. Actual turkey I can take or leave, ham will do, but for me it’s the basis stuff. And by the way, I’m working this Thanksgiving.

Posted by: Eromero at November 24, 2024 05:04 PM (LHPAg)

157 I loved it when I could do Thanksgiving alone. Put on some music, open a bottle of wine and cook the meal I wanted.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 04:51 PM (gGMRM)

That is my Thanksgiving until about 2:00pm.

The house is empty (everyone else is on a traditional walk), so I do all of the cooking, with my music, my coffee, without any insanity. It's great!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 05:05 PM (d9fT1)

158 For Thanksgiving, I keep it simple: Turkey, stuffing (the wife loves it, just loves it), peas and cranberry sauce from a can, with a pumpkin pie buried in whipped cream.

Since this is one of the rare 'cheat' meals I'll gave before June, I plan to really indulge in this one.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 05:05 PM (xcxpd)

159 Going to my sister’s for Thanksgiving. For the first time. One problem: she can’t boil water. Her husband is decent. The cooks in the family are me, my brothers, and my mom. So this Thanksgiving dinner might be as lame as a stirred Manhattan!

Posted by: Elric Blade at November 24, 2024 05:06 PM (CbgXE)

160 I wish they'd stock Buffalo Trace though.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 05:03 PM (xcxpd)

Take a road trip to California. It is stupidly cheap there.

It's pushing $50/bottle here, and that is absolutely ridiculous.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 05:06 PM (d9fT1)

161 When I moved my mom closer to me after my Father died , for Thanksgiving we either went out to Luby’s or Black Eyed Pea . After she didn’t feel up to going out I would order to go dinner , enough food for five at Boston Market. Thanksgiving season always feels better if you have left overs to eat.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 05:07 PM (D6PGr)

162 153 CBD - There was a request in the last 2-3 weeks for an alcohol thread. I don't know anything about alcohol, because I don't drink, so I couldn't write it.

I don't know if that's the food thread, an idea for a future Sunday, or someone creates a post for it. If it is the food thread, and I see the request again, I'll remember to direct them here.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 05:04 PM (VNX3d)

The answer is bourbon. It's always bourbon.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 05:07 PM (xcxpd)

163 Thanksgiving in our house is amazing. We mix traditional with Korean and Puerto Rican/Columbian. Dinner here is like a meeting at the UN but lots more fun.
I love my international family and every one of us is grateful for living in these United States.
I wish only the best for all of you Morons.

Posted by: RetSgtRN at November 24, 2024 05:07 PM (udfkQ)

164 >>The answer is bourbon. It's always bourbon.

You spelled rum wrong. Twice.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 05:08 PM (LkLld)

165 159 Going to my sister’s for Thanksgiving. For the first time. One problem: she can’t boil water. Her husband is decent. The cooks in the family are me, my brothers, and my mom. So this Thanksgiving dinner might be as lame as a stirred Manhattan!
Posted by: Elric Blade at November 24, 2024 05:06 PM (CbgXE)

Offer to bring something or to arrive early to help...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 24, 2024 05:08 PM (exHjb)

166 The house is empty (everyone else is on a traditional walk), so I do all of the cooking, with my music, my coffee, without any insanity. It's great!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 05:05 PM (d9fT1)

This is known as the time to open the cooking wine to begin the process of marinating the chef. Typically calls for the best bottle prior to the guests arriving. And drinking said best bottle!

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 24, 2024 05:08 PM (sNCuU)

167 160 I wish they'd stock Buffalo Trace though.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 05:03 PM (xcxpd)

Take a road trip to California. It is stupidly cheap there.

It's pushing $50/bottle here, and that is absolutely ridiculous.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 05:06 PM (d9fT1)

With the price of gas, not to mention needing to swap out my handguns, it's not worth the trip. Our local Kroger/Fred Meyers has Buffalo Trace for about $32 after taxes. That's not bad. Just wish I could buy it in bulk.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 05:08 PM (xcxpd)

168 Going to my sister’s for Thanksgiving. For the first time. One problem: she can’t boil water. Her husband is decent. The cooks in the family are me, my brothers, and my mom. So this Thanksgiving dinner might be as lame as a stirred Manhattan!
Posted by: Elric Blade at November 24, 2024 05:06 PM (CbgXE)

Maybe she will have it made as mentioned above. Even Popeyes will cook a Turkey for you.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 05:09 PM (D6PGr)

169 164 >>The answer is bourbon. It's always bourbon.

You spelled rum wrong. Twice.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 05:08 PM (LkLld)

Why do I sense another Mary Ann/Ginger battle forming here?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 05:09 PM (VNX3d)

170 I rarely drink but someone here wrote about putting a couple tablespoons of vodka in the pie crust dough. So today I stopped at a gas station market where I'd seen those little bottles of booze for a dollar. I bought one. It was clear and had a Russian name. Vodka, of course. No. When I got home I read the label and the tiny print says it is a white wine. What the hell did I buy? I am laughing.

Posted by: washrivergal at November 24, 2024 05:10 PM (mzoqX)

171 164 >>The answer is bourbon. It's always bourbon.

You spelled rum wrong. Twice.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 05:08 PM (LkLld)

There is a place in South Beach Miami called 'The Rum Room'. I think they said they have 80 different rums there. You'd like it.

Good Cuban food there.

Costco brand dark rum tastes like medicine. It even ruins Old Fashioned mix. Bleh.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 05:10 PM (xcxpd)

172 Posted by: RetSgtRN at November 24, 2024 05:07 PM (udfkQ)

True Thanksgiving .

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 05:10 PM (D6PGr)

173 JackStraw, I found a rum that is damn near undrinkable. Balcones makes a very good bourbon but their rum is nasty. I was very disappointed.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 05:10 PM (gGMRM)

174 Mom and than I cooked many big t-day week meals on Friday or Saturday over the years. Dad used to volunteer to work the holidays so that more other drivers who needed to do t-day or xmas on the actual day could have it off. Us kids were older by the time he started driving and we didn't need to bow to big calendar

Posted by: PaleRider at November 24, 2024 05:11 PM (CKOCg)

175 Just wish I could buy it in bulk.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 05:08 PM (xcxpd)

Check whether http://www.wine-searcher.com/ has any liquor stores listed that will ship to you.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 05:11 PM (d9fT1)

176 175 Just wish I could buy it in bulk.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 05:08 PM (xcxpd)

Check whether http://www.wine-searcher.com/ has any liquor stores listed that will ship to you.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 05:11 PM (d9fT1)

will do, thanks

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 05:11 PM (xcxpd)

177 Only rum I like is that koolaid rum,

Malibu Rum

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 05:11 PM (D6PGr)

178

Any recommendations for a twenty four inch wall oven that isn't multiple thousands of dollars?

My oven, it be dead...

