So...whats for dinner?
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Oh Red, ouch! That's just wrong, I'm sorry. I don't blame you feeling that way.
Susan, best of luck on your scan today. All things crossed (fingers, toes, etc) for unremarkable findings.
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susan -- good luck on your scan, keeping good thoughts for you.
red - unacceptable and dysfunctional. I personally thank you for your efforts, all of us know how hard you worked!
eric - beautiful rolls! And, yes, your DD sounds like she is growing up just as you would have her do!
We had an interesting evening. Apparently the cruise our friends were on, and ended yesterday morning, had a rough last couple of days weather-wise, so they were all still suffering not so much from motion sickness as still feeling the ship rolling. They felt better after they ate, but several had a hard time standing for long! The kids were burnt out and a little overexcited, so the little brothers had to depart early and be taken home to go to bed, but not before everyone ate a LOT! We had way too much food and dessert, but it was nice to share the evening with old and good friends.
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Holding you in my thoughts today, Susan. Hoping for it to turn out to be purely a waste of time. Fingers crossed here.
Red, you SHOULD feel angry! And I agree with Minus' suggestion for 'out to dinner' next year....something you could enjoy and have lifted not a finger for.
Unusually, our dinner ended up being served earlier than "on time". Yikes! First time ever in this house. Our turkey must have been in a hurry to be gobbled up!
There were a couple of glitches (like that I left the stuffing casserole in the refridgerator...but fortunately "discovered" it in time to do a small version "nuked and popped in oven" to get it on the table on time). I also never made the arugula salad I had planned. It was all fine. We ALL enjoyed the turkey and sides, and really loved the shrimp and grits, which we had with apps. Yum!!
Something I really appreciated yesterday was that DGF and I had a good chat about her food preference/intolerance issues. It helped me empathize with her struggle and her efforts to expand her food choices. And I shockingly learned that a vegetable she actually likes.....brussels sprouts. Ha! And I served them!
Other than our massive post-dinner organization (by me) and clean up (by everyone else:) which felt like it never ended throughout the day/evening, it was a such a relaxed and enjoyable day.
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It was great to learn about the young 'ens progress with their housing adventures. All is going well, and I am thrilled to see DS2 being relaxed about the whole process. It looks like we may have them staying with us for a few days after the holidays in between their closings.
They stayed here last night and DGF has already left for her morning "boot camp" class, while DH and DS2 are heading out to golf with our friends (father and younger son) from the lake neighborhood. They live on the Boston south shore and this has been a family father/son tradition for many years. I drive down later and we (the two couples) go out to dinner in their town, which in recent years has had an explosion of restaurants. So I'll be interested to see where we land....
Oh, and our turkey carcass has already rendered a nice hearty stock.. And related to that, it blows my mind that one of our former governors has asked people to drop off their turkey carcasses to his house. WHAT??!! Apparently he uses the stock all year, and believes that no turkey carcass should be wasted. I think I'll stick to my familial carcass!
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That is annoying, Red. All that work and everyone just..."ehhh...whatever".. Was that family or supposed friends? In either case, cooking for someone else sounds like a good idea. :-)
Thinking positive thoughts for a good scan for Susan.
The rolls, would get a, "next time, try this". They seemed a bit bland--no yeast taste and no sourdough taste but a slight "odd" aftertaste. I'm guessing the aftertaste was the paprika.
So, the "next time, try this" will be eliminating both the paprika and the yeast. The recipe called for a whole packet of instant yeast, but, on Susan's suggestion, I put in only half a packet and the bread still popped up like popcorn. If I had used a full packet of yeast, the bread probably would have been dripping from the ceiling (think overheated pressure cooker). :-)
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Lacey, Interesting that the DGF is "working" on enjoying more foods. This sounds like a break through though. She actually talked with like you are a real person and not a symbol of in-law. Worth building on that, and the fact that you loved her shrimp & grits should make her feel more comfortable.
Eric, try throwing the dough into the fridge and letting that first rise happen far more slowly. You get more yeast taste without more yeast. Just makes the bread have a more complete taste. Or, try another recipe!
