Whose baking or getting ready for Thanksgiving (and weight gain)

[Shawn Seeger]

We love to bake and cook during the holidays... this morning I made my pie dough and will bake later in the week.

My wife has created her own sourdough starter and we used it today to make some Thanksgiving bread. (I hope it makes it to Thursday)

What's your favorite holiday food item, mine is pie! (I have told my family my death row meal is Thanksgiving meal).

 

[the_grube]

that's awesome. Set me down with one of those just out of the oven and about a pound of fresh churned butter please...
We're going non-traditional this year. My son-in-law and I are doing a brisket. Pumpkin pie with fresh whip cream is my undoing.

Erich

 

[Josh]

Bread also, for stuffing.

 

[Zak]

I'm making the stuffing (with walnuts and apples) and cooking the turkey (dry brined, spatchcocked, coated with herbed mayo and cooked on top of the stuffing). I'll cook green beans and sweet potatoes, too.

I'm buying the mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, pie, and cranberry sauce this year.

 

[Shad]

I'm visiting Mom in Santa Fe. We always gain weight this time of year....

 

[the_chemist]

 

[Divad]

Reminder to pull those turkeys out of the freezer.

I’m in charge of the smoked turkey my family has come to love, it also makes amazing leftover sandwiches the next day.

Best holiday!

 

[Wanative]

My wife is having 3 Thanksgiving dinners at our house. 1 on Wednesday and 2 on Thursday.
Just shoot me now.

 

[Cabezon]

I make a potato-sausage stuffing that I learnt at the elbow of my dad. Most of it will fill the bird and collect lots of turkey juices. Any extra can be combined later with turkey gravy as leftovers.
Steve

 

[flybill]

Reminder to pull those turkeys out of the freezer.

I’m in charge of the smoked turkey my family has come to love, it also makes amazing leftover sandwiches the next day.

Best holiday!

Just put the half frozen turkey in the deep fat fryer! Works everytime.. if by everytime you mean to burn down the house and yourself.. do not do it! Worst case just run under cold water.. 4 months in the Seafood and meat department at the Safeway in Duvall taught me a few tricks.. or go buy a fresh turkey or chicken! Cheers all ya all!

 

[Paige]

If you put anything in Stuffing but bread, onion, celery, butter, sage n garlic there is something wrong with you!!

 

[flybill]

If you put anything in Stuffing but bread, onion, celery, butter, sage n garlic there is something wrong with you!!

You forgot bacon and the holy trinity, mirqua (sp?) .. plus cream and eggs as a binder..mmm, good!

 

[Paige]

Thanks for proving my point Bill!

 

[mark wlker]

13 pounder on it's 3rd day of thaw. Will be thoroughly rinsed, patted dry. Dry brined and injected.
Headed for the deep fryer in peanut oil!

 

[flybill]

Thanks for proving my point Bill!

Well I wasn't going to tell you you're wrong.. but you are! Ha!

 

[klq@stl]

If you put anything in Stuffing but bread, onion, celery, butter, sage n garlic there is something wrong with you!!

Jill Goodacre Connick Shares Her Southern Sausage and Cornbread Dressing

This classic Thanksgiving side dish is adapted from Jill Goodacre Connick's family recipe. You can assemble and refrigerate the casserole a day ahead. Let it

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[Stonedfish]

Jill Goodacre Connick Shares Her Southern Sausage and Cornbread Dressing

This classic Thanksgiving side dish is adapted from Jill Goodacre Connick's family recipe. You can assemble and refrigerate the casserole a day ahead. Let it

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My ex girlfriend made a similar stuffing. By far the best I’ve ever had.
The corn bread and hot sausage put it over the top.
SF

 

[klq@stl]

Cranberry Curd Tart

People! There is still time! To make this amazing Cranberry Curd Tart by David Tanis! So beautiful, so delicious and (cross my heart, please don’t die and under no circumstances stick a needle in my eye), not complicated at all. A buttery and crunchy hazelnut crust with a smooth, not too sweet...

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I am going to experiment with this as an alternative to the mandatory pumpkin.

 

[Shawn Seeger]

Cranberry Curd Tart

People! There is still time! To make this amazing Cranberry Curd Tart by David Tanis! So beautiful, so delicious and (cross my heart, please don’t die and under no circumstances stick a needle in my eye), not complicated at all. A buttery and crunchy hazelnut crust with a smooth, not too sweet...

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I am going to experiment with this as an alternative to the mandatory pumpkin.

Daughter-in-law made that last year and I did the obligatory taste (since I hate cranberries) and it was so good I had several more bites. She is making it again this year.

 

[Mossback]

We make our stuffing with Wild Rice, pecans, dried cranberries, sausage, bread, wild mushrooms and assorted other things.
Sage flavor profile like classic stuffing, but far more interesting to eat than a plate of stale, wetted carbs.