Annual Thanksgiving Recipe thread

11/18/2011 | me

[MissMagnolia]

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[Twinkie]

Mouse?! I thought it was turtle!!! :o)

Sounds good. Am always glad to find something to serve that I don’t have to cook myself. Am 65 and about cooked out.

[DollyCali]

OH BOY
OH BOY
OH BOY

BTTT

[Nachum]

Believe or not, we have been into soups lately. My wife made a killer pea soup last week. We are going to try a navy been soup next.

[Liz]

TURKEY GRAVY CANDLE (yup, a candle)

Melt candle wax. Add couple brown crayons for color, then a packet of dry turkey gravy mix. Stir well. Pour into mason jar-——make sure the candlewick is visible on top.

[Nachum]

We threw shopped up bits of smoked turkey in the pea soup and it was fantastic.

[Twinkie]

Yum. It looks good. I looked at Walmart yesterday; they had every other Marie Callender pie, as well as other brands of pie - but, alas, no Turtle Pie. (They had Edwards Turtle Pie.) I got the Callender’s key lime pie. Hope it isn’t terrible; have to have some sort of dessert for the men this Sunday - they’re supposed to come out here and shoot targets. - I used to make a lot of homemade stuff; but now I’m just whupped.

We’re supposed to go over to a restaurant for Thanksgiving lunch tomorrow; think we’ll go around 2:00 PM after the crowd rushes through. Maybe there’ll be something left.

[Twinkie]

I read yesterday that you need to soak your turkey in a cooler of brine water (salty water) with some bottles of frozen water in it to keep the meat cool. - Soak turkey for a few hours. Dry it off with paper towels. Either rub the skin with cooking oil (Braggs EVOO) or stick some butter inside the skin. - Then you’re ready to cook it. Cover the drumsticks and breast meat with foil after it cooks a while; to keep them from overcooking.

Now I can’t vouch for this; but it makes a lot of sense. If I was cooking a turkey this year, I’d do it.