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at November 24, 2024 05:12 PM (H4YoQ)

179 The other reason for doing the full meal solo is that I can bust out mom's Corningware roasting pan. I paid a pretty penny to ship her gear out to California when she passed, but the other sibs didn't want it and it's another thing to contemplate as I count my blessings throughout the day..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2024 05:12 PM (Cbio9)

180 163 Thanksgiving in our house is amazing. We mix traditional with Korean and Puerto Rican/Columbian. Dinner here is like a meeting at the UN but lots more fun.
Posted by: RetSgtRN at November 24, 2024 05:07 PM (udfkQ)

I love that! My family, too--white, black, Indonesian. Always an interesting array of food.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 24, 2024 05:12 PM (OX9vb)

181 Going to my sister’s for Thanksgiving. For the first time. One problem: she can’t boil water. Her husband is decent. The cooks in the family are me, my brothers, and my mom. So this Thanksgiving dinner might be as lame as a stirred Manhattan!
Posted by: Elric Blade at November 24, 2024 05:06 PM (CbgXE)

Offer to bring something or to arrive early to help...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 24, 2024 05:08 PM (exHjb)
———

I bring the booze … and foot the bill for dinner.

Posted by: Elric Blade at November 24, 2024 05:12 PM (CbgXE)

182 We have hosted Thanksgiving for our family for many years now. Mom, aunts, and cousins have either died or fallen away so it's just 6 of us. We still probably make the same amount of food because we all like leftovers.

As preparation so far we've made cranberry/orange/apple/cinnamon relish, make-ahead gravy, and a smoked turkey breast. Desserts on Wednesday and then everything else on the day. I have a timeline that I wrote several years ago and it takes a lot of the stress out of the process.

That said, one year son's family was elsewhere and only guests were husband's sister and her husband. We sat around and drank Bloody Marys and finally remembered to make dinner. The food was great but, man, was that a mellow holiday

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at November 24, 2024 05:14 PM (FEVMW)

183 >>There is a place in South Beach Miami called 'The Rum Room'. I think they said they have 80 different rums there. You'd like it.

I hope I never find it. I'm too young to die.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 05:14 PM (LkLld)

184 Liberals around me are saying we "aren't talking politics" while then proceeding to talk politics. Which is really you have to STFU while I continue to lecture tired retarded rhetoric at you. They lost because most people can't stand the stupid, they seem to have some sort of vague awareness of this and yet they really can't STFU. They are literally addicted to spewing the stupid just like they are addicted to masks and lockdown nostalgia.

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at November 24, 2024 05:15 PM (jPdyB)

185 I'm not the thanksgiving host. I do Christmas Eve for 10-24 depending on who is around.

I love busting my ass and decorating and prepping and cooking for my friends and family. The smiles and laughter and sincere thank yous are priceless.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 05:15 PM (ybxgE)

186 Any recommendations for a twenty four inch wall oven that isn't multiple thousands of dollars?

My oven, it be dead...
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at November 24, 2024 05:12 PM (H4YoQ)

Turn it into a microwave space and buy a oven/stove top.

May have to cut out the space .

That’s how I solved the same problem.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 24, 2024 05:16 PM (D6PGr)

187 I wanted chiles rellenos for Thanksgiving but got out voted.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 05:18 PM (gGMRM)

188 I made your butternut soup a few years ago, and lost the recipe. I was glad to see it today, but the link from the 2017 page is not working for me. I would like to prepare it again.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at November 24, 2024 05:18 PM (zheob)

189 >>JackStraw, I found a rum that is damn near undrinkable. Balcones makes a very good bourbon but their rum is nasty. I was very disappointed.

Some rum is an abject failure. I don't get it. It's like they intentional set out to make something that tastes like paint thinner.

But some rums are just sublime and they bring back memories.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 05:18 PM (LkLld)

190 Any recommendations for a twenty four inch wall oven that isn't multiple thousands of dollars?

My oven, it be dead...

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at November 24, 2024 05:12 PM (H4YoQ)

I wonder who builds those 2nd tier brands that Home Depot sells?

I'll bet the same people who build the $3,000 ovens.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 05:19 PM (d9fT1)

191 PSA: guys, only 65 shopping days left until February 14th, 2025.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 24, 2024 05:19 PM (tT6L1)

192 187 I wanted chiles rellenos for Thanksgiving but got out voted.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 05:18 PM (gGMRM)

Oooh. I didn't get to vote! *Raises hand enthusiastically

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 24, 2024 05:19 PM (OX9vb)

193 This is known as the time to open the cooking wine to begin the process of marinating the chef. Typically calls for the best bottle prior to the guests arriving. And drinking said best bottle!
Posted by: Pete Bog

I've seen the two of you in the kitchen. It is a delight and a pleasure.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 05:19 PM (UpLUT)

194 183 >>There is a place in South Beach Miami called 'The Rum Room'. I think they said they have 80 different rums there. You'd like it.

I hope I never find it. I'm too young to die.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 05:14 PM (LkLld)

Tip the waiter $20 and you'll get the biggest pours you ever saw.

Bwa ha ha.

Seriously, great place, great food.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 05:20 PM (xcxpd)

195 Blake!

Package received. Will make certain it gets to the destination.

Thank you.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 05:20 PM (UpLUT)

196 Take a road trip to California. It is stupidly cheap there.

It's pushing $50/bottle here, and that is absolutely ridiculous.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 05:06 PM (d9fT1)

Yeah, and I can't figure why. Total Wines had been carrying Buffalo Trace for $22 a bottle, with the caveat that you could only buy one. I was just there and noticed Bibb and Tucker 8 year old for under $35. That's a table-pounding buy. Maybe the distilleries give us a discount because living in California gives us so many damn reasons to drink..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2024 05:21 PM (Cbio9)

197 Posted by: Jinx the Cat at November 24, 2024 05:18 PM (zheob)

It's a downloadable PDF. But if it isn't working just email me and I'll send you the recipe.

My email address is in the sidebar.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 05:21 PM (d9fT1)

198 Greetings!
Once upon a time I liked rum.
Then I went on a tour at Bacardi and saw it being made...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at November 24, 2024 05:21 PM (MeG8a)

199 191 PSA: guys, only 65 shopping days left until February 14th, 2025.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 24, 2024 05:19 PM (tT6L1)

+++++

I am holding my breath until Jan. 20th. That's the date that is important to me.

Posted by: washrivergal at November 24, 2024 05:21 PM (mzoqX)

200 Any recommendations for a twenty four inch wall oven that isn't multiple thousands of dollars?

My oven, it be dead...
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at November 24, 2024 05:12 PM (H4YoQ)

Do you have a local appliance recycle/repair shop?

I've had good luck with the place in Snohomish WA and also good luck checking out craigslist. Got a damn fine freezer for my garage and it cost next to nothing.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 05:22 PM (xcxpd)

201 Thank you CBD.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at November 24, 2024 05:22 PM (zheob)

202 198 Greetings!
Once upon a time I liked rum.
Then I went on a tour at Bacardi and saw it being made...
Posted by: gourmand du jour at November 24, 2024 05:21 PM (MeG8a)

Bacardi isn't rum.

