Thanksgiving

[Anonymous No.9697786]

What are you cooking for Thanksgiving Day?

[Anonymous No.9697796]

I am not American and I have nothing to give thanks for since I hate my existence. Fuck off, bird fucker.

[Anonymous No.9697809]

>>9697796
Chillax man, I’m just in on thanksgiving for the good food.

[Anonymous No.9697823]

>>9697786
>cook
I'll probably just buy some Costco pizza

[Anonymous No.9697828]

Traditional for 15 people.

[Anonymous No.9697835]

>>9697823
I prefer Sam’s Club pizza even though I’m a Costco member, but that’s just because I love meat lover’s pizza..

[Anonymous No.9697870]

>>9697828
What’s traditional for 15 people?

[Anonymous No.9697876]

>>9697786
Probably a pumpkin pie and some very traditional spicy cabbage pancakes for dinner with my friends this weekend. On the actual day whatever my mom will let me in the kitchen to make.

[Anonymous No.9697896]

[Anonymous No.9697899]

>>9697786

Wheatcakes.

[Anonymous No.9697906]

>>9697876
What are spicy cabbage pancakes? Like kimchi pancakes? Sounds good

[Anonymous No.9697907]

I did the deviled eggs the last two Thanksgivings. They were gone. My brothers and I do most of the cooking after my mom moved to FL with her new dipshit asshole husband. He even made her give up her dog.

[Anonymous No.9697910]

>>9697896
Are you brining your turkey? And do you do that thing where you put herbed butter in between the skin and the meat of the turkey?

[Anonymous No.9697912]

>>9697907
Feels bad man.. :-( poor doggo
What do you put in your deviled eggs

[Anonymous No.9697920]

>>9697896
I buy it pre brined. I just don’t have a pot big enough.

Yes I put herbs butter balls under the skin and rub it on the skin too

[Anonymous No.9697947]

>>9697786
I'm not. My mom cooks Thanksgiving at her place and refuses to let any one else cook any part of the meal.

[Anonymous No.9697966]

>>9697906
Ya basically, I don't have decent kimchi but I'm going to use chili paste and regular shredded cabbage instead

[Anonymous No.9698003]

>>9697907
Are you me? My mom recently left my dad for some shithead in Florida.
Fuck Florida, man.

[Anonymous No.9698014]

>>9697920
Do you baste or is that just a meme?
I might try to inject this year..

[Anonymous No.9698019]

>>9697947
Where’s the fun in that? What a Debbie downer..

[Anonymous No.9698032]

Turkey, rotisseried on the grill, rubbed 48 hours before with a compound butter, under the skin, inside th e cavity, and outside, basted occasionally with a mixture of drippings and champagne (I use whatever champagne is left from the mimosas from the morning)
Stuffing - traditional, but I use a mixture of sourdough and french bread
Gravy made from the drippings and extra turkey stock I make ahead of time
Cranberry sauce, homemade
Baked Mashed Potatoes (everyone always eats the shit out of these, so I make them every year, but imo they're getting boring).
Green bean casserole, from scratch, no canned bullshit
Roasted asparagus
Baked sweet potatoes stuffed with a little butter, caramelized onions, s&p, and parmesan cheese
Creamed turnips
Green salad
Yeast rolls, from scratch
Relish tray
Pies (made a couple of days ahead) - pumpkin, bourbon pecan, apple cream
Wine, iced tea, mimosas, coffee, cocktails, beer, whatever people want to drink.

[Anonymous No.9698093]

>>9698032
How many people do you have come over?

[Anonymous No.9698110]

>>9698093

Sounds like a standard /ck/ meal for one to me.

[Anonymous No.9698160]

>>9697912
I keep it simple. Do not over cook the egga and salt the yokes well. A bit of good mayo and cheapish mustard to taste. Bit of dilly but not enough it over powers every thing else. I still want to taste the yokes.

[Anonymous No.9698163]

I'm not American so i don't celebrate thanksgiving but i was thinking of making a traditional thanksgiving dinner one of these days just for fun. Stuffed turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy and maybe an apple pie for dessert.

[Anonymous No.9698184]

>>9698093
Usually about 15-20, depending on if they bring a friend or bf/gf

[Anonymous No.9698185]

>>9698163
Try making pumpkin pie - super good...
I don’t stuff my turkey with stuffing because I’m all scared about the bacteria. So I cook the stuffing (“dressing”) on the side. And I stuff my turkey with onions and herbs and stuff..

[Anonymous No.9698206]

I just bought a smoker. what should i do to smoke a bird?

[Anonymous No.9698229]

>>9698206
Brine, dry rub, and use a mix of apple and oak woods.

