So...whats for dinner?

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  • eric95us
    eric95us Member Posts: 2,845
    edited November 2014

    My brother had a negative golf handicap and even now it's 1 or 2. He's never had a hole in one.

    Since I'm taking a few days off before Thanksgiving, I think I'll make some sourdough rolls. Just don't tell my mother in law. She hates recipes that one needs to feed.

    I haven't "moved" on a 2nd stove/oven, but I have become reasonably skilled at using the covered grill as an oven.

    The grocery store had a 2 for 1 turkey special, so I cooked one yesterday...21 pounds from frozen to cooked took about 10 hours at 325F. It turned out great and is carved, bagged, tagged and in the freezer.

    Next is working on the 3 quarts of stock from the overnight bone simmering.


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  • Lacey12
    Lacey12 Member Posts: 2,951
    edited November 2014

    That is exciting, Carole....Congrats to your DH! That is certainly the kind of memory that helps one through the less than satisfying days on the golf course that I hear about from my DH who is less than stellar in that department. ;)

    It is a gorgeous day here after several freezing ones. DH spent yesterday clearing leaves in that cold, and today is finishing up whatever he plans to do for the year, and loving this "temperate" weather. I admire his stamina! Just made him a nice chicken/avacado/onion/tomato sandwich on a bulkie roll along with some soup. He inhaled it all!

    So I will head to the Farmer's Market to pick up our turkey, while he continues with the labor intense work! Meanwhile, I took two chicken carcasses and am making stock from them. Then will make some chicken pastina soup...some I will freeze before putting the pastina in, so we are not eating it all week before having turkey and then turkey soup! Fowl! Fowl! Fowl!

    The lamejun we had last night were delicious...and I still have no idea what we were consuming with that orange paste looking one. I might be able to find out from my lebanese next door neighbor.

    The chat about rolls for Thanksgiving is making me reconsider what I might do. I know that DS2 loves those "non-nutritional ones" with the little knob on top, but I think I'll ask him if he minds just having pumpkin bread that I plan to make. Tho I do think those little knob ones make cute turkey sliders afterwards.....hmmmm. I might also make orange cranberry bread, but I know he is not a fan of anything cranberry (not sure how he can be a born and bred bay stater and dislike cranberries!). By the way, in one of my lost posts that was erased by my acting out Ipad, I mentioned that he told us that his relationship with Chicago girl is moving along. Plans are being made for her to move here in Feb. Yay for them!

    Off to get Tom or Tomasina Turkey....

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  • carolehalston
    carolehalston Member Posts: 6,887
    edited November 2014

    The butterflied and dry-brined turkey was good.  It was moist and not too salty but definitely flavored from the brining.  As promised it cooked in 90 min.  The first 30 min. at 450 degrees and then an hour at 350.  The cloverleaf rolls were a hit.  My sister's home-made cheese cake was delicious.  I ate too much today and had that over-full feeling for a period of time.  No dinner tonight.

    My attire today was shorts and short-sleeved blouse and sandals.  Noon temperature in the 70's.  But a cold front is supposed to bring cold weather tomorrow.  Tues. we'll be heading north to IL.  Hoping for good travel weather.  This southerner does NOT like to travel on icy roads.  One year we were enroute to Decatur, IL, and found ourselves in a snow storm outside of St. Louis, just 3 hrs. from our destination.  I insisted on stopping and staying overnight in a hotel.  Nance, the hotel was in the town of Arnold.  Once we'd checked in and were in our room, we turned on the tv and saw reports of all the accidents along that same route we were travelling.  DH would have kept going but I felt like my life was in danger. 

    There was a Cracker Barrel restaurant next door to the hotel.  We went there to eat.  I stepped on black ice and fell flat on my back.

     


     

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  • Lacey12
    Lacey12 Member Posts: 2,951
    edited November 2014

    Yikes, Carole, I hope you have much calmer weather for this trip north, andand no need to stop to test out any black ice! It sounds like the family Sunday T-giving dinner went very well.

