the oblate spheroid joins the cooking and baking primitives

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/115716916

Oh my.

nadinbrzezinski (111,988 posts)   Fri Nov 16, 2012, 11:47 PM

Thanksgiving Dinner

So... this year, like last, I am roasting a duck.

Now what sucks is that hubby has to work on Thanksgiving, but I digress.

It is only me, my husband and two parrots, who nibble a little (and love yams too)... so I thought, a Turkey, a full turkey, is way too big. Yes, I could get just thighs, or a breast. But last year, we decided to do (well I decided to do) the Duck as an experiment. It was GOOD, so this year, they got them today at the store. The best part, they were actually cheaper than Turkey...
 
So my bird is in the freezer, and it will go into the fridge on Tuesday... and cook all day. That will drive the two birds crazy, but oh well.
 
Now to find some pie for hubby, and I might experiment with stuffing using rice and gluten free bread. Definitely doing the cranberry relish.
 
Anybody else thinking of a smaller bird?

Warpy (65,586 posts)    Sat Nov 17, 2012, 01:05 AM

1. Don't forget to save the duck fat

some in the fridge and most in the freezer. There is nothing better than potatoes fried in duck fat.
 
I've been thinking of going to the organic butcher and getting a duck, the only source in town, 70% for the duck fat and 30% for the duck and later duck soup.
 
Duck's other advantage over turkey is that it's got a great deal of flavor, something turkey lacks. However, if you insist on turkey here at C&B, this is the only video you will ever need:

after which a video with a CalPig-looking woman telling how to cook a turkey
 
ETA: why not do a fruited rice pilaf? That would go beautifully with the duck. Duck loves fruity things.

^^^WTF does the primitive who needs no introduction mean by this "turkey lacks" flavor?

Turkey has one of the most delightful, delectable, flavors of any humanly-consumed chow.

Turkey's great.

Ducks on the other hand come with too much grease.

Denninmi (4,074 posts)    Sat Nov 17, 2012, 06:48 AM

2. I usually do the biggest one I can get.

So I will have a lot of leftovers to freeze for use in upcoming weeks.

But I am scaling it back significantly this year, life changes both bad and good made that necessary.
 
I'll get something in the 14 pound range and call it good.

^^^Hasn't left Skins's island for the nuthouse yet.

Callalily (9,988 posts)    Sat Nov 17, 2012, 07:21 AM

3. Gosh! Duck is cheaper than turkey!

You are lucky because that is not the case in my neck of the woods.

Sounds like you will have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

nadinbrzezinski (111,988 posts)   Sat Nov 17, 2012, 10:22 AM

4. Round numbers, adding the tax, was fifteen bucks.

Per pound it wasn't but the largest birds were more expensive. In raw numbers, not per pound.
 
The smallest turkey was sixteen, plus tax.

glinda (11,532 posts)    Sun Nov 18, 2012, 02:24 AM

5. I have three turkeys this year. The local grocery store has cards you fill with purchases. Well I filled two cards and opted for one 17lb. and another 12 lb.. Then our cable company offered a $10 off any turkey or ham. I bought a 13.5 lb free range turkey. Total paid this year was $21 for three birds. Cooked the big one tonight and husband froze half of it for future meals. Have decided I am going to try to eat more beans though. lol!

Le Taz Hot (13,133 posts)   Sun Nov 18, 2012, 08:38 AM

6. While I was still in college someone decided they were going to travel to my house and cook a goose. That was (almost) the worst Thanksgiving meal I've ever had. Greasy, tough -- I took one bite and could barely swallow it. I couldn't eat any more.
 
I'm a traditionalist when it comes to Thanksgiving. I like the traditional stuff on the table (sans green jello pudding mold and green bean casserole -- Yuck!). Regardless of how many are coming, I cook the same (monumental) amount of food. One turkey, one ham, dressing, mashed potatoes & gravy, cranberries, yams, peas, carrots, corn, relish tray and Pillsbury crescents. I'm making five pies this year: chocolate, butternut squash (takes the place of pumpkin), minced meat, white peach and blackberry (the latter two I canned this last summer for use in the winter). AND I send my guests home with lots of leftovers
 
The vast majority of the leftovers are freezable. I use the ham bone for split pea, greens or black-eyed peas. I use the turkey carcass for stock. The leftover turkey goes for sandwiches, turkey and dumplings, turkey pot pies and turkey soup.
 