[Anonymous No.9698233]

>>9697870
the meal he is cooking i assume.

[Anonymous No.9698263]

>>9698184
Does the champagne really work well with the turkey?

[Anonymous No.9698282]

>>9698263
Yeah it does. I first used it years ago after I watched a Martha Stewart turkey episode, where she put a cheesecloth that had been soaked in champagne and butter over the turkey breast while it roasted to keep it moist. You baste every once in awhile to keep the cheesecloth soaked, and take it off the last 30-45 minutes so it can brown.
Anyway, it turned out really tasty and moist, so that's how I made my turkey until a few years ago when I bought the rotisserie. But I still baste with champagne and drippings. Delicious.
And it works out, because we always have some leftover champagne in the bottles after people have had their mimosas, so that way it doesn't go to waste.

[Anonymous No.9698368]

>>9698003
Hurricane state, bye bye family

[Anonymous No.9698451]

>>9697786
A 'Heritage Turkey' from somewhere in Kansas;

[Anonymous No.9698465]

>>9698032
Classic.

[Anonymous No.9698601]

Turkey breast (Pioneer Woman's apple cider brine)
Ham (mustard/molasses glaze)
Garlic mashed potatoes
Gravy from Whole Foods
Cornbread
Mirliton stuffing (Emeril recipe, with cornbread instead of breadcrumbs)
Green bean casserole from scratch
Cranberry sauce with orange and cardamom
Dutch apple pie
Pumpkin/chocolate cheesecake

[Anonymous No.9698634]

>>9698019
Yeah, i want to help, by she considers it her chance to provide for the family. She and my grandparents grew up poor, and while i was young we were poor, but she managed to get us up into middle class; it's sorta a pride thing i think.

[Anonymous No.9698651]

probably 5 guys on the day before for celebrating. Then just sit around and watch football and parades the day of.

I save the celebrations for Christmas then we break out the festivities.

[Anonymous No.9698680]

>>9698601
Please read the following before brining your turkey with vinegar:
http://www.seriouseats.com/2012/11/the-food-lab-the-truth-about-brining-turkey-thanksgiving.html

[Anonymous No.9698714]

>>9698680
>jocks and nerds metaphor
Holy shit did he rip off a Good Eats episode?

[Anonymous No.9698801]

>>9697823
Costgo's pizza is overrated garbage. The smell is better than the taste. Kill yourself.

[Anonymous No.9698812]

Nobody having turkey. Degenerates.

[Anonymous No.9698817]

>>9697786
wangz and beer

[Anonymous No.9698827]

>>9698801
for the price, it tastes damn good, it tastes just as good as top tier frozen pizza

[Anonymous No.9698834]

>>9698801
it's not the greatest, but it's wwwaaayyy better than papa juan's, pizza hut, or dominos

[Anonymous No.9699075]

>>9698680
I've used the recipe in the past and haven't noticed any issues (though, maybe I don't know what I'm missing). It uses apple juice/cider, not vinegar, so it isn't extremely acidic.

[Anonymous No.9699110]

My mom always makes this awesome green bean casserole. It's one of my favorite dishes in the world because it encapsulates a lot of the aspects of American food history.

Typically green bean casserole is made using canned cream of mushroom soup, canned beans and store-bought "fried shallots."

But mom flips this whole idea on its head. She preps fresh green beans, makes a delicious mushroom gravy from scratch, then adds freshly fried breaded shallots for garnish before baking.

Americans were initially fascinated by the debut of canned food products (such as the canned ham). Dishes like Green Bean Casserole and Watergate Salad developed as marketing ploys by food processing companies, but eventually gained canonical status in the national Thanksgiving Seder.

Now, in this late era, many are beginning to rediscover fresh ingredients. Thus mom's green bean casserole sits at the intersection of old and new, speaking to both the best and worst of Americana simultaneously, and while being delicious too.

sorry for the blogpost but I get carried away sometimes. I just really love my mom's green bean casserole.

[Anonymous No.9699158]

>>9699110
Green bean casserole is fucking great. We started making it from scratch instead of from a can years ago and never looked back. We also make two huge batches because everyone wants leftovers for a couple days.

[Anonymous No.9699165]

Korean style fried chicken and pork belly.

[Anonymous No.9699192]

Does anyone love the relish tray as much as the other dishes? I literally can't have a holiday meal without one. Pic related, but not a very good one, just the first random pic I found.

What do you put on yours? I add gherkins, baby dill pickles, cherry tomatoes, "breakfast" radishes, celery stuffed with chive and herb spreadable cheese, peppadews stuffed with feta, a variety of olives, pickled okra, snap peas, and deviled eggs. I have a glass platter that has a relish tray in the center, with deviled egg holders around the outside, so it's perfect.

