Personally, am a bit of a traditional kinda guy especially over the holidays and I have a passion for cooking...so I will be roasting a GIANT turkey, stuffing/dressing, gravy, butternut squash, cream of portabella mushroom soup, maple roasted sweet potatoes w/ marshmallows, cranberry salad and green bean casserole; followed by pumpkin pie with real whipped cream and apple cider to wash it all down.

What will YOU be preparing and/or eating this Thanksgiving?

Any yummy recipes to share?

Brew wrote on Nov 16^th, 2011 at 3:58pm:


Brew, you touched me there with that comment.

I'm originally from Detroit and attended Lions games every Thanksgiving Day with my family at the Pontiac Silverdome in the 70's and early 80's. 

Although I am loyal due to my childhood growing up in the D, I reluctantly agree Green Bay is the team this year!

Brining tips copy/pasted from the internet...

"If you want a moist, flavorful turkey, brining a turkey is a great way to accomplish this."

"Many people will tell you to brine your turkey in heavy duty garbage bags, Home Depot style pails, and XXL size ziplock bags.  I’ve read that garbage bags shouldn’t be used because they are not made from food-grade plastic.  Unless you have a second refrigerator, I don’t see how a large pail can fit in a family refrigerator.  I also had a hard time finding the XXL ziplock bags.  So what I decided the most practical thing to to do was buy poultry oven roasting bags I knew would fit my turkey.  I also emptied out, washed, and sanitized the bottom meat drawer of the refrigerator.  I found this was a good way to brine my turkey with the least amount of hassle, taking up the least amount of space, and kept the turkey nice and cold."

We're traditionalists. A turkey, smashed tatoes, stuffin, gravy, some kind of green bean casserole, seeet potato casserole, gravy on EVERYTHING!!!!....and pies for dessert. My stomach aches just thinking of it!

Joe

good ol' MRE with Tabasco sauce.  i just hope i dont get the veggie omelet...  got my fingers crossed for anything "chicken".

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I've got THREE Thanksgiving dinners this year, happily, because first I'll be in Virginia for lunch with my future in-laws, then in PA with my mother around 4pm, and then "dessert" aka holding-my-stomach-and-growling-in-pain at my grandparents' house.

Praying for a CH-free Thanksgiving for Josh

My father is a chef (retired) so he cooks most everything.  But we all pitch in and bring something, usually relish trays, candy, and stuff for our homeade punch.  I usually make two pies and he makes two. Others sometimes bring some.  Your choice of pie is big!  Afterwards, we begin rehearsing for a special musical dinner and show we have been doing for the past four years as a fund raiser for our local volunteer fire department.  Four generations of us sing, play instruments, do some comedy acts, and my dad cooks it all.  The building holds about 250 and the place is packed. We do the hosting, serving and cleaning up too.  We do a lot of laughing together, and it has become a special time and memories of something we all do together as a family.  Last year, my CHer's headaches were out of control and he was always sick with pain. He did not make it, but he is the sound man, and we really missed him.  Am hoping for a better year.

I use my bbq grill, stove-top and microwave moreso than my oven.  Just opened my oven to envision space required to cook turkey and side dishes.  Not a pretty sight, lol.

Don't forget to clean the inside of your oven before Thanksgiving to avoid grease fires, smoke alarms going off, etc.

Any favorite recipes to share?

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Why did none of us KNOW you were gonna say that Brian?  lol

That recipe sounds great.  I'm going to try it if I can find Stilton cheese  south of the Mason/Dixon line.

i am not a big fan of turkey...this will be the 12 th. year since my mother can't cook (since she got ill)...prior to that,she used to make a turkey every year,it was amazing...she would start it in the a.m. on a low flame in this amazing wine sauce (that she would take it out every so often to baste the turkey with (my father would have to take it out for her...as we would always have a big bird) her turkeys would always come out so crispy and very juicy from the wine...they would always make this stuffing from grating potato and onion and sew it in the turkey...boy do i miss that...and of course every other side that you could imagine...my mother was and still is an amazing cook (that was her pride and joy) she just cant physically do it at all...so now my sister in law does it every year  ...i always have 1-slice of turkey with all the sides...to be honest,i would prefer a good rib-eye (bone in) of course with a  baked potato (crispy),good bread warm and crispy and a vial or two of some fresh trex to wash it down with  ...oh i forgot,some veggies would be nice...

i would like to wish each and everyone of you and yours a safe and healthy thanksgiving holiday

LasVegas wrote on Nov 20^th, 2011 at 1:17pm:


i guess it did not come out right (sister in-law) what i meant was...her cooking is o.k...nothing close to moms...i can actually say that i love her with all my heart...shes a great wife,mother and sister in-law...in regards of her cooking .....i'll take the FIFTH...but i will give her an "E" for effort

that was very kind of you for the invite...i appreciate that very much...Lenny

I have never brined a turkey.  Except for Aussie Brian who will tell me to brine it in beer....what does everyone actually brine WITH?