The Official Thanksgiving Extravaganza Thread

[quikveedb2]

turkey day is my girl & my 3 year anniversary, we're going down towards aspen to chill with family & friends. i'm not much of a recipe guy, after 12 years of cooking professionally i can fend for myself. however, my most recent, favorite mashers consisted of skin on red potatoes, heavy cream & butter (warm & melt, respectively b4 adding, thnx 4 the reminder femme), sour cream, brie, garlic, and s&p. be sure to bring the water to a boil with the potatoes in it to keep good consistency, and let them steam out a bit (a few minutes) before you begin mashing to get most of the water out, then just add brie first, chopped in small bits will yield better mixture, sour cream, and cream to desired consistency & flavor. add garlic, you can roast whole cloves in evoo, s&p, inside aluminum foil & peel & mince afterwards (mmm, garlic). mix, s&p to taste. enjoy, have heart attack, die happy.

updated for better results, i also forgot an ingredient, damn! be sure to boil the shit outta the taters to get nice, creamy-not-lumpy mashers. i had an idea while i was cleaning house. i you're really feeling adventurous, cook some bacon nice & crispy, dice, & add last to mashers, mixed in or as a topper. now i'm excited to try it again, i love teh turkey day!

post #420 w00t!

[mrsleeve]

got one Armadillo eggs

got this from a buddy of mine,

stuff you need
Jalapenos whole an fresh
bacon bits
real cream cheese
bacon

split long wise and deseed the the peppers mix the bacon bits into the cream cheese. Spoon mix into the empty pepper 1/2 till flush on the sides, place a strip of raw bacon on top. Put on foil an put on the grill till the bacon is done or put on the bottom shelf in the oven with the broiler on low. GOOD eating an not too hot GET ALL THE SEEDS OUT.

[h0lmes]

sorry dude, my dads been gone 2 years now but i remember how hard it was that first xmas. it does get better. just hang in there

Thanks for the kind words man. I have gotten over it and most of my family is doing fine but I worry about my grandpa sometimes.

[eric (^__^)]

bump

[s0urce]

Turducken Anyone?
Turkey > Duck > Chicken

[eric (^__^)]

some sort of mythical beast...

[h0lmes]

Turducken Anyone?
Turkey > Duck > Chicken

That looks amazing.

[shiftbmw]

Homemade rolls + a touch of butter + turkey + bacon

/thanksgiving

[eric (^__^)]

shiftbmw while I can't fully embrace your thanksgiving traditions, your sig is just about perfect.

[eric (^__^)]

welcome to The Thread

[e34john]

We do spiral cut honey ham on Tday but I've got a few great recipes for the rest :)
I LOVE cookin! and Allrecipes.com is the shit.

~Sausage, apple, and cranberry stuffing~

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Awesome-Sausage-Apple-and-Cranberry-Stuffing/Detail.aspx

I might make that but without any of the meat. No one at my house eats stuffing except for me. Love the stuff but it keeps me from getting stupid drunk.

[ldsbeaker]

anyone ever deep fried a turkey? fucking dank.

I totally disagree. I'll admit I was skeptical, but I had never tried it, and the kit looked too good to be true sitting in the Lowe's with all the other redneck gear. I've done it for the past 5 years here in NC, it goes something like this:
Buy a quality Peanut Oil (mandatory, or your bird WILL be dank)
Get the oil up to temperature
Fry it for 3 minutes per pound. No shit. I feel like it's cheating but it's so damn good.

It is scary too. Every time I do it, I feel like I'm going to catch myself on fire. Don't get me wrong, you'll just about shit yourself, but if you're careful, you have nothing to worry about.
Also, that comment about putting the bird in upside down and it exploding is B.S. Srsly.
There are holes in the neck and the ass. You should be fine.

Hey, this oil keeps pretty well, too. We always keep it and use it to make Hooters wings on either New Years or Superbowl.


Our other thanksgiving staple is "Freakin' Good Sweet Potatoes". They are just like their namesake. Unbelieveable. I can't believe we're this close already...

[StereoInstaller1]

Cranberry Relish: (not for the meek)
1 12oz. bag of Cranberries
1 large navel orange
1 cup sugar
( I double this in my house, just for 4 people)

Rinse and inspect berries, place in saucepan
Clean and Zest orange into same pan. Cut open and remove ALL pulp and juice from orange, add to same pan, then add sugar.

Bring mixture to boil, reduce to simmer, covered. Stir occasionally, until berries have burst. Cool then refrigerate.

Sweet Potatoes from the Gods:
A bunch of sweet potatoes, like 3 yellow ones and 3 purple ones
Butter, 2% or thicker milk
Cinnamon, high quality vanilla, brown sugar and small marshmallows

Nuke yams until very soft. Remove skins by holding half a yam in your hand in towels and scooping out the guts, then dump in LARGE oven safe mixing/serving bowl, kinda mashing as you go.

The bowl should be 3/4 full when done with this part.

Add some butter, like more than you think, then a bit of milk. Whip the hell out of the yams until the mess starts to look like mashed potatoes, then add cinnamon, vanilla, brown sugar and continue whipping the hell out of it.

Add half a bag of tiny marshmallows, push them into the stuff, then make a layer of the rest of the bag on top. Bake at whatever temp the oven is on until the marshmallows are nice and brown.

This is one of those recipes you have to feel. You will need to know how much of each to add, but any experience in the kitchen should make this one an easy slam out of the park.

People who say they "hate sweet potatoes" just fucking love this stuff. This is always the first leftover to run out in my house!

Luke

[T3rd Ferguson]

Buy a quality Peanut Oil (mandatory, or your bird WILL be dank

mandatory because of the smoke point of the oil

Peanut oil has the highest smoke point out of any neutral oil

*edit

no one knows about how cooking oils work, they all ignite at different temperatures, thats why when someone uses cheap canola oil or something shitty like that they burn the side of their house down.



I would share my thanksgiving details with you but it looks like i will be cooking for other people and not my family. I am a sous chef at an eastern european restaurant here in philly

[femme325is]

uhhh Turdukin!! My brother ordered one of those things up from the butcher one T-day and it was SO bizarre. It tasted great, the duck meat was my favorite, dark and moist. But when the thing comes out of the oven it's freakishly flat. They de-bone every carcass and it does not hold it's shape. Looks like a jiggly pancake turkey out of the oven.

But yeah, everyone should try Turdukin at least once in their life.