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Author: | Menolly [ Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:03 pm ] |
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*also posted in The Galley* That time approaches. For those of us who put out an unholy spread of l-tryptophan inducing foods, it is the anticipatory planning of wowing our guests once again that drives us to that pinnacle of overabundance. ...OK, OK...so I'm laying it on a bit thick here... What do you do for Thanksgiving? Is the menu a family tradition, set in stone? Or do you mix it up and try a different menu every year? My menu has finally been pretty much set since 2004, although I always try at least one new item, if I come across a recipe that strikes my fancy. If it's a flop, there's plenty of favorites to compensate. If it's a hit, it finds a place on my ever expanding menu. My basic menu for the four of us (including FIL) is as follows: Appetizers: (served towards the end of the Macy's parade) Brie with Hot Pecan Caramel Sauce Tortilla chips with nacho sauce and salsa Various nuts and pickles Dinner usually starts about 4:00 pm Soup: Curried Pumpkin Soup Main Course: Good Eats Roasted Turkey first brined a la Emeril Side Dishes: Vanilla Glazed Sweet Potatoes Slow Cooker Stuffing Corn Pudding Green Bean Casserole (for Hyperception) Southern-style Green Beans Carrot Souffle Garlic Mashed Potatoes Ocean Spray Cranberry Orange Relish for Chicken Fresh made Cranberry Orange Relish from recipe on bag of cranberries The Pink Stuff Cooked Whole Cranberry Sauce Jellied Cranberry Sauce (canned) We're not big on bread here, and with everything else, we'll skip rolls or bread Dessert served about 9:30: (all home made) Pumpkin Pie (from fresh pumpkin meat) Coconut Layer Cake with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting Key Lime Pie |
Author: | Menolly [ Fri Nov 09, 2007 4:52 pm ] |
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Oops... Forgot to mention the home made gravy from the pan drippings. |
Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Fri Nov 09, 2007 6:34 pm ] |
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we usually are not as elaborate as you, primarily because I often have to work that day (once I worked a stretch of something like ten in a row ). but a representative menu: salad a variety of home baked breads, biscuits, dinner rolls, etc. - whatever I have time and inclination to make (but almost always including cornbread) turkey breast (usually about a three pounder) stuffing garlic cheddar mashed potatoes gravy cranberry sauce macaroni & cheese (homemade with nice artisan cheddar) some sort of bean dish (often just baked beans) dessert: a couple of pies, maybe a cake, perhaps some brownies- whatever I am in the mood to bake up that year ice cream beverages: milk, chocolate milk, egg nog, spiced apple cider - and if I am not working, we will go for a nice Michigan wine like Blue Heron or Lelanau Cellars Winter White |
Author: | Menolly [ Fri Nov 09, 2007 7:54 pm ] |
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Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:08 pm ] |
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Author: | Menolly [ Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:14 pm ] |
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Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:10 pm ] |
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Well, my kitchen, as always, is in disarray. I have not found the blueberry bread recipe yet, but here is a nice autumnal soup (which must be made at harvest time with fresh ingredients or it will not work). Harvest Time Chowder 4 cups whole milk 7 ears fresh sweet corn 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 large fresh yellow onion, diced 1 1/2 cups finely diced fresh potatoes 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme 4 cloves garlic, minced salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 1. in a large saucepan, bring the milk to a low simmer 2. meanwhile, cut the corn kernals from the cobs. To do this, stand each ear on its wide end. Use a serrated knife to saw down the length of the ear. Set kernals aside. 3. when the milk is warm, add the corn cobs and simmer for ten minutes. While the cobs simmer in the milk, heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion, potatoes, and thyme and sautee for about eight miuntes, or until potatoes ar just tender. Add the garlic and sautee another minute. 4. remove the cobs from the milk and discard them. transfer the potato/onion/garlic mixture into the milk. Add the corn kernals and simmer for 15 minutes. season to taste with salt and pepper. makes 2-3 servings |
