1 I like White Castle stuffing. 10 White Castle hamburgers, no pickles 1 1/2 cups celery, diced 1 1/4 tsp. ground thyme 1 1/2 tsp. ground sage 3/4 tsp. coarsely ground black pepper 1/4 cup chicken broth Tasty!

2 Sterno.  Neat.

3 low carb pumpkin pie? oh my!

4

Step 1: Buy a Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker.
Step 2: Stop cooking meat on anything else.

I'm smoking my turkey tomorrow morning.  It is brining right now.

5 Stomped Meatball stuffing

6
Molasses is a code word...racist!

7 I have a recipe for cranberry sauce but you have to have a can-opener.





I'll be here all week.  Try the turkey.

8 Come back for Christmas cookie recipes. I've got some doozies, including some that are deep-fried.

9 What is this, H2?

10 Pumpkin pie -- RACIST!

11 And rolled in powdered sugar.

12 Turkey Surprise: Let turkey thaw at room temperature. Cook in 200 degree oven for one hour. Rub it with a turtle. Serve.

13 The 'ettes will be happy.  And how can a recipe that uses molasses be low carb?


I'll have to plug it into my cookbook program which does dietary info and see what it says. 

14 I like to make molasses cookies with incompetent-strap syrup.

15 And definitely NOT low carb. Or low calorie.


Really, with a cookie? What would be the point?

16 Smoked turkey coming up tomorrow morning!

17 10 White Castle hamburgers, no pickles
1 1/2 cups celery, diced
1 1/4 tsp. ground thyme
1 1/2 tsp. ground sage
3/4 tsp. coarsely ground black pepper
1/4 cup chicken broth

Wait what?

18 I like pie.

19 I'll have to plug it into my cookbook program which does dietary info and see what it says.

Posted by: Vic at November 21, 2012 02:58 PM (YdQQY)

That should make a mess. Why not just eat it?

20 @BW
"I made the decision to liquidate Hostess last night." CEO Gregory Rayburn

21 BBQ Oysters-

Get big freshwaters and BBQ on high until split.
Pry open and add horseradish, Tabasco and juice to taste.
Eat hot outside. 
Shells to outside trash as will stink up house.

22

Meh, anybody with decent diet discipline can afford to ignore the low carb shit for one day.   Hell I largely ingore in every week on the weekends, and my weight is quite stable.   And I used to be a fat bastard.   So have carbs and then get right back on it after thanksgiving.

 

23 Animal cruelty!  Do any of you realize how many moles  have to be killed to make one bottle of molasses.

24 Rolling in flour also prevents sticking to the sheets.

25 dan-O, how do you deal with the turkey cavity?

26

>>>Oh, and I don't get the "food processor" thing. You mix the stuff. It's dead simple. You take a spoon and you mix the stuff for like five minutes. Not that hard.

 

OMG it is so! I need a fkn NEA grant to do that much work! *shudder*

27 Speaking of Thanksgiving things, "Gone With the Wind" is on AMC. Starting now. Or is that racist to watch now also--not that I give a rat's ass ( a rat's ass with some mushroom gravy is pretty good actually).

28 "The 'ettes will be happy." inorite ? >.> tksgvg recipes are pretty straightforward! baked turkey, baked/broiled potatoes, usually-canned cranberry sauce, and usually-premade stuffing if you happen to have someone that eats it. i guess the desserts allow for a lil creativity, but...like vic said, the chicks. @.@ ...tho i will be getting up early to help my almost-mother-in-law and almost-sister-in-law prepare the potatoes and homemade cranberry sauce :3

29 Megan rolls in flower before sex.

So they can find the wet spot.

30 Just smoke clams on the grill. Man, those are good.

31 Is JohnE the new meatball?

32 Actually i heard that Vivian Leigh was quite the run about and was there for the having

33 John P. Squibob, what do you mean? 

I don't cook it with stuffing, if that is what you mean.  Smoker temps are too low to put stuffing in the cavity, it would grow bacteria.

I actually smoke my turkey very simply: an apple brine, then cook (no rub or anything).

34 Step 1: Buy a Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker.
Posted by: dan-O

$400? Must be nice to be rich.

Step 1: Buy two clay pots, one slightly smaller.
Step 2: Buy an electric burner from Walgreens.
Step 3: Buy wood chips, small grill, and foil pan.
Step 4: Spend the extra money on decent meat and beer.

35

Recriminations:

 

Split bottle of pumpkin pie vodka with newly right-leaning sister.

Gather leftard and right-wing family members around table.

Mention what's happening to the inheritance tax January 1.

Fun!

 

36
31 Is JohnE the new meatball?

Posted by: Tami at November 21, 2012 03:02 PM (X6akg)

Not unless/until Ace has stomped him about 10 straight times.

37 It's fucking Thanksgiving, people.   Just what the hell is up with all  the  diet shit?  Must be how they do it in the northeast. 

38 Oh forget - tear up the White Castles, combine all that other shit I posted in the first comment on this thread. Stuff turkey with this. Cook turkey. Eat stuffing and be satisfied.

39

The pie serves 8, or as I call it, "Next.!"

 

 

40 Not unless/until Ace has stomped him about 10 straight times.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 21, 2012 03:03 PM (da5Wo)

But he had colorful maps and everything!

41 Where'd everybody go?

42 Actually i heard that Vivian Leigh was quite the run about and was there for the having

She finally went bonkers 'cause she found out that Lawrence Olivier (her husband at the time) would rather bonk Danny Kaye than her.

43 Our turkey dinner consists of prime rib.

44 Must be how they do it in the northeast. Posted by: Soona at November 21, 2012 03:04 PM (78QmA) Fuck that. I'm gonna pig out tomorrow before going back on a diet since I have to weigh back in in 6 months

45 Single malt scotch and a glass. Some assembly required.

46 Actually i heard that Vivian Leigh was quite the run about and was there for the having

I just kind of assumed they all were/are.  Isn't that why people want to be in Hollywood?  To have sex with every famous person they meet?

47 OK, help me out here folks.  15 oz can pumpkin.  Is that processed pumpkin or pumpkin pie filling? 

48 Animal cruelty! Do any of you realize how many moles have to be killed to make one bottle of molasses. Posted by: Soona at November 21, 2012 03:00 PM (78QmA) ---------------------------------------------------------- I always wondered how many Naugas had to be killed to make a Naugahyde couch, and if the meat was tasty or not.

49 ô Wimmin are the turkey-makers of the world ♫

50

Remember when Joey got a TURKEY stuck on his head and hilarity ensued? Garrett's still chuckling over that one.

 

 

51 >>>$400? Must be nice to be rich.
>>>Step 1: Buy two clay pots, one slightly smaller.
>>>Step 2: Buy an electric burner from Walgreens.
>>>Step 3: Buy wood chips, small grill, and foil pan.
>>>Step 4: Spend the extra money on decent meat and beer.

The 18" WSM is only $300 on amazon!  Also, the key difference is cooking it over charcoal with wood chunks.  The weber is very well built too, it keeps the heat VERY consistent.  I load it up with charcoal and it goes for about 10-12 hours, depending how hot I am cooking.

Money well spent, I'm telling you.

52 Get a pumpkin pie. Buy strawberry Twizers. Make stick figures out of the red Twizzlers. Lay them around a teepee made of paper in the middle of the pie and, voila!, dead Native American pie.

53 Wife has been experimenting with agave nectar as a sweetener. Works well for baking (and avoids her stevia allergy).

54 Smoked turkey on a standard backyard grill

12 to 16 # Turkey. Clean and brine soak for 24 hours. Soak some cherry or apple wood chips separately in water.

Remove turkey from brine, rinse, pat dry. Rub with olive oil. Cut 2 oranges, 2 lemons and 3 limes in half and place in body cavity.

Pre-heat your grill to 400 * F. I use a four-burner grill. Three on mid-high, the fourth (left) on low.

Put a cheap cookie sheet between grill and burners to catch drippings. Put some pre-soaked wood chips in a disposable aluminum mini-bread pan, cover with foil and perforate the top. Place on left side of grill.