[Anonymous No.9699195]

>>9699192
Fuck, forgot the pic. Oh well, you know what a relish tray is.

[Anonymous No.9699202]

>>9699192
>gherkins, baby dill pickles

You, sir or ma'am, have similar taste as mine.

[Anonymous No.9699641]

>>9699202
Very nice. I love everything at Thanksgiving, but it wouldn't be right without the beloved relish tray. I think it goes back to childhood, I remember sneaking stuff off the tray before dinner, when I could barely see over the table.

[Anonymous No.9699688]

>>9699158

my man

[Anonymous No.9699725]

>>9699158
>>9699110
>>9698601
>>9698032
I'm SO FUCKING GLAD that people have finally have ditched the cans and are making this from scratch. When you do, it's like an entirely different dish. I used to be in charge of this dish at a little 15 table restaurant I worked at years ago, and we did a full Thanksgiving Dinner that would be booked up months in advance. Having only 15 tables, it was just the owner and I doing all the cooking. Anyway, I used to have people stop me on the street and ask for the recipe, which I couldn't give out because my boss would have killed me. Anyway, I'm happy to see this, and I will be making it too, for my own family.

[Anonymous No.9699865]

>>9699725
Recipe pls?

[Anonymous No.9699875]

What should I cook for one?

[Anonymous No.9699941]

>>9699875
A small turkey breast, gravy, boxed stuffing, mashed potatoes, asparagus, and buy yourself a couple of yeast rolls and a piece of pie from somewhere. It enough that you'll have leftovers for a few meals.
OR
buy some turkey thigh or breast meat, cook it gently, and make yorselfva Badass Turkey Pot Pie.

[Anonymous No.9699963]

>>9699941
That sounds ok although I don't have a microwave so reheating leftovers is a bit annoying

[Anonymous No.9699998]

Stuffing is the only recipe I have that I've modified and turned into "anon's stuffing" so when I bring it to the family gathering they really look forward to it. Not this year though, just me and my dad.

So does anyone have a definitive mashed potato and gravy recipe? He's handling the turkey and I'll be cooking stuffing, mashed potatoes, candied yams, and gravy. Are homemade rolls worth it in anyone's experience?

[Anonymous No.9700023]

>bone-in turkey breast in crock pot
>basic gravy made from drippings
>mashed sweet potatoes
>some kind of vegetable casserole, haven't decided if i'll do green bean or something with brussels sprouts
>homemade buttery yeast rolls
>cranberry sauce, i do 50/50 homemade and the canned stuff
>cast iron apple pie

i also want to do stuffing but i've never made it before (other than the boxed stuff). i might try a test run this weekend to see if i can pull it off.

[Anonymous No.9700030]

>>9700023
Stuffing is relatively simple, and really easy to modify. I like a cornbread/sausage stuffing, but there's options out the whazoo and homemade is fanfucktastic.

[Anonymous No.9700180]

>>9697796
Be humble son, you can always be inca worse situation and at least you have internet.

[Anonymous No.9700212]

>>9700023
>>9700030
It's kinda like soggy bread that can be cooked inside the animal or using its juices. My family loves making it from stock made from organ meat and neck, as well as the juices from the roast later. Egg, herbs, etc added later of course.

[Anonymous No.9700683]

>>9699110
Sounds super good. Mushroom gravy from scratch... I never even had green bean casserole, but I might make it this year. Thanks anon

[Anonymous No.9700705]

>>9700212
This is the worst kind of stuffing.

Good stuffing is basically well seasoned, butter soaked toast. Its much better than that garbage people put inside the bird

[Anonymous No.9700707]

>>9700705
How do you make your stuffing?

[Anonymous No.9700712]

>>9697786

[Anonymous No.9700727]

small dinner this year.
garlic butter herb breast
bacon and smoked gouda mashed potatoes
sausage and cornbread stuffing
tons of veggies probably roasted
yeast rolls from scratch

[Anonymous No.9700730]

>>9700727
Please tell me about these bacon and smoked Gouda mashed potatoes, they sound wonderful

[Anonymous No.9700753]

>>9700730
making them for the first time this year so i cant give you a review yet but im excited to try it.

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/mashed-potato-casserole-with-smoked-gouda-and-bacon

[Anonymous No.9701561]

Smoked turkey and baked mac n cheese is what I'm cooking for the family . Also will help my mom make some sushi.

[Anonymous No.9702991]

>>9701561
How do you smoke your turkey?

[Anonymous No.9703355]

my mommy is gonna make a potroast since the 10 pound small turkey vons sells is too big for three people

[Anonymous No.9704593]

drop me some knowledge on your spice game my niggs