This month: Thanksgiving! Please post your favorite dishes, traditions, and memories.
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-JT
Candied sweet potatoes with marshmallow topping!
Oh Yes! Thank you for the thread!
Last year, we moved to Alabama in November. Thanksgiving was spent in a hotel and we bought a cooked chicken, cranberry sauce, slaw, champagne at Fresh Market and ate in our hotel suite, feeding bits to our dog. We were so happy!
This year, I’ll be making a stuffed turkey with green beans, a butternut squash gratin straight from my garden, corn bread or biscuits or maybe just a decent loaf of bread from Whole Foods, mashed potatoes and some sort of homemade pie. I’m saving the champagne for Christmas.
Everyone have a blessed holiday and God Bless America!
We aren’t doing ‘The Bird’ this year - we bought a ham. But for those of you who are doing turkey, Chef John of ‘Food Wishes’ recently posted an interesting way of roasting a turkey:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTvdmgLEXpk
This interested us because once, when we did a dry-brined turkey and it was supposed to go into a very hot oven for only 30 minutes, with the temp reduced for the rest of the time - my husband forgot, and baked it at the high temp for two hours.
We were afraid that it was ruined - but it turned out to be excellent!
I hope that everyone enjoys a very happy Thanksgiving!