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batmon
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Weather permitting id really like to smoke my bird tomorrow morning.
Ill give it a spiced up cider wash tonight and hopefully drag the grill to the courtyard real early before my moms arrives.
I saw a cool recipe in a magazine where u slather the bird with duck fat the night before. I thought about it and did ask in some supermarket downtown but didnt really hunt down a tub of that shit. I might layer some bacon across the breasts.
Broing sides:
Regular ass green beans - simple garlic.
Cranberry sauce from the can - cause my mother likes that 50's shit.
Pureed roasted Yams - cream and maple syrup in the mix.
Brown rice maybe for starch. I dont wanna do mashed potatoes since i have yams.
For the first time i might try Cornbread stuffing outside of the bird cavity - an old lady told me she cops the Willams and Sonoma Cordbread mix which she finds closer to her Southern taste compared to the sweet Jiffy stuff.
I've already made a batch of Roasted Turkey Stock which i will use as a base for the gravy.
Pumpkin pie and some ice cream.
Gotta cop some Pino on my way home after work.
Buscuits.
It sucks having to work today cause i would have spent all day and night prepping for tmmws dinner..
Whatchall doin?
Ill give it a spiced up cider wash tonight and hopefully drag the grill to the courtyard real early before my moms arrives.
I saw a cool recipe in a magazine where u slather the bird with duck fat the night before. I thought about it and did ask in some supermarket downtown but didnt really hunt down a tub of that shit. I might layer some bacon across the breasts.
Broing sides:
Regular ass green beans - simple garlic.
Cranberry sauce from the can - cause my mother likes that 50's shit.
Pureed roasted Yams - cream and maple syrup in the mix.
Brown rice maybe for starch. I dont wanna do mashed potatoes since i have yams.
For the first time i might try Cornbread stuffing outside of the bird cavity - an old lady told me she cops the Willams and Sonoma Cordbread mix which she finds closer to her Southern taste compared to the sweet Jiffy stuff.
I've already made a batch of Roasted Turkey Stock which i will use as a base for the gravy.
Pumpkin pie and some ice cream.
Gotta cop some Pino on my way home after work.
Buscuits.
It sucks having to work today cause i would have spent all day and night prepping for tmmws dinner..
Whatchall doin?
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My wife roasted a small turkey last night to make turkey stock for the stuffing and gravy so we won't have to use chicken stock. We are doing a classic oyster dressing with bacon and pearl onions. Everything is going to be from scratch. there will be the ubiquitous cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and rolls. In addition there will be a spinach/gruyere souflet and creamed squash. Also Brussels sprouts and greens. Pumpkin pie and a chocolate/caramel tart.
The wine will be Noblio Sauvignon blanc.
I'm looking forward to it.
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Ok.
Turkey does dries out like a mutha.
But doesnt brining turn the meat all rubbery?
No doubt. I guess ill throw in some cider in the brine.
Gonna take out the turkey and let it dry in the fridge tomorrow, then rub down with some herb butter (sage, rosemary, thyme, oregano)
dice up an apple, some celery and carrots, stuff inside the bird, then roast
Sides: roasted brussel sprouts with bacon and walnuts, simple green beans, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and dinner rolls.
I've done a cider brine the past few years -- cider, salt, herbs (bay leaves, thyme), peppercorns, lemons, and whatever else sounds good...
I'm smoking it this year -- can't wait
all cider or a warm water and cider blend
I've used this recipe as a guide -- http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Cider-Brined-and-Glazed-Turkey-233148
I add stuff (pepper corns, more herbs, lemons, etc)
I've also found that for a large bird (20 pounds), it needs more than 15 hours of brining time. I'm doing 2 small birds this year so it should take the brine better and obviously take less time on the smoker...
We decided to keep it traditional as much as possible, but threw in some fun homemade desserts and homemade baked breads (from yours truly). Friends are bring appetizers and drinks. We were able to budget it at $10 a person. *pat on the back*
Turkey (a happy one that wandered freely, supposedly.):herbs, butter, apples, onions, simple, easy.
Green beans and brussel sprouts with bacon and hazelnuts.
Stuffing: mushrooms and veggies.
Cranberry sauce with orange zest.
Bourbon gravy (you'll soon see a theme here).
Swedish rye bread with fennel seeds.
Dinner rolls with sage butter.
Caramel pumpkin pie.
Bourbon pecan pie.
Salted almond ice cream.
Maple bourbon-caramel cookie ice cream.
Batmon, I'm interested to hear the result of your turkey this year. Sounds good!
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Oy vaaaaaaay.
Hey, Gr*ndfather!
We are preparing them together instead of separate dishes. Different cooking times for each, so you gotta add the blanched beans after the sprouts have cooked.
Bloody Mary station in full effect
4 casseroles (green bean onion, mushroom cornbread stuffing, sweet potato pecan, garlic mashed potato)
Brined & Baked Turkey
Honey baked Ham (purchased at Target, bitches)
Relish / Cheese trays w/ crackers, etc
Sweet Potato Biscuits
Apple crisp / Bourbon Pecan / Pumpkin Pies
These things freakin' rule.
Garlic Mash Potato's
Giblet Gravy
Turnips
Green Beans w/oil/garlic/feta
Baked Carets with butter
Broccoli casserole
6 kinds of olives
Homemade rolls
Traditional night before Thanksgiving meal:
Homemade pulled Pork BBQ
Fried Catfish
Crystal Hot Sauce
Coleslaw
Assorted chips
BEER
I always brine them. Even if I am not smoking it. Brining is a must.
If I used cider I would use enough to replace the sugar in the brine. So all or most or at least half cider.
Last year the paper was full of stories about brining making the meat spongy. I have never had that experience.
This year I am just bringing a roasted beet salad.
Spinach
Beets 2 different colors
celery
pecans
feta
onions
garlic
oil & vinegar
mashed spuds
kale stuffing
homemade mushroom soup
bread
cranberries - 1 can of jellied, 1 can of whole
cream corn
candied, coconut yams
pies - pecan, pumpkin
mulled wine
eggnog
roasted beet salad sounds delicious.
If you are doing the cider brine I would go with apple or other fruit wood.
Maple has been my go to wood lately, but my neighbor cut down a cherry tree last year and it is curing in my shed now, so I will become a cherry guy next year.
Stuffing is fairly standard, although our family recipe features lots of fresh rosemary and marjoram and browned ground pork. Pour a glass of wine over the bird about half way through the cooking, it makes the gravy awesome.
My wife is Southern, so we'll have three pies for five adults and four children:
Pecan Pie, Apple Pie, Pumpkin Chiffon Pie
COURSE 1: Butternut Squash Soup
and
Roasted Crimson Beet Salad
COURSE 2: Roasted Turkey, cornbread & sausage stuffing, whipped yukon gold potatoes, gravy,
glazed yams, haricot verts, cranberry-orange relish
COURSE 3 Pumpkin Pie with fresh whip cream
and
Orange Cream-Chocolate Tart ganache, pistachio ice cream
COURSE 4
Booze
That's the chef's write up anyway. Dude is not touching mom's cooking, but it'll have to do this year.