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What is on your Thanksgiving menu?

Irshgrl31201 — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 19:25:04 GMT

Sorry if there is already a thread on this but I didn't see one so I decided to start one.

What is everyone making for Thanksgiving? I am having some family and friends come in from out of town starting on Tuesday but I am doing very little cooking this year. Everyone who is coming over or staying at my house is contributing. I just don't have the energy this year. I am doing the turkey (which is so easy) and I will start brining it on Tuesday night. I generally use Alton Browns brine with a few small adjustments. Other than that I am making the stuffing, roasted brussel sprouts (my favorite) mashed potatoes and besides pumpkin pie just a few other desserts.

We are just having it at my house, not going anywhere. I do like to eat out on other holidays but Thanksgiving, I don't know, I just like to be home. Maybe I will feel differently in a few years. Today I started making a few different compound butters. One with sage and thyme and one with honey, sage and parsley. I think that goes well with rolls if they choose not to use regular butter. I set out the Irish butter for those that chose not to go with the flavored butters. I made them into logs and put them into the freezer. I will pull them out on Wednesday. They are pretty easy to make and an easy way to add flavor.

So where is everyone going, who are you spending it with and what are you making? Inquiring minds want to know!!! I sincerely hope that each and everyone of you has a happy and peaceful Thanksgiving!

Re: What is on your Thanksgiving menu?

brii — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 19:31:01 GMT

Hi, Irish!

I'm making roasted turkey, ham, stuffing, cranberries, green beans amandine, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, a variety of fresh breads and rolls, and apple and pumpkin cheesecake.

It's just going to be my family - 8 of us. My daughter came home from school yesterday and she's going to be home for the whole week. I'm so happy she's home. The house is alive with all of her friends. Tuesday is her birthday, so we'll have family over for cake.

Your butters sound delicious. I've always wanted to try that

Have a great Thanksgiving!

Re: What is on your Thanksgiving menu?

Irshgrl31201 — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 19:47:04 GMT

@brii wrote:
Hi, Irish!

I'm making roasted turkey, ham, stuffing, cranberries, green beans amandine, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, a variety of fresh breads and rolls, and apple and pumpkin cheesecake.

It's just going to be my family - 8 of us. My daughter came home from school yesterday and she's going to be home for the whole week. I'm so happy she's home. The house is alive with all of her friends. Tuesday is her birthday, so we'll have family over for cake.

Your butters sound delicious. I've always wanted to try that

Have a great Thanksgiving!

You menu sounds delicious! I am so glad you get to have your daughter home all week. I know you will enjoy that! Have a great week with her and the rest of your family!

Re: What is on your Thanksgiving menu?

NickNack — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 19:54:21 GMT

@Irshgrl31201 your butters sound wonderful! My sister has all of our family over to her house every year. Everyone brings something. I always bring the sweet potatoes. I got a recipe years ago that uses a corn flakes, brown sugar and butter topping instead of the regular marshmallow topping. It's really very good.

Re: What is on your Thanksgiving menu?

Irshgrl31201 — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 19:58:38 GMT

@Nicknack wrote:
@Irshgrl31201 your butters sound wonderful! My sister has all of our family over to her house every year. Everyone brings something. I always bring the sweet potatoes. I got a recipe years ago that uses a corn flakes, brown sugar and butter topping instead of the regular marshmallow topping. It's really very good.

Your sweet potatoes sound great. I love a crunchy topping over marshmallow. Usually sweet potatoes are sweet enough (for me anyway) without the marshmallow. My daughter makes something similar with crushed pecans mixed with butter and something else, but I forget now. They are one of my favorite sides! Have a great time at your sisters house!

Re: What is on your Thanksgiving menu?

Lucky Charm — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:01:27 GMT

We're heading to my sister's on Wed (QVCLand) and I'm making dinner for everyone (about 10) and then on Sat. I'm making dinner at her house for about 30.

Thanksgiving: Turkey, twice baked potatoes, corn, salad, rolls, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, apple pie and homemade ice cream. All organic except the rolls and pies.

Saturday will be crab stuffed mushrooms, ham, lasagna, turkey breasts, stuffing, mashed potatoes, salads, green beans, corn, breads and rolls, lots of store bought sweets. No baking desserts for me!

Enjoy your day and your family and friends.

Re: What is on your Thanksgiving menu?

NoelSeven — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:09:15 GMT

Hi Irsh

Spent most of last week in the ER -> hospital and am on recovery time. Went back and forth on what to do and decided to order a complete and fully cooked (that Thanksgiving morning) Thanksgiving meal from an upscale vendor. I was happy to see it has all of our favorites, so will just be buying champagne and little things like olives and watermelon pickles.