Center the turkey directly over the remaining three burners on the grill. Close the lid and keep it closed. It will smoke. Maintain 400* temp by monitoring and adjusting. should be done in about 2.5 hours.

Very tasty, easy, and a breeze to clean up. Frees up the oven for pies, etc. And you guys get to contribute in a manly way.

55 I'm back, baby!

56 Well, I left my Famous Ferret recipe on the other thread, I'm confused....

57 Stay away from Chocolate. No one can fake Chocolate. The chemistry just isn't there. Fake chocolate is just "Brown Crayon with Sugar and Chemicals."




Truer words were never penned.

58 To complete the Ace Holiday Experience, after the nog, load up an electric cigarette with nutmeg and enjoy the trip to flavor village.

59

Posted by: WalrusRex at November 21, 2012 03:07 PM (AZrre)

 

Fruit Roll-Ups, dusted with powdered sugar, make excellent smallpox blankets.

60 tksgvg recipes are pretty straightforward! baked turkey, baked/broiled potatoes, usually-canned cranberry sauce, and usually-premade stuffing if you happen to have someone that eats it.

i guess the desserts allow for a lil creativity, but...like vic said, the chicks. @.@

...tho i will be getting up early to help my almost-mother-in-law and almost-sister-in-law prepare the potatoes and homemade cranberry sauce :3

Posted by: jimi ray at November 21, 2012 03:02 PM (79EF9)

Never have done the whole cranberry sauce thing at my house. o.O  With regards to desserts, there simply must be blackberry cobbler.

Accept no substitutes!  BLACKBERRY COBBLER IS KEY.

61 I'll be in Munich, at an Irish pub.

62 Or your you could tell Michelle Obama and the other 'eat healthy or we'll force you to' freaks to go fuck themselves and make a pie that people will actually like to eat. Make the crust from lard - send pictures to the Whitehouse and all of your liberal friends (I don't have any liberal friends - I won't befriend such scum).

63 OK thread is back, here is the results of the cookbook calculation assuming you use normal 9" pie crust (NOBODY eats pie w/o crust, that ain't pie its pudding for dipping)



Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 217 Calories; 10g Fat (42.4% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 28g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber; 54mg Cholesterol; 287mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 1 Vegetable; 2 Fat; 1 Other Carbohydrates.

64

Am I the only one who is never in his life going to take Ace's advice on How to Ignore the Written Recipe?

65 From what I've read, you should double or triple the spices called for in a pumpkin pie.  I'm trying that this year.

66 You are getting sleepy... sleepy ... sleepy ... soooooo sleeeppppppyyyyyyyy

67

>>>No one can fake Chocolate

 

Nonsense. Yoo Hoos are teh bomb

68 We are introducing a new dessert this year: chocolate covered potato chips. Next year, we'll add bacon bits....

69 Fake chocolate is just "Brown Crayon with Sugar and Chemicals."Fake chocolate is just "Brown Crayon with Sugar and Chemicals." Incompetent, you might say.

70

Remember the THANKSGIVING episode when Joey got a TURKEY stuck on his head? Garrett's still chuckling over that one.

 

When he's not giving handjobs to truckers, that is.

71 Skip the skimping. It's just once a year. Don't forget the whipped cream.

72 I find the best diet is to just wait until dinner to eat.  Meanwhile have coffee to suppress your appetite.

73

I'll be in Munich, at an Irish pub.

 

One piece of advice, don't go to Oktoberfest in Tel Aviv this year.

 

74 Has anyone tried making pumpkin pie with coconut milk instead of milk/cream? 

75 Stay away from Chocolate. No one can fake Chocolate.


Fake chocolate??? They make fake chocolate?  I have never seen any.

76 I have one of those Popeil rotisserie ovens. I've done small turkeys in it, 10 lbs. They really do a nice job. Very nicelt browned, and juicy in the inside. The're also great for chickens and roasts.

77 Well remember Mocolate, from the Seinfeld or was it Friends episode,

78 ...I always loose weight when I'm not working as I just end up sleeping through lunch time and have a big dinner and all the late night snacks that I want.

79 BOSCO

80 The thing I miss most about this time of year after heart attack is homemade eggnog, otherwise known as pure cholesterol.

81 I have friends who have 50 million mediocre dishes. Just have a few good ones, relax, enjoy yourself.

82

I have 9 words for you:

 

Half in the Bag: Twilight – Breaking Dawn Part 2

http://tinyurl.com/a3pqnzk

83 What about carob? My dog loves carob treats.

84 47 OK, help me out here folks. 15 oz can pumpkin. Is that processed pumpkin or pumpkin pie filling? Posted by: Vic at November 21, 2012 03:05 PM (YdQQY) That would be pumpkin purée.

85 Fake chocolate??? They make fake chocolate? I have never seen any. Posted by: Vic at November 21, 2012 03:38 PM (YdQQY) Try Special K Chocolatey Delight. Ace is right, crayons.

86

Anyone ever heard of a Turducken?

 

Yeah of course I'm kidding but isn't a rule that it has to be mentioned on Thanksgiving.

87 >>> Is that processed pumpkin or pumpkin pie filling? filling. the pre-smooshed/pre-blended stuff.

88 Imma fix my bathroom sink, then go see a movie, then go to my mom's and complain about everything, then prolly go to some chinese restaurant. Its kinda tradition around here. Maybe if I drank or something.

89 Elmo Like Stuffing.

90 I'm stuffing a lobster inside of a hen inside of a duck inside of a turkey. It's called Surf 'n' Turducken.

91 That would be pumpkin purée.

Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at November 21, 2012 03:42 PM (qFpRI)

filling. the pre-smooshed/pre-blended stuff.

Posted by: ace at November 21, 2012 03:44 PM (LCRYB)

OK< that is what I assumed when I plugged it into the cookbook, so my number is accurate.

92 Shoo Fly Pie.

93 Usually my Thanksgiving goes like this, 

Keep fire going in fireplace

Keep glass filled with beer

Check in the kitchen to see if anyone needs a drink

Get told that dinner is ready

Eat

Works for Christmas too!

94 Must go buy salt and bucket to try out brining it this year.

95 Anyone ever heard of a Turducken?

Yeah of course I'm kidding but isn't a rule that it has to be mentioned on Thanksgiving.

Oh man ....I've seen Paul Prudhomme making that.  I wanted to crawl through my TV screen for some.

96 BTW folks, if you don't have a copy of it yet be sure to get Mastercook program which is great cookbook software.


Its cheap and works fine.  I use it not only for cookbooks but for tracking daily calories and cholesterol as part of my Dr's do this program.

97

Bring 1 Cup heavy cream just to a boil, remove from heat and pour over 12 oz of chocolate chips in a bowl.  Let rest two minutes and then stir until chocolate is melted and mixed.  Mix in 1 tsp salt and a dash of vanilla.  Set ganash aside.

Bring 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water to a boil and cook until sugar reaches soft ball stage.  While sugar is cooking separate three egg whites and whip in a bowl until soft peaks form.  Slowly pour sugar syrup into egg whites, mixing the whole time, until a soft merengue is formed.

Fold merengue into ganash.  Pour into a precooked pie shell.  Cover with plastic wrap and let sit overnight in the fridge to set.

Top with whipped cream.