    So, after both DH and I made space in two refrigerators (our real one upstairs and the beer/wine one in the basement;), we arrive at the Farmer's Market to discover that the meat farm got our order wrong and they gave us an almost 19 lb turkey! Really?!! So we decided not to be good sports and take it since we have a total of three of us here, and DS2 will not want any leftovers since he is flying out of town early the next day. And my track record for usage of frozen leftovers is at about 2%.

    So, I will probably head to Whole Foods to get one tomorrow. No problem....

    My chicken pastina soup made from the chicken carcasses I had, turned out to be soooo delicious. Yes, it does make a difference to make one's own broth....or is it stock when derived from the carcass? Here's a pic: guess what the green stuff is floating around....;

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    May look like seaweed, but is actually red russian kale this time.

    I also sliced some polenta rounds, heating and topping them with sautéed mushrooms, red onions, garlic and tarragon and sprinkled with parmesan cheese. They were really good....glad I can do something so easily with one of those tubes of polenta. Ate them up before remembering to take a pic! ;/

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  • susan_02143
    susan_02143 Member Posts: 7,209
    edited November 2014

    no time to chat, but Lacey, two words: Wilson Farms. They always order extras, and you would have your choice of smaller birds tomorrow. Call them, reserve your dainty bird. be prepared for a bit of chaos but one tasty bird. The WF birds are pretty mediocre in comparison. Or... you could come to our house Thursday and join the festivities! [Yea, I am serious.]

    *susan*

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  • Lacey12
    Lacey12 Member Posts: 2,951
    edited November 2014

    Susan, thanks so much for that suggestion. I'll call them today and see if they have a petite baby for us! DH liked that idea a lot. He might also be the one to row up 128 today to pick it up! Also thanks (again!) for your kind invite....tho as you might recall, this crew reserves Thanksgiving for "food and football" as long as DS2 is here. Wonder how that might change if/when Chicago girl joins the clan. ;) We're also looking forward to having some serious catching up with DS2 since life changes are clearly on the horizon for him. Have a wonderful feast with your newlyweds!

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  • susan_02143
    susan_02143 Member Posts: 7,209
    edited November 2014

    Oh I had forgotten about the football thing! We don't even have a TV in a public room, so my offer is off the table! Can't have your husband and son creeping upstairs to catch the scores and yell at some plays after all.

    My weekend code project has been sideswiped by bugs in the code that I purchased for manipulating images. Wasted hours. I hate that. So I am home trying to figure it out, while Mr. 02143 is braving the T-Day shoppers at Wilson Farms. I made the list as specific as possible, but lately, his Alzheimer's has made his shopping trips an adventure when unpacking. Fascinating to see how his brain is translating what used to be standard items. Well, fascinating is a nice word. Overall, it just makes me so sad.

    I have wings roasting to make the turkey stock for gravy. Need to start the sponge for the bread I will use for stuffing, and have that all baked before we head to bed. And since I was chasing bugs until 3am and was back up at 6:30 to see if it made more sense this morning, I will be tired!

    Juggle juggle juggle.

    *susan*

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  • carolehalston
    carolehalston Member Posts: 6,887
    edited November 2014

    Oh, Susan, I didn't know that your dh has Alzheimer's.  I'm so sorry.  Gosh, I wish I could help you somehow.  You have so much to do.  And yet you maintain your high standards in the kitchen.  I don't think I've ever heard of anyone making bread for stuffing!  Except for cornbread, that is. 


     

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  • auntienance
    auntienance Member Posts: 4,216
    edited November 2014

    After baking ten thousand dinner rolls, and several loaves of cinnamon and fruit and nut breads yesterday, dinner last night was a chicken and broccoli stir fry. The cinnamon and other bread were gifts for my doc, whom I saw for the last time today :-( It was an emotional visit for both of us. When I got home I started some marinara sauce to go with some roasted raviolis and a salad with blue cheese and pancetta.

