**** Green Bean Casserole!.....and other fun Thanksgiving discussions.

[Easy 6]

If you don't like green bean casserole, you can KISS MY ASS

[jd1020]

I don't mind turkey, I just don't cook it for Thanksgiving. Prime rib > turkey.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by jd1020

I don't mind turkey, I just don't cook it for Thanksgiving. Prime rib > turkey.

Hell yeah **** yeah. Ham before turkey, even.

[TimBone]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

If you don't like green bean casserole, you can KISS MY ASS

It'd have to be a super unique recipe for me to change my stance.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by TimBone

It'd have to be a super unique recipe for me to change my stance.

I made version from scratch a couple years ago and it was awesome, but I'm fine with all canned as well

Its not Thanksgiving without it in my family

But you do you

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

I'm actually not a fan of turkey but we're going to try a smoked turkey this year. Typically I prefer a nice honey ham.

Mac n cheese is the only side I truly give a shit about. Love mashed taters, broccoli and cheese is good, stuffing is great, but if there's no mac n cheese, I ain't showing up!

Yeah, I have the smoked turkey pretty much down, I will say find a way to brine it, which is harder with a giant ass bird, but I just went and bought a cheapie big cooler and said, this will be used for nothing because I'm not confident it will ever be clean again but that's how I do it.

In order for it to be pretty right, you have to keep it <40 degrees. Which is fine if you can get it in some container and in the fridge like all these sister****ers that are doing it with 10 lb birds and saying SUPER EASY HERPDERP. But yeah, don't know how many you are serving, but brining is worth the time and effort.

That being said, I ****ing hate turkey. I knock out a good one and it's fine, good even, but I do have a cursory understanding of microeconomics and I can't get around the opportunity cost concept and if I'm going to fire up the smoker, at least let me cook something I want to cook. Ya ****s. But NOPE nobody ever gives a **** what I think.

And that's probably part of the reason I hate turkey is I'm a miserable son of a bitch for the holiday get togethers. I genuinely cannot stand my **** sister. Wifes sisters all treat me really good, but that fiasco has 35 people at it and getting them all fed with 5 girls with 10 peoples worth of ADD floating around, is just a nightmare.

So yeah, giant holiday get togethers just don't trip my trigger.

If I could do something with the wife and kids and my parents and then maybe another one with wife and kids and her parents, there would probably be much less baked in resentment regarding the food, but when I'm starting from a position of, "I'd rather eat a bullet than this meal." It's hard to come up with happy thoughts.

All that being said, fresh bread is fantastic. My **** sister found some pumpkin rolls with cream filling in there (I'm sure my mom is buying them now) that are wonderful.

Home made whipped cream (don't be bitches, just take the 5 minutes to whip cream sugar and vanilla and do the shit right) make whatever desert better (not a big pecan or pumpkin pie fan).

I'm a sucker for proper mashed potatoes - I never make them any more, because frankly, I need to spend those calories elsewhere, and it takes FOREVER to cut and boil potatoes, then mash them then gravy - blah blah blah - but they're good on occasion.

Stuffing, with whatever they put in it to make it good is legit.

[TimBone]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Home made whipped cream (don't be bitches, just take the 5 minutes to whip cream sugar and vanilla and do the shit right) make whatever desert better (not a big pecan or pumpkin pie fan).

This is legit gamechanging for me. Gonna try it this year. I'm happy I made this thread now.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by TimBone

This is legit gamechanging for me. Gonna try it this year. I'm happy I made this thread now.

You just wanted to hear me bitch about my **** sister.

Just use a stand mixer. It takes a next level mother****er to do it with a wisk.

[KS Smitty]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

You just wanted to hear me bitch about my **** sister.

Just use a stand mixer. It takes a next level mother****er to do it with a wisk.

Also if your bowl is cold (we put ours in the freezer) it will whip faster and stay fluffy longer.

[TimBone]

Originally Posted by KS Smitty

Also if your bowl is cold (we put ours in the freezer) it will whip faster and stay fluffy longer.

More good advice. Thank you!

[seclark]

**** green bean casserole.
When I was a kid and too young to fix my own plate, I’d sneak that nasty shit under the table,hoping the dog would eat it. And if there wasn’t any dog, I’d do it anyway and blame it on my little sister.
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[TimBone]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

You just wanted to hear me bitch about my **** sister.



Just use a stand mixer. It takes a next level mother****er to do it with a wisk.

Thanks for the advice, man. Definitely gonna give it a go. Probably once before Thanksgiving as well, just to make sure it turns out.

[mililo4cpa]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Yeah, I have the smoked turkey pretty much down, I will say find a way to brine it, which is harder with a giant ass bird, but I just went and bought a cheapie big cooler and said, this will be used for nothing because I'm not confident it will ever be clean again but that's how I do it.

In order for it to be pretty right, you have to keep it <40 degrees. Which is fine if you can get it in some container and in the fridge like all these sister****ers that are doing it with 10 lb birds and saying SUPER EASY HERPDERP. But yeah, don't know how many you are serving, but brining is worth the time and effort.

That being said, I ****ing hate turkey. I knock out a good one and it's fine, good even, but I do have a cursory understanding of microeconomics and I can't get around the opportunity cost concept and if I'm going to fire up the smoker, at least let me cook something I want to cook. Ya ****s. But NOPE nobody ever gives a **** what I think.

And that's probably part of the reason I hate turkey is I'm a miserable son of a bitch for the holiday get togethers. I genuinely cannot stand my **** sister. Wifes sisters all treat me really good, but that fiasco has 35 people at it and getting them all fed with 5 girls with 10 peoples worth of ADD floating around, is just a nightmare.

So yeah, giant holiday get togethers just don't trip my trigger.

If I could do something with the wife and kids and my parents and then maybe another one with wife and kids and her parents, there would probably be much less baked in resentment regarding the food, but when I'm starting from a position of, "I'd rather eat a bullet than this meal." It's hard to come up with happy thoughts.

All that being said, fresh bread is fantastic. My **** sister found some pumpkin rolls with cream filling in there (I'm sure my mom is buying them now) that are wonderful.

Home made whipped cream (don't be bitches, just take the 5 minutes to whip cream sugar and vanilla and do the shit right) make whatever desert better (not a big pecan or pumpkin pie fan).

I'm a sucker for proper mashed potatoes - I never make them any more, because frankly, I need to spend those calories elsewhere, and it takes FOREVER to cut and boil potatoes, then mash them then gravy - blah blah blah - but they're good on occasion.

Stuffing, with whatever they put in it to make it good is legit.

I spatchcocked*** mine, so brining the flattened Turkey wasn’t too terrible…..also felt that it mad the smoking process much easier, as the flat Turkey cooked more evenly than keeping it whole and having air in the cavity. Curious to know if you do anything differently when smoking it

***jokes ensuing

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by TimBone

It'd have to be a super unique recipe for me to change my stance.

I dunno what it is, if they've changed the cream of mushroom soup, or blatant incompetence, but it seems like when I was a kid, GBC was a nice firm caserole and had seasoned beef in there and was passable.

Seems like whenever I get it these days it's a runny mushy catastrophe. I

I've never been a GBC fanboy so I don't pay any attention, so I'm open to whatever, but that's been my experience.