How have you all started your stock already? I still have half a turkey to eat before the carcass can be turned into stock. Just behind the group or had a bigger turkey or my guests don't eat as much. I have some iggy rolls out and they will either turn into dinner rolls for a Turkey dinner tonight, or they will serve as the delivery system for turkey sandwiches.
Scan is done. Slept during the one hour that it takes for the radioactive injection to do its thing, and then another 20 minute nap in the tube. Dana Farber actually called. They are going to let my doctor be a doctor again and I am in the top ten to get an appointment quickly. Phew!
*susan*
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Susan - Joining the bandwagon with fingers crossed for a "good" scan today.
The pork loin was lovely. Half treated with sage only. The other half marinated in & basted with Apricot Chipotle sauce. I ate the crispy ends & maybe 1-1/2" from each. I will munch on the marinated half this weekend & freeze the plain sage loin in two large pieces for at least 4 more meals.
Lacey - have fun at your dinner tonight. Some friends called me at noon to go to a big mid day meal. No way. My fridge if full of food & I certainly don't want to go anywhere near people who are insanely shopping. If I can get into gear, I'll be wrapping Christmas presents this weekend. I need to clear them off the guest room bed & dresser. 99% of the family & friends have always lived "away" so my habit has always been to have things wrapped & boxed & ready to mail by 12/1.
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Dukakis is actually having carcasses dropped off on his doorstep. Has already run out of freezer space and is considering what he can do with all of the turkey bones he might receive. What a hoot!
*susan*
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It's been simmering since late last night.
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Susan, DH always strips our carcass bare after we have T-giv dinner, so the meat can fit in the refrigerator, given all the sides bowls that it needs to share space with. That way, I can also pop the carcass into the slow cooker the same night. Works well!
Poor Michael Dukakis and his glut of turkeys! He could now start a turkey soup making charity. I'd make some for it.
We ended up eating with our friends at a place called Burton's Grill, which, despite being located within their local "lifestyle mall", was quite nice. They pride themselves on their "scratch kitchen" and their flexibility with orders. I was struck by the fact that they had separate menus for vegetarian and gluten free customers in addition to the mainstream one. I had salmon filet with a spicy sauce over a really delicious jasmine rice. I usually do not like jasmine rice but this was exceptional in taste. Also had plain broccoli as a side. It was a very satisfying meal.
Minus, I totally understand why you might want to defer any dinner plans on this crazy shopping day. I am impressed with your mailing schedule. I am hardly that organized, and have yet to start shopping. Trying to offer "experiences" or useful consumables to most of our close to us in age relatives since none of us need any more "stuff"!
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I stayed in all day today. It was raining, and I didn’t want to drive up to Skokie to shop (I’m just gonna go online and click “express shipping”). Michigan Ave. was a mess, what with the protests. (IMHO, they should be picketing City Hall & the main cop-shop--stores and shoppers didn’t kill an unarmed kid, cover it up and wait a year to indict; and that guy holding up the “Capitalism killed Laquan” ought to be ashamed of himself--the valid protests are being co-opted by every hanger-on with a grudge against the Establishment).
Found a can of cranberry sauce in the pantry, and moistened the leftover white meat with chicken stock, so I ate leftovers tonight. DH just got home, so we’ll open a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau (the Drouhin this time) and enjoy it in a proper glass.
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I can't bear to look at food and wine today. I feel like a slug.
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Lacey - agree about having everything we could possibly need. I've been sending pewter "plant a tree" ornaments for some time. This year I got some of the lovely Amos Pewter ornaments when we were in Canada. Sometimes I send things like fresh grapefruits from the Rio Grande valley. I buy some stocking stuffers for the grown kids, & most get gift cards w/their ornaments. Last year I got DS & DIL tickets for a Napa Valley wine train - dinner on the train & winery tours. Don't think I can top that.
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Red, next year load them all in the car and tell them that you've arranged for a "Special" Thanksgiving dinner.