    Lacey, your soup looks marvelous. I got some more spinach/kale mix. I'm trying to develop a taste for it!

    Carole, I've had your spinach artichoke casserole printed out on the top of my "to fix" pile. Unfortunately, dh will not eat an artichoke (knowingly) so I need others. I wish I had remembered it when I was making out my after thanksgiving menu, it would have been a perfect opportunity, but now I don't have all the ingredients. I will get to it soon. So glad your turkey and rolls turned out so well!

    Thought about you today, Susan. My doc is increasing my thyroid meds in hopes it will boost my metabolism some. As usual, your plate seems very full.

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  • carolehalston
    carolehalston Member Posts: 6,887
    edited November 2014

    I cooked farro for the first time this afternoon and I really like it.  I cooked half a cup in chicken stock and added it to sautéed mushrooms and sautéed sliced brussel sprouts.  I sprinkled grated romano cheese over the mixture and gave it a taste.  Hmm.  Good.  We'll have this skillet dish for dinner with leftover sweet potato mash. 

    My last home meal for a while.  We head north tomorrow and hope to arrive safely in Decatur, IL, on Wed. 

    My sister (middle sister who brought the cheese cake yesterday) called today to say that the turkey I cooked for yesterday's dinner was the best she'd ever tasted.  My mother said the same thing, and I had to agree.  The dry brining does improve the flavor of a roasted turkey.  I had to discover it for myself! 


     

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  • susan_02143
    susan_02143 Member Posts: 7,209
    edited November 2014

    Thanks for the reminder. Must rub the turkey tonight.... turkey stock is coming along nicely with a lovely brown color. The veggie stock is pale by comparison, but it is a requirement... veggie gravy, and veggie stock for the stuffing. Bread has started its second rise. Ended up having to visit a client for a few hours this afternoon so we went out for some Greek food. Neither one of us wanted more duck ragu. I will slip it into the freezer tonight. We will love it another time.

    Husband's grocery run was successful! Wilson Farms was nuts and he parked in the remote lot so the bags were all wet since it was raining as he made his way back to the car. He then stopped by the wine store and they are carrying a favorite Rhone wine! So a case is going into the cellar. Only trip out of the house tomorrow is to Capone's at the end of the street to buy some olive oil. I have decided to make some marinated mushrooms as an appetizer [a modern twist I have added to our meal.]

    Nance, I have found a little extra synthroid every day has made me happier. Just had new numbers done, and they have moved. Hope they don't want to reduce again. Carole, safe journey! I have tried to convince my Mother to head south and get to the Boston area before the next no'easter hits us. She has agreed to keep an eye on the weather reports. Best I can get, I guess. Hope Lacey found the perfect bird for her football-fest!

    *susan*

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  • SpecialK
    SpecialK Member Posts: 16,486
    edited November 2014

    Everyone is so busy cooking!  I have three turkey breasts in the oven (I don't even have two myself, lol!) - two for DH's Thanksgiving lunch at work tomorrow, and one for us for extra sandwich fixings.  I will also send some home with DD - she is a turkey sandwich lover!  Tomorrow I will start on some of the other things for dinner on Thurs. 

    carole - yay for your delish turkey!

    susan - I like to cook from "scratch" but woman you are the QUEEN!!!

    auntie - ten thousand dinner rolls, lol!  It is so nice that you took a little gifty to your outgoing doc - it is a hard situation, I can't imagine having to make a change with any of my BC docs - I change the primary care ones all the time because they are military, so I am used to that, I don't get too attached to them.  I do have to say that my current one is super cute though!  Sadly, I am old enough to be his mom.