Hope you have a wonderful day with your family, that's most important to you and to me

Noel

Re: What is on your Thanksgiving menu?

Irshgrl31201 — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:13:09 GMT

@Lucky Charm wrote:
We're heading to my sister's on Wed (QVCLand) and I'm making dinner for everyone (about 10) and then on Sat. I'm making dinner at her house for about 30.

Thanksgiving: Turkey, twice baked potatoes, corn, salad, rolls, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, apple pie and homemade ice cream. All organic except the rolls and pies.

Saturday will be crab stuffed mushrooms, ham, lasagna, turkey breasts, stuffing, mashed potatoes, salads, green beans, corn, breads and rolls, lots of store bought sweets. No baking desserts for me!

Enjoy your day and your family and friends.

Oh my goodness, you certainly have a lot going on! Your menu sounds delicious! Mmmm, crab stuffed mushrooms. That is making me hungry. I hope you have a great holiday! Enjoy it!

Re: What is on your Thanksgiving menu?

Lucky Charm — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:15:51 GMT

@NoelSeven wrote:
Hi Irsh

Spent most of last week in the ER -> hospital and am on recovery time. Went back and forth on what to do and decided to order a complete and fully cooked (that Thanksgiving morning) Thanksgiving meal from an upscale vendor. I was happy to see it has all of our favorites, so will just be buying champagne and little things like olives and watermelon pickles.

Hope you have a wonderful day with your family, that's most important to you and to me

Noel

Noel~I'm sorry to hear you were sick. Glad you are better and in time for Thanksgiving.

Re: What is on your Thanksgiving menu?

Irshgrl31201 — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:17:43 GMT

@NoelSeven wrote:
Hi Irsh

Spent most of last week in the ER -> hospital and am on recovery time. Went back and forth on what to do and decided to order a complete and fully cooked (that Thanksgiving morning) Thanksgiving meal from an upscale vendor. I was happy to see it has all of our favorites, so will just be buying champagne and little things like olives and watermelon pickles.

Hope you have a wonderful day with your family, that's most important to you and to me

Noel

Oh, I am so sorry to hear you aren't feeling weel. I am glad you decided to order a ready made Thanksgiving meal, that will make it a lot more enjoyable for you. How are you feeling now? Any better? I hope it wasn't anything too serious.

Yes, family is absolutely what is most important to me and you. It really woudn't matter what we ate as long as we were all together. I am sure your meal will be wonderful! You will be spending it with your daughter too, right? Have a great Thanksgiving Noel!

Re: What is on your Thanksgiving menu?

brii — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:26:42 GMT

I'm really tempted to make the hot crab dip recipe that's in the Food Network's Thanksigiving issue. It looks so delicious.

We had hot crab dip at a little place in Savannah this summer. It was wonderful.

Re: What is on your Thanksgiving menu?

Plaid Pants2 — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:29:06 GMT

What's on my Thanksgiving day menu?

Whatever the restaurant is serving.

Re: What is on your Thanksgiving menu?

chickenbutt — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:29:09 GMT

Noel - I hope it's going well. Sending you many positive thoughts and good vibes!!! Take it easy and don't over-do it, ok?

As to my menu - We really don't seem to eat as much as a lot of folks, from what I see.

I make a turkey with a combination of methods - the brining per somebody else's recipe (slightly tweaked by me, of course) and a dry rub of my own recipe. I order it fresh (organic and free-range) each year and pick it up on Monday before Thanksgiving. This is one of the things I make a little ahead, what with doing the brining Tues night and roasting on Wed.

I make a dressing (no stuffing the turkey for me!) that is my recipe entirely. I make the bread cubes with sourdough. I put the cubes into a gallon baggie, along with olive oil and a number of herbs and seasonings. Then I close the baggie with lots of air in it so I can shake it around between my hands. Toast those in the oven and cool completely. Then I use a combination of Jimmy Dean sage and hot sausage, wild rice, and the usual stuff.

I make mashers with potatoes, asiago, and a fair amount of butter and s&p.

I also make a green bean saute with slivered almonds, mushrooms, a little lemon and whatever else (fortunately, it's all written down).

Then there is just gravy and pumpkin pie. For us, that is more than enough.

It ttakes me days to do all this but it IS worth it and I'll keep doing it as long as I can manage.

Re: What is on your Thanksgiving menu?

GCR18 — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:29:26 GMT

Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn, butternut squash, green beans, rolls, gravy, Apple pie and vanilla ice cream.