Drop them off at the homeless shelter to help out, then take yourself out for a nice dinner.
Susan I hope things went well with your scan
This is day 4 of being sick. I haven't left the house/bed except to go to the Quicktrip store. This place looks like the Hazmat team should arrive, Bedclothes in knots, tissues everywhere and empty glasses ginger ale and chicken soup on the bedside table. Ugg. The cats are loving it. Going to pick up.
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Haha Bedo, good one! I'm sorry you're sick though, hope you're feeling better soon.
I'm a little worried about Carole. Hope they didn't get caught in all the nasty weather.
Well all the prep is done, the table is set, the naked birds are languishing on the counter awaiting transport to the oven, the dressing is cooking away in the slow cooker, wines are opened and breathing, the plethora of pies on display are calling to me (DH says they're torturing him), the appetizers are out, only the guests have not yet arrived. It's officially The After Thanksgiving Feast at our house. I'm tired already.
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Susan, I'll try that with the chilled first rise and I'm going to try a sourdough only batch to see how it works out too. It's amazing how much I can do when I'm not spending 3-1/2 hours commuting to work.
Red, I agree, most of the protests get co-opted by folks wanting to behave like jerks and idiots.
Bedo, feel better soon....I'm guessing the cats are trying to keep you warm?????? If you have three cats, then I guess it's a "three cat night".... :-)
Hi, Meow. I'm sitting here typing..well trying to type. Jessie, a probable Maine Coon from the shelter (right size, right attitude, right looks), keeps whacking my hands with his front paws and trying to lay on the laptop computer.....
I do like Lacey's DH and strip the carcass so I can fit everything into the refrigerator. I put most of the meat in freezer bags and then into the freezer and the bones go right into the stock pot for an overnight of simmering.
But first the chores.........
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A plethora of pies
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Oh my, Nance, you are my pie hero! They are so tempting....your guests better arrive pronto or I would imagine the tasty looking display might shrink!. And no wonder you are tired! You are running a veritable restaurant and bakery!
I am doing absolutely nothing on this rainy day....except for screen time and getting some leftovers ready at dinner time. Hope you get to do this tomorrow, Nance.
Also hoping that Carole is doing okay. I think of her every time I see the national weather report, which sounds like challenging roadtrip weather. Am hoping it is media hyperbole.
Minus, that Napa Valley wine train gift sounds like one I'd like to put on my list!
Susan, I hope you are also resting today...and feel better, Bedo.
Also, Susan, we got to hear updates on condo completion progress from DS2, leaving me thinking that your contractor has the right idea for having clients select and access their own kitchen cabinets, etc. Their contractor installed a different granite countertop and it was unusually loud and "unfortunate". Fortunately, contractor is going to correct it at his expense. The young 'ens will be watching more closely!
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Wow, Nance!
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drooling all over my keyboard, Nance!
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Bedo - love it - drop them off to contribute to the true spirit of the day. Needed that laugh.
Just got home from a glorious Christmas celebration program by Mercury Baroque: Vivaldi's Christmas Violin Concerto in E Maj; the Nisi Dominus RV608; Corelli's Concerto Grosso in Gm; some lovely early Christmas songs like There is a Rose of Such Virtue. They use only period instruments, and Susan, the concertmaster played one section on a violin I'd never heard of w/I think 7 strings and another 7 sympathetic strings? I poked around IthacaString, and maybe it was 6 string? The surprise was countertenor Ray Chenez, featured in the October issue of Opera news. He's won a Met competition & several awards. His range was amazing & diction perfect. So now I'm listening to Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols to refresh my memory about the version of "rose" that I know. But how can you listen to just one song? Sorry for the hijack.
Ate afterwards at La Madelaine - French onion soup. cream of mushroom soup, potato gallette, quiche Florentine - and we managed to escape w/o ordering the wonderful dessert pastries.
If Nance's guests defaulted, maybe she'll have to FedEx those gorgeous pies to her friends on this thread!!!