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  • susan_02143
    susan_02143 Member Posts: 7,209
    edited November 2014

    Okay. My brain is too fried to code tonight, so I will tell the story of the stuffing bread. Like many Yankee women, my mother used Pepperidge Farm cubes. Some years she used the herb version, others she used the country version. As many good daughters do, I started with what my mother used. But then, Pepperidge Farm got sweeter and sweeter. I found the herbs tasted stale and often conflicted with the fresh herbs that I wanted to use. So, I moved to fresh bread. One year I bought some "stuffing" bread at the farm, but again, I didn't care for the flavor. The next year I bought some nice rustic country bread. To make enough stuffing, I had to purchase 3 loaves of bread. That was over $15!!!! The next year I needed 5 loaves and I balked. For the amount I was going to spend on bread, a family could eat for 2 weeks. I simply couldn't do it. And so, that is why I started making my own bread for stuffing. Because I am stubborn and frugal. I believe that my 2 lb loaf of bread will cost about $1.17 total. I bill out at a reasonable fee per hour, but the time it takes to make a bit of bread is well worth the savings and doesn't make my hair stand on end.

    So, I am not the from scratch queen. I am the cheapest Thanksgiving enthusiast you will meet!

    *susan*

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  • eric95us
    eric95us Member Posts: 2,845
    edited November 2014

    Susan, what are you coding?

    I'm off the rest of the week, so tomorrow I'm going to do some more experimenting with a pot roast.

    I've run 6 miles outside in the upper 40F degree "cold" and now I'm shivering like crazy. I can hardly type........off to a *HOT* shower.

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited November 2014

    My mother always baked bread for stuffing. As children we reduced the loaves to crumbs the day before so the crumbs would be appropriately dried. I've used Pepperidge Farms some years and added onion, celery, more sage, etc. but I don't think my mother ever did.

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  • Lacey12
    Lacey12 Member Posts: 2,951
    edited November 2014

    Ah hem, I beg to differ Miss Susan. You may well be the cheapest Thanksgiving enthusiast we ever met (and maybe not ;), but also, to many of us here, you ARE a from scratch queen! :)

    So sorry to learn of your DH's Alzheimer's. Painful for the whole family....

    So I have yet to get the dainty bird. Glad you got yours, Susan. My DH got overinvolved in phone meetings for negotiations of a CEO search he's chairing, so he never made it up the highway, and I was tied up with car stuff and other errands. So I called WFarms this afternoon and the woman assured me that they would have plenty tomorrow. Hopefully so. It looks like they get theirs from Plainville Farm, which does have wonderful turkey!! Fingers crossed....

    Got the start of my stuffing ready....the onions, mushrooms and sausage. I plan to sneak raisins and dried cranberries into one of the stuffing casseroles, which DH and I like. Then tonight made some pumpkin loaves and suggested to DS2 that if he wants his totally non- nutritional little white rolls at dinner, he might want to pick some up. I am probably going to make cole slaw (for some reason my mother ALWAYS had cole slaw with turkey), and an interesting salad of baby kale, pomegranate, walnuts, feta, and wild rice. Have been dying to make this....from Yummly.

    Instead of making cranberry sauce, I plan to make cranberry salsa for the first time. DH is the only cranberry sauce (like from a can) fan here, and I was tempted to just do that (oh the horror!!) and he will be delerious over homemade cranberry salsa. I will probably even like it! Should go well on sandwiches!

    Need some sleep....awoke at 4:30 this morning and never went back to sleep. Given my night owl habits, 4:30 is not a good time for me to arise these days....only three hours of sleep! I did make it through my hour work out this afternoon and then stretching class....barely.

    Tomorrow sounds like the day to get leftover essentials done here with the storm arriving Wednesday.....one of the major reasons I am content to stay in this "football nest" for the holiday and not slip andslide down that crowded east coast corridor. Hope everyone gets to your destinations safely!

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  • auntienance
    auntienance Member Posts: 4,216
    edited November 2014

    Lacey, let us know how the cranberry salsa turns out, sounds good.

    Tonight is Senate bean soup and cornbread. Leftover cornbread will go into Saturday's dressing. Tomorrow I'll do prep work for the salad I'm taking to dh's sister's on Thursday. I'll also spatchcock my turkeys for Saturday.