Check out Kracken. It sorta tastes like sugar cookies.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 05:23 PM (xcxpd)

203 Okay, I now did acquire a bachelor coming to Thanksgiving. Oldest's college friend (who lives in our neighborhood) was here hanging out and let me know his dad just got diagnosed with CJD earlier this month (he's too young at 72) and is in home hospice, and they aren't doing a big meal, so I invited the kid and he accepted (he's gonna spend the morning with his parents and then come here).

Reach out to folks and bring them in...I may bring his mom a meal, although her daughter may be doing that...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 24, 2024 05:23 PM (exHjb)

204 185 I love busting my ass and decorating and prepping and cooking for my friends and family. The smiles and laughter and sincere thank yous are priceless.
----
Ayup.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 24, 2024 05:23 PM (vd6bO)

205 Buffalo Trace is a good bourbon at no more than $30 a bottle.
For not much more, grab a bottle of Knob Creek. The 9 year, 100 proof version is available everywhere. If 100 proof is too hot for you, add a splash of water or a single ice cube.

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 05:23 PM (RFPHU)

206 Joe Kidd, I was gifted a bottle of Bibb and Tucker 10 year. When you come to Texas we will open it.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 05:24 PM (gGMRM)

207 191 PSA: guys, only 65 shopping days left until February 14th, 2025.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 24, 2024 05:19 PM (tT6L1)

What's this about Palmetto State Armory?

But seriously...they have good sales on now. If you need or want a rifle or handgun...check them out.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 05:24 PM (xcxpd)

208 TURKEY IN THE BAG ... For several reasons, it's just going to be me and hubby for Thanksgiving dinner (in between mid-day brunch with some of the kids and evening desserts with extended family) ... Anyway, this gives me the opportunity to test a recipe for roasting inside a bag with champagne, except I'll be testing with just a turkey breast (not a full bird) ... Almost all the commenters were pleased with the results, even those who substituted sparkling apple cider for the champagne (which I intend to do) ... I also plan to wrap fresh herbs (rosemary, sage, thyme) along with onions, carrots, celery, and maybe half an orange in some cheesecloth, tie it up, then place this in the bottom of the bag with the turkey breast on top ... Most of the commenters said their turkeys required less time to cook than traditional roasting and that the gravy was delicious ... Here's a link to the recipe for anyone interested:
https://tinyurl.com/yfc96w34

Posted by: Kathy at November 24, 2024 05:25 PM (qpw89)

209 205 Buffalo Trace is a good bourbon at no more than $30 a bottle.
For not much more, grab a bottle of Knob Creek. The 9 year, 100 proof version is available everywhere. If 100 proof is too hot for you, add a splash of water or a single ice cube.
Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 05:23 PM (RFPHU)

Good advice ^^

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 05:25 PM (xcxpd)

210 Correct me if I err, but doesn't all rum start as grain alcohol, and then flavors are added?

Posted by: gourmand du jour at November 24, 2024 05:25 PM (MeG8a)

211 Having Slow Cooker Chicken Cordon Bleu, Peas and Smashed Potatoes.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 24, 2024 05:26 PM (XV/Pl)

212 210 Correct me if I err, but doesn't all rum start as grain alcohol, and then flavors are added?
Posted by: gourmand du jour at November 24, 2024 05:25 PM (MeG8a)

I THINK it starts with distilled sugar cane or molasses right?

Then it may get aged in barrels, which imparts flavors.

But I defer to anyone who actually knows anything. I've been to bourbon distilleries but not a rum place.

Yet.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 05:27 PM (xcxpd)

213 I saw Horse Nut Sister open for Joni Michell at the Saddledome in '78.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 24, 2024 05:27 PM (lhenN)

214 "My oven, it be dead..."

Speaking of Thanksgiving, 5 or 6 years ago our oven decided to crater while I was baking the pies for the holiday on Wednesday. It suddenly had two temperatures: zero and cremation. Found out when it incinerated the pumpkin pie

Fortunately, we still had our outdoor grill and managed to cook the turkey out there and make the rest of the food some other way. Worked out, but it was stressful.

Good news is that I replaced the oven with an oven I love. FWIW, I would NEVER buy a Kitchen Aid appliance...ever. All of the ones that were here when we moved in are gone except the microwave. I hate that f'er.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at November 24, 2024 05:28 PM (FEVMW)

215 >>Greetings!
Once upon a time I liked rum.
Then I went on a tour at Bacardi and saw it being made...

When I lived in PR Bacardi used to have a big processing plant on San Juan Harbor where they gave tours. And part of the tour was free rum drinks on their patio.

We took the tour more than once. I'm not proud of all my mistakes.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 05:28 PM (LkLld)

216 What I saw was 180 proof clear alcohol that got stepped on later by adding flavored syrups.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at November 24, 2024 05:29 PM (MeG8a)

217 I enjoyed my few alone-time Thanksgivings. Just me, a bitchin spread, and Punkin Chunkin or MST3K on the tube.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at November 24, 2024 05:29 PM (kpS4V)

218 PSA: guys, only 65 shopping days left until February 14th, 2025.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 24, 2024 05:19 PM

*contemplates social life*

Anyway...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 24, 2024 05:29 PM (Wnv9h)

219 They are remaking Matlock, with Kathy Bates in the lead role.

Damnit.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 24, 2024 05:30 PM (Gv9cA)

220 Nope.

Depending on the type of rum, it's made with molasses or sugar cane juice or crushed sugar cane.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 24, 2024 05:30 PM (eDfFs)

221 >>I THINK it starts with distilled sugar cane or molasses right?

>>Then it may get aged in barrels, which imparts flavors.

Correct. There's a reason rum comes largely from where sugarcane grows.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 05:31 PM (LkLld)

222 We took the tour more than once. I'm not proud of all my mistakes.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 05:28 PM (LkLld
Me too. And the beautiful young lady tour guide invited me to ‘mi casa’ for lunch. It was a little eating place.

Posted by: Eromero at November 24, 2024 05:32 PM (LHPAg)

223 Coming from a family of grape stompers distilled spirits are a step up.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 05:32 PM (gGMRM)

224 Late to the food thread. I have a distinct lack of food in the house, and an oven that's not working to boot. No milk, no eggs, not bread, no meats. And I really don't feel like going out.
A conundrum. If I cut a frozen store brand pizza in half, would half fit in the toaster oven, and would it cook reasonably well?
May have to go out, either to a pub or the grocery store.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 24, 2024 05:32 PM (4780s)

225 206 Joe Kidd, I was gifted a bottle of Bibb and Tucker 10 year. When you come to Texas we will open it.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 05:24 PM (gGMRM)

Oh my...that is the most intriguing proposal I've had in many a decade. I look forward to it (slicks back hair and sniffs armpits)..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2024 05:33 PM (Cbio9)

226 221 >>I THINK it starts with distilled sugar cane or molasses right?

>>Then it may get aged in barrels, which imparts flavors.

