Guest TheProudDuck Posted November 11, 2004 Report Posted November 11, 2004 Snow -- So what exotic treatment is your Thanksgiving turkey getting this year? I need some ideas. Quote
Guest curvette Posted November 12, 2004 Report Posted November 12, 2004 What is it with you California boys? I wanna husband who wants to help with Thanksgiving turkey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Tell your wives Curvette says they are VERY lucky girls!) Quote
Snow Posted November 12, 2004 Report Posted November 12, 2004 Curvette, Helps? I don't help. I makes the turkeys - solo. Actually I have some sisters and families coming over and cooking, all-together, in the kitchen, talking about everything and anything, has turned into one of my favorite things to do; but, the meat falls completely under my purview. My sisters are all kinda smart - summa and magna cum laude types, I was the village idiot, so the conversation is lively.PD,I have had such good luck with my Mexican cum Cajun turkey (and yes I have used the word correctly, please refer to the latin kom) that I think I am going to stick with it and then cook a second one on the side .1. Mexican/Cajun: Take a small turkey and using a thin sharp knife poke lots of sliced pockets deep into the meat from the inside of the turkey. Into each punctured hole stuff frozen butter, garlic slices, onion slices and especially hot peppers of your choice - jallepenos, whatever. Use lots of butter and lots of hot peppers. Heavily sprinkle the turkey inside and out with salt (I only use kosher of sea salt), fresh cracked pepper (store bought ground pepper is bitter), chilli powder and cayenne pepper.Bake on rack, uncovered. The butter keeps the turkey very moist. It sounds hot but the lenghty cooking cooks out the heat and leaves lots of flavor. The drippings in the pan are the gravy without additional preparation.2. Brined deep-fried turkey. Brine a turkey for 12 to 24 hours in a apple cider salt brine. That makes the turkey moist and flavorful. You could then just bake it as usual but last year I bought a propane deep fryer. I over cooked mine a tad last year but it was still very good. It cooks in a fraction of the time.I haven't thought of what else to do beyond that.Last Monday the kids and I made fresh homemade butter and popovers. Delectable. (do a google search)Anybody else got interesting plans? Quote
Jenda Posted November 12, 2004 Report Posted November 12, 2004 I'm not 100% sure, but I think I am going to be alone on Thanksgiving. Quote
Snow Posted November 12, 2004 Report Posted November 12, 2004 Originally posted by Jenda@Nov 11 2004, 08:10 PM I'm not 100% sure, but I think I am going to be alone on Thanksgiving. If you are in Southern California on Thanksgiving day, you can eats with us. Quote
Jenda Posted November 12, 2004 Report Posted November 12, 2004 Originally posted by Snow+Nov 11 2004, 09:31 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Snow @ Nov 11 2004, 09:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Jenda@Nov 11 2004, 08:10 PM I'm not 100% sure, but I think I am going to be alone on Thanksgiving. If you are in Southern California on Thanksgiving day, you can eats with us. How about if y'all came to visit me is snowy upstate NY? We can make snowmen and snow angels and go sledding. Quote
Spencer Posted November 12, 2004 Report Posted November 12, 2004 Hey Snow what part of Cali? Ill be in cali for turkey day, in Hemet on the actual day but ill be there all week visiting family and such in huntington beach, so save me a slice of that turkey sounds interesting. Quote
Guest Unorthodox Posted November 12, 2004 Report Posted November 12, 2004 Liberals want to cancel Thanksgiving, and turn your children gay. Quote
Ray Posted November 13, 2004 Report Posted November 13, 2004 Thanks for the ideas, Snow. I'll have to try that sometime. :) Quote
Snow Posted November 14, 2004 Report Posted November 14, 2004 Originally posted by Spencer@Nov 12 2004, 07:31 AM Hey Snow what part of Cali? Ill be in cali for turkey day, in Hemet on the actual day but ill be there all week visiting family and such in huntington beach, so save me a slice of that turkey sounds interesting. As it so happens, I am in Huntington Beach.... Quote
Snow Posted November 14, 2004 Report Posted November 14, 2004 Originally posted by Ray@Nov 12 2004, 05:08 PM Thanks for the ideas, Snow. I'll have to try that sometime. :) There's no time like the present. You won't be sorry. Quote
Larry Kozlowski Posted November 14, 2004 Report Posted November 14, 2004 My daughter (age 6) and I will be (a) paying an annual visit to her mother's grave (as the 25th of Nov is when my wife passed away four years ago) and (B) taking a road trip thru Baja to surf some of her old man's most favorite of haunts in order to learn the trade. The time has come grasshoppa. The surfboard must be handed down. Baptism has arrived. The Lily-girl is ready. (I'll be sure to take some photos and share as I know you all can't wait to see them, seeing as how popular I am on this web board thingie and all! woo hoo, rock on alright now!) Quote
Larry Kozlowski Posted November 14, 2004 Report Posted November 14, 2004 I will go on record right now to say you should join Snow on Thanksgiving because he is very cool and I like him and he is an Apple man and overall--beyond his famed afro and good chains--he is a good looking man whom I would definitely, without a doubt, have as my best man if i were a Getting Married Soon man, because he's the kind of guy who's not afraid of giving hugs and that's what a guy who's getting married needs--a hugger best man. Backslapper best man is no good--who needs him?! We need more huggers in this world and Snow, I'm telling you right now, is a hugger man. But not a bad hugger man, or a gratuitous hugger man---he's the real deal hugger man. A genuine hugger. For that, and that alone, I would join he and his family on Thanksgiving in a milisecond and never look back. Trust me on this one, people... Snow is good people and good people take care of you on Thanksgiving. I'm serious here... don't laugh or think I'm playing you. Snow is pure, 100% good dude who makes good turkey guy. I love him for it and will always remember the fond days we had together--and the many more to come. Thanks Snow! you da man... Quote