98 Low cal stuff? Oh. I guess this is no place for my chocolate pecan pie recipe, then.

99

 

1.  Take three 6" stalks of celery.

 

2.  Clean, rinse, then wave them over an open  jar of peanut butter.

 

3.  Cut into 2" lengths.  Serves 9 models.

100 I've been on a no sugar, no wheat diet for awhile and I've lost 45 pounds so far. Back down to a 34" waist. I replaced all of my sugar based treats with Splenda based treats. They taste pretty damned close to the real thing. Blue Bunny makes excellent Splenda based ice cream. One thing I have noticed though and something to look out for yourselves if you do the same is that I noticed that after I ate a half gallon of Splenda ice cream in five days I developed flu symptoms: fatigue and achiness. This has happened to me about 5 times so far and it's always after I binge on Splenda ice cream, chocolates and soda. Give Truvia a try. It is a pretty good sugar substitute and I haven't noticed any negative side effects with it yet. I wish they made Truvia sweetened ice cream though. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

101 I am actually following Atkins tomorrow. I've managed to get 33 lbs off since late June and the one time I cheated (had some cake at my anniversary) I woke up in the middle of the night with heart palpitations and felt sick for three days afterwards. So I'm not cheating. We are staying home this year forthe first time, ever. So I'm cooking the whole shebang for hubby and the kids. Which I was shocked to find out it is cheaper to cook a full meal for four than to cook and bring two or three dishes to a gathering for a gathering of twelve. I am making the following: Roasted Turkey Breast with cranberry-peach sauce Sausage, cranberry, and walnut (bread less) dressing Green beans with shallot, cider vinegar, and bacon Baked cauliflower and cheese casserole Maple Pumpkin Custard with toasted pecans and home made whipped topping (sugar free)

102 Not a homemade recipe, but I've made this many times to great success...


http://food.com/recipe/chocolate-tart-209852

103 Posted by: Elmo at November 21, 2012 03:44 PM (c8hZ5)


C'mere, Little Buddy.

104 As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

105

I  was  on  SNL  last  Saturday!  Axelrod  told  me  I'd  get  a  bounce  but  it  hasn't  happened.  I'm  still seen  as  an  ass  kisser  and  donut  scented  man  whore.   WTF?!

106

I'm stuffing a pumpkin pie with mash potatoes topped with cranberry sauce stuffed into a spiral ham stuffed into a turkey. 

 

I call it a willie wonka thanksgiving everlasting gobstopper.

107 One of the best turkeys I had was stuffed with smoked oysters. From a can even.

108

Must go buy salt and bucket to try out brining it this year.

Do so.  Try to soak it in water with equal parts salt and sugar. 

109 All recipes are code words for racism.

110 I bought a bottle of Trader Joe's vintage ale that I'm excited to try.

111 We are introducing a new dessert this year: chocolate covered potato chips. I once worked near a department store that still had its own candy counter. They sold chocolate covered potato chips or, as I liked to call it, salty crunchy chocolate protection.

112 Hamburger Helper-Helper. Tastes best when "bought" with food stamps.

113 Damn this thread is making me hungry. I don't see how you can stand it ace.  Didn't you just quit smoking?

114 protection = perfection duh

115 I like blackened turkey. Oops. I mean incompetented turkey.

116 Am I mistaken or does Witchfinder share the same hash as lucyunderalls?

117 Chocolate is racist.

118 g'afternoon, 'rons

119 110

Gets pretty good reviews at Beer Advocate. I'll have to give it a try.

120 Hamburger Helper-Helper.

Tastes best when "bought" with food stamps.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 21, 2012 03:52 PM (XkWWK)

LOL, Hamberger Helper was the first thing I started actually fixing myself when I was in the Navy living in an apartment (besides grilling hotdogs, hamburgers, and steaks).

When I got out I got a copy of Betty Crocker and haven't looked back since.  Recipes so simple a caveman can do it.

121 I love a good stuffing!

122 87 >>> Is that processed pumpkin or pumpkin pie filling? filling. the pre-smooshed/pre-blended stuff. Posted by: ace at November 21, 2012 03:44 PM (LCRYB) I don't think you want the pie filling in a can. That's got all the spices and sugar in it and you just mix it with eggs and pour into a shell. For the recipe you posted you want canned pure pumpkin puree, which is unsweetened pumpkin that is cooked mashed and puréed. You could also make your own pumpkin purée by baking a small "sugar" pumpkin that youve split in two and placed face down in a baking dish. Put a little water inte dish, bake at 350 for an hour, then once it's cooled you scoop out the pulp and run it through the blender. A hair less than 2 cups purée is what's in the can, so that's the portion you'd use in the pie recipe.

123 Put turkey into refrigerator to thaw last weekend. Noticed today that some death fluids were seeping out of the plastic wrapping. Bon appetite!

124

LOL, Hamberger Helper was the first thing I started actually fixing myself when I was in the Navy living in an apartment (besides grilling hotdogs, hamburgers, and steaks).
When I got out I got a copy of Betty Crocker and haven't looked back since. Recipes so simple a caveman can do it.

I swear by the Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook.  It's got everything you could need and is great for a new cook.

125 Roast turkey Sourdough stuffing Corn casserole Cranberry Conserve + the de rigeur can of Ocean Spray Mashed potatoes Gravy Pumpkin Pie Apple cranberry ribbon pie Vanilla ice cream ...and one teeny-tiny waffer-theeen mint!

126 Sister and hubby aren't coming until Saturday.  Virtual Thanksgiving on Sunday (Even MOAR Football!).

Tomorrow:  Corned Beef.  Boil it for and hour, THEN roast it for 2 hours.  Yum.  The Fat gets extra crispy.

127 For a cocktail with less sugar it's easy to make simple syrup using Truvia/Stevia. Start with a 4 to 1 water/sweetener ratio, although I've gone as low as 2 to 1 based on my personal preferences.

128 Anyone else have sauerkraut at Thanksgiving?  Its great with a little bacon fat and brown sugar thrown in.

129 Any of the morons have the recipe for Mexican chorizo/potato turkey stuffing?

130 Saurkraut?  Don't forget the bacon, onion and celery seeds.

131 Hey Vic! I actually have a reprint of the Betty Crocker cookbook and it's where I found my pie recipes. We love cooking and have an entire shelf of books. Used to alternate Tuesdays and Thursdays when me and the old lady would cook each meals just to try new recipes. Anyway, homemade a'pizza Napolitan tonight! Have a blessed Thanksgiving and to all of you as well.

132 Roasted Turkey Breast with cranberry-peach sauce Sausage, cranberry, and walnut (bread less) dressing Green beans with shallot, cider vinegar, and bacon Baked cauliflower and cheese casserole Maple Pumpkin Custard with toasted pecans and home made whipped topping (sugar free) Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at November 21, 2012 03:48 PM (qFpRI) Am very interested in the green beans...

133 And SHAZAAM!  I find myself back in the recipe thread.

134 I tried smoking a turkey once, but it wouldn't fit in the bong.

135 127 Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at November 21, 2012 03:56 PM (iFl7N) Didn't Truvia and Stevia used to be in Fleetwood Mac (and cheese)?

136 Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at November 21, 2012 03:55 PM (qFpRI)


The only person I have ever knew personally who made pumpkin pie from raw pumpkin was my great grans mother way back a long time ago.  Even my mother used the filling in a can.

137 Ingredients:
Bottles of beer
Bottle opener
Glass

Directions:
Open bottle with bottle opener.  Pour contents into glass.  Drink.  Repeat as necessary until you can stand being around your relatives.

If you have a lot of liberal relatives,  you may find it more efficient to substitute whiskey for beer.  Also, feel free to substitute wine for beer and a corkscrew for a bottle opener if you are female or gay or something.

138 134 I tried smoking a turkey once, but it wouldn't fit in the bong. Posted by: Mr. Know it All at November 21, 2012 03:59 PM (uJK1E) "Dave's not here, man..."

139 Mustard greens with garlic cooked in bacon fat, then braised in chicken/turkey stock and some cider vinegar. Topped with the cooked bacon.

140 Vic, 15 oz pumpkin is the Libby pumpkin, NOT pie filling!!!

141 Anyone else have sauerkraut at Thanksgiving? Its great with a little bacon fat and brown sugar thrown in.

Posted by: Serious Cat at November 21, 2012 03:57 PM (UypUQ)

 

 

---------------------------------

 

 

Brown sugar?  Isn't sauerkraut supposed to be, you know, sour?

 

 

 

142 Didn't Truvia and Stevia used to be in Fleetwood Mac (and cheese)? Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 21, 2012 03:59 PM (XkWWK) Many pounds ago.

143 We're making Twinkie tiramisu. Gotta use up the stash in style.

144 You want the bird? Go in the alley and eat the bird!

145 "Make the crust from lard - send pictures to the Whitehouse and all of your liberal friends (I don't have any liberal friends - I won't befriend such scum). Posted by: blindside" My dad grew up eating lard sandwiches. My mom baked with lard. My mom died at 93 and lived at home til the last month of her life. My dad is 95 and still shuffling around the house. Neither of them ever had a heart attack.