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I love La Madeleine! Unfortunately, they pulled out of the Chicago area, but whenever I visit my sister in the Arlington/Falls Church area, we go to its Tyson’s Corner outpost. Closest ones to me are that one and, in the other direction, Tulsa!
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Hmm...don't know what happened....I put nine 12 ounce jars of broth into the canner. Five had lids from a new box of lids and all of those new lids failed to seal. I got rid of the remaining lids from that box and the jars with new lids are in the canner right now. Broth is rather forgiving about reprocessing, so I shouldn't lose any quality.
The bread dough is still in the refrigerator--decided to make two loaves of pure sourdough--and I'm about ready to wake it up....It's cold for Phoenix (a few degrees above freezing this morning)...baking and food preserving seem like a good way to spend the morning.
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Hard day of coding..... the tool I am trying to integrate seems to have some bugs. Bugs that I have to work around. I finally, finally, finally got it to work [though it all feels brittle] and then we needed dinner! I took some September tomatoes that I had made into a puree out of the freezer, along with the last of the merguez sausages. The chicken stock was thawed earlier in the day, but when I opened it, it just plain looked wrong. Turned around the container and there is was: Marguerita Lime Mix! Whoops! Back to the magic freezer to grab some real chicken stock. Dinner was the sausage with a spicy tomato sauce. I started by sautéing the onions, added some garlic, then came the Ras El Harout, smoked paprika, a very good spoonful of harissa. The tomatoes were added and simmered. I then started on the saffron rice. Cooked the sausage, added to the sauce. Made the toasted almond and fried opinions [toppings for the rice] and dinner was served.
Darn do I love this meal!
Tomorrow we are headed out on our cabinet quest. First we head to Keene, then Claremont, before heading home. By the end of the day, we will decide who we are hiring to make our cabinets. We will order them before the end of the week to ensure a January delivery. Phew!
*susan*
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Margarita mix vs Chicken stock....yeah, I guess it would look a bit off. :-)
Baking powder in gravy or corn starch in corn bread...just doesn't work right..... I finally settled on Clabber Girl brand because the two containers, one yellow, one white, are different enough that I *shouldn't* confuse the two.
Susan, what kind of tool?
The turkey broth is put up on the shelf and the sourdough is done.
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What is Glabber Girl? This tool is an API for Google calendar. Google sucks, but way too many of my clients have chosen to store their data where google can mine it for profit. [Damn am I cynical!]
*susan*
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I messed up on the post and edited it so it makes sense...
Clabber Girl brand baking powder and corn starch. The corn starch comes in a mostly yellow square plastic container. The baking powder comes in a mostly white metal cylindrical container. I *shouldn't* mess that up. :-) Before I did that I had problems with putting corn starch into corn bread and baking powder into gravy.....oops.....
No, you're not cynical.....People complain about the government doing the surveillance but volunteer for the "looking glass" with companies and the Internet is the most observed "place" on the planet. And it's amazing the lengths "they" go to in order to identify a computer browser. It seems as if HTTP 1.1 was designed to make tracking users very easy....even if the user deletes the browser cookies and Flash "cookies"....
Speaking of cookies..Sharon just took some from the oven. :-)
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I love the regional name differences. We have Clabber Girl baking powder in Texas too. Sort of like I grew up in CA with Best Foods Mayonnaise and in Texas it's called Hellmans. Same exact label - different names.
Eric - wish I'd been there for the warm cookies. Susan - I probably would have used the Margarita Mix for drinks while I was making dinner. I've been trying to pay bills & budget for the rest of the year. Ugh!!!
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Susan, I love that you topped everything with Fried Opinions.......LOVE YOU!
One time I was making Ratatouille and I went to sprinkle in the red pepper flakes. I opened the top of the jar and slung it across the skillet and I had apparently removed the shaker top from the jar the last time I used it and not put it b ack in.
I was frantic taking out by serving spoons 1/2 jar of pepper flakes. That was some spicy ratatouille.....
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Hoping Carole is OK. It's sure been nasty weather for her long drive.
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