So what will be on your Thanksgiving table?

Marie5656

Marie5656

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I will be making the turkey of course. With my mom's dressing....bread sausage, celery sage and a couple other things. White and sweet mashed taters, cranberries. Appetizer will be a bread bowl with spinach dip Dessert is apple cobbler, apple pie, and pumpkin pie
 

King crab legs, hot butter and cocktail sauce for my husband, French bread....for dessert Strawberry Rhubarb pie with vanilla ice cream. Just bought the crab legs at Costco, if I couldn't find good king crab legs today, we would have had a rib eye roast with mashed potatoes and caramelized onions.
 
We'll start the day with sausage/cheese muffins for breakfast. Because I'm dog sitting, I'll have to boogie on home bright and early to make the muffins. They're hearty so only still need a glass of juice and some coffee.

On DD's dinner table? Way too much food! Turkey, dressing with sausage and apples, mashed potatoes, gravy, brandied cranberries, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, Brussels sprouts, fruit salad, and because this is the South, mac & cheese as well. Can't have a holiday meal in the South without mac & cheese. For dessert, choose from peanut butter pie, apple pie, pumpkin pie, pecan cheesecake, or what the heck, one of each. And sweet tea, of course, because...the South.

We'll probably all finish up with Rolaids!

The best part of Thanksgiving dinner is leftover Thanksgiving dinner on Friday.
 

Since I didn't receive an invitation anywhere this year, I am making a friend's all-in-one turkey casserole:
Judy's Turkey Casserole


Roast a turkey and let it cool after roasting. Slice it and lay slices of the turkey on the bottom of a large baking dish Prepare stove top stuffing as per package directions. You can add your own touches to the stuffing like chopped celery and /or sauteed Jimmy Dean sausage. Spoon stuffing mix over the sliced turkey. Next prepare Bob Evans mashed potatoes as directed, or mash your own. Spoon the mashed potatoes over the stuffing. Pour a few jars of turkey gravy over the mashed potatoes. Bake at 350[SUP]0[/SUP] for about 35-40 min or until bubbly.


I will augment this with baked, mashed delicata squash and Aunt Nellie's white onions and apple crisp for dessert.

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Some ridiculous questions over the years answered on the Butterball turkey hotline, more HERE.

The Antique Turkey

A curious home-cook in Alabama once called the Butterball hotline to ask about cooking a turkey he found in his dad’s freezer. The only problem? The turkey was more than 30 years old, and had been sitting in his father’s freezer since 1969. “Although the Talk-Line staffer recommended the open roasting pan method to cook most turkeys, this time she suggested that the first step was to purchase a fresher fowl.”

A Sun-Kissed Feast

A caller who claimed to be entertaining guests from the Bahamas had an unusual question for the experts at Butterball: She had been emailed a novelty photo of a turkey with a “bikini look,” and wanted to know how to recreate the effect at home. Believe it or not, the experts figured out a way to impart tan lines on the turkey with aluminum foil.


The Too-Cautious Caller

According to Butterball, an upset caller (and first-time host) once asked why her turkey wouldn’t stop sudsing up as she was rinsing it. Turns out she had used dish soap to clean the turkey, which is a definite no-no. “If only she called before she would have found out you don’t have to rinse the turkey — just pat it dry with paper towels,” writes Butterball.

Unconventional Thawing

Snopes has confirmed that in 2011, a man called up the hotline and said, “OK, I’ve got my frozen turkey ready to thaw and I have one question: What number should I set the dial to on my electric blanket?” Butterball didn’t reveal exactly what they told him, but admitted to being stumped for a good long while. “That one we had to get creative,” said an expert.


The Disappearing Bird

In a 2010 interview with CBS News, Turkey Talk-Line expert Mary Clingman said that the absolute weirdest question she’s ever received came from a woman in Colorado, who managed to misplace her turkey entirely. “A lady from Denver [had put] the turkey in a snow bank — that's where she stored it … and it snowed the night before and she couldn’t find it,” said Mary. “I said next year put a flag out there to help you.”
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...Just me, my dog and cat this year......should have probably bought some Thanksgiving-y food.....but too late now.
You all are making me so hungry with the Thanksgiving dishes you are making!
 
I am hosting 14 family members in the Private Dining Room at Oakmont Retirement where I now live. The meal will offer a choice of turkey or ham with all the usual side dishes.IMG_0946.jpg
 
Do those who make turkey use the little pop up insert to show that it's done, or do you use a thermometer...or just go by knowing when it's done? I've always used the pop up that comes with the turkey, seems to always come out perfect and tender.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Do those who make turkey use the little pop up insert to show that it's done, or do you use a thermometer...or just go by knowing when it's done? I've always used the pop up that comes with the turkey, seems to always come out perfect and tender.
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The turkey I normally get does not come with the popper. I have done well without it. In fact, this year my husband said that this was the best we have had so far.
 
Congratulations Marie, that's a good compliment from hubby!
 

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