146 Posted by: taylork at November 21, 2012 04:00 PM (3hS8a) How YOU doin?!

147 Red Seal beer.

148 136 Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at November 21, 2012 03:55 PM (qFpRI) The only person I have ever knew personally who made pumpkin pie from raw pumpkin was my great grans mother way back a long time ago. Even my mother used the filling in a can. Posted by: Vic at November 21, 2012 03:59 PM (YdQQY) I do it every year. I buy a couple of the small pumpkins a week once they start selling them and make my own purée. Divide it up into freezer bags at about 2 cups each andi have fresh pumpkin purée without all the preservatives and such all year round. And pumpkin pie comes out sooooooo much better with the fresh stuff.

149 I make a sort of quiche with gruyere and spinach every year for the vegetarians at Thanksgiving and a normal pumpkin pie my family is mostly very leftie so it's definitely BYOB, just like all holidays. blargh

150 I actually have a reprint of the Betty Crocker cookbook and it's where I found my pie recipes.


Mine is a late 1970s version.  My wife has one that is a little older and my MIL has one from the 50s. I am going to put my dibs in on that.

151 When I got out I got a copy of Betty Crocker and haven't looked back since. Recipes so simple a caveman can do it. When the 'rents were moving down to NC from PA, I was helping them pack. I nobly told my mom that I would take some stuff off their hands. One of the first things I grabbed was Mommy's old school Betty Crocker cookbook, you know, the real one that still uses lard as an ingredient. Sadly, Mommy noticed this before I got out the door with it. Needless to say, I had to give it back.

152 oops

153 test

154 Wait. Wait. I was about to get in the barrel but vic did it, right? Ha HA!

155 Sadly, Mommy noticed this before I got out the door with it. Needless to say, I had to give it back.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming not nearly soon enough. at November 21, 2012 04:03 PM (VtjlW)

Lord I would love to have one like that.

156 my mom always makes her pies from actual pumpkin, not the Libby stuff but I am lazy and have stockpiles of Libby pumpkin - remember the shortage last year? btw take a box of Spice cake mix and a 15 oz can of pumpkin and one egg and you can make a yummy pumpkin bread (or muffins). I also add nuts and white chocoloate chips to it but you don't have to do that.

157 Into the pie crust, Vic.

158 Mandy P, what's the process for making the puree?

159 My MiL used to make pumpkin pie from scratch.  Blond and kind of weak seasoned.  My mom used Libby's canned pumpkin.  Heaven.

"A mother-in-law dies only when another devil is needed in Hell."  - Rabelais

160 Real Victorian mincemeat pie.  The kind that starts with shredded brisket and sits in a jar of brandy for a month....with brandy butter....Mmmm.....

161

Posted by: taylork at November 21, 2012 04:00 PM (3hS8a)

___

 

can I come to your house for dinner?

162 Vic, have you looked on abebooks.com for the Betty Crocker cookbook?

163 Shaka, when the soufflé fell.

164 "I also never bothered with this "2/3 cup of soy milk & 1/3 cup of cream" business."



And you shouldn't.  Soy anything is the biggest fraud perpetrated on the American public....and it's in everyfuckingthing.

165 Into the pie crust, Vic.

Posted by: toby928© for TB at November 21, 2012 04:04 PM (QupBk)

I guess I'll have to eat the moose-turd pie.

166

Now finished and ready for tomorrow.

Butterscotch cream pie

Chess pie

Blueberry Pie

Pumpkin Pie

With homemade crust

smirking

kicking back for the day.

sigh

167 Mandy P, what's the process for making the puree?

Posted by: Infidel at November 21, 2012 04:04 PM (O/fK

 

 

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My guess would be stompy-boots.

168 Vic, have you looked on abebooks.com for the Betty Crocker cookbook?

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at November 21, 2012 04:06 PM (iFl7N)

Naa, I haven't might though.

169 Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at November 21, 2012 03:58 PM (iFl7N) 1 1/2 lb green beans 2-4 slices applewood smoked bacon (I usually go for 4) 1/2 cup chopped shallot (you can use red onion if shallot is not available) 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/4-1/2 cup cider vinegar (mine's usually closer to 1/3 cup) 1/2 cup chicken stock 1 tbsp fresh chopped parsley Salt and pepper, to taste Steam the green beans to just crisp-tender. Cook your bacon crisp and drain on paper towels, reserving the drippings. Cook the shallot and garlic in the bacon drippings until soft. Add in the chicken stock and cider vinegar and bring to a boil. Cook for about two minutes to reduce the liquid a bit. Addin the beans and cook them in the liquid until they're done to your liking. Season with parsley and salt and pepper, transfer to a serving dish and top with crumbled bacon.

170 Some ancient Mars thread has appeared topside.

171 Cold roasted beet salad with pine nuts, olives and capes in a lemon vinegrette

172 Soona, I should have known.

173 And you shouldn't. Soy anything is the biggest fraud perpetrated on the American public....and it's in everyfuckingthing.

Posted by: Tami at November 21, 2012 04:06 PM (X6akg)

Soy is the ethanol of foods!  We tried to go soy-free, but it is unbelievable how almost everything edible contains some soy component.

174 We're gonna wind up with just as many comments here as the guns and ammo thread.

175 hors d'oeuvres
Or as we spell in redneck land ordervs

1 lb cream cheese
1/4-1/2 lb bacon
Garlic salt
Sliced Pastrami (Surface area is important)
Green onion.

Cook bacon till crisp, turn to bacon bits stir into cream cheese, add garlic salt to taste. Clean green onions, trim off the last 1/4-1/3 of greens off the end. Lay pastrami slice flat, spread cream cheese mix onto pastrami, roll the pastrami onto the onion end of a green onion (cream cheese side IN moron). You should end up with a roll of pastrami with a green onion in the center, with the greens of the green onion sticking out one side all with layers of creamy bacony goodness in the pastrami roll. Repeat spreading and rolling until you exhaust your spread/pastrami/onions. Enjoy.

176 Vic, try used book stores and library book sales. It's still hard to get the old ones though because they're in high demand.

177 Stuff me, Elmo! Stuff me good.

178 My wife and her coworkers gasmed over this, I suspect literally, when I surprised them with it a few days ago. Guinness Chocolate Pudding What you need: 8 Jumbo egg yolks (go big on this) 1 cup sugar Two 14.9-ounce cans of Guinness Draught 3 cups heavy cream 7 ounces high-quality bittersweet (70 to 72% cacao) chocolate, finely chopped. Get the good shit here- Green and Blacks, Ghriadali, not baker's chocolate. the big ass bars. Mix 70% and 72% bars if you can (they come in 3.5 oz servings) 2 Tbsp Powdered sugar This is a slight variation on a recipe from a new york restaurant. Mine is slightly sweeter but the guinness comes through stronger. Also my directions are easier to follow for people like me who spent 45 minutes trying to figure out what the hell a saucepan is. In a large glass bowl, whisk together egg yolks and sugar. Use a hand whisk (the thing with all the shit on it), mix it up for about a minute. Open one can of Guinness and slowly pour into "4-cup measuring glass" (your wife's pyrex thing with the red lines on it), pour down side of the measuring glass to reduce the head. You don't want any head on the beer since you're mixing it. Pour half of whats in your measuring glass into aheavy-bottomed 3-quart saucepan. Note- sauce pan is more like a pot. I didn't know this, because i don't cook regularly. apparently they stamp what these things are on the bottom though. Add 2 1/4 cups cream and whisk it by hand for about 20-30 seconds. Set over medium heat and whisk occasionally, until bubbles just begin to form at the edges. Take it off the stove, add in the chocolate and whisk it up until smooth. Slowly pour your hot chocolate mixture into the eggs, whisking constantly to prevent curdling. Use an electric mini whisker if you can, makes things a lot easier. Open other can of Guinness. Return your egg-chocolate mixture to your saucepan and set over moderately low heat. Now, here is where the other beer comes in handy. You need to whisk constantly, so use your electric hand whisker-thing (I dont know the name of it, another odd wedding gift the Mrs snagged), start it on low, while you drink your beer. You will need to whisk this constantly, and various speeds, for a good 15-20 minutes (hence drink that other beer), until you can take a spoon, slide it in, and pull back out and see chocolate mixture "sticking" to the back without sliding off. It may look a little bit like pudding at this point, but sepearted. Just needs to stick to a spoon. Finish your beer. Pour your hot pudding-esque mixture into a blender and blend on high for a minute. Pour this into 8 old-fashioned glasses, leave at least an inch of space on the top. Cover these with saran wrap and let them cool in your fridge for a few hours. Now, remember that half a can of guinness still left in your wifes pyrex thing with the red lines all over it? Pour that into a small saucepan and set it on your stove over medium heat, get it to boiling. You then reduce the heat until it just simmers, uncovered. Watch this stuff it will burn quickly. Basically you are evaporating all the water out, until you're left with about a tablespoon worth of "stuff". Pour that into a bowl and cool it down until it looks like a syrup. Grab your electric whisker thing a majig and change it to the beater thingamajigs, and beat the rest of your cream in a small bowl until it starts to look folded and lumpy. Add in the powdered sugar and the guinness syrup you cooked up, and then mix and beat until you get something with the thickness of whipped cream. Dollop this on top of your cooled pudding. When everything sets, the pudding then looks literally like a pint of guinness, head and all. This last addition cuts some of the richness of the pudding, so don't skip it.

