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MtnBiker
11-19-2007, 12:17 AM
Is everyone planning for Thanksgiving day? Any special main entrees or side dishes that you would like to share?

Typical stuff here, beyond my cranberry jalapeno relish and hoping my gravy turns out as good as it did last year. My brother thought it was pourable love :D.

manu1959
11-19-2007, 12:24 AM
Is everyone planning for Thanksgiving day? Any special main entrees or side dishes that you would like to share?

Typical stuff here, beyond my cranberry jalapeno relish and hoping my gravy turns out as good as it did last year. My brother thought it was pourable love :D.

my wife does a ham.....with dipping mustards........

MtnBiker
11-19-2007, 12:28 AM
my wife does a ham.....with dipping mustards........

Nice!

I am having this ham, this year; http://www.snakeriverfarms.com/products/kurobuta-ham.asp

good stuff

manu1959
11-19-2007, 12:32 AM
Nice!

I am having this ham, this year; http://www.snakeriverfarms.com/products/kurobuta-ham.asp

good stuff

went rafting on the snake in oregon.....will have to turn my wife onto this......

darin
11-19-2007, 12:54 AM
deep-fried bird w/ the usual fixin's. :)

Mr. P
11-19-2007, 01:06 AM
i think a frozen dinner for me this year...same for Christmas.

jackass
11-19-2007, 01:39 PM
i think a frozen dinner for me this year...same for Christmas.


:eek: you?????

Nukeman
11-19-2007, 01:41 PM
i think a frozen dinner for me this year...same for Christmas.Tell ya what MR. P. drive north about 500 miles and come to our house we always have lots of extra. Usually a ham and turkey with all the fixins.... come on up!!!

glockmail
11-19-2007, 01:43 PM
i think a frozen dinner for me this year...same for Christmas.
My thoughts and prayers will be with you Mr P. :cheers2:

Trigg
11-19-2007, 01:46 PM
My mother in law usually does chicken and dumplings as a side dish.

I bring the chocolate pie, or dump cake

glockmail
11-19-2007, 01:53 PM
My favorite side is my wife's real cranberry sauce.

Mr. P
11-19-2007, 02:01 PM
:eek: you?????

Yeah me, it's tuff to cook a Thanksgiving meal for one. I'm thinking a couple bottles of liquor and just stay drunk. :cheers2:


Tell ya what MR. P. drive north about 500 miles and come to our house we always have lots of extra. Usually a ham and turkey with all the fixins.... come on up!!!

Thanks for the invite Nuke!

Thank you Glock!

Better days ahead boys...better days ahead.

Mr. P
11-19-2007, 02:03 PM
My favorite side is my wife's real cranberry sauce.

It's perfect! The recipe on the bag it great!

darin
11-19-2007, 02:07 PM
It's perfect! The recipe on the bag it great!

absolutely! That's what we do, too. :cheers2:

Monkeybone
11-19-2007, 02:16 PM
we usually do a salsa, cheese and deer meat stuff..you can eat it with chips, or even by itself.

jackass
11-19-2007, 02:21 PM
Tell ya what MR. P. drive north about 500 miles and come to our house we always have lots of extra. Usually a ham and turkey with all the fixins.... come on up!!!

No need to drive 500 miles. Im here in SC. Feel free to come on over. I think we will have the new chocolate lab by then :)

Mr. P
11-19-2007, 02:33 PM
No need to drive 500 miles. Im here in SC. Feel free to come on over. I think we will have the new chocolate lab by then :)

Hey! It's warmer there too and I LOVE puppies! :cheers2:

Thanks...JA!

JohnDoe
11-19-2007, 02:33 PM
Candied Yams (Sweet Potatoes)

Boil sweet potatoes till near tender, with peeling on.

let cool and peel and cut in to 1-2 inch cubes

butter the bottom of a low side baking dish.

spread the yams in the pan to an even depth.

Cover them with about a cup of light or dark brown sugar. (I prefer the dark brown)

Then spinkle about a cup of walnuts over them.

