What is everyone making? Or you just eating?

I'm making pumpkin cheesecake :yumyum: My wife is making Cherry pie, cranberry's and shrimp salad.

We (canada) already had thanksgiving, but that don't stop me, I go to a family that housed me for Baseball in Detroit when I was a kid and they cook all the good (black people) thanksgiving food! mmmmmm.

Just Eating! :lol:


Started a day early since we just had a big Thanksgiving feast at work today. I feel too full to eat tomorrow now. They should have remembered to give us nap time though.

Just eating works :D:

I want some Thanksgiving food!!! :icon_droo
Looks like I gotta wait a whole year...

18 lb Turkey :)

Having some friends over....

That is a good size bird! How are you cooking it? Last time we cooked a turkey we did an orange zest butter rub :yumyum:

:) I made an outrageously large quantity of chex mix for pre-dinner snackies.

but im quite excited for my grandpa's cooking... lots of butter in everything! mmmm

I got stuck making tiramisu... Guaranteed failure.

For Canadian Thanks Giving I made turkey, dressing, cranberries, potatoes, etc
Tonight we celebrated US TG (conflict tomorrow) with Swiss Chalet chicken and ribs, dressing, potatoes etc

I got stuck making tiramisu... Guaranteed failure.
lol :doh:

Just got done fighting another fire at work but I think the issue is resolved. Now to start making that pumpkin cheesecake!

The bird is resting in a brine downstairs in the frig....

Awesome recipe

Ingredients

•6 quarts tap water
•1 pound kosher salt
•1 cup molasses
•2 cups honey
•1 cup soy sauce
•1 tablespoon dried red pepper flakes
•1 tablespoon dried sage
•Large bunch fresh thyme
•2 heads garlic broken into individual cloves, unpeeled
•5 pounds ice cubes
•14 to 18-pound turkey, cleaned, innards removed
•1 pound unsalted butter, softened
•2 lemons, zested

Directions
In a medium pot, bring 3 quarts of the tap water to a boil over medium heat. Put the kosher salt in a large bowl and slowly (and carefully!) pour the boiling water over the salt. Stir to blend.

Add the molasses, honey, soy sauce, red pepper flakes, sage, thyme and garlic to the salt and water mixture. Stir to blend. Add the remaining 3 quarts of cool water. Add the ice to a cooler or bucket large enough to hold the brine and the turkey. Pour the brine over the ice and use a large whisk to blend all of the ingredients.

Submerge the turkey, breast side down, in the brine. Make sure the cavity of the bird fills with the liquid as you are submerging it. Cover the cooler and allow the bird to sit in the brine overnight or for about 12 hours.

Remove the bird from the brine and dry it thoroughly with thick (absorbent) kitchen towels. Take care to wipe inside the cavity as well. Discard the brine. Whisk together the butter and the lemon zest. Gently lift the skin covering 1 breast of the turkey and spread half of the butter right on the meat under the skin. Repeat with the other breast. The butter will add extra moisture and richness as the bird roasts.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Arrange the turkey in a roasting pan fitted with a rack. Put on the lower rack of the oven and roast until the internal temperature of the turkey taken from the thickest part of the thigh reads 170 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer, about 3 1/2 hours. Remove the turkey from the oven to a cutting board or serving platter and tent with foil. Allow to rest for 15 minutes before carving and serving.

holy fak! it's not even Thanksgiving up in Canada... But thank you for making my stomach growl at 11:50pm! I'm gonna go grab something to eat... :banghead:

And also, thanks for the recipes. I'll keep Nemesis8's turkey one for next weekend :eyetwitch

im so excited to stuff my face tomorrow. omg. ive been eating a ton all week in preparation.... i'll just have to remember to wear my stretchy pants. LOL

Nemesis8 that bird is going to be tasty!

I was asked to bring wine. I'll probably end up making a mess. And later, probably some poop.

Pumpkin Cheesecake

Crust

1.5 cups gram crakers
1/3 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350˚
2. Mix together and put in 9" deep pie pan
3. Cook for 14 minutes

Cheesecake

3 pkg 8oz soft cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 can (15oz) Libby 100% Pure Pumpkin
2/3 cup evaporated milk
2 tbl spoon cornstarch
1 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

1. Beat cream cheese, sugar, brown sugar until fluffy
2. Beat in eggs, pumpkin and evaporated milk
3. Beat in corn starch, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
4. Beat well
5. Poor in crust
6. Cook at 350˚ for 55 minutes

Topping

1 (16oz) sour cream
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract

1. Mix in bowl
2. Poor on top of cheesecake
3. Cook 5 minutes

I'll have to wait to see what I get to eat. I'm not going to make anything. Except maybe a fool of my self. Going to the girlfriends parents for dinner. I just have to travel 1000 miles to their house tomorrow. Where it was 9 below zero this morning.

I'm gonna have a great Thanksgiving tomorrow. Happy Thanksgiving to one and all.

Happy Thanksgiving Easy :) You may have to travel a bit tomorrow but sounds like it will be worth it!

BTW where is it you are going where it was -9˚?

happy thanksgiving easy :) you may have to travel a bit tomorrow but sounds like it will be worth it!

Btw where is it you are going where it was -9˚?

cpr

PDX, My girlfriend is making Pumpkin Cheese cake, and she's making Thanksgiving very complicated. I'm supposed to go out to her house for T-Day, and she has to cook and says there's no time for her to come pick me up (because Preston has over a foot of snow...soo....Rx8 stays home yet another day)....Oh deary me.

Snow Angels.

Wow, y'all are so traditional, my family sets up all the stuff to make any kind of taco u want, just fry a shell and set up ur own :-D

Lots of ways to do Thanksgiving :D: Important part is being with friends and family.

i literally weigh 5 pounds more than i did before thanksgiving. i deem that a success!

Have you pooped in the last four days? Just sayin'.

LOL

yes. yes i have.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocV5bGHdYag

i didnt eat a thing cause i went on a dinner cruise and got seasick.. boo.

^pics or it did not happen. oh wait never mind...

that sucks!

nothin says Happy Thanksgiving like :puke:


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