179 174 We're gonna wind up with just as many comments here as the guns and ammo thread.
If this thread makes me gay, I'm gonna kick Ace's ass.....(just saying)

180

Brown sugar? Isn't sauerkraut supposed to be, you know, sour?

 

A little bit of sweetness and savoriness from the molassess helps enhance the sourness and makes it divine.

 

 

181 To endure:
1. Ordinary, garden-variety libs: Bushmill's
2. Obama-bots: Jack Daniels
3. OWS crazies, Stalinists: Old Overholt

To enjoy with regular folks:
Woodford Reserve, Pappy Van Winkle

182 164 And for us Morons with cancer, soy is to be avoided. Hard as hell to do.

183 Paleo here. I have a small pumpkin I'll roast up today. Hazelnuts (aka filberts) also make a nice crust for pies. I do have homemade sauerkraut and bacon so might do that. And they are starting to admit lard is healthy stuff after all, and it's the seed oils that are unhealthy. So yeah, good stuff for piecrust. I'm going to do pumpkin custard made with heavy cream and honey for sweetening. Will probably bake some stuff with almond flour although I haven't thought that far ahead yet. Oh and I have a recipe for stuffing meatballs using pork sausage and either chestnuts or walnuts. Planning on doing that instead of the bread stuffing. This all just  a lot of work

184 Ace,

Re: chocolate, I can recommend the Amber Lyn Chocolate Almonds.

www.amberlynchocolates.com

185 Soy is the ethanol of foods! We tried to go soy-free, but it is unbelievable how almost everything edible contains some soy component.

Posted by: Hrothgar - L.I.B or SMOD (for the Children) at November 21, 2012 04:08 PM (Cnqmv)

Yeah, it is NOT good for you for a whole lotta reasons, one being it mimics hormones. 

186 @Infidel, To make pumpkin purée: Buy a pumpkin. I recommend the smaller "sugar" pumpkins. You can do it with the large ones, but they're bland. The smaller ones just have a lot more flavor. Cut the pumpkin in half, put the halves cut side down in a baking dish, put about a cup of watering he bottom of the dish, and covert with foil. Bake at 350 degrees F for an hour to an hour and a half. It usually only takes an hour, but check it to be sure. The pulp should be very soft and easily pull away from the skin. Cool until you can handle the pumpkin, then scoop out the pulp and blend it until its a good, even consistency. It's going to be thinner than what you get out of a can so don't let that surprise you. Divide it up into portions justly of two cups each and freeze. To use it, just pull out a package and defrost it and then use it exactly how your would the stuff in a can. It will keep in the freezer for about a year.

187 Which one f y'all is the one who always gets some sort of exotic meat for TG? I think they went with boar last year?

188 If you're cooking full tenderloins as a Chataubriand to go along with your turkey,  sear first then bake at 350 until the internal temperature reaches 123 degrees.  Remove and wrap with foil until ready to serve (at least 15 minutes).

189 Vic, try used book stores and library book sales. It's still hard to get the old ones though because they're in high demand.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming not nearly soon enough. at November 21, 2012 04:10 PM (VtjlW)

I just looked at Abe Books and it looks like all of theirs are late 80s vintage.

190 Yeah, it is NOT good for you for a whole lotta reasons, one being it mimics hormones.

Posted by: Tami at November 21, 2012 04:14 PM (X6akg)

Amazing to me that this little point (hormone mimicry) is almost never mentioned anywhere, and the low information eater doesn't have a clue that this is a potential problem.  I wonder what soy residue is doing to the public water supplies "purity"?

{Adjusts tinfoil hat and has another helping of deep-fried tofu!}

191 And for us Morons with cancer, soy is to be avoided. Hard as hell to do.

Posted by: NCKate at November 21, 2012 04:12 PM (Kl8yW)

Are cancer patients supposed to avoid soy??? I have never heard that.

192

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 21, 2012 03:58 PM (XkWWK)

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Are you a natural Italian cook? I remember you are the one who posted the aglio/olio (ay-ooya) recipe. If so I would like to come to your house for dinner as well.

193 I'm cooking for 15-18 people tomorrow. I got this whole 8 course menu set up: -Roasted pumpkin bisque with lump blue crab -Chilled beet salad with olives, capers in a lemon vinegrette -Roasted root vegetables (carrots, parsnips, turnips, and brussel sprouts) in a sherry vinegrette -Cider Braised Mustard greens cooked in bacon fat and topped with bacon -Stuffing with chestnuts, chanterelle mushrooms, Parmesan and bacon -roasted garlic mashed potatoes (made in a food mill to be extra creamy) -Mussels in a white wine, shallot, garlic, and fennel sauce -5 spice cured turkey (star anise, coriander, fennel seed, cinnamon, szechuan pepper corns) with a sherry gravy. Plus others will bring desserts, as I don't bake.

194 And for us Morons with cancer, soy is to be avoided. Hard as hell to do.

Posted by: NCKate at November 21, 2012 04:12 PM (Kl8yW)

Are cancer patients supposed to avoid soy??? I have never heard that.

Posted by: Vic at November 21, 2012 04:20 PM (YdQQY)

Neither have I, any links would be appreciated.

195 Our traditional Thanksgiving involves me making the turkey. The other fixings are handled by the womenfolk. Take turkey and put it in the roasting pan, ad about a half inch of water. Cover turkey in about a pound of thick cut bacon and put in the oven for the prescribed time. Go to the nearest open bar and drink like a fish until 15 minuets before done. Stumble home and remove bird from oven and chow down on perfectly done bacon while the girls get everything else done. The bacon acts as a shield to keep moisture in and as it cooks the drippings baste the turkey. The drippings also make an awesome gravy.

196 Thanks Mandy P.  I may do that for a pie at Christmas.  Sounds pretty easy.

197 191 Hey Vic. Soy mimics estrogen so women with breast cancer or other estrogen fed cancers are supposed to avoid it . First thing my doctor told me.

198 i love the diversity of this blog.  does that make me a liberal?

199 Posted by: NCKate at November 21, 2012 04:24 PM (Kl8yW)

The estrogen mimicry seems to be a good reason for males to avoid soy as well!

200 BTW, soy is awesome when used properly (i.e., not as a meat substitute). And it's great to point out to idiot vegetarians than it's a GMO, so they should probably be against it, as they are likely against genetically modified food.

201

Posted by: taylork at November 21, 2012 04:22 PM (3hS8a)

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I know you're in the Philly metro, emm-effer, Imma find out where you live.

202

I just looked at Abe Books and it looks like all of theirs are late 80s vintage.

 

I have an old '81 version I bought and swear by it.  It does need re-bound though.  Dad still has Mom's from '61.  Didn't realize they were in demand. 

203 I want to make the White Castle stuffing, but I'm not cooking a bird, so how should I cook this stuff?

204 Hey Vic. Soy mimics estrogen so women with breast cancer or other estrogen fed cancers are supposed to avoid it . First thing my doctor told me.