Author: | Menolly [ Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:18 pm ] |
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Oh yummmmyyyy... |
Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:32 pm ] |
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I know it probably sounds strange to use the cobs like that, but it adds a nice intense corn flavor to the soup. Here is the bread: Fresh Blueberry Bread ingredients: 1 3/4 cups sugar 1 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon ground cloves 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon 1 1/4 cups canola oil 2 teaspoons lemon extract 3 large eggs 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 4 cups fresh blueberries 2 tablespoons cinnamon sugar (for sprinkling pan)- optional Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease with nonstick cooking spray either 2-8" loaf pans or a Bundt pan and if you wish, lightly sprinkle with cinnamon sugar for an added treat. Take a large mixing bowl and add the first 7 ingredients. Mix with an electric hand mixer or by hand if you don't have one.(Use a fork). Just until blended. Next add flour, salt, and baking soda. Mix thoroughly. Fold in the berries last with a rubber spatula. Spoon batter using spatula into prepared pan or pans as stated above. Bake at above temperature for approximately 45 minutes. to 1 hour. Let cool 15 minutes then remove and cool on cooling rack. duchess's note: if you do not have fresh berries, I bet you could use drained frozen ones instead, as long as you do not have them in juice or sauce ~ I have not tried the recipe that way, but I think it should still work |
Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:19 pm ] |
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we've pretty much finalized our menu for this year: breakfast (while watching the big Thanksgiving parade in Detroit on TV - Michiganders ignore that "other" parade ) blueberry bread orange juice/milk early afternoon snacks while watching and laughing at the Lions in the Thanksgiving Day football game in Detroit on TV - this substitutes for lunch veggies and dip fresh fruit (whatever looks good in the store on Tuesday ), but I hope it will be clementines tortilla chips and a sweet fruit salsa, a spicy hot salsa, and a quesa salsa potato chips & French onion dip a cracker & artisan cheese plate dinner 10 pound turkey stuffing gravy mashed potatoes with cheddar & garlic salad cranberry sauce macaroni & cheese cresent rolls cornbread biscuits a vegetable side dish to be determined on what looks freshest at the store on Tuesday beverages milk, eggnog, fruit juice, Michigan winter white wine, mead, Spanish sangria I am sure we will drink hot chocolate, hot spiced apple cider, and hot tea throughout the day desserts cherry mallow cake cherry pie & cool whip key lime pie pink lemonaid pie brownies double decker chocolate & peanut butter fudge I have already made a pink lemonaid pie as of last night, but it is already half gone, so probably none of it will be left by Thursday. I might make a key lime pie ahead of time as well. |
Author: | Menolly [ Thu Nov 22, 2007 6:02 am ] |
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In case you don't visit Snowy Owl Chat... to all. |
Author: | MsMary [ Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:36 am ] |
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Well, this is after-the-fact, but I will tell you what we had for Thanksgiving, anyway. Our Thanksgiving is a group effort. My sister makes: Roast turkey Stuffing Gravy Roasted root vegetables (parsnips, turnips, rutabagas, carrots, potatoes, beets) Mushrooms cooked in a small pumpkin (for Foamy, who doesn't usually eat turkey) Cooked cranberry sauce (cranberries, cherries, pineapple) Foamy makes: Pumpkin pie, served with whipped topping I make: Cranberry-orange relish Baked sweet potatoes Mince pie, served with tofutti A couple of invited guests bought: Tossed salad (a very large one, we are salad eaters) Pumpkin muffins Apple pie My nephew contributed: Two beer varieties, one being Pumpkinhead Homemade pretzels made with beer in the batter My sister always has a couple more desserts out, including sorbets, brownies and chocolate chip cookies this year Additional beverages: Ice tea, water and Asti, to toast Foamy for getting into Phi Beta Kappa. I think I covered everything. |
Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:59 pm ] |
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Author: | MsMary [ Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:23 pm ] |
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