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Is it too early for Turkey Talk?
I can't believe we're at the end of September... and I'm starting to think of Thanksgiving. Who's hosting? Have you thought about your menus yet?
Re: Is it too early for Turkey Talk?
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Now the question is... how should I prepare the turkey?! lol
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Well for Pacific Northwest I would use apple juice or Washington wines to brine it. You could also do a lovely glaze of marionberry. If you stuff maybe crab rather than the traditional oyster stuffing.
I'm hosting. There will only be 5 of us plus my 4 y/o son so I am going to cook a turkey breast since nobody eats the dark meat anyhow, stuffing, turnips, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn, gravy, pumpkin pie, apple pie and apple cider. Oh, and of course the string bean casserole with the french fried onions.
DH is on-call for Tday. I'll probably still make the whole meal- turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, peas, and gravy. My favorite turkey is to shove some apples and onions in the cavity, rub with butter, salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Cook in a bag with champagne. Soooo good. The leftovers freeze well and are great for any meal later.
I actually can't wait until turkeys go on sale so I can make one and have the leftovers.
Not really hosting. It's just me and H. His son probably has to work. H does 80 % of the cooking. Turkey ,Traditional homemade bread stuffing, mashed potaotes, gravy, probably green beans with garlic, and canned regular cranberry sauce H doesn't like homemade, and if stepson eats with us I'll make sweet potatoes. oh and it's not Thanksgiving to me without crescent rolls. We might get a premade pie. H found out last year he is diabetic. He doesn't like any of the diet stuff and he is allowed to have sugar so I might get an apple or pumpkin pie.
Not hosting- but I am helping my Mom with the dinner
We make: Turkey (duh!), stuffing, noodles, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans(casserole and country style), corn, sweet potato casserole, cole slaw, assorted olives and pickles, various rolls...I think that's all I can think of....
Turkey day is my favorite holiday this time of year, I get really happy just thinking about it. We do the same thing with our college friends. Everyone is usually with their family, we all love each other and consider ourselves family - so we have our annual turkey potluck at our house. It's potluck style, everyone brings a side dish, and what's really cool is since my friends are all mainly from Latin descent - we get a wonderful mix of dishes.
Empanadas (savory kinds) from my argentian friend, Alfafores (from my best Peruvian girlfriend), Leche flan (well you know that one, my mom makes it for me still for the party), Lumpia (my sister brings these), German brats & sauerkraut, and I'll prepare a cuban treat as well to represent the hubs. It's so multi-cultural...but so good, too.
My favorite way to prepare a turkey is the AB way. He knows how to cook a turkey, and to me it has not failed me yet. You can do your spin on the gravy, or stuffing...but I hate messing with certain recipes that are great just the way they are. ;-)