Take a stick of butter cut in to pieces and sprinkle that over them.

Then grate a full orange peel over them and add 1/2 cup of the orange juice.

Bake for about 45 minutes.

They are the Yummiest!

Some like to sprinkle a half bag of mini marshmellows on top of them too, broiling on top for about 3 minutes, making them brown at the end of the cooking process.

darin
11-19-2007, 02:37 PM
Candied Yams (Sweet Potatoes)

Boil sweet potatoes till near tender, with peeling on.

let cool and peel and cut in to 1-2 inch cubes

butter the bottom of a low side baking dish.

spread the yams in the pan to an even depth.


Are you serving yams or sweet potatoes? You called them Sweet taters then yams? Interchanging names on purpose? Did you know the two aren't even distantly related? Only related in how Americans (and others?) name one the other, and vice-versa. :)

Monkeybone
11-19-2007, 02:40 PM
i thought that yams were sweet potatoes......you are confusing my simple Red State Brain

JohnDoe
11-19-2007, 02:40 PM
Are you serving yams or sweet potatoes? You called them Sweet taters then yams? Interchanging names on purpose? Did you know the two aren't even distantly related? Only related in how Americans (and others?) name one the other, and vice-versa. :)

I use sweet potatoes, not yams..... because the whole dish is so fattening, the sweet potatoe at least has some nutritional redeeming value!!! the yam does not.

but either can be used.

and NOOOOOOOO, I did not know that they weren't even related?

Mr. P
11-19-2007, 02:45 PM
Who cares if they're related or what ya call em...If they taste good go for it!

JohnDoe
11-19-2007, 03:02 PM
Corn bread dressing or stuffing.

5-6 cups of cornbread broken up. (Better to make your own in a black iron skillet, bought kind has sugar in it usually and that just doesn't work) 5-6 cups is an 8- 9 inch skillet.

5-6 cups of white bread, dried out and broken up in to pieces

put in to a big bowl, awaiting the rest of the mixture.

In a skillet saute till soft (I usually use a light olive oil, couple of tablespoons)

1 cup of diced celery
1/2 cup of diced onion
1/2 cup of diced green pepper
1 cup of chopped walnuts

Add this mixture to the bread and mix in evenly.

Add

1/2-1 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of pepper
1 1/2 teaspoon of Poultry Seasoning
add
2 Beaten eggs
and
1 1/2 cups of turkey broth or chicken broth (I boil the neck and giblets with onion and carrots and celery to make my own broth, but chicken broth out of the can will do)

mix all together well.

Then take 1/2 cup of butter cut in to pieces and add in to the mixture evenly.

Stuff the bird or bake in a deep dish for about an hour.

DELICIOUS! :)

darin
11-19-2007, 03:16 PM
I use sweet potatoes, not yams..... because the whole dish is so fattening, the sweet potatoe at least has some nutritional redeeming value!!! the yam does not.

but either can be used.

and NOOOOOOOO, I did not know that they weren't even related?

Nope. They are from two different species of plant.

:)

This food is very low in Saturated Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. It is also a good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin C, Potassium and Manganese.

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-C00001-01c20hy.html


There are no true "yams" commercially marketed in the United States.
Sweet potatoes and yams come from different species of plant in the family of morning glories, originating in separate corners of the world.

http://www.produceoasis.com/Items_folder/Vegetables/Yams.html

MtnBiker
11-19-2007, 03:47 PM
I like yams much better.

Which one is a tuber and which one is a root?

5stringJeff
11-19-2007, 03:51 PM
The Perfect Thanksgiving Recipe:

1. Drive to the restaurant.

2. Get seated.

3. Have the waitress put the food in front of me.

darin
11-19-2007, 04:55 PM
I like yams much better.

Which one is a tuber and which one is a root?

