Are you ready to Roast?

[BobMc]

My daughter has taken up baking for a career move, I’m quite ok with it.

Pumpkin cheesecake prepared for desert tomorrow…

[MakersTeleMark]

Cran: easy. Simmer crans with maple syrup, lemon zest, s&p, garam masala, and add in fresh mint at the end. That's a solid 22 oz. right there.



Stock from the roast done, ready to strain, chill, separate for the master gravy tomorrow.



Stuffing: saute celery onion shallot mushrooms and fennel in a shitton of butter and some olive oil. Add to said smash fest, with stock and beaten eggs. Of course, lots of parsley, sage, thyme. I don't like rosemary. Put outside to chill for oven duty manana.



A solid 6 hour effort for tomorrow. Just left is my turkey which has been brining for 2 days, veg side, and taters. Manageable.

I feel almost silly cooking for 2, but, it is worth it, and I am thankful. Posting 99% so I can just blindly search this in the future.

Have a warm one everyone tomorrow. May your bellies be full, and your dishes be clean after you lick them.

[~mikey b]

that’s good stuff

[MakersTeleMark]

My daughter has taken up baking for a career move, I’m quite ok with it.

Pumpkin cheesecake prepared for desert tomorrow…

That is a latte I can get behind. Nice vice she picked up. Good job Dad.

[~mikey b]

https://youtu.be/m57gzA2JCcM

don’t fuck with tradition

[JimmyCarter]

This bird’s been fisted

[rideit]

Had to season and roast a Turkey with no salt today. Compensated with lots of garlic (under the skin) sage, onion powder, poultry seasoning, white pepper, black pepper, Mrs. dash, and a few other things.
We shall see how it turns out. There will be salt on the table, thank goodness.

[JimmyCarter]

Had to season and roast a Turkey with no salt today. Compensated with lots of garlic (under the skin) sage, onion powder, poultry seasoning, white pepper, black pepper, Mrs. dash, and a few other things.
We shall see how it turns out. There will be salt on the table, thank goodness.

That’s ours too. MIL has heart issues so we’re going low sodium, god help us.

[RShea]

The bird I am making tomorrow is from a line of birds that have been raised by this family since 1949. Their claim to fame is how legit their birds are. I bought one last year and everyone thought it was amazing. I think you would love it.

I think that turkey meat will be a little tough and chewy if the bird has been around since 1949...

[J. Barron DeJong]

I think that turkey meat will be a little tough and chewy if the bird has been around since 1949...

[RShea]

Frozen turkey purchase was done on Sunday and just slid into the refrigerator. Last night to be safe, I pulled it out and stuck it for a bit in a water bath in the sink. Then back in the refrigerator for over night. Today after I got up I did some stuffing. Breading, some butter and a bit of margarine because I did not have enough butter out of the freezer. Chopped up some celery greens, leaves and smaller ends of the stalk. No onion in the house though. So did parley, some onion salt, poultry seasoning, and cloves cooked up on the stove. Potatoes peeled and in the pot waiting to be stuck on the stove.

Turkey washed and stuffed with some seasoning and just going into the oven now...

First year without my Father, he was never a turkey fan and had a story about a turkey sandwich the day he got married. It was coming up on lunch and someone asked him if he wanted a sandwich before heading to the church and all. Do not remember if it was his cousin that was best man or whom, but his Mother was in on it some how also. The turkey sandwich was a paper napkin soaked in water and put between the slices of bread. He told the story many times that it was the moistest and best tasting turkey sandwich he ever ate....

[Hopeless Sinner]

The bird I am making tomorrow is from a line of birds that have been raised by this family since 1949. Their claim to fame is how legit their birds are. I bought one last year and everyone thought it was amazing. I think you would love it.

Tracked that brand down and they do sell them here locally at the holidazes. Might try to grab one tomorrow, if available.

[~mikey b]

[Dantheman]

Short rib ragu, roasted carrots

[Thaleia]

^ Nice!

[Dantheman]

For dessert, lemon posset. Delicious and stupid easy.

[JimmyCarter]

[~mikey b]

cook it

[babybear]

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I hosted and my brother, who is a chef, cooked dinn. So he is not a dog owner and left giblets in a trash bag on our porch
Just after dinner we catch Baxter trotting through the house all proud and after a sec realize he broke into the giblets and is carrying the turkey neck through the house

[riser4]

Baxter!

[Powder Ho]

Baxter is 2022 Thanksgiving MVP!

[~mikey b]

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I hosted and my brother, who is a chef, cooked dinn. So he is not a dog owner and left giblets in a trash bag on our porch
Just after dinner we catch Baxter trotting through the house all proud and after a sec realize he broke into the giblets and is carrying the turkey neck through the house

way to go Baxter

[BobMc]

Daughter made sesame rolls as well, she has a few starters around here now.



Kids voted for ham this year instead of the usual turkey.



Most of the usual sides, whole wheat stuffing, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, funeral potatoes, mac and cheese and the requisite tube o’ cranberries gel.



Daughter finished up the pumpkin cheesecake with home whipped cream, sautéed caramel sauce and ginger snaps. That shit was kick your Mom in the head good.

[SB]

Smoking da bird

[Danno]

Did the roast turkey breast. Came out good, except when I took the temp it was around 140 so I let it go another 10 minutes, and in that time it rocketed to 165, so it still was dry as hell even though I was sitting to pull at 150 or so. Fuck. Good thing I could smother it with gravy.