ironporer

As stated; what will you be serving...for odd items perhaps a recipe?

For Cathy, Paul, me and a couple of friends it will be a roast turkey, baked spiral sliced ham, turkey dressing, mashed taters (with philly cream cheese and sour cream), corn, beans, cranberry and citrus desert and pumpkin and pecan pie...I know, not very original.

Over to you!

Patrick

They deep fry there turkey round here, we have sweet potato with marshmellows melted on top and dressing (like stuffing but not)

Patrick

NC Penguin

I will be "penguin in the kitchen mode" over Wednesday and Thursday this week!

I don't bother with starters. Just means more washing up and less room for the entrees and dessert!

I'm picking up my turkey tomorrow. It's a heritage breed bird and was slaughtered less than 10 days ago. I'm going to a local farmers market to get it off the farmer. I'm excited about this bird 'cos it's not been mucked around with so it exercised, ran around a lot and was injected with hormones and antibiotics. Just in case this particular turkey's not to my diners's liking, I picked up a Honeybaked Ham this morning.

Sides are:
balsamic sweet potatoes (no marshmallows allowed to make an appearance here)
green beans tossed in olive oil and sprinkled with lemon peel
cauliflower
bread rolls from the legendary Gulghupf bakery (local bakery in the European mode. No corn syrup in any of the baked goods here!)

plus:
homemade cranberry sauce
homemade gravy (British style, i.e. brown, not white)

Desserts: my spouse is supposed to make a pecan pie
my sis-in-law's offered to make a pumpkin pie

Things should go fine unless I the power goes out!




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Pulaski

.... Which in turn is pretty much guaranteed to flambé a few decks here in North Carolina, and turn Thanksgiving into Bonfire Night, taking the attached houses with them!

Why would anyone leave a gallon of oil bubbling on a wooden deck without keeping a close eye on it?

Celtic_Angel

I had cajun style deep fried turkey one time....YUMM!!!!!

I've always thought turkey was bland but this stuff was great cooked by an old cajun ...I've never tasted anything like it nor will i again ,my turkey goes in the oven with seasonings on the skin...boring!

Rete

Similar: Turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, candied sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes with sour cream, butter and touch of milk, gravy, broccoli, corn, fresh string beans (not casserole), baked ham (not spiral find too dry), pumpkin pie, apple pie, beyers creamy vanilla ice cream. For appetitzers pigs in a blanket, shrimp, brie, cheddar and montery jack with crackers

And Canadian Meat Pies ;-) for the canuck

Rete

Funny but I'm not British but never had white gravy in my life. My chicken and turkey gravy is dark but not brown like beef gravy. The white gravy, I believe, is Southern not typical Yankee gravy. And never had bread with corn syrup in it either.

Rete

NC Penguin

'Fraid I don't believe you, Rete. Unless you have a gluten, yeast or wheat intolerance, you've eaten bread containing corn syrup or the high fructose corn syrup.

Are you quite sure about the bread? Have you read the labels of many US grocery store bread?

Corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup feature in the ingredients list of many popular breads. That's where the calories lie.

British breads rarely contain corn syrup. Maybe sucrose (cane sugar)...




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Rete

Now I'm going to have to read the label in the kitchen ;=-) Yup you are right corn syrup ... now I know I can never eat bread again ;-( Don't worry about calories .. it is the carbs on the label I read as I'm diabetic .. shoot You just ruined a good thing

Pulaski

We only buy "sugar free" bread, not because of the carbs or the calories, just because it is the only bread that tastes anything like bread should!

NC Penguin

Amen to that!




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ironporer

Wow!!! Can we come to your house Rete...pullleeeeezzzze? Sounds sooo good! Doubt there will be anybody leaving hungry from your house.

FlyergirlUK

Hubby has suggested roast lamb, so that's what we're having, with all the good stuff that goes with a decent roast.

It's a treat for him as I rarely ever do roasts and my mum spoiled him when she was over - I'm surprised he's not asked for roasts more often since she's been gone!

We're not big sweet stuff eaters - I made a pumpkin pie recently and most of it went to waste, we had one piece each - so, it'll probably be ice cream to follow, should we have any room left...

NC Penguin

The fact is that anything fried tastes good, even insects!




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ironporer

Now I know you've been in NC too long. Gotten a taste for fried fatback and okra yet?