Yam is the tuber :)

Nukeman
11-19-2007, 05:00 PM
Hey! It's warmer there too and I LOVE puppies! :cheers2:

Thanks...JA!Hey I have a big furry 100# mutt that just loves everybody!!!!:cheers2: Its not that bad here!!!!

Nukeman
11-19-2007, 05:02 PM
Nope. They are from two different species of plant.

:)

This food is very low in Saturated Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. It is also a good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin C, Potassium and Manganese.

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-C00001-01c20hy.html

Thanks Mr. Wizard!!!:laugh2::laugh2::cheers2:

Guernicaa
11-19-2007, 05:45 PM
My moms macaroni fruit salad.

She uses mandarin oranges, pineapple, cherries, small macaroni pieces, and cool whip.

darin
11-19-2007, 06:04 PM
Cool Whhhhhhhhhhhip?

MtnBiker
11-19-2007, 06:25 PM
Yam is the tuber :)

Yeah buddy, and the sweet potato is a root. Oh the irony. :D

MtnBiker
11-19-2007, 06:26 PM
Cool Whhhhhhhhhhhip?

I think I'll make whipped cream with Frangelico this year.

darin
11-19-2007, 06:35 PM
par-TAY!! :) woot!

What wine are ppl drinking w/ the Turkey and assorted foods?

mrg666
11-19-2007, 07:26 PM
i think a frozen dinner for me this year...same for Christmas.

mr symPathy :laugh2:

Mr. P
11-19-2007, 08:35 PM
mr symPathy :laugh2:

Nope...it was just a post about a meal.

LiberalNation
11-19-2007, 08:42 PM
I don't cook but can't wait for what my mom is planning to whipe up. Of course the usual turkey, stuffing, a sweet potato dish. Then scallop potatos, pies (pumpkin my favorite), lots and lots of side dishes and sweets I can't remember all the names. :)

Pale Rider
11-20-2007, 11:08 AM
Since I have such fantastic Casino/Hotels just a couples miles from me, like the Silver Legacy, The Eldorado, The Peppermill or the Grand Sierra Resort, just to name a few, each one of them will put on a Thanksgiving buffet fit for the Gods. I'll probably hit one of those. Eat until I can't take another bite, and then waddle out of there with nothing to clean up. :D

That's what you do when your nearest family is 900 miles away.

jackass
11-20-2007, 02:42 PM
Hey I have a big furry 100# mutt that just loves everybody!!!!:cheers2: Its not that bad here!!!!

It wasnt meant as any offense to you!! I just thought he lives much closer to me...thats all! :)

darin
11-20-2007, 02:45 PM
Fly up here for the weekend, Pale - we'll feed ya. :D

Pale Rider
11-20-2007, 07:38 PM
Fly up here for the weekend, Pale - we'll feed ya. :D

That's a pretty awesome invite D. I thank ya kindly. But my son is here now, so I better do something with him.

Yurt
11-21-2007, 12:21 AM
Since my wife and I are staying here:

btw -- note to Pale: home is here (tx)

Her famous baked pototoes. With all the stuff, and the canadian stuff, oh yeah, I am believer.......now.

No turkey. It is just us. So I will make her special hamburgers over the grill. And corn on the cob.

Hey, pretty American if you ask me.

Pale Rider
11-21-2007, 02:26 AM
Since my wife and I are staying here:

btw -- note to Pale: home is here (tx)

Her famous baked pototoes. With all the stuff, and the canadian stuff, oh yeah, I am believer.......now.

No turkey. It is just us. So I will make her special hamburgers over the grill. And corn on the cob.

Hey, pretty American if you ask me.

Sounds good to me.

I just heard on a local TV station, that the Peppermil is going to have ten different all you can eat buffets, all serving different things on Thanksgiving day. I like the Peppermil, so I'll probably go down there and eat at the buffet serving the most traditional food, then maybe hit the Black Jack table and let my meal settle... :D

jackass
11-21-2007, 02:58 PM
Her famous baked pototoes. With all the stuff, and the canadian stuff, oh yeah, I am believer.......now.



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