Posted by: NCKate at November 21, 2012 04:24 PM (Kl8yW)

OK soy my colon cancer is not a problem but it will give me moobs.

205 I know you're in the Philly metro, emm-effer, Imma find out where you live. Posted by: kallisto at November 21, 2012 04:26 PM (jm/9g) Unfortunately, I moved to Maryland and am in Vienna VA at the in laws. However, I would always be down to host something for like minded morons and moronettes

206

203 I want to make the White Castle stuffing, but I'm not cooking a bird, so how should I cook this stuff?

 

Always cook the stuffing separately.  Use a bit of the drippings to help flavor the stuffing in the last 20 minutes of cooking.

207 204 Yeah, tofu eating Beta male hipster.

208 BTW, soy is awesome when used properly (i.e., not as a meat substitute).


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No, sorry, it's not awesome.  The soy in America is not fermented, like it is in Asia.  Soy ain't awesome when used anyway. 

209 Looking for some Pow Wow Chow recipes.

210 Did you hear about the two caramels walking down the street? One was a salted!

211
And it's great to point out to idiot vegetarians than it's a GMO, so they should probably be against it, as they are likely against genetically modified food.

Posted by: taylork at November 21, 2012 04:26 PM (3hS8a)

Oh wait.....I misunderstood you, yes?  You use soy to taunt vegetarians?

212 wild turkey -- Mr. Deville managed to get one this year .....yum! store-bought turkey breast cranberry-orange sauce dressing gravy more gravy green beans with almonds creamed onions pumpkin pie, courtesy of Marie Callender whipped cream coconut cream pie --- (Margarita's world-famous secret recipe) whipped cream This year I am making two dressings ....one plain and one with sausage, which was suggested/explained to me by Tami and Peaches on the ONT. If the sausage one is no good I will hold them responsible, unless they can prove they are black. If it's as good as it sounds, I will take full credit for it myself.

213 Preferably Pow Wow Chow with authentic velveta.

214 No one can fake chocolate.
I haven't found it a problem.

215

Posted by: taylork at November 21, 2012 04:29 PM (3hS8a)

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That's great!  Maybe over the Christmas holiday we'll have to come up with a meeting place.

I'll bring dessert, will bake anything that doesn't involve peppermint.

216 Oh, I also did a cranberry mustard relish which was super simple to do : 12oz. cranberrys 1 1/4 cup of sugar 1 cinnamon stick 1 seeded and stemmed serrano, finely minced. 4.5 TBS of dijon 2.5 tbs of coarse grain mustard Add first four ingredients to pot with a little water on high heat to cranberries pop and sauce reduces. Turn off heat and stir in mustard. Voila! can be made days in advanced, just needs to be reheated so that it's not a gelatinous glob when serving.

217 "Always cook the stuffing separately. Use a bit of the drippings to help flavor the stuffing in the last 20 minutes of cooking."
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But you're still to far ahead of me! Cook it at what temperature? For how long? Drippings from what? (Like I said, I'm not cooking a bird, just stuffing).

And if you're always supposed to cook separately, why does the recipe call for stuffing the cavity of the bird?

218 "129 Any of the morons have the recipe for Mexican chorizo/potato turkey stuffing?Posted by: Bart at November 21, 2012 03:57 PM

Dunno.  I would cook the chorizo first though-don't want salmonella or e-coli.  For b/fast burritos, I add to the cooked eggs, precooked potatoes (diced), onion and garlic.  Should work for stuffing .(sans eggs)

219 This year I am making two dressings ....one plain and one with sausage, which was suggested/explained to me by Tami and Peaches on the ONT. If the sausage one is no good I will hold them responsible, unless they can prove they are black. If it's as good as it sounds, I will take full credit for it myself.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 21, 2012 04:31 PM (C8mVl)

I'm Sicilian.....which my Irish husband tells me is 'close enough'.

220 Don't be afraid of turkey, Kensington. This video should help:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrQHNyXJIHo

221 Oh wait.....I misunderstood you, yes? You use soy to taunt vegetarians? Soy is THE most genetically modified food around. Chances are that most vegetarians are against GMO foods. Thing is, most vegetarians are lazy and don't look stuff like this up. So you once you let them know that all their fake-meat crap contains GMO soy beans, you've totally ruined half of the things they probably eat. You can get non-GMO soy, but it can be hard to find and is rather expensive.

222 Dog braised in baby's blood.

223 I'm not afraid of turkey! I'm just not cooking one.

224 I'm stuffing a lobster inside of a hen inside of a duck inside of a turkey. It's called Surf 'n' Turducken.

Oh yeah? Well, I'm I'm stuffing a lobster inside of a hen inside of a duck inside of a turkey and then stuffing the whole thing into Meghan McCain.. She calls it 'supper'.

225 Thanksgiving. A time for drunken debauchery with genetically-distant relatives, uncontrollable sobbing, and the usual poignant recriminations. I remember fondly my time as a child, seeing old relatives and their friends whose family would not have them due to serious personality defects. The fist fights and merciless teasing at the hands of the exceptionally-dressed Robbie, Whitney and little Logan C., who would not abide my hand-me-down ragamuffin appearance or my borderline Asberger's; the heat turned up to 78 to simulate a roaring fire in the fireplace; and the drunken fathers snoring in front of Cinemax starting shortly before dinner. The very thought of those four days in November made the four hour car trips seem like the nicest part of any thanksgiving celebration. Good times, made even better by the unbiquitous Holiday Egg Nog, that even today, softens those fuzzy memories into a bearable lint ball of hate and shame. Have I shared my recipe for Holiday Egg Nog? It's never too early for Holiday Egg Nog. Truman North's Holiday Egg Nog First, get some egg nog, like you buy at the store*. Pour it into a large crystal bowl with a serving ladle. Sprinkle some nutmeg on top. Very festive. *if you intend to serve this at a gathering with my relatives, make sure to add clear liquor in a 1:1 ratio with the egg nog. You will thank me by the time you've had your third or fourth glass, as everyone will seem more pleasant.

226

(Great-Grandmother's) Recipe for Luncheon Rolls.

4 cups of flour (sift and then measure)

1/4 cup of sugar

tsp. salt

3/4 cup of butter, real soft (NO margarine substitutes)

1 pkg. dry yeast

1/4 cup of warm water

3 egg yolks well beaten

1 cup or milk heated until hot and then let it cool.

Add yeast to 1/4 C warm water. Let stand until it dissolves.(if it gets foamy it's ok, but perhaps no crust)

Beat eggs with sugar, add butter, yeast, milk and salt.

Add flour gradually to make a soft dough.

Put into refrigerator overnight.

Roll out Quickly - as for biscuits

Grease pans on both sides.

Cut out(use small size) and place in pans to rise.

Cook 350, for 15-20 minutes.   Serves 3 dozen

It really is worth the time and effort. Subject to annual family tribe's fight over the remaining rolls. Creates a very soft, buttery and sweet taste. Goes great with country ham.

 

 

227 219 --- "I'm Sicilian.....which my Irish husband tells me is 'close enough'." Posted by: Tami at November 21, 2012 04:35 PM (X6akg) Why not? Helluva lot closer than Fauxcahontas is to a Cherokee!!!

228

Posted by: Kensington at November 21, 2012 04:38 PM (znT2j)

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the part about stuffing the cavity always seemed kind of perverted to me. I never made a t-day turkey, but when I do, using the kingaljr.  bacon -wrapped  method  above,  I will discreetly  place  the  stuffing  in  its  own  separate  bakeware.

229 Posted by: taylork at November 21, 2012 04:22 PM (3hS8a) It's probably for the best that my invite was apparently lost in the mail; I'd have hid in a corner with the mustard greens and garlic mashed and threatened to cut anyone who tried to get some.

230

High Carb High Fat Triple Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie:Makes 2.  One to share and one to keep because you're actually fat, or just want to be fat.

**Crust:

1 pack of Chocolate inard Oreos (but set inards aside).

1 pack of Nutter Butters (but set inards aside).

1 package of Dark Chocolate Chips.