Correct. There's a reason rum comes largely from where sugarcane grows.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 05:31 PM (LkLld)
Watch out there, you’re getting too close to the triangle trade.

Posted by: Eromero at November 24, 2024 05:34 PM (LHPAg)

227 I bring the booze … and foot the bill

Funny, how often those go together. Does one lead to the other?
Our kids who are "field grade" understand etiquette and meal planning quite well (son eats with the wrong hand, like in Yerp!) but, generational change being what it is, they never scored The Wine Thing. So for a couple-days with kids, guests and Her Parents, I get to bring the aperitifs, toasts, table wines, dessert wine, and [automatic] guest-gift sets of glassware.

It only strained my sense of generosity when DIL indicated a taste for very odd (read "pricey") glassware of questionable provenance. I was lucky to find something from my local maker that was just weird enough to satisfy her wild hair. And her husband has excellent taste in whiskeys, so that should work out.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 24, 2024 05:34 PM (zdLoL)

228 sounds like flavored vodkas or the wine coolers, hard lemonades etc. not rum.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 24, 2024 05:35 PM (CKOCg)

229 191 PSA: guys, only 65 shopping days left until February 14th, 2025.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 24, 2024 05:19 PM (tT6L1

If anyone needs my list, just let me know. 😂

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 05:36 PM (pZEOD)

230 Forgot to paste, that was to reply to 216

Posted by: PaleRider at November 24, 2024 05:36 PM (CKOCg)

231 >>Coming from a family of grape stompers distilled spirits are a step up.

I assure you there is nothing genteel about rum.

Arr, matey.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 05:37 PM (LkLld)

232 224 Late to the food thread. I have a distinct lack of food in the house, and an oven that's not working to boot. No milk, no eggs, not bread, no meats. And I really don't feel like going out.
A conundrum. If I cut a frozen store brand pizza in half, would half fit in the toaster oven, and would it cook reasonably well?
May have to go out, either to a pub or the grocery store.
Posted by: From about That Time at November 24, 2024 05:32 PM (4780s)

Preheat the toaster oven and, if you have it, drizzle some oil and maybe some basil and/or oregano over the top. cook as directed.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2024 05:37 PM (Cbio9)

233 FUN FACT:

The Slave Trade was in large part about rum.

Sugar Cane harvested by slaves and made into molasses was shipped to America where it was made into rum that was shipped to Africa to trade for more slaves to be shipped to the new world. A constant circular trip. IIRC.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 24, 2024 05:37 PM (eDfFs)

234 Add scallions to mashed potatoes. Amazing.

Posted by: ... at November 24, 2024 05:38 PM (lX8VI)

235 I assure you there is nothing genteel about rum.

Arr, matey.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 05:37 PM (LkLld)

Grog and that other stuff the pirates drank is not elegant!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 05:38 PM (d9fT1)

236 CBD - There was a request in the last 2-3 weeks for an alcohol thread. I don't know anything about alcohol, because I don't drink, so I couldn't write it.

I don't know if that's the food thread, an idea for a future Sunday, or someone creates a post for it. If it is the food thread, and I see the request again, I'll remember to direct them here.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 05:04 PM (VNX3d)

The answer is bourbon. It's always bourbon.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 05:07 PM (xcxpd)

Maybe not ALWAYS. But 90+% for sure!

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 05:39 PM (RFPHU)

237 Raisinjack has made an entered the room

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 05:40 PM (gGMRM)

238
Didn't we used to have a "Rum & ____" person here?

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2024 05:42 PM (ySdDl)

239
Rum & Sodomy, was her name, I think??

Something like that.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2024 05:44 PM (A681k)

240 Planning my usual Thanksgiving meal. I have the stuffing nailed down (it contains mashed potatoes and chicken livers, among other things). I have my turkey game mostly nailed down, but I will be experimenting with fat/garlic under the skin this time. The real unfulfilled quest is gravy. Never got that quite right. I have hope for this round, which is partly based on the pan sauce for pork chops that CBD featured recently. That turned out awesome. I think there are hints in there about how I should be approaching gravy, too.

Posted by: Splunge at November 24, 2024 05:44 PM (hmKaK)

241 Another very affordable bourbon recommendation....

For around $35-$40, Four Roses Small Batch (90 or 95 proof). Available everywhere. People sleep on the Four Roses line. Those people are fools.

For around $50, the upgrade to Single Barrel (100 proof) is well worth it.
For around $60, the upgrade to Small Batch Select (around 105 proof) gets you an outstanding bottle.

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 05:44 PM (RFPHU)

242 237 Raisinjack has made an entered the room
Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 05:40 PM (gGMRM)

My dearly departed next door neighbor was a proper Swedish lady who would sometimes make a fermented holiday drink that used raisins for the sugar. It was...ok.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2024 05:45 PM (Cbio9)

243 CBD - There was a request in the last 2-3 weeks for an alcohol thread. I don't know anything about alcohol, because I don't drink, so I couldn't write it.

I don't know if that's the food thread, an idea for a future Sunday, or someone creates a post for it. If it is the food thread, and I see the request again, I'll remember to direct them here.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 05:04 PM (VNX3d)

The answer is bourbon. It's always bourbon.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 05:07 PM (xcxpd)

Maybe not ALWAYS. But 90+% for sure!
Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 05:39 PM (RFPHU)

So, I'll redirect them here, since it's apparent that they'll get answers to their questions. Unless, of course, every thread is a booze thread....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 05:45 PM (VNX3d)

244 Emeril's site has a recipe for Butternut Squash and Italian Sausage soup. It may well be the best tasting soup Ive ever had. Recipe is ain't fun if you follow it strictly.

Posted by: javems at November 24, 2024 05:46 PM (8I4hW)

245 I am happy because I just found some chicken livers near me. I thought I was going to have to drive an hour to a Chinese store. Innards are just not properly appreciated enough these days.

Posted by: Splunge at November 24, 2024 05:46 PM (hmKaK)

246 238
Didn't we used to have a "Rum & ____" person here?
Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2024 05:42 PM (ySdDl)
Oh yeah, the rum coke and hooker trade.

Posted by: Eromero at November 24, 2024 05:47 PM (LHPAg)

247 So, I'll redirect them here, since it's apparent that they'll get answers to their questions. Unless, of course, every thread is a booze thread....
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 24, 2024 05:45 PM (VNX3d)

They don't all start out that way but I don't think it's ever considered off-topic!

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 05:47 PM (RFPHU)

248 For the 23 years of our marriage, I have been making a homemade cranberry sauce with Port wine, fresh and candied ginger, and Swedish lingonberries. These philistines in my family would be happier with the canned ocean spray yelled version. Am tired of casting pearls before swine.

Posted by: MammaB at November 24, 2024 05:47 PM (kxK8l)

249 >>My dearly departed next door neighbor was a proper Swedish lady who would sometimes make a fermented holiday drink that used raisins for the sugar. It was...ok.

