off to Grannies for turkey........

Right back at ya - Happy Thanksgiving!

This Thanksgiving...



...enjoy your turkey & football!

Happy Thanksgiving from the Left Coast!

Mark Wood

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Happy Thanksgiving from the Left Coast!

ditto from an old rotorhead in Olympia, WA.

God bless!

Aboard the Eagle a little more than 45 years ago!

Wishing everyone a pleasant holiday with family and friends, whether traveling or staying at home...

...gjd

Oh, and as Fred used to tell us when he was participating here more,

"if you must drink and drive, make it a Pepsi"

Stay safe out there!

mw

Anyone have a Thanksgiving favorite? I have always wanted to try a fried turkey, but have never had a chance to pull that off.

T

Tony,

As far as deep fried turkey goes, having that much hot oil would make me a bit nervous. I bet there are several European nobles who could of used these deem turkey friers up in the ramparts of their castles.

As for us, we are departing from the usual turkey dinner tradition and will be enjoying a dinner of roasted prime rib, au jus, Yorkshire pudding, roasted & glazed parsnips & carrots, waldorf salad and pumkin praline pie for desert.

I like pumkin pie and the missus likes pecan pie so the pumkin praline pie is a nice fusion of the two.

This will be the first time in about 30 years that my Dad is joining us for Thanksgiving dinner.

We'll be enjoying a bottle of 1975 French Burgandy from my Dad's old collection. The missus and I were spliced together in '75. If this wine has mellowed as well as we have as a couple over the years, then it will be a great dinner.

mw

Bon Appétit!

Looking forward to going to the Mom-in-laws.

She usually has quite a spread of roast turkey, spiral sliced glazed ham, both kielbasa and polish sausage in sauer kraut, green bean casserole, mashed and sweet potatoes, and many more goodies.

We're bringing the pies (apple and pumpkin) and Cool Whip for dessert.

Good thing she's got plenty of couch room to crash on afterwards!

It's Thanksgiving?!?! I thought it was getting close to XMAS since all of the stores up here have had their XMAS stuff out for a few weeks now!!! Figured now that I'm getting older, that I couldn't remember this Thanksgiving cause I ate too much turkey and slept through the rest of it...

Strat sends...

The traditional Turkey and fixin's here, but . . .

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both kielbasa and polish sausage in sauer kraut,

. . . now that sounds like "Good Eats."

...gjd

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Originally posted by Strat18:
It's Thanksgiving?!?! I thought it was getting close to XMAS since all of the stores up here have had their XMAS stuff out for a few weeks now!!! Figured now that I'm getting older, that I couldn't remember this Thanksgiving cause I ate too much turkey and slept through the rest of it...

Strat sends...

Some stores here, including the Air Force BX, have had Christmas stuff up since late August.

Hard to get into the spirit when it's still 105 in the shade outside.

Remembering the "good old days" when the holiday shopping season actually began on the day after Thanksgiving.

Here's a question to ponder. How many trees will be cut in order to provide the newsprint for the day-after-Thanksgiving ads in your newspaper? Friday's paper will be so heavy you might need a crane to lift it.

Fry that turkey! After 4 years of living in Kentucky and having Fried Turkey every single Thanksgiving, courtesy of our Auntie Angie, My husband and I fried our own Turkey last year.

But for Christmas, though. My husband, Jerome, would have nothing to do with a pot filled with 3 gallons of hot oil so I did it. Outfitted with a pair of thick jeans and my CG Boots, I lowered the bird and it was done in 45 minutes. And tasty too!

Happy Thanskgiving everyone!

Polloi

If you don't see my posts sometime after the weekend, you will know that I died a noble death ... attempting to choke down the driest flesh of fowl this side of a dead and petrified turkey vulture from the depths of the Mojave Desert ... meat guaranteed to have a total moisture content lower than the protective tiles on the shuttle during re-entry. Along with swilling a classic vintage offering (Two-Buck Chuck, Trader Joe's), an infamous family recipe of "green bean casserole" that should have been buried with great-grandmother ...

There should be some sort of civilian medal for such holiday duty ...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL WHO SERVED AND ALL THAT ARE SURVING AND THE LOVED ONES THAT SUPPORT THEM. FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS.

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attempting to choke down the driest flesh of fowl this side of a dead and petrified turkey vulture from the depths of the Mojave Desert ... meat guaranteed to have a total moisture content lower than the protective tiles on the shuttle during re-entry

Go for the dark meat, if you can find any.

That's where all the fat, and thus the moisture and flavor, is.

Besides, when eating a turkey drumstick you're almost forced to pick it up in your hands and gnaw away at it -- none of this dainty knife and fork stuff -- just like the days of old.

Note: Have a napkin handy to clean up the mess on your face and hands. . .

Then again, that's what they invented shirt sleeves for!

...gjd

I really enjoy the the assorted pies and vegetable dishes (string bean cassarols) and look forward to the many turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce sandwiches that follow the big day. Get ready to put on the feed bags.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Dick

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Originally posted by militia1:
Anyone have a Thanksgiving favorite? I have always wanted to try a fried turkey, but have never had a chance to pull that off.

T

Once you go there, you will never want to go back! The absloute best thing around. Of course, as Mark aluded too, Darwin's rule is often tested in that process! A couple of hints:
1. Have the right amount of oil in - or you'll burn your house down! Easy way to do this! Before you marinade the bird, put him on the cooking stand and in the fryer. Fill the fryer up with water until it is just above the little buzzards legs. Slowly remove the bird - allowing the water to drain. Whatever the level of the water is w/o the bird in the bucket is how much oil you need!
2. You'll want the bird well thawed by tonite really. Inject some good marinade (I suggest a lemon/garlic/butter flavor) all around the bird.
3. If you like, give the little buzzard a good rubbing with a creole or lemon/garlic dry marinade.
4 About 2 hours before you want to eat (for a 16-18 lbs buzzard) start heating up the oil. At 350 deg, SLOWLY lower him in the pot with a good meat thermometer stuck in a nice meaty portion of his thigh. You'll need to bump up the fire a bit right before you drown him 'cause the oil temp will drop. Let it get back to the 350 nieghborhood and keep it there. When the meat is approaching 170 (maybe around 160 and change) you can pull it out. The deal is that it keeps cooking a bit, but the 'safe' cooking temp inside is 170. For a bird in the 18 lb range - it will be in the oil slightly either side of an hour.
5. CAREFULLY and SLOWLY pull the little guy out while the oil drain out of his belly.
6. Carve serve and eat. Have 1 extra napkin ready for the extra flavorful and moist meat - and another one for the drool!

If you use a rub on the outside, it will probably appear a lot darker than a roasted bied - but that is fine. No 'fowl' in that.

Again - Darwin is always watching over people cooking with hot oil! Booze, inattention and/or stupidity are Darwins friend!

Try one of the electric turkey friers. You can only cook about a 13 pound bird in it but there is no open flame and it has a max fill line for the oil. Much safer than using the propane.

Be safe. Happy Thanksgiving every one!

Traveling this year to Penna. Looking to see the Lions go meekly into the night to my Packers.

Oh, and eating all the sumptuous fixins.

And sleeping.

And eating.

Then sleeping.

Then, well, you see the pattern here. It continues, until I am pressed into labor to re-load the vehicle and motor in and around other caloric-glazed, sleepy drivers.

Happy Thanksgiving & best wishes to all, whether we've disagreed or not in the past in these forums or otherwise.

sindbad sends in between vehicle checks.