    Days of food prep!

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  • luvmygoats
    luvmygoats Member Posts: 2,942
    edited November 2014

    DH working late and maybe overtime. Last night was a Stouffers lasagna. I spent the day in Ft Worth shopping. Doggie was very good; did not pee in her crate. Spent most of my money at Central Market. Good thing I do not live near there. Went to an Aldi - don't know if some are better than others. I do know of one in a more upper class neighborhood - might try that one. I bought chocolate, more chocolate, chocolate gingerbreads. It was late and I was starving. No small chickens - the behemoths looked like my local ones. I had my plastic bags ready. Traded a lady a quarter for the cart she was leaving. Managed to get mine back in the conga line and get my quarter back. Stocked up on Lundberg rices at CM. I have to make coleslaw, the black cherry jello salad, and cranberry cheesecake bars. I bought one piece of cheese that is stanky-stinky. Not sure which one. Had the cheese stocker advising me - pretty sure it's one of the soft cheeses. Need to get my stuff packed up - at least what goes in what cooler/bag tomorrow - so DH does not have to fuss too much with it.

    Susan - cheap or not you cook circles around anyone I know. I could never do anything close to what you do. And work fulltime. Geesh. Sorry to hear about your DH. You do have a very full plate. I hope you take good care of yourself.

    OK - can't remember who's traveling on the east coast. Hope everyone is getting there safely. Susan your mom was traveling right? We are having autumn again 70s over the weekend. Know the bottom will drop out sooner or later. Has brought out all the bugs again but froze all the pollen.

    Yum cranberry salsa. Sounds wonderful. I bought I think at least 2 maybe 3 jars of various hot pepper jellies yest. I also bought at WallyWorld today a block of yogurt cream cheese. I think I have one of my snacks for our Mexican food Christmas ready.

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  • susan_02143
    susan_02143 Member Posts: 7,209
    edited November 2014

    My mother has decided not to travel for Thanksgiving. The weather has her very concerned and she must be covering the Christmas parade Friday morning. She is using the "found" days to try to finish unpacking everything piled in her garage so she can actually park her car in there. She is a very powerful and I have no idea what the dynamics will look like at a dinner table without her. Her slightly crazy friend Jane is not coming, so thank goodness, I don't have to figure out how to keep Jane grounded. That is my mother's job!

    Made a good head start on the meal today. Lots of the basics are done. Tomorrow is a big chopping day, and then the main show!

    *susan*

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  • SpecialK
    SpecialK Member Posts: 16,486
    edited November 2014

    susan - you may call it frugal - I call it the "from scratch QUEEN" and I know we all agree on this!  Um, glad you will have a crazy Jane-less table, but sorry your mom won't make it - sounds like a better safe than sorry proposition though - I feel for those dealing with crazy weather. 

     It rained hard all day here - like, all day.  But, it was in the 70's, so I can't complain.  I went to DH's Thanksgiving lunch thing - sent my two sliced turkey breasts with him this morning.  He told me not to eat anything as the food had been out for quite a while and I got there at 11:00 a.m.!  Some of it was on chafing dishes, but some not, so I just skipped it.  It was all traditional T-Day food, so I will have my fill when we do our on Thursday.  Did get to go into the cool war gaming room though with the holographic floor thing (you can see I am up on my military terminology, lol!) and also got to go into the room with the big bunch of worldwide live action screens where he goes for briefings every morning.  This is way more exciting than it sounds because I never get to see him at work, or even really talk about what he does, so this was eye-opening!  It was all sanitized for family open house day, but fun nonetheless!

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  • SpecialK
    SpecialK Member Posts: 16,486
    edited November 2014

    Hi joyce!!!  I miss michelle too - so glad you see her DH regularly - can't believe it has been a year.

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  • Moonflwr912
    Moonflwr912 Member Posts: 6,856
    edited November 2014

    Hi joyce good to hear from you. Even I remember Michelle. Glad her DH still gets together with you and your DH.

