Food and Drink ****Official Thanksgiving Menu Thread**** - Page 4

**Fire Me Boy!** · 11-18-2013, 02:06 PM

So what's on the menu this year?

KCUnited · 11-23-2013, 07:48 AM

Picking the turkey up on Tuesday. I brine then smoke.

Ceej · 11-23-2013, 07:59 AM

We are trying a new pie this year.

A grape pie we saw on Food Network. It looks ****ing good.

**Bowser** · 11-23-2013, 08:53 AM

**Bowser** · 11-23-2013, 08:54 AM

And I've never been a huge turkey guy, so ham is included with us to go with the rest of the traditional fares. Boo me if you must.

**Fire Me Boy!** · 11-23-2013, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Bowser

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prhom · 11-23-2013, 10:21 AM

I usually do the turkey while others handle the sides. I used to brine and roast it, but the last 4 years I've been frying them. The only problem I've had with frying was the first time I cooked a turkey at the in-laws house. They live at 8500 ft elevation and it took about 20 minutes longer to cook. Only we didn't find that out until after we cut into it and found that the juices were NOT clear. Good thing they are pretty laid back people.

Pablo · 11-23-2013, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Ceej

We are trying a new pie this year.

A grape pie we saw on Food Network. It looks ****ing good.

Alton Brown recipes always are.

RippedmyFlesh · 11-23-2013, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Ceej

We are trying a new pie this year.

A grape pie we saw on Food Network. It looks ****ing good.

I used to travel through Finger Lakes wine country for work. They used a special grape that was only available a short time of year for pies.Small farm houses would have wooden signs for grape pie so I stopped on my way home from work. Aunt Bee is sitting on porch and tells me to come in the kitchen.
As she boxes up my pie I look to the pantry. No spices or dishes in the pantry. It is filled from floor to ceiling with AMMO.
All neatly arranged by caliber Aunt Bee had enough ammo to take out a small town.

KC Jones · 11-23-2013, 10:55 AM

Not on my menu is my delicious green beans in Shallot vinaigrette with toasted almonds. My wife insists on having that nasty ass soggy green beans in cream of mushroom soup with boxed fried onions. Yech.

kepp · 11-23-2013, 11:40 AM

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Ceej · 11-23-2013, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Pablo

Alton Brown recipes always are.

Can't stand the guy but he sure knows his shit.

I was hesitant, but saw it after he made it. OMFG.

**Fire Me Boy!** · 11-23-2013, 08:17 PM

The final menu at the Me Boy! household:

Sous vide duck breast with a cherry & granny smith relish
Savory sweet potato mash
Traditional dressing
Green bean casserole
Dinner rolls
Pumpkin pie

**Bowser** · 11-23-2013, 08:24 PM

Green bean casserole here as well. +1 for you, sir.

Rasputin · 11-24-2013, 07:52 PM

**cdcox** · 11-27-2013, 09:26 PM

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

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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.

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Fire Me Boy! Cast Iron Jedi Join Date: Nov 2004 Casino cash: $9999900 VARSITY	The final menu at the Me Boy! household: Sous vide duck breast with a cherry & granny smith relish Savory sweet potato mash Traditional dressing Green bean casserole Dinner rolls Pumpkin pie
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