I spend probably $200.00 for Thanksgiving dinner BUT, I get easily 50-75 meals with it.

nadinbrzezinski (111,988 posts)    Sun Nov 18, 2012, 09:58 AM

7. We tried goose one year

It needs longer to cook than turkey or duck, and yes it is greasy.

As to tradition, the first thanksgiving may or may not have either of the three birds, wild fowl.

Duck sucks.

Anyway.

"Thanksgiving in Ukraine" (franksolich non-fiction humor):

http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,51687.0.html

[GOBUCKS]

The crazy bald dwarf doesn't understand the concept of "cheaper":

nadinbrzezinski (111,988 posts)   Fri Nov 16, 2012, 11:47 PM

So... this year, like last, I am roasting a duck.

The best part, they were actually cheaper than Turkey...

Callalily (9,988 posts)    Sat Nov 17, 2012, 07:21 AM

3. Gosh! Duck is cheaper than turkey!

nadinbrzezinski (111,988 posts)   Sat Nov 17, 2012, 10:22 AM

4. Round numbers, adding the tax, was fifteen bucks.

Per pound it wasn't but the largest birds were more expensive. In raw numbers, not per pound.
 
The smallest turkey was sixteen, plus tax.

A half-pound filet mignon would be much cheaper.

[Randy]

We ended up with 2 turkeys so far this year. 1 is 13.7 lbs and the other is 14.1. The Small one was slow cooked all day yesterday while we were out. We froze 2/3 and gave away the other third.  I'll most likely smoke the other one in a week or so. We'll have 2 more come Christmas. No telling if any others will arrive, it's to soon to tell yet.

Oh yeah DUmmies, net outlay on 4+ turkeys with over 50 lbs of meat is $0.00. Employers give those things away to the people who work for them.  An amazing concept don't you agree?

[franksolich]

Oh yeah DUmmies, net outlay on 4+ turkeys with over 50 lbs of meat is $0.00. Employers give those things away to the people who work for them.  An amazing concept don't you agree?

Yeah, I've had those sorts of bosses before.

But the one I have right now--I actually have several bosses, but this is the one who gives out chow in addition to checks--gives out large packages of corn-fed beef.

I'm not a beef aficiando, so I freeze it until the following spring, when it's used to feed other people who like it, at cookouts.

You're right--one's working, and the boss tends to give one presents at Christmas.

I'll bet the local welfare office doesn't do that.

[GOBUCKS]

Denninmi (4,074 posts)    Sat Nov 17, 2012, 06:48 AM

2. I usually do the biggest one I can get.

So I will have a lot of leftovers to freeze for use in upcoming weeks.

Whoa! Dennis the Menace, the DUmmy who's been professionally examined and diagnosed as a lunatic, dangerous enough to warrant involuntary committment to a nuthouse?

That Dennis the Menace? Palling around with the vicious old harridans in the C&B forum?

Mental health authorities need to be alerted!

No way should Dennis the Menace be involved in cooking, with knives, fire, natural gas, boiling water, and hot grease.

[Ballygrl]

I hate duck, hen and lamb.

[GOBUCKS]

DUmmy Dennis the Menace, one of the DUmp's officially, professionally diagnosed lunatics, offers perhaps the most revolting recipe I've seen in a long, long time:

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 06:51 PM
Denninmi (4,075 posts)

Pumpkin Fluff.
I went to a cooking class last week put on by the dietician at the gym I joined. She cooked a lot of healthy alternative to traditional foods which are high in fat and calories.

This was very good, and very simple:

1 standard size can pumpkin (I think it was 16 ounces)

1 pint fat free Greek Yogurt.

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Sugar or stevia to sweeten the yogurt to taste.

2 standard sized packages instant vanilla pudding.

Just mix it all together, and spoon into a pie pan or mould. Refrigerate a couple of hours to set up.

 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/115716954

[Skul]

Crazy loud round brown bald mound hasn't learned to quit while she's behind.  

I hate duck, hen and lamb.

Racist.

[Big Dog]

Wait, what?  Nads has two parrots who eat duck? She had best be careful, if those birds ever figure out that a much larger source of greasy flesh lives under the same roof!

[BlueStateSaint]

DUmmy Dennis the Menace, one of the DUmp's officially, professionally diagnosed lunatics, offers perhaps the most revolting recipe I've seen in a long, long time:
 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/115716954

Methinks said DUmb**** automatically likes anything with the word "fluff" in its' description.  It has a kinship with fluffy things (it's probably a fluffer, itself).

[Karin]

I don't know, but the lunatic's recipe sounds disgusting. 