    Susan, you really do it the hard way (why am I picturing a tshirt with that phrase????) LOL. I am sorry to ear about your DH. One f my friends is not doing well with that right now but she is in ND and her DD is my neighbor. She is worried but what can you do but cope as best you can.

    Specialk that must have been fun. But I'm glad he warned you about eating food there! LOL. It's neat to see where people work when you normally don't get to see. My DH works at the Nuclear plant and once many many years ago I got to go in for a tour and saw a lot! Would never happen now. But that was back over 30 years ago! LOL

    I'm still deciding if I'm going to cook at all. My DH is deer hunting on the family farm eith his siblings. He'd come home for dinner then head back up. But the weather calls for 50 to 60% of snow and it's 3 hours each way. I don't want to drive myself or have him drive down here either. So with 4 kids and a DH, a

    nd 7 sibs, not to mention sib inlaws, I'll be alone this Thanksgiving. LOL I bought a half turkey breast and a wing when I thought he'd be home. I may just toss them in the oven with an apple pie. Guess ll get some crochet done. LOL

    To everyone, much love, safe travels, and have a great turkey day!

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  • SpecialK
    SpecialK Member Posts: 16,486
    edited November 2014

    moon - I may be far away in miles, but I'm with you in spirit!

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited November 2014

    Joyce - good to hear from you. Thanks for keeping Michelle's spirit alive. She was such a wonderful person.

    All of you seem to like Aldi. I only went once and didn't find much that interested me. Maybe I should try again. Now Sprouts - oh boy there goes my budget.

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  • auntienance
    auntienance Member Posts: 4,216
    edited November 2014

    minus, there are only certain things I like at aldi, there are many things I don't care for. I tend to shop at a lot of different stores for a few things that I only seem to find at that particular store. Hunting and gathering in true form I guess lol! Apparently aldi in Germany is a much larger operation than it is here.

    Joyce, happy to have you drop in to say hi!



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  • eric95us
    eric95us Member Posts: 2,845
    edited November 2014

    Susan, I agree with everyone else, so I guess you're just going to have to live with the title. I hope you don't mind! :-)

    Hi Joyce, long time, no hear, pop in more often, please. I still have Michelle's blogspot blog bookmarked in my web browser and I sometimes read parts of it.

    I couldn't bring myself to do chicken tonight, so I continued my "ongoing since 1980" pot roast experiment. My goal was a tender pot roast without the stringiness and pot roast taste. I can now put "good as is" at the bottom of 2 pages of notes. I marinated, overnight, a cheap rump roast in (full salt) soy sauce, a bit of water, a couple of cloves of garlic, sugar and lime juice. I cooked it in a rack so itt

    was out of the juices in a 250F degree oven until the meat was 130F inside.

    Eric

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  • Lacey12
    Lacey12 Member Posts: 2,951
    edited November 2014

    Yum, that roast sounds good, Eric.

    I'm enjoying hearing about the stores many of you have that are totally foreign to me. And reading about the quarter for the carriage reminded me of Tuscany, where DH and I first saw that very sensible system. Here we just employ people to hunt and gather lost carts!

    Joyce, good to "read" you. Happy to learn Rick will be near you in FL. Please give him Bob and my regards. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

    Today, DH trekked to Lexington to Wilson Farms (thanks so much Susan!) to pick up our dainty bird...and it will be just what we need. He also bought a cherry pie ( a lot cheaper than Volante's, which surprised me) and some sinful "fresh cream" gelato to go with it. Yay! It will remind us to give thanks for our Italy trip! It will also work well with the apple crisp I might make. I picked up a small pumpkin pie today while doing my, hopefully, last store trip. I would skip it, but that's what DH and DS2 like. I am the cherry fan. Already we have too many desserts, which I usually send home with DS2, but he is flying out Friday AM for several days, so won't want them. I did make a small loaf of pumpkin bread for him to bring to Chicago girl, and will insist on that.

