FR Thanksgiving Thread (Share Traditions, Recipes, etc)

20-nov-2003 | stb

[EagleMamaMT]

Bump.

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Started a 'new' tradition last Thanksgiving. Since family is in WI. and hubby and I are in MT. we went to Las Vegas. Doing the same this year--leaving Monday.

[riri]

To any SW Freepers...Particularly anyone with a hankerin' for green chile, I highly recommend this dish. First year or two I made it, no one in my family quite "got" it. But now everyone says "Are you making that green chile corn thing"?

Corn Custard

serves 12

4 eggs beaten or egg substitutes
2 lbs frozen corn
3.5 cups zucchini squash, cut in very fine dice 3 cups fried corn tortilla crumbs divided (bake or fry corn tortillas and crush in food processor)
1 cup green chile, roasted, peeled and diced (frozen like, Bueno is fine)
2 cloves garlic, mashed
2 cups milk or light cream
1 lb shredded cheddar cheese
Salt to taste
1 cup pumkin seeds ground fine (I never do this because I can't find them)

Place the corn, zucchini, mashed garlic, salt, 2 cups of tortilla crumbs
and cheddar cheese in a casserole. Beat the eggs and mix with the milk or cream.
Pour over the corn in the casserole and stir together.
Mix the remaining cup of tortilla crumbs
with the ground pumpkin seeds and spread over the top.
Bake at 350 for one hour.
Can be halved.

[codercpc]

bump for later reading, and planning:}

[Ol' Sox]

Thanks for starting this thread, Stainless!

I leave the Fried Turkey to my brother-in-law who has adopted and claimed it as "His" method. As for myself, I like brining because of the osmosis involved. I love the word - say it with me - OZZ-moohhhh-sis! Thanks!

I've tried various brines - high sugar content, spicy, fruit based - and I've got to say that they all have their merit, both flavor-wise and juicy-bird-wise. My personal favorite is an apple juice and brown sugar blend. But! please don't wait until Thanksgiving before trying them out. Experiment on a chicken before committing your feast to an unknown, untried brine.

Horseradish Mashed Potatoes
These are kickin'!
Boil your taters as usual. Mash with butter, half-and-half, salt, pepper and two heaping tablespoons of horseradish for each 5 lbs. of taters. My family likes more than this but we're crazy, so don't take our word for it.

[1Old Pro]

2 words: Fried Turkey

Fried my first last year. This year I'm doing TWO.

[Lijahsbubbe]

We like to read Deuteronomy 8: 10-19.

(8:10)When you have eaten and are satisfied, you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which he has given you.


(8:17,18)Otherwise, you may say in your heart, 'my power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.'

But you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

[1Old Pro]

one reason I've never tried it is that it's such a waste of oil

Well, if you fry TWO it's only HALF the waste.

[Lady Jag]

How To Cook A Turkey  

A Roast Turkey Recipe for Non Cooks

10-15 pound turkey
1/4 cup melted butter
1/4 cup stuffing
1/2 cup unpopped popcorn
salt and pepper to taste
1. Baste turkey with butter, salt and pepper.
2. Mix together remaining butter, stuffing and popcorn.
3. Stuff turkey with stuffing mixture.
4. Put in oven and bake at 350F.
5. When turkey's ass flies across the room, the turkey is done!

[Aracelis]

Thanks! Will check it out.

[Treebeard]

Thanksgiving was the holiday when my mom would come down and spend about a month with us. On the day before, she'd send me to the store with a huge shopping list, her legs wouldn't work well enough for her to go anymore, and I'd endure the crowds, etc, to get all the stuff.

It was a high point of her year, so she said, to sit down at the dining table and, with the help of my two daughters, make an apple pie, the old fashioned way, including the crust. She'd alternate between the table and the kitchen supervising what I was doing.

When it came time to assemble the pie, it had to be left exactly as the girls made it. I was not allowed to straighten, tweak, spice, taste, or in any other fashion alter what the girls had done. Keep in mind that when I was a kid, her pies were perfect, but this was her granddaughter's pie and no daddy interference was brooked.

The pie most generally came out wonderfully, and the girls were convinced they did most of the work. Mom showed them how to roll out a crust, and flute the edges, then either lattice the top or put on a top crust and draw designs in it.

Mom died in March, 2002, and this will be Thanksgiving #2 without her at that table. The girls still insist we make the pie, though, and although my heart isn't in it, I'm going to do my best. Last year, the youngest girl, a creature of pure heart, brought Mom's cane out and hung it on the back of the chair where she sat to supervise the great pie bake and said "maybe that will make you feel a little better."

The kitchen will look like a tornado made of flour went through it after I make pie crusts, and I'll eat more Granny Smith apples than I put in the pie, but, hopefully, someday, my girls will sit down with their kids around a table somewhere and say "My Nana taught me how to do this..."

[subterfuge]

Subterfuge's tradition on T-Day includes taking the whole week off and playing several rounds of golf.

[bmwcyle]

I like lettuce.

[pro libertate]

Good thread. Thanksgiving in my house usually isn't complete without a spinach/red pepper/red onion salad w/honey glazed pecans, Cornbread & Andouille Dressing, Carmelized Cipollini Onions, and a brined Turkey with gravy that includes a healthy dose of Spanish brandy.

This year were having a cured ham from Kentucky (live in wine country, CA) instead of turkey, but I'll fight for my dressing and onions.

This dinner usually included at least one good bottle of Burgundy, but not this year. We'll be having a Scherrer Winery Fort Ross Vineyard Pinot Noir, a Cuvasion Estate Pinot Noir, and a Mason Sauvigon Blanc. I'm not big on sweets, so I'll be enjoying some Wallace single malt liquer (don't look for it here-it's not sold in the US) instead.

[Fierce Allegiance]

Smoked turkey. I have about 40 people coming over and i'm skoking the bird. not the fried crap, all night and day in the smoker. I think i may try the beercan inside the bird thing.

I love smoked turkey!!

[petercooper]

A Great Thanksgiving = Family + Turkey + Football + Beer.

God Bless and thanks to our troops worldwide!!!

[BibChr]

Here are my two main Thanksgiving traditions.

1. I don't call it "Turkey Day"

2. I give thanks to God — as, on any given day of life under the grace of God in Jesus Christ I have more for which to give thanks than I begin to touch on.

Dan

[GeekDejure]

1. Loosen your belt.

2. Stuff your face with food.

3. Sleep soundly.

4. Dream about FreeRepublic.com ;-))

.

[Zansman]

A waste of oil?

No, no, no.... A great thing about peanut oil is that it doesn't get rancid easily. We fry on up on occasion for parties, etc. and I'll use the same 5gal. drum of peanut oil for about 6 months (filtered of course).

Maybe I'll try the brining sometime, but trust me when I say fried rules!!!!!

[ken5050]

Gonna take you up on it..try it with a small chicken for a test run...is it always peanut oil?...