3 TBS butter.

(The cookie inards go in the pie.).

Crush up the cookies and set a 1/2 cup aside.  Melt the butter and chocolate chips. Mix it all together, and put it in pie tins (or spring form pans). Bake it for 10 minutes. Take it out and let it sit for 10 minutes.  Put the crusts in the fridge until you're ready for the next part.  

**Pie filling: 

2 Cups Heavy Cream (chilled). 

4 tsp Vanilla extract. 

1/2 cup Powdered Sugar. 

1 Jar of Peanut Butter (11 to 14 oz). 

2 Packs of Philly Cream Cheese (16 oz total). 

4 TBS Cocoa (or 2 more if you wanna). 

Pinch or two of salt. 

All the cookie inards from the crust. 

Mix the cream, vanilla, and sugar in bowl.  Whip with a hand-held beater until firm.  Don't lick the beaters yet.  In another bowl, use the same beaters to blend the peanut butter, cream cheese, cocoa, salt, cookie inards, and 1/3 of the whipped cream you just finished with. Once loosened up, put the rest of the whipped cream in and blend it all some more. 

Spoon the pie filling into the crusts and chill for at least 3 hours. Congratulations, you can lick the beaters. 

**Topping:  

1 pack of Dark Chocolate Chips.

1 cup of heavy cream.   

1/2 cup of the cookie crumbs from before.

Put the chocolate chips and heavy cream in a bowl and microwave for about a minute (until melty).  Stir it all up with a spatula until smooth.  Put it on like icing on the pie.  Then put the last bit of cookie crumbs on top.  Chill for about 15 minutes.

Using a thin sharp HOT knife, loosen the crust up from the pans. Then cut the pie by running the knife under hot water and dry completely between cuts.

 

231 But you're still to far ahead of me! Cook it at what temperature? For how long? Drippings from what? (Like I said, I'm not cooking a bird, just stuffing).
 
And if you're always supposed to cook separately, why does the recipe call for stuffing the cavity of the bird?

Posted by: Kensington at November 21, 2012 04:34 PM (znT2j)

Cook it @ 350 for about 35-40 mins.  If you're not cooking a bird, just use chicken broth.

I've often cooked the stuffing in the turkey, as did my mom.  No one ever got sick.  The reasoning behind not stuffing it in the turkey is that it won't get to high enough temperature to kill bacteria inside the bird.

This year I'm not stuffing it in the bird....I'm doing it in a casserole dish.  Cuz I'm lazy this year.....

232

Everyone loves to dump on Martha Stewart, but her Thanksgiving recipes in her "Entertaining" cookbook have never been beaten.  I make them every year and with a different crowd almost every year, and I get raves and raves.  The cornbread stuffing with sausage, apples, and chestnuts is to die for, I make a big pan of it and freeze the leftovers and eat it for months.  The pumpkin soup baked in a pumpkin is my go-to first course, and even kids like it. 

 

I just found a  recipe for a Pumpkin Chiffon Pie that I will make this weekend.  We're going to my BIL's house tomorrow and my MIL is making traditional pumpkin pies.  I'm bringing appetizers, a cold shrimp dip, a chicken-spinach ring, and hot buffalo chicken dip with bacon. 

233 ...and then stuffing the whole thing into Meghan McCain.... She calls it 'supper' a 'snack'.
Fixed.

234 Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at November 21, 2012 04:40 PM (OTWsz) After I steal the greens and taters from taylork, I plan on swinging by your place and making off with all Great Grandmas rolls. You've been warned.

235 Harry Reids sense of honesty?

236

Posted by: rockmom at November 21, 2012 04:43 PM (qE3AR)

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Way back before Martha Stewart (and her intolerable mother) became so offensive, I remember how every single one of her cotdam recipes came out...PERFECT.

 

Crazy biatch with all the chow-chows may be a corrupt elitist dumbass but she do know how to cook.

237

#226 My SIL makes those rolls and they are just stupid good.  I suck at baking but one of these days I'm going to try to make them. 

 

#225 Eggnog must be served with bourbon or rum.  I prefer bourbon, not necessarily premium either.  I like Early Times for eggnog and making bourbon candy for Christmas giving. 

238

I'm not afraid of turkey! I'm just not cooking one.

 

I always have to bring stuffing.  I use cubed bread that I let dry in the oven.  This year I am making it for 16-18.  I'll use a stick and a half of butter and melt in a big cast iron pot on low.  While that's melting I heat up 2 can of Swanson chicken broth on low and start chopping onions and celery.  When veggies are sorta soft I pour over the bread cubes, then add chicken broth to the moistness you want.  Put in oven-proof bowl and cover with foil.  Bake at 325 for 350 F for approx. 40+ plus mins.  I check it a few times and about 10 mins before I think it's done I take for foil off so the top can crisp up a bit.

239 Posted by: SnowSun at November 21, 2012 04:41 PM (UAUr6) Y'all need to make this. I have a very similar recipe and Thor calls it Husband Bait. Martha Stewart is awesome. kallisto nailed it; I hate her politics, but she is very, very good at what she does.

240

The three best cooks I've met:

My grandmother (a legend in the entire state in her day) Source of the famous family pie crusts -which if I post here I could be subject to to a family assassignation squad paying a visit.

My great aunt on father's side (also a legend- in her city in her day)

and a male relative and former cook for the US army during WWI. The man could do things with a grill that were unsurpassed.

I'm trying to find his receipe for oysters cassarole to post it.

His secret for an incredible turkey:

Don't toss it in the oven and ignore it for hours. Stay with it and baste it with butter Every 20 minutes (yeah I know). The result is "melt in your mouth" juicy turkey. Not complicated; it just takes your time and attention.

 

241 Oops. Henry the Army Chef served in WWII, not WWI. RIP to a wonderful cook and teacher.

242 Any good brand of store bought eggnog.  Pour into clean gallon jug leaving space.  Add "quart" of Apple Jack.  Marinate overnight. Drink cautiously as it is exceeding smooth.

243

237 rockmom,

I called up the eldest and leading cook in the family when I decided to learn to cook some years back.  I stayed with her for several weeks and helped her cook for her large tribe of children, cousins and friends that dropped in for any excuse. (do you blame them?) We covered every cooking technique under the sun. She was an Air Force wife of a retired Bird Colonel and had traveled the world with him for decades entertaining as needed. As a result, she could teach southern to Japanese cooking. A remarkable cook.  When we tackled the infamous family luncheon roll receipe(many had failed trying) I did not succeed on the first two attempts. You may have better lucky and succeed on the first try; but if not, take hope, practice finally brings success.

244 >>>I don't think you want the pie filling in a can. That's got all the spices and sugar in it and you just mix it with eggs and pour into a shell. For the recipe you posted you want canned pure pumpkin puree, which is unsweetened pumpkin that is cooked mashed and puréed. You could also make your own pumpkin purée by baking a sm ah okay, I stand corrected. Pumpkin but without the sugar.

245 I do the standard Ocean Spray cranberry sauce recipe from fresh berries (cuppa water, cuppa sugar, add berries, then boil), but I also add the zest of one orange while it's cooking. Really adds a nice flavor to the finished product.

246 Tammy, I'll set out a covered plate of Grandmothers out for yourr roll raid.

247 Best, simplest cranberry sauce. See the recipe on the fresh cranberries. Use orange juice instead of water Brown sugar instead of sugar.

248 I remember my mom made a pumpkin pie from a fresh pumpkin. To prepare it she just cut it up into 1" cubes, into the pressure cooker for 10 minutes, and mash it up. Can't say that I noticed any difference between that and the canned puree.

249 Oh, and because I'm an idiot and am trying to get some work done, I forgot to put a little salt, some pepper and lots of sage in the stuffing, I do it while cooking the veggies in the butter.