    So the salsa is interesting and tasty. Will probably even be better on Thursday. I reduced the sugar it called for, and love the bite the jalapeño gives it. Folks who don't like cilantro would not be happy! I love the stuff. Also got my squash casserole done tonight. Tomorrow will make the glaze for our brussels sprouts, cole slaw, the stuffing (Jim Gaffigan recently did a very funny bit about Thanksgiving overeating and "stuffing"), maybe the apple crisp since I keep buying apples with that intention, and then clear the dining room table of all my sewing stuff that still needs to be sewn! Then we will be ready for our little party of three.

    Special, I am impressed with your cooking for DH's office event so soon after your procedure. Strong gal! Glad you enjoyed the Open House, and hope you stopped to eat on the way home! :)

    Monica, have a peaceful, if quiet, turkey day.

    Nancy, your hunting/gathering reference reminded me of my aunt Madeline, a real caricature of an old Italian woman. She would start her food shopping early in the morning at one store and spend much of the rest of the day going to many others to get the best prices she could. Gas was pretty cheap those days....and my relatives were patient since they always drove her to all the stores!

    Minus, love the name Sprouts for a grocery store!


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  • SpecialK
    SpecialK Member Posts: 16,486
    edited November 2014

    lacey - I just couldn't lift the big roaster with three turkey breasts in it!  DH had to do that - other wise it was just seasoning before roasting, and slicing after! Funny, my BMX was a November surgery too - but I still cooked the dinner. We went out to dinner since DH didn't eat either - he had a porterhouse pork chop and I had prime rib with horseradish cream sauce - yum! One of our fave good restaurants is very close to our house -- it was deserted, so it worked out great! Half of my dinner is in the fridge waiting to be lunch today.  I am so frustrated - can't find brussel sprouts - is there some sort of worldwide shortage I am unaware of?  Tried to stop at Trader Joe's on my way home yesterday - it is downtown, quite a ways from my house, but near the base - it was a MADHOUSE, so I abandoned that plan.  I am venturing out one last time this morning to Whole Foods - there better be some! 

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited November 2014

    It'll probably be something quick tonight.

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  • susan_02143
    susan_02143 Member Posts: 7,209
    edited November 2014

    So, the other thing about stuffing bread..... the goal is to get cubes of stale bread right? And that is the final reason paying top dollar for excellent, just baked bread makes no sense. You take this beautiful loaves and turn them into something stale. Just can't do it!

    Today, I will steam the pearl onions, make the béchamel, chop all the vegetables and fruit for the stuffing, and if my sister doesn't call soon, bake up some squash. My mother brings squash each year, and asked my sister to take over that task, and nothing.... I have called and emailed and have received radio silence in return. I will prep the green bean [actually haricot vert] salad makings. This salad is a new thing replacing the steamed green beans just for ease of use, well and I love this salad. When I am done, the kid will move into the kitchen to make the pumpkin roll [yup! doing that again] and the nut tart which is also new to the table.

    Not sure if I should make the gravy today, both of them, to reheat tomorrow, or if that should wait. Might depend on how much time the rest of my tasks take.

    Lacey, glad you found the right-sized turkey for your day. Special, smart move not to eat food that hasn't been properly stored. Joyce, a wonderful Thanksgiving to you as well. I think we all miss Michelle, but your loss is the most poignant. Moon, such a large family but you know, sometimes enjoying just the T-Day foods you like could be good. I have to think positively about this since my mother will be alone this year as well. Eric, quite a production for pot roast. We have something called a 7-bone roast in New England that makes the best pot roast. Not a cut I ever saw when living in other parts of the country.

    We have an Aldi that opened up north of me, but I haven't been yet. The reports are not stellar, and though I shop at many different stores for our provisions, I would be hard-pressed to travel quite that far for a mediocre selection. I have a Market Basket right nearby that has the best prices and quality combination you can imagine. Another local gem. Right now time is more valuable than a few dollars. [I love being able to say that!]

    *susan*

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