The only real good duck is Peking Duck.  When it's done right, it's awesome. 

[Wineslob]

Wait, I thought her goose was cooked?

[Tucker]

nadinbrzezinski (111,988 posts)   Fri Nov 16, 2012, 11:47 PM

Thanksgiving Dinner

So... this year, like last, I am roasting a duck.

Now what sucks is that hubby has to work on Thanksgiving, but I digress.

It is only me, my husband and two parrots, who nibble a little (and love yams too)... so I thought, a Turkey, a full turkey, is way too big. Yes, I could get just thighs, or a breast. But last year, we decided to do (well I decided to do) the Duck as an experiment. It was GOOD, so this year, they got them today at the store. The best part, they were actually cheaper than Turkey...
 
So my bird is in the freezer, and it will go into the fridge on Tuesday... and cook all day. That will drive the two birds crazy, but oh well.
 
Now to find some pie for hubby, and I might experiment with stuffing using rice and gluten free bread. Definitely doing the cranberry relish.
 
Anybody else thinking of a smaller bird?

Yeah. Two Parrots. 

[vesta111]

Yeah. Two Parrots. 

Yeah, I would go nuts too if kept in a cage and had to watch as people eat my distant relatives.   Hansel and Gretel anyone.

So Nads hubby has to work on Thanksgiving, does this mean a 24 hour shift ???  No way Nads can arrange a meal around his hours ???

Wait, wait a minute here how does she know he is working and not off having dinner with a new Friend ???

 Now that would be interesting if he has to work on most holidays, and most weekends.   HMMMMMMM

[Celtic Rose]

My parents have a Macaw, and that bird loves chicken   

[thundley4]

So my bird is in the freezer, and it will go into the fridge on Tuesday... and cook all day.

Gonna take forever to cook that bird in the fridge.

[DefiantSix]

Gonna take forever to cook that bird in the fridge.

Not as long as you think.  The DUmbshit's power has probably been shut of for non-payment.  That and some "healing white light" ought to get the Thanksgiving festivities kicked off right. 

[Big Dog]

My parents have a Macaw, and that bird loves chicken   

I don't fear much in this world, but flesh-eating parrots are an exception. They make me think of flying pirahnas in clown costumes! How is a fella supposed to sleep with that in the house?

[Duke Nukum]

I think people are missing the bigger picture here.

Connect the dots. Follow the trends. Cross the Rubicon.

Nads is either sweet on Frank or she is nakedly campaigning for another DOTY in a forum she knows Frank regularly reads.

I doubt Nads even knows what a duck is, let alone how to cook one.

Stay frosty, my friends. Try some crunchy ice.

[GOBUCKS]

she is nakedly campaigning for another DOTY

There's no question about that. She was relatively quiet for a few weeks, and now she's revving up her campaign.

And you're right about her rare appearance in coach's cooking forum. She knows it's highly likely that Lucinda is coach's mole.

But please, please, never use "naked" in a comment about the crazy bald dwarf.

The thought of that disproves Rule 34.

[Ogre]

There's no question about that. She was relatively quiet for a new weeks, and now she's revving up her campaign.

And you're right about her rare appearance in coach's cooking forum. She knows it's highly likely that Lucinda is coach's mole.

But please, please, never use "naked" in a comment about the crazy bald dwarf.

The thought of that disproves Rule 34.

So Nads using a recipe out of The Naked Foods Cookbook would be okay then?   

[thundley4]

I think people are missing the bigger picture here.

Connect the dots. Follow the trends. Cross the Rubicon.

Nads is either sweet on Frank or she is nakedly campaigning for another DOTY in a forum she knows Frank regularly reads.

I doubt Nads even knows what a duck is, let alone how to cook one.

Stay frosty, my friends. Try some crunchy ice.

Entering in to the cooking forum was strictly to get Frank's attention.  She wants him.

[franksolich]

Entering in to the cooking forum was strictly to get Frank's attention.  She wants him.

She ain't never gonna get him, though.

[Ogre]

Entering in to the cooking forum was strictly to get Frank's attention.  She wants him.

It seems that Frank has that effect on a number of the lady female primitives.  Calpig, Grasswipe, Skidstain, etc.....

[GOBUCKS]

Entering in to the cooking forum was strictly to get Frank's attention.  She wants him.

Proof of that will be if she starts sucking up to "Lucinda".

A DUmmy as omniscient as nutcase nadin surely knows all about the suspicions that surround "Lucinda".