Akvavit laughs at tequila. There are nights of my life missing from that devils brew.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 05:48 PM (LkLld)

250 I wanted chiles rellenos for Thanksgiving but got out voted.

Ben Had

Help a brother out, Mr. Had. Post a recipe?

Also, I want to order Bueno brand green chile (roasted peeled diced frozen) online, and I swear to God it can't be done. If you have a source for authentic NM chile, please share!

Posted by: Bombadil at November 24, 2024 05:48 PM (MX0bI)

251 I enjoyed seeing people's home bars.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at November 24, 2024 05:49 PM (kpS4V)

252 >>> 199

+++++

I am holding my breath until Jan. 20th. That's the date that is important to me.
Posted by: washrivergal at November 24, 2024 05:21 PM (mzoqX)

8 weeks and 1 day.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 24, 2024 05:49 PM (KcwUg)

253 If 100 proof is too hot for you, add a splash of water or a single ice cube.

'Wrong' thread maybe, but perhaps the best advice given out today. I find 90 proof just a tad hot, straight, and 100 and above are for medicinal purposes or frostbite. When I want to taste whiskey, I cut it 1/3 to 1/2 with nice clear water. I won't apologize for this; you can tell what's going on in the mashbill, and you can taste quite a lot of it, all day long.

Why guys insist on throwing back barrel-proof straight, is up there with inhaling peppers, competitive hot sauce, and peeking at the urinal. Just weird guy stuff for tough boys.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 24, 2024 05:50 PM (zdLoL)

254 >>> 205 Buffalo Trace is a good bourbon at no more than $30 a bottle.
For not much more, grab a bottle of Knob Creek. The 9 year, 100 proof version is available everywhere. If 100 proof is too hot for you, add a splash of water or a single ice cube.
Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 05:23 PM (RFPHU)

istr Jack Daniels was 100 proof, even after I was 29, but now it's down to 80. I like (S)Knob Creek better anyway.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 24, 2024 05:51 PM (KcwUg)

255 For the 23 years of our marriage, I have been making a homemade cranberry sauce with Port wine, fresh and candied ginger, and Swedish lingonberries. These philistines in my family would be happier with the canned ocean spray yelled version. Am tired of casting pearls before swine.
Posted by: MammaB at November 24, 2024 05:47 PM (kxK8l)

Sometimes simple is what people want. Especially for something that's essentially a condiment. Perhaps your fancier version would be better received with a different dish on a random non-holiday evening.

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 05:51 PM (RFPHU)

256 179 ... "The other reason for doing the full meal solo is that I can bust out mom's Corningware roasting pan."

Joe Kidd,
Wow! A blast from the past. Your comment reminded us we have one (white with the blue design) with the lid and a metal stand. It belonged to Mrs. JTB's mom and we got it after she passed. Time to get it out.

Posted by: JTB at November 24, 2024 05:51 PM (yTvNw)

257 One gallon of Carlo Rossi Burgundy, raisins and cinnamon sticks warmed. The raisins the next day will knock your socks off.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 05:52 PM (gGMRM)

258 In addition to my normal practice of giving thanks for my family and country, I'll be giving thanks for the nation electing President Trump and hopefully restoring the Republic.

Posted by: Archer at November 24, 2024 05:53 PM (IDphi)

259 Correct. There's a reason rum comes largely from where sugarcane grows.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 05:31 PM (LkLld)
Watch out there, you’re getting too close to the triangle trade.
Posted by: Eromero at November 24, 2024 05:34 PM

*whistles innocently*

- Boston

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 24, 2024 05:54 PM (Wnv9h)

260 @238 Didn't we used to have a "Rum & ____" person here?

Where's The Rum. Congrats, you do go back a while.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 24, 2024 05:54 PM (zdLoL)

261 Innards are just not properly appreciated enough these days.

For good reasons.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 24, 2024 05:54 PM (mH6SG)

262 There's a Christmas version of Aquavit that's spiced a bit differently than the usual if you can find it.

To eat with your Swedish Christmas Ham!

But , if you just start throwing down shots, you're I Terra Incognito, son.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 24, 2024 05:54 PM (eDfFs)

263 Contra CBD, I like the green bean casserole.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 24, 2024 05:55 PM (XMwZJ)

264 Didn't we used to have a "Rum & ____" person here?
Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2024 05:42 PM

Wasn't that Rum, Goddess of Doom, or something similar?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 24, 2024 05:55 PM (Wnv9h)

265 The Slave Trade was in large part about rum.

Sugar Cane harvested by slaves and made into molasses was shipped to America where it was made into rum that was shipped to Africa to trade for more slaves to be shipped to the new world. A constant circular trip. IIRC.

Posted by: naturalfake

It was called the Triangular Trade. There was also a Circular Trade, but it involved an infinite number of stops so hardly anyone got rich that way.

Posted by: Bombadil at November 24, 2024 05:55 PM (MX0bI)

266 For the 23 years of our marriage, I have been making a homemade cranberry sauce with Port wine, fresh and candied ginger, and Swedish lingonberries. These philistines in my family would be happier with the canned ocean spray yelled version. Am tired of casting pearls before swine.
Posted by: MammaB at November 24, 2024 05:47 PM (kxK8l)

We have a friend who hosts thanksgiving for her siblings every year. They insist on cooking their Mother’s thanksgiving meal that never varied. Fifteen years after her Mother died they still make exactly the same meal, no variations allowed. Right down to the necessity for the cranberry to still have the ridges from the can.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 24, 2024 05:55 PM (sNCuU)

267 MammaB,

Your version sounds great.

Post the recipe.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 24, 2024 05:56 PM (eDfFs)

268 >>*whistles innocently*

>>- Boston

I know you've heard of Newport.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 05:56 PM (LkLld)

269 I do make a great cheesesteak if I do say myself

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 05:56 PM (fwDg9)

270
Wasn't that Rum, Goddess of Doom, or something similar?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

"Rum, Sodomy, & Lash, Bringer of Doom," I believe.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 24, 2024 05:57 PM (A681k)

271 269 I do make a great cheesesteak if I do say myself
Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 05:56 PM (fwDg9)

I'll be the judge of that!

Please?
I could really use a good cheesesteak sammish...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 05:58 PM (xcxpd)

272 263 Contra CBD, I like the green bean casserole.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 24, 2024 05:55 PM (XMwZJ)

+1
I'm no food snob

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 05:58 PM (xcxpd)

273 Right down to the necessity for the cranberry to still have the ridges from the can.
Posted by: Pete Bog

That's how my mom always served "cranberry sauce."

She was a terrible cook. But. We always had stragglers. Friends of my parents who would otherwise be alone. It made an impression on me.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 06:01 PM (infHK)

274 One of the side dishes for this years meal is brown/wild rice with roasted pine nuts and baby bella mushrooms.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 06:01 PM (gGMRM)

275 241 Another very affordable bourbon recommendation....

For around $35-$40, Four Roses Small Batch (90 or 95 proof). Available everywhere. People sleep on the Four Roses line. Those people are fools.

