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What’s for Thanksgiving?

TurboDog910

TurboDog910

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What are you preparing and how, for your Thanksgiving meal?
We have been doing this on smoker for past few years. I’ll start the brine tomorrow morning.
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Thanksgiving dinner is Friday 1400 for us at my daughter's house. 21 lb turkey goes into the brine tomorrow. Onto the Big Green Egg smoker at 0200 Friday at 225°, with John Henry turkey rub. I use the Sittin Turkey ceramic stand with lemon water. It will cook low and slow indirect about 11 hours to 165 internal temp. Then wrap in foil and into a towel lined cooler for transport to my daughter's house. I am bringing my own carving knives and cutting board to the party. Mrs Greener and my daughter handle the sides.
 
Hi,

The kids are hosting at their new house on Saturday this year. It will be a traditional oven roasted turkey and usual fixin's including stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green been casserole with onions. Mrs. BassCliff will be baking pecan pie, pumpkin pie, and making her signature cranberry sauce, all from scratch. Me? I'll make my traditional turkey giblets gravy using my secret recipe.

We have so much to be thankful for, especially for grandkids.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
Our tradition is to steam crab legs on Thanksgiving Day; the kids/grands all run around and do their thing and stop by for drinks later in the afternoon. Somewhere in that time Christmas ornaments start to appear and multiply.

I stopped trying to compete with all the family in-laws and outlaws (and cooking more food than anyone could eat) years ago.

Our Family Day is Saturday, college football and drinks. Usually, light pick-up finger foods all day.....wings, smash-burger slider, gumbo, etc.
 
Turkey smoked for a few hrs and oven a few hours. We dont like a heavy smoked bird.
Standing rib roast.
Potatoes Lyonnaise
Green bean casserole
Parker house rolls
Fresh cranberry sauce

Lunch apps will be baked brie with fig jam, deviled eggs and charcuterie board
Homemade pumpkin and strawberry rhubarb pies from daughter

Fine selection of wine and whiskies after
 
HayesGreener said:
Thanksgiving dinner is Friday 1400 for us at my daughter's house. 21 lb turkey goes into the brine tomorrow. Onto the Big Green Egg smoker at 0200 Friday at 225°, with John Henry turkey rub. I use the Sittin Turkey ceramic stand with lemon water. It will cook low and slow indirect about 11 hours to 165 internal temp. Then wrap in foil and into a towel lined cooler for transport to my daughter's house. I am bringing my own carving knives and cutting board to the party. Mrs Greener and my daughter handle the sides.
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Thanks for sharing that; going to try that John Henry turkey rub.
 
For years, well, decades actually I always worked the Holiday Shift because my folks live in the same town and by me working it meant other supervisors and managers could see their families. So since I retired we host Thanksgiving at our house. Takes the pressure off my mom and I finally have some family around. Too many Thanksgivings in the past dog sitting my parents Britney Spaniel and splitting a turkey hoagie from the gas station with the dog. Now it is all family, and I was a fool for missing out all those years. Oh well. Work can distort your focus about what is really important. If you guys are alone for the holidays, fix that. You know someone else that is alone, eat with them! If you truly don't know anyone, attend an AA Meeting with a pie and you will be surrounded by friends. There is a lot to be grateful for if you just look.
 
Winchester67 said:
For years, well, decades actually I always worked the Holiday Shift because my folks live in the same town and by me working it meant other supervisors and managers could see their families. So since I retired we host Thanksgiving at our house. Takes the pressure off my mom and I finally have some family around. Too many Thanksgivings in the past dog sitting my parents Britney Spaniel and splitting a turkey hoagie from the gas station with the dog. Now it is all family, and I was a fool for missing out all those years. Oh well. Work can distort your focus about what is really important. If you guys are alone for the holidays, fix that. You know someone else that is alone, eat with them! If you truly don't know anyone, attend an AA Meeting with a pie and you will be surrounded by friends. There is a lot to be grateful for if you just look.
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Sounds to me like your work didn't distort your focus at all. You were sacrificing so others could spend time with their families. Very unselfish of you, and now God has blessed you for that with you now being able to have your time with your family. You are a stand up guy.
 
Appetizers
  • smoked salmon
  • assorted crackers
  • assorted cheeses
  • shrimp & cocktail sauce
  • tortilla chips & guacamole
Adult beverages
  • Nitro Milk stout
  • Port
Main meal
  • Turkey,
  • Cranberry/sausage/cornbread stuffing,
  • Roasted root vegetables,
  • Baby Red mashed potatoes,
  • Brussel sprouts,
  • Whole cranberry sauce.
Dessert
  • Pumpkin pie
  • Huckleberry pie
After dinner OTC
  • Tums
 
I wanted hot dogs! Wife looked at me like I was retarded. Said hell no. I then said turkey hot dogs, she said hell no. We will be having a turkey breast with mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, and dinner rolls. It's just the 2 of us. I was over-ruled. I would have suggested MRE's but I didn't want my butt kicked. When I was young we used to have all kinds of food, turkeys, ham, roast beef, lasagna, and several other italian dishes. All those people long gone now. I might have been a little husky growing up. I was a sucker for italian desserts.
 
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