http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=236x71273Oh my.
The primitives being hypocrites again, dining off the fat of the land while others go hungry.....and boasting about it.
FarPoint (223 posts) Mon Nov-23-09 02:39 PM
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My Thanksgiving Menu
Roasted Shrimp Cocktail, ... (cocktail dipping sauce with mild and tangy kick)
Spinach-Red Onion Salad with citrus dressing, topped with orange segments in a Parmesan Frico Cup (the cup is also edible)
Fresh Cranberry Apple-Walnut Relish
Garden Fresh Corn with Diced Roasted Red Peppers (off the cob, I froze this at harvest time)
Baked Macaroni and Cheese with Sharp Cheddar and Gruyere Cheese
Roasted Fingerling Potatoes with Fresh Dill and Maldon Sea Salt Flakes
Whipped Potatoes with Butter
Glazed Sweet Potatoes with Pineapple
Turkey Dressing with Sage Spice Sausage and Diced Apple
Parker House Rolls
Whole Roasted, Brined Herb Crusted Turkey.... (basted with butter,rosemary,sage and kosher salt; baked on bed of chopped root vegetables, sage, thyme, apples, cinnamon apple cider....
Turkey Dripping Gravy
Pumpkin Roulade with Ginger and Mascarpone Buttercream
That's my part in this gathering.....
bluethruandthru (1000+ posts) Mon Nov-23-09 03:23 PM
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1. Sounds y***y.
Can you share your relish recipe?
FarPoint (223 posts) Mon Nov-23-09 03:50 PM
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2. Sure...
1- pound of fresh cranberries...about 4 cups
1/2 cup apple cider or fresh apple juice from a juicer
The zest of a navel orange with 1/2 of the orange squeezed for its juice
Pinch of Saigon cinnamon
1 pound of Granny Smith Apples, dice up....I leave on the skin for 1/2 of them for character
2/3 cup or so of coarsely chopped walnuts
1 cup granulated white sugar (maybe a more if needed as cranberries are tart)
In a large sauce pan over medium heat, combined sugar, orange items, cinnamon, apple juice and cranberries bring to a boil.
Reduce heat to simmer, stir often as it thickens and cranberries "pop"; about 15 minutes....
I add the apples at about 12 minutes in the process to soften them slightly.....at the end, stir in walnuts.
Turn off heat.....let cool, then place into serving bowl, chill for at least 4 hours
in refrigerator....can make this in advance of Thanksgiving Dinner, store up to 3 days.
tigereye (1000+ posts) Wed Nov-25-09 11:01 AM
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33. nice- what is Saigon cinnamon? Is that from an Asian foods store?
or a specialty spice store?
Probably just plain ordinary cinnamon, grown in the usual places--Belgium, Paraguay, North Dakota--but given the name "Saigon" to lend an exotic air.
The wired gassy primitive, from that farmette up over there in Wisconsin:
grasswire (1000+ posts) Mon Nov-23-09 04:56 PM
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3. are you making your own parkerhouse rolls?
I salute you, if so. That was always a highlight of my grandmother's Thanksgiving -- after the turkey came out, she popped the risen rolls into the oven to bake while the gravy was made and things were set on the table. After Grandfather gave the blessing, the rolls came out of the oven and to the table swaddled in white damask napkin. Piping hot, smelling like heaven on earth!
Oh, and I should say that you are making a fine, fine dinner! Hooray!
FarPoint (223 posts) Mon Nov-23-09 07:23 PM
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9. I'm going to have so much fun!
I was not initially planning on cooking more than one entree as I was a guest this year at my friends house..She does not cook, her husbands sister always comes down from Michigan and stays for the holiday and cooks the meal. Well, she canceled yesterday.....So, I put this together today. My friend, she always eats out.....I come over and cook upon requests....I did take her and her husband to a cooking class earlier this year....well after the prep work was done, we could begin drinking wine...OMG did we have a blast! Oh, we did Stir Fry..
My food entrees are not difficult or timely either....Most work time is going to be brining and roasting the turkey. Prep work will begin tonight!
shanti (1000+ posts) Tue Nov-24-09 12:05 AM
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16. my sister, an excellent cook, i might add swears by brining. is it really worth the trouble?
ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Tue Nov-24-09 01:11 AM
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17. My Menu
Hen Turkey done in the roaster, with cornbread stuffing and gravy
Cranberry-Orange relish
Sweet Potatoes with maple syrup and apple
Baked Potatoes
Garlic Parsnips and Carrots
Rosemary Green Beans and Brussels Sprouts
Maple-Pecan Cornbread
Mexican Seven-Layer Dip
Homemade bread (Sister-in-law is bringing)
Salad (Brother-in-law's speciality--has olives, pasta, artichoke hearts and all sorts of goodies)
Homemade bread-and-butter pickles from my garden
Apple Pie (apples from our tree)
Pumpkin Pie
Wine with the main course, Coffe with dessert
I got the cornbread and cranberry relish done today (bread in the freezer until Thurs). Tomorrow I make the pies. Wednesday the veggie dishes. Then on Thurs all I have to do is the turkey and stuffing and gravy and baked potatoes. And heat everything else in the oven.
Tesha (1000+ posts) Tue Nov-24-09 07:58 AM
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20. Our menu - tradition prevails... sort of
From the neighbors...
Squash Soup - she calls it Old Mother Hubbard Soup - mmmm she adds chili
Turkey Surprise - it's the neighbors turn, and they first attempt at cooking one -
Cranberry Relish -
Cheese Tray -
wine
We'll make.....
Sausage Stuffing - with tons of onion and celery
Mashed 'Taters and gravy
Fluffy rolls
Green Bean Casserole - Mr. Tesha tradition
Watergate Salad - my tradition - the kids next door asked for it again
baked sweet potatoes
Pumpkin Pie/Apple Pie/Chocolate Souffle Roll
relish tray & fruit tray
more wine/coffee/aperitifs
-----isn't this fun?
japple (1000+ posts) Tue Nov-24-09 08:19 AM
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22. My menu sounds very much like yours, Tesha.
Roasted Turkey
Cornbread Dressing (Sausage, leeks, celery, onions, garlic, grits, and leftover biscuits, fresh sage)
Mashed potatoes
Green beans (frozen, from our garden)
Corn (frozen from our garden)
Creamed spinach
Relish tray (with lots of olives for my 2-1/2 yr. old nephew who lives for olives)
Orange/cranberry sauce
Homemade rolls
Dried Apple Tart (my sister's specialty--DIVINE--will post the recipe when I find it)
Nelle's Pecan Pie
The sour dour defrocked warped primitive:
Warpy (1000+ posts) Tue Nov-24-09 10:20 AM
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24. My favorite Thanksgiving feasts were back home in New England, always pot luck affairs with all of us hiding out from our families so we had something to be thankful for. There were always surprises and it was always good--most of us were foodies. Oddly enough, the guys didn't sit in front of a TV while women did all the work, they pitched in and only repaired to the outdoors to pull the guts out of someone's broken car when most of it was done.
Families claimed us for Xmas.
Warpy (1000+ posts) Tue Nov-24-09 10:16 AM
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23. I live alone, so mine will be simpler
I have a salmon fillet which I'll be slicing into thinner fillets and wrapping around a by-guess-and-by-gosh filling of rice and whatever else strikes my fancy that day. I have some frozen prawns and I think they might be part of it. The filling will be cooked and still warm when I wrap the salmon around it, so the fish won't have to be overcooked to cook the filling. Sides will just be a plain salad, cubed pineapple for dessert.
The older I get, the simpler my cooking gets.
The older she gets, the more simple-minded the unfrocked warped primitive gets.
There's more, but one gets indigestion from hearing the primitives boast of their gluttony while so many in the world are going hungry.
My usual
caveat here; it's perfectly fine for decent and civilized people to talk about chowing down, because decent and civilized people don't imagine themselves especially virtuous. And besides, according to the primitives, we're all selfish anyway.
But it's
not fine for primitives to boast of their belt-busting revelries, when considering all the boasting the primitives do, about their "being concerned" for those with less than they.