For around $50, the upgrade to Single Barrel (100 proof) is well worth it.
For around $60, the upgrade to Small Batch Select (around 105 proof) gets you an outstanding bottle.
Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 05:44 PM (RFPHU)

4 Roses is very good. (Their distillery tour is wonderful too) I mostly "just" stay at their common 'small batch' Small Batch Select is a good gift upgrade but not an everyday drinker.

I also want to put in a good word for Woodford Reserve. It's not hard to find but damn is it good bourbon. It hits a bit harder than other drinks, for some reason. But it's very tasty and not overproofed.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 06:02 PM (xcxpd)

276 @267 MammaB, Your version sounds great.

Seconded. I babied "highbush" cranberries for years, just to say I could grow them here (without a bog). Proudly made several versions of cran-relish year after year, but you just can't compete with those can ridges.

This year wife borrowed a recipe for a cranberry/wine/brandy cordial. They're all in there. They will not go to waste.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 24, 2024 06:03 PM (zdLoL)

277 >>> 271 269 I do make a great cheesesteak if I do say myself
Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 05:56 PM (fwDg9)

I'll be the judge of that!

Please?
I could really use a good cheesesteak sammish...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 05:58 PM (xcxpd)

I've been using steak-eze because *lazy*, but I finally remembered to get some shaved prime rib at the butcher shop in Tyler. Haven't been in the mood for it yet - maybe Friday after turkey.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 24, 2024 06:03 PM (KcwUg)

278 Wow! A blast from the past. Your comment reminded us we have one (white with the blue design) with the lid and a metal stand. It belonged to Mrs. JTB's mom and we got it after she passed. Time to get it out.
Posted by: JTB at November 24, 2024 05:51 PM (yTvNw)

My mother had that one too, a full set with that design as I recall. That big ol' roaster with the stand was mostly reserved for her pork shoulder roasts. Hell yes, bust that one out and fill it with mashed potatoes!

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2024 06:03 PM (Cbio9)

279 I do all cooking at our house. Thanksgiving is roast turkey with Bells traditional stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberries, green beans, celery and carrot sticks, banana and pumpkin breads, apple and pumpkin pies.

Posted by: Archer at November 24, 2024 06:03 PM (IDphi)

280 Posted by: Pete Bog at November 24, 2024 05:55 PM (sNCuU)

I think a lot of people do that. It's a way of sharing memories of the past through sight and smell and taste and connecting . They probably also have family china It's sweet but mamma gone to her reward probably wouldn't care if they varied the menu.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2024 06:03 PM (1q4kk)

281 Preheat the toaster oven and, if you have it, drizzle some oil and maybe some basil and/or oregano over the top. cook as directed.
Posted by: Joe Kidd
====
Neither me nor my kitchen shears are strong enough to cut the frozen pizza in two. It was a thought, would have fit.
Out it is.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 24, 2024 06:03 PM (4780s)

282 I also want to put in a good word for Woodford Reserve. It's not hard to find but damn is it good bourbon. It hits a bit harder than other drinks, for some reason. But it's very tasty and not overproofed.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at November 24, 2024 06:02 PM (xcxpd)

Love Woodford. Especially the Double Oaked version. It's not for everyone -- definitely an oak bomb!

Posted by: Doof at November 24, 2024 06:04 PM (RFPHU)

283 I do have a work friend who recently figured out he's a Trumper 100%.

I would love to invite him to join us, my friends wouldn't care, but he's VEGAN and there is literally nothing he could eat.

Sad.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 06:04 PM (infHK)

284 I am very much a food snob. Soggy vegetables don't cut it. Green beans, sliced almonds and mushroom sauteed in pecan oil for me.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 06:06 PM (gGMRM)

285
Aldi sells thick sliced bacon.
Aldi sells cheese curds.
You do the math.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 24, 2024 06:07 PM (dg+HA)

286 I would love to invite him to join us, my friends wouldn't care, but he's VEGAN and there is literally nothing he could eat.

Sad.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 06:04 PM (infHK)

Invite him, anyway, and ask him to bring something special and vegan to share. He'd probably be delighted.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 24, 2024 06:07 PM (OX9vb)

287 It made an impression on me.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 06:01 PM (infHK)
----
You have ridges from the can?

Posted by: Weasel at November 24, 2024 06:07 PM (fghTy)

288 >>> 284 I am very much a food snob. Soggy vegetables don't cut it. Green beans, sliced almonds and mushroom sautéed in pecan oil for me.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 06:06 PM (gGMRM)

Oooooh, I bet this would work with mushroom powder and diced garlic too.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 24, 2024 06:07 PM (KcwUg)

289 Correct. There's a reason rum comes largely from where sugarcane grows.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 05:31 PM (LkLld)
Watch out there, you’re getting too close to the triangle trade.
Posted by: Eromero at November 24, 2024 05:34 PM

In Colombia, aguardiente was traditionally brewed from sugarcane bagasse (left over canes after the juice had been squeezed out). It was fermented and distilled out with anise to kill the flavor. The downside was that if it cooked too high there was the risk of distilling wood alcohol as well as all the odd fusil oils, so now it is just cheap white rum with anise flavoring.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 24, 2024 06:07 PM (D7oie)

290 283 I do have a work friend who recently figured out he's a Trumper 100%.

I would love to invite him to join us, my friends wouldn't care, but he's VEGAN and there is literally nothing he could eat.

Sad.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 06:04 PM (infHK)

CBD posted a butternut squash soup...add black beans and make it chili and you've fed the vegan (who can still grab the cran sauce, too)...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 24, 2024 06:07 PM (exHjb)

291 A "Spirits" thread would have to have rotation.

One week for Vodkas. Another for Rums. Another for Scotches. Another for Ryes.

Bourbon Month would overlap nicely though, with Zappafest.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 24, 2024 06:08 PM (Xo+UM)

292 Helena Handbasket, sure would.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 06:08 PM (gGMRM)

293 You have ridges from the can?
Posted by: Weasel at

Ah crap.

Honeylove promised me no ridges!!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 06:08 PM (infHK)

294 I know you've heard of Newport.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 05:56 PM

But of course. But when you distill so much that you have a deadly molasses flood, I have to throw some shade.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 24, 2024 06:10 PM (Wnv9h)

295 Invite him, anyway, and ask him to bring something special and vegan to share. He'd probably be delighted.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November

I loathe vegan crap. It's ultra processed chemically induced fake food. He doesn't eat fresh fruit or veggies. He exists on takeout vegan burritos and pizza. Nothing he eats isn't chemically altered.