250 The Dirty Vodka Martini

Put a handful of ice in shaker
Pour in three fingers of vodka
Shake vigorously
Pour in glass
Garnish to taste, - preferably with Giada De Laurentiis

251 cranberry simple syrup, with which to make a yummy cocktail by mixing with val-u-rite. 2 cups sugar, 2 cups water in saucepan. Simmer and stir until sugar is dissolved. then add, 1 bag fresh cranberries 1 stick cinnamon, 1 teaspoon whole cloves. Simmer until cranberries burst. Taste for sweetness, Cool and strain. Also same method, but instead of cranberries use some orange zest, cloves, and cinnamon for a spiced orange simple syrup. Actually it might be more water/sugar to handle the whole bag of cranberries. But I think that's right.

252 We're not making them this year, but I've done pretty well making mashed sweet potatoes in the past, and it's pretty much an impromptu recipe.

-Peel & boil 2 large sweet potatoes
-Mash boiled sweet potatoes, adding 0.5-1 cup milk
-Add: 1/2 Tbsp cinnamon, 1 tsp nutmeg, 2 Tbsp bourbon, 0.5-1 stick butter, 1/4 cup brown sugar, salt/pepper to taste

Turns out very nicely.  And frankly, I'm just spit-balling those amounts.  You can basically add them until it tastes "right," depending on your personal preferences. 

And if you're watching the carbs, the Splenda brown sugar mix works just fine with this. 

253 Low-carb, genuine chocolate: Lindt 70%, 85%, or 90% cocoa. Really good after your taste buds adjust.

254 Speaking of sweat potatoes I love candies sweat potatoes and sweat potato souffle. So when my wife bought a pre-paged grocery selection from a charity org that had sweat potatoes in it I tried to make some candied sweat potatoes.


I followed the recipe exactly.  They came out like crap. I forced down 1 potato and threw the rest out.  Have not tried again.

255 The Traditional Liberal Shit Sandwitch

1  Kaiser Roll
1  A beef Burrito from Taco Bell
1  Slice of American Cheese
1 Tbsp Mayo - To Taste

Prep time 30 Minutes to 4 Hours, depending on your constitution.

1.  Eat the Taco Bell Burrito
2.  Wait 30 minutes to 3 hours, depending on your digestive system.
3.  Open the Kaiser roll.  Place the slice of American chees on the bottom half, and add a thin layer of Mayonase to the top half (optional).
4.  Squat over the Kaiser Roll
5.  Shit furiously onto the two halves of the bun.
6.  Present it to the public, and claim that if they don't eat each and every bite, someone will take away their birth control, put black people back in chains, and throw their grand-mothers off the cliff.

256 My recipe for shit sandwich


Go down and vote for Romney, come back and watch JEF win


Eat it for 4 years

257 The pie serves 8, or as I call it, "one." Yep, I have to make two pies. One for hubby, and one for everyone else!!!

258 Cornbread dressing.  My family has been making this for four generations.

2 batches of crumbled cornbread
1 and 1/2 cups chopped onion
1 and 1/2 cups chopped celery
2 slices of crumbled white bread
1 and 1/2 teaspoons salt and pepper
2 cups of boiling chicken or turkey broth
1/2 cup melted butter
3/4 cup of milk
4 beaten eggs
4 chopped hard boiled eggs (optional)

Preheat oven to 350
Pour cornbread and white bread in large mixing bowl
Add celery and onion. Mix well.
Add boiling broth and mix.
Add milk and melted butter.
Add beaten eggs and mix well.
Add chopped hard boiled eggs.
Pour into casserole dish and top with 2 tablespoons of turkey broth
Bake at 350 for approximately 1 hour

259 ...candied sweat potatoes

Where did you get the sweat, from some stinky hippie or union goon? Ugh. No wonder they turned out like crap.

Next time, try sweet potatoes.  You might like them better.

260 I know, let's have a spelling contest.

261 Wait a minute,
Insinuating garrett is ghey is ok but posting low carb pumpkin pie recipes is part of the art of manliness.  Stop plonking in my kitchen.

Meanwhile 2 key lime pies in the oven.  Recipe right on the Nellie && Joes juice bottle.  Add a tsp of Toad Sweat Habenero lime dessert sauce for fun.

262 I'm smoking a big hunk of salmon over cherry. Wife is making spinach and oyster soup, balsamic roasted carrots and parsnips w/feta cheese and dried cherries. 2 kinds of potatoes + beer bread. For afters: pumpkin and pecan pie, and a Nantucket cranberry pie that is insanely good. (Thanks mom!) Wife just mentioned another side called "green salad." And a truckload of APA and vino. Foodgasm.

263 If you have the ingredients, try this classic cocktail from the 20's: Diki-Diki Ingredients: Ice 1 1/2 ounces apple brandy, preferably Calvados 3/4 ounce Swedish punsch 3/4 ounce freshly squeezed grapefruit juice Directions: Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Add the apple brandy, Swedish punsch and grapefruit juice. Shake well, then strain into a chilled cocktail (martini) glass. The apple brandy is appley. The Swedish Punsch is rummy, spicy, and Scandi-licious. The grapefruit juice is grapefruity and smoothes everything out. Insanely good cocktail that lives in the same town as the Sidecar but on the other side of the tracks. Make this for your guests and be declared an alcoholic genius. The giggle like Beavis and Butthead over the name.

264 Brave Sir Robin, Post the Cranberry pie recipe, por favor.

265 I know this thread is dead so I can get away with this. Ace, ace, ace. That is not proper egg nog. 8 egg yolks, there better part of a very big glass of whole milk. Some brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg, all to taste. Into the blender and presto chango, heaven in a glass.

266 Carol Wright's Nantucket Cranberry Pie 2 cups fresh cranberries 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup flour 3/4 cup butter 1 t almond extract 1 cup sugar 2 eggs, slightly beaten *preheat oven to 325 *Place cranberries, walnuts and 1/2 cup sugar in the bottom of a 10" pie pan *Mix flour, butter, almond extract, 1 cup sugar and eggs. Pour over berries. *Bake 35-40 minutes or until lightly browned. That's right, no messing about w/pie crust. This is a hit everywhere it appears. Cheers! Happy Thanksgiving!

267

I'm startng the low carb, gluten-free cookin' right now: turkey (duh), cheesecake, pumkin pie, stuffing (OK some gluten - Ezekiel bread), sweet taters, green bean caserole (going for gluten-free, we'll see), cranberry salsa, gravy with onion/leek/garlic as thickener, etc.

Try coconut necter as a low-carb sweetener.  I have raw coco sugar granular too.  I was using maple syrup, but I'm slowly switching over.  I use coco milk in everything.  Cook in coco oil.  I'm surprised I don't sweat coconut when I work out now. 

I'll be drinking red tonight, bloodies in the morning, and white in the afternoon. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm thankful that at my mid-forties, the next four years will pass quickly since the clock just seems to pick up speed with age. 

268 Thanks, BSR! Recipe sounds similar to Blueberry Grunt. Only with Cranberries. should be good.

269

This is for people who are comfortable cooking without specific measurements.

 

Take Italian seasoning mix, minced garlic, chopped parsley, some pepper and some salt.  Mix them in a small bowl with some olive oil.  Work your hand between the turkey's skin and meat all over the breast and onto the thigh till it's all loosened. 

 

 Put your hand into the seasonings and olive oil mixture and rub it all over the breast and thighs underneath the loosened skin.  Cut an apple in half and put both halves into the turkey cavity.  Put the turkey into a Cook-In Bag.  Pour half a bottle of champagne (or more if you want) into the Cook-In Bag with the turkey. 

 

Close up the bag and roast according to the bag directions.  I use a roaster rather than my oven.  But the roaster does not do a good job of browning the breast of the turkey, nor does it brown well in the bag.  I have learned to live without that, but sometimes I do take the bag off and try to brown the breast some in the oven.

 

If you want the breast to get brown, you will have to figure out how to drain off the champaigne and hot juice from the bag into a pan before the turkey is clear done, and then open the bag, or remove it entirely, if you can.  You will need help with this, and you both can get burned.  So you may want to just let the turkey finish in the bag and forget browning.

 

If you do want the browned turkey, follow the steps above and then put the turkey in a pan into the oven for the breast to get brown

 

Do save the turkey liquid no matter how you decide to finish the turkey.  The champagne in the liquid makes for great gravy!  I use some packet gravy mix, some flour if needed, and some water, plus the turkey liquid to make the gravy.  Wow! It's good!