****Official Thanksgiving Menu Thread****

[cdcox]

Post from last year, plus a few links to previous years.



Homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast

oven roasted turkey
sausage stuffing
mashed potatoes and gravy
sweet potatoes with little marshmallows
green beans with bacon and onions
cranberry sauce from the can, perfectly decanted to preserve the rings

Pumpkin pie with real whipped cream for dessert

I'll make the same jokes every year:


"Don't add much water to the stuffing or it won't be bone dry!" (reference to Woody on Cheers)

As I put the sausage in the stuffing: "Let me give you some sage advice"

"This pumpkin pie recipe has been in my family for years" (she brought the recipe to our marriage).

About halfway through cooking the turkey: "Honey, you want a bite of turkey?" Then she'll yell back "You'll get worms!".

Great holiday.


http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?p=9138449

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/archi.../t-152831.html

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/archi.../t-175094.html

[cdcox]

Update:

Cinnamon rolls are ready for the oven in the morning

Sausage stuffing is made
Sweet potatoes are boiled and ready for oven
Pumpkin pie is cooling

And I added a curve ball this year. I was reflecting on the Indians who were absent from the first Thanksgiving, namely those from Asia whom Columbus had mistakenly believed he had found on his first trip west. Should they not also be represented at our table? With this inspiration I decided that a cranberry chutney would be served along with our traditional jellied cranberry sauce.

1-inch piece fresh ginger

3 cloves finely chopped garlic

1/2 cup apple cider vinegar

4 tablespoons sugar

1/8 tsp cayenne pepper

1-pound can cranberry sauce with berries

1/2 teaspoon salt (or less)

ground black pepper

Cut ginger into paper-thin slices, stack them together and cut into really thin slivers.

Combine ginger, garlic, vinegar, sugar and cayenne in a small pot, and simmer on medium flame about 15 minutes or until there are about four tablespoons of liquid left.

Add can of cranberry sauce, salt and pepper. Mix and bring to a simmer. Simmer on a gentle heat for about 10 minutes.

Cool, store and refrigerate.

Actually, the inspiration story is a complete fabrication. I heard about this on NPR yesterday from Susan Stamberg and thought it sounded interesting.

http://www.npr.org/2013/11/26/247363...cranberry-dish

Originally Posted by cdcox

Post from last year, plus a few links to previous years.



Homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast

oven roasted turkey
sausage stuffing
mashed potatoes and gravy
sweet potatoes with little marshmallows
green beans with bacon and onions
cranberry sauce from the can, perfectly decanted to preserve the rings

Pumpkin pie with real whipped cream for dessert

I'll make the same jokes every year:


"Don't add much water to the stuffing or it won't be bone dry!" (reference to Woody on Cheers)

As I put the sausage in the stuffing: "Let me give you some sage advice"

"This pumpkin pie recipe has been in my family for years" (she brought the recipe to our marriage).

About halfway through cooking the turkey: "Honey, you want a bite of turkey?" Then she'll yell back "You'll get worms!".

Great holiday.


http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?p=9138449

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/archi.../t-152831.html

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/archi.../t-175094.html