He is a great guy and I'm glad he's found out, even though he's a gay black man in Seattle, he doesn't have to be an idiot progtard. So he's found gay republicans. There's only so much I can do.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 06:13 PM (Aw8VT)

296 but you just can't compete with those can ridges.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 24, 2024 06:03 PM (zdLoL)

Did my T-day shopping today and one of the things I picked up was the obligatory can of jellied c'berry sauce. I've made sauce from scratch with whole cranberries, orange rind, and all manner of fussy ingredients. While the results were good, the work, IMO, just never matched the end result. Stovetop space might be one reason for this. Sauted brussels sprouts in bacon fat on a burner that would otherwise be occupied by a side that can be accomplished with a can opener? It's a no brainer...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2024 06:15 PM (Cbio9)

297 I know you've heard of Newport.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 05:56 PM (LkLld)

That's the gas station on the way to Boston?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 06:15 PM (d9fT1)

298 >>But of course. But when you distill so much that you have a deadly molasses flood, I have to throw some shade.

After you've gotten all necessary vaccinations and gotten a visa to visit come on down this winter. The tourists have left and it's nice and quiet and I know a place.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 06:16 PM (LkLld)

299 So he's found gay republicans. There's only so much I can do.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 06:13 PM (Aw8VT)

One of my oldest friends is a gay Republican, and he seems to have no trouble finding like-minded folks.

He also likes guns!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 06:17 PM (d9fT1)

300 >>That's the gas station on the way to Boston?

You must be thinking of a different place.

The one I'm talking about has an oyster farm right over there.

And they are wicked good.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 06:18 PM (LkLld)

301 The one I'm talking about has an oyster farm right over there.

And they are wicked good.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 06:18 PM (LkLld)

I'll give you that...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 06:19 PM (d9fT1)

302 295 Invite him, anyway, and ask him to bring something special and vegan to share. He'd probably be delighted.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November

I loathe vegan crap. It's ultra processed chemically induced fake food. He doesn't eat fresh fruit or veggies. He exists on takeout vegan burritos and pizza. Nothing he eats isn't chemically altered.

He is a great guy and I'm glad he's found out, even though he's a gay black man in Seattle, he doesn't have to be an idiot progtard. So he's found gay republicans. There's only so much I can do.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 06:13 PM (Aw8VT)

Exposure helps...and I bet he'd happily drink and have coffee...you can invite him for dessert and just have a pie filling around in a glass, so it looks planned as a "crustless" pie...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 24, 2024 06:19 PM (exHjb)

303 Did my T-day shopping today and one of the things I picked up was the obligatory can of jellied c'berry sauce. I've made sauce from scratch with whole cranberries, orange rind, and all manner of fussy ingredients. While the results were good, the work, IMO, just never matched the end result. Stovetop space might be one reason for this. Sauted brussels sprouts in bacon fat on a burner that would otherwise be occupied by a side that can be accomplished with a can opener? It's a no brainer...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2024 06:15 PM (Cbio9)

But you make cran sauce Wednesday...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 24, 2024 06:20 PM (exHjb)

304 He also likes guns!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November

I took my coworker to the range because he was curious. He now owns three pistols and is researching an AR.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 06:20 PM (Aw8VT)

305 I just made sourdough Parmesan crackers, and the entire house smells delicious!

The problem is that I can eat about 30 of them in five minutes.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 06:20 PM (d9fT1)

306 291 A "Spirits" thread would have to have rotation.

One week for Vodkas. Another for Rums. Another for Scotches. Another for Ryes.

Bourbon Month would overlap nicely though, with Zappafest.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 24, 2024 06:08 PM (Xo+UM)

I'm in for the bourbon, rye and scotch.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 24, 2024 06:23 PM (2AW7/)

307 I just pulled out cornbread from the oven. Now I have to not eat it so I can make stuffing later this week.

And there's a sourdough loaf from the bakery just going to go stale for the same endeavor.

Killmenow.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 24, 2024 06:23 PM (Aw8VT)

308 Now as far as stuffing, you want to get yourself a box of frozen White Castle hamburgers. Quarter them, and place in a lightly greased brownie pan (like a 9x9). Add a chopped celery stalk, half a can of chicken stock or a half cup of turkey drippings and a handful of dried sage. Bake for about 40 minutes at 350. Beats the hell out of Stove Top..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2024 06:24 PM (Cbio9)

309 Nurse, I need to make cornbread for stuffing too. Where do you keep it so it gets stale but not moldy?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at November 24, 2024 06:24 PM (kpS4V)

310 I just had a quick, simple stir fry. Boneless/skinless chicken thighs, red pepper and onion with an orange ginger sauce.

Yumm

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 24, 2024 06:26 PM (0XVad)

311 My mom would always fix an oyster casserole for Thanksgiving. Only a few of us would eat it, but how she loved it.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 24, 2024 06:26 PM (2AW7/)

312 Taking the pork chops off the grill. Thanks for the thread, CBD.

Posted by: scampydog at November 24, 2024 06:28 PM (41CYW)

313 Yeah, it's looking like a new Age of Tolerance is upon us. There are gay Republicans. I had to remind a guy, election day, that I know several "severely" conservative lesbians. Nods all around.
We're winning. We're going to remember how to be magnanimous. This will hurt a little.

Food adjacent: Alice Brock, of Alice's Restaurant, has passed on.
She was 83, meaning that when she had that memorable Thanksgiving dinner with Arlo that could not be beat, she was about 24.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 24, 2024 06:28 PM (zdLoL)

314 Joe Kidd, the trash panda in me loves these fast food Thanksgiving dishes. The revulsion they engender in purists is reward enough, but they're often really good! I did Dunksgiving one year, with coffee brined turkey and a doughnut stuffing, and by jiminy it was delish.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at November 24, 2024 06:28 PM (kpS4V)

315 Well guess I should start something for dinner since I fed my child brussel sprouts last night.

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 06:28 PM (p4NUW)

316 But you make cran sauce Wednesday...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 24, 2024 06:20 PM (exHjb)

Fair point. It is a must for leftovers, too. In fact, I may not open my can until the next day when I'm making sammiches..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2024 06:29 PM (Cbio9)

317 Thanksgiving in our house is amazing. We mix traditional with Korean and Puerto Rican/Columbian. Dinner here is like a meeting at the UN but lots more fun.
I love my international family and every one of us is grateful for living in these United States.
I wish only the best for all of you Morons.
Posted by: RetSgtRN at November 24, 2024 05:07 PM (udfkQ)

Did you have ajiaco for the main dish, or a side? And what does Thanksgiving bibimbap taste like?
Ooh, and Morcilla, that is tasty stuff there.

Can I come for dinner?

Posted by: Kindltot at November 24, 2024 06:29 PM (D7oie)

318 nurse you should have made 2

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 06:31 PM (fwDg9)

319 You have ridges from the can?
Posted by: Weasel at November 24, 2024 06:07 PM (fghTy)

Actually it’s more of a horseshoe pattern.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 24, 2024 06:31 PM (haw4/)

320 my family would be happier with the canned ocean spray yelled version.

The yelled version. Know how vee can tell you're a real Svede?
I yupe you didn't learn that in Yale, by gully.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 24, 2024 06:33 PM (zdLoL)

321 Fun fact. Ocean Spray is a 100 year old farmer's co-op made up of hundreds of small, independent farmers.

Eat more cranberries. Support small farms.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 06:36 PM (LkLld)

322 Nurse - for your vegan friend, Kite Hill makes a very good spinach ravioli with an almond milk based ricotta. It tastes pretty darn good, as a potential option.