Spencer Posted November 15, 2004 Report Posted November 15, 2004 Originally posted by Snow+Nov 13 2004, 08:52 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Snow @ Nov 13 2004, 08:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Spencer@Nov 12 2004, 07:31 AM Hey Snow what part of Cali? Ill be in cali for turkey day, in Hemet on the actual day but ill be there all week visiting family and such in huntington beach, so save me a slice of that turkey sounds interesting. As it so happens, I am in Huntington Beach.... Oh wow, I grew up off of beach and garfield. went to perry elem, Dwyer Jr high and HBHS. Ill be staying with a friend of mine off of magnolia and adams. Quote
Snow Posted November 16, 2004 Report Posted November 16, 2004 Well you should be in touch. I am by Golden West College. By the way, while what Larry says is mostly true, I am not the kind to hug and tell. Quote
Snow Posted November 26, 2004 Report Posted November 26, 2004 Thanksgiving was great. Antipasto of roasted vegatables, cheeses, peperoni, proscuitto, olive oil, etc Mushroom caps stuffed with crab Cucumber slices topped with creamcheese and trout Green bean salad with red onion, blue cheese and balsamic vinegar Butternut squash soup from scratch. Mashed potatoes with feta cheese Jalapeno stuffed turkey Stuffing with sausage, apple, fresh cranberries, oysters, parmesan and romano cheese Fresh made cranberries with orange and lemon Sweet potatoes baked with romano cheese Homemade apple cranberry something or other for desert. There's a warm glow in the fireplace as the fog rolls in from across the park, up the front yard. The BYU choir and philharmonic orchestra has a folk music special on PBS, kids playing and giggling upstairs... I have a lot to be thankful for and I want to give thanks to each one of you on LDSTalk that I enjoy so much. Thank you. Quote
Cal Posted November 27, 2004 Report Posted November 27, 2004 Originally posted by Unorthodox@Nov 12 2004, 03:54 PM Liberals want to cancel Thanksgiving, and turn your children gay. Thank you for that wonderful piece of right wing propaganda--how could we do without it? Quote
Blessed Posted November 28, 2004 Report Posted November 28, 2004 Originally posted by Snow@Nov 25 2004, 10:44 PM Thanksgiving was great.Antipasto of roasted vegatables, cheeses, peperoni, proscuitto, olive oil, etcMushroom caps stuffed with crabCucumber slices topped with creamcheese and troutGreen bean salad with red onion, blue cheese and balsamic vinegarButternut squash soup from scratch.Mashed potatoes with feta cheeseJalapeno stuffed turkeyStuffing with sausage, apple, fresh cranberries, oysters, parmesan and romano cheeseFresh made cranberries with orange and lemonSweet potatoes baked with romano cheeseHomemade apple cranberry something or other for desert.There's a warm glow in the fireplace as the fog rolls in from across the park, up the front yard. The BYU choir and philharmonic orchestra has a folk music special on PBS, kids playing and giggling upstairs...I have a lot to be thankful for and I want to give thanks to each one of you on LDSTalk that I enjoy so much.Thank you. Snow, Not only do we have a passion for K2, but a passion for the same culinary cuisine. (right on!)We had Alaskan King Crab legs with drawn butter... oh yeah!Boiled prawnsA fruit platter of pomegrantes, kiwi, starfruit, fresh pineapples, honey crisp apples, grapes and strawberries.A veggie tray of carrots, cucumbers, celery, brocolli, peppers and onions.A gourmet cheese tray of French brie, aged gouda, aged cheddar, Irish cheeseA gruyere fondue with a rosemary rustic bread2 sour dough baguettesand chocolate fondue with homemade whipped creamOh yeah... we stuffed and our view was incredible! Quote
Snow Posted November 28, 2004 Report Posted November 28, 2004 Originally posted by Blessed@Nov 27 2004, 06:51 PM Snow, Not only do we have a passion for K2, but a passion for the same culinary cuisine. (right on!)We had Alaskan King Crab legs with drawn butter... oh yeah!Boiled prawnsA fruit platter of pomegrantes, kiwi, starfruit, fresh pineapples, honey crisp apples, grapes and strawberries.A veggie tray of carrots, cucumbers, celery, brocolli, peppers and onions.A gourmet cheese tray of French brie, aged gouda, aged cheddar, Irish cheeseA gruyere fondue with a rosemary rustic bread2 sour dough baguettesand chocolate fondue with homemade whipped creamOh yeah... we stuffed and our view was incredible! That sounds tantalizing. Makes me think that mayhaps next year I'll try something unorthodox. After reading and watching some mountain climbing adventures I have migrated over to South Pole expeditions. I just picked up Endurance, which is supposed be the greatest adventure story ever told - Shackleton's attemp at the South Pole. Quote
Blessed Posted November 29, 2004 Report Posted November 29, 2004 LOL -- We need to get together! My husband went to Anarctica and I was mad at him for weeks for not taking me with him!!! I am telling ya... you get your ice hatch and I'll get mine and we can do Rainer. It is close by... Quote
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