Re: What is on your Thanksgiving menu?

momtochloe — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:30:52 GMT

Everybody's menus sound delicious, thank you for sharing. Since it's just me and i've changed my mind about 1,000 times since I started planning suffice to say I really have no idea what's going to land on the plate next week.

@Irshgrl31201 those compound butters sound absolutely delicious. I think I will try my hand at one of those as I am pretty sure both turkey and rolls are going to end up on the menu . . . I hope.

@NoelSeven I'm glad your dinner is planned and you can get some rest. I hope you are feeling better each day.

Happy Thanksgiving everybody and ENJOY!

Re: What is on your Thanksgiving menu?

FUTURE — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:33:32 GMT

Hey, @Irshgrl31201!! I'm hosting this year. We are doing ham & turkey, a sweet potato dish, a corn dish that is TDF, rolls, green bean casserole (homemade - not using anything canned, it's great!!), a fall inspired salad, baked or mashed potatoes (haven't decided yet!) and pies. And my mom is making another dessert of some variety. I LOVE Brussels sprouts, but several coming over don't, so I'll make them for myself another time. Lol! Wednesday night we are doing Itlaian food. We aren't Italian, but like to do something different every year, and something that's different than our traditional meal the next day. Hope you have an awesome holiday, and enjoy your time with family and friends!

Re: What is on your Thanksgiving menu?

Irshgrl31201 — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:33:41 GMT

@brii wrote:
I'm really tempted to make the hot crab dip recipe that's in the Food Network's Thanksigiving issue. It looks so delicious.

We had hot crab dip at a little place in Savannah this summer. It was wonderful.

I had crab dip in Savannah and I want to say it was at a restaurant called Lizzys (I think). OMG, to die for! The best I have ever had. I am sure there are lots of delicious crab dips there. Savannah is one of my favorite cities to eat!

Re: What is on your Thanksgiving menu?

momtochloe — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:35:49 GMT

@FUTURE if you wouldn't mind sharing your delicious corn dish recipe I would be more than happy to see it . . .

Re: What is on your Thanksgiving menu?

brii — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:36:40 GMT

@Irshgrl31201 wrote:
@brii wrote:
I'm really tempted to make the hot crab dip recipe that's in the Food Network's Thanksigiving issue. It looks so delicious.

We had hot crab dip at a little place in Savannah this summer. It was wonderful.
I had crab dip in Savannah and I want to say it was at a restaurant called Lizzys (I think). OMG, to die for! The best I have ever had. I am sure there are lots of delicious crab dips there. Savannah is one of my favorite cities to eat!

I don't remember the name of the restaurant. It's in this little area with cute shops, restaurants - it's a very historic and right on the water. I remember walking down handmade steps and praying I didn't fall. LOL

We love Savannah - such a charming place. We drove in from Hilton Head - maybe a 40 minute drive. It's so beautiful there.

Re: What is on your Thanksgiving menu?

Irshgrl31201 — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:39:06 GMT

@chickenbutt wrote:
Noel - I hope it's going well. Sending you many positive thoughts and good vibes!!! Take it easy and don't over-do it, ok?

As to my menu - We really don't seem to eat as much as a lot of folks, from what I see.

I make a turkey with a combination of methods - the brining per somebody else's recipe (slightly tweaked by me, of course) and a dry rub of my own recipe. I order it fresh (organic and free-range) each year and pick it up on Monday before Thanksgiving. This is one of the things I make a little ahead, what with doing the brining Tues night and roasting on Wed.

I make a dressing (no stuffing the turkey for me!) that is my recipe entirely. I make the bread cubes with sourdough. I put the cubes into a gallon baggie, along with olive oil and a number of herbs and seasonings. Then I close the baggie with lots of air in it so I can shake it around between my hands. Toast those in the oven and cool completely. Then I use a combination of Jimmy Dean sage and hot sausage, wild rice, and the usual stuff.

I make mashers with potatoes, asiago, and a fair amount of butter and s&p.

I also make a green bean saute with slivered almonds, mushrooms, a little lemon and whatever else (fortunately, it's all written down).

Then there is just gravy and pumpkin pie. For us, that is more than enough.

It ttakes me days to do all this but it IS worth it and I'll keep doing it as long as I can manage.

Your menu sounds great! If it was just my family we probably wouldn't have so many different things but I think the current count is 22 and when that many people come, everyone wants to bring something they grew up eating. I think almost everyone is making something and that is fun because you get to try so many different peoples Thanksgiving taste. If it was just me and immediately family, I would have a much smaller menu though, I just don't have the energy for it anymore! lol!