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 06:36 PM (p4NUW)

323 Happy thanksgiving to each of you. We all have much to be thankful for.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 24, 2024 06:37 PM (2AW7/)

324 * slides Piper another piece of deep fried bacon*

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 06:38 PM (gGMRM)

325 309 Nurse, I need to make cornbread for stuffing too. Where do you keep it so it gets stale but not moldy?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at November 24, 2024 06:24 PM (kpS4V)

Overnight will do. We keep it on the drainboard, covered with plastic wrap. But- we make dressing, not stuffing, so YMMV.
My sister and I, to whom dressing duty fell after Mom died, did an American Test Kitchen once to finalize the recipe. We made three different versions and I wrote the ingredients/ratios down in minute detail.

Posted by: sal at November 24, 2024 06:39 PM (f+FmA)

326 324 * slides Piper another piece of deep fried bacon*
Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 06:38 PM (gGMRM)

Haha!

Posted by: Piper at November 24, 2024 06:40 PM (p4NUW)

327 314 Joe Kidd, the trash panda in me loves these fast food Thanksgiving dishes. The revulsion they engender in purists is reward enough, but they're often really good! I did Dunksgiving one year, with coffee brined turkey and a doughnut stuffing, and by jiminy it was delish.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at November 24, 2024 06:28 PM (kpS4V)

I would try that!

Somewhat related, one of my favorite cookbooks was a gift from a friend. It's called the Best Recipes from the Backs of Boxes, Bottles, and Cans..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2024 06:41 PM (Cbio9)

328 Sourdough in dressing (which I make, since it cooks in its own dish and not "stuffed" into the turkey)? Yes, I make it all the time and it is delicious.

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at November 24, 2024 06:41 PM (IQ6Gq)

329 Another cranberry fact, Wisconsin overtook Massachusetts as leading cranberry producer sometime in the last ten years or so.
Probably the last agriculture product New England had the lead in. Maybe still blueberries, but I doubt it.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 24, 2024 06:41 PM (4780s)

330 Ya gotta love this place. Cranberry facts.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 06:43 PM (gGMRM)

331 Ya gotta love this place. Cranberry facts.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 06:43 PM

Horde Knowledge is vast and deep.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 24, 2024 06:44 PM (Wnv9h)

332 >>Another cranberry fact, Wisconsin overtook Massachusetts as leading cranberry producer sometime in the last ten years or so.

Another fun fact. Many of those Wisconsin farms are part of the Ocean Spray co-op. So are many cranberry farms all over the US.

And the juice box? Yea.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 06:47 PM (LkLld)

333 The Cranberries sucked as a rock group.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 06:47 PM (gGMRM)

334 Blueberries come mostly from the west coast and Georgia.

Posted by: Accomack at November 24, 2024 06:48 PM (aHqhe)

335

Dingleberries come mainly from Frisco!

Posted by: Peter Bootygig at November 24, 2024 06:50 PM (H4YoQ)

336 Kind of shocked to see I have two of the Cranberries albums on my laptop.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 24, 2024 06:50 PM (4780s)

337 Lot of blueberries up in Maine.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 24, 2024 06:51 PM (4780s)

338 With apologies to the food thread, I've got a delicious martini going on here.

Olives are a food, right?

Posted by: 496 at November 24, 2024 06:51 PM (t+VLa)

339 The Cranberries sucked as a rock group.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 06:47 PM

A 90's band? You're really letting that hate...linger.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 24, 2024 06:51 PM (Wnv9h)

340 With apologies to the food thread, I've got a delicious martini going on here.

Olives are a food, right?
Posted by: 496 at November 24, 2024 06:51 PM

Vegetable. I've already had one serving.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 24, 2024 06:52 PM (Wnv9h)

341 RMBS, I wish I had a witty reply but I'm out of lingerberries.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 06:54 PM (gGMRM)

342 Vegetable. I've already had one serving.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 24, 2024 06:52 PM (Wnv9h)
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You should have more. Your mother would want you to have your vegetables.

Posted by: 496 at November 24, 2024 06:54 PM (t+VLa)

343 Lot of blueberries up in Maine.
Posted by: From about That Time at November 24, 2024 06:51 PM

Can confirm.

- Sal

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 24, 2024 06:54 PM (Wnv9h)

344 RMBS, I wish I had a witty reply but I'm out of lingerberries.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 06:54 PM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 24, 2024 06:55 PM (Wnv9h)

345 329 Another cranberry fact, Wisconsin overtook Massachusetts as leading cranberry producer sometime in the last ten years or so.
Probably the last agriculture product New England had the lead in. Maybe still blueberries, but I doubt it.
Posted by: From about That Time at November 24, 2024 06:41 PM (4780s)

Cranberry bogs are a best-kept secret of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, and most things from the New Jersey Pine Barrens are best-kept secrets..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2024 06:56 PM (Cbio9)

346 311 My mom would always fix an oyster casserole for Thanksgiving. Only a few of us would eat it, but how she loved it.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 24, 2024 06:26 PM
Sounds good, like dressing but no bread? Because when I hear casserole I think green bean casserole.

Posted by: Eromero at November 24, 2024 06:57 PM (LHPAg)

347 Blueberries come mostly from the west coast and Georgia.

Posted by: Accomack at November 24, 2024 06:48 PM (aHqhe)

New Jersey has a pretty big blueberry industry.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 06:58 PM (d9fT1)

348 Okay folks...the shaker is singing its beautiful melody, so it's time for me to sign off.

Thanks for reading and commenting...even that Rhode Island Rummy!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 06:59 PM (d9fT1)

349 CBD, Cheers and Thanks

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 06:59 PM (gGMRM)

350 Thanks for a great Food Thread, CBD!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 24, 2024 06:59 PM (Wnv9h)

351 Many thanks as always, CBD.

Posted by: 496 at November 24, 2024 07:00 PM (t+VLa)

352 Florida Strawberry Festival.

Go.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 24, 2024 07:00 PM (LkLld)

353 New Jersey has a pretty big blueberry industry.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 24, 2024 06:58 PM (d9fT1)

Chatsworth. Picked blueberries there one summer. Mom made lots of pies. My first taste of homemade blueberry pie...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 24, 2024 07:00 PM (Cbio9)

354 Nurse, make a white sauce with margarine unsweetened almond milk or vegetable broth. Season heavily with sage, garlic and cayenne. Mix in black and pinto beans, and serve this over shortening biscuits also made with either the vegetable broth or almond milk- it's a vegan form of sausage gravy and biscuits that is less processed than the store bought stuff. Add mashed sweet potatoes with just margarine and a sprinkle of cinnamon, and he has a lovely meal. He also gets to be with like minded folks and be "witnessed" too by your embracing him.

Posted by: Moki at November 24, 2024 07:04 PM (wLjpr)

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