The 1st Sniffa Family T-Day!!! Incredibly Pic Heavy! w00t!

[bicentennial_baby]

Ok folks, here are the promised and much anticipated, hehe, Thanksgiving cooking pics! It was a magnificent meal! The turkey was perfect :) :) :)



Cranberry Sauce a Boilin'



Brine a cookin'



The sad and later to be massacred squash.... (see last night's thread for that one) x(



Remnants of said squash on spoon :(



Me, molesting (aka drying) the Turkey :D



She's ready to go! :bounce:



Stuffing, in process :9




Mmmmmmmm, cider injection



Here we go! :bounce:



Action shot of Sniffa and his taters



Oh, they were yummy!!!



Boiling Giblets :scared:



Me, looking like a dork, per usual :D






Done!







And the final act....


:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[auntAgonist]

1. Yum Yum , congrats on a successful turkey dinner!

It sure looks good.

:)

I've never done or heard of 'brine'? Is that what you were injecting? I've cooked for at least 35 years and this is the first I've heard of that.

:shrug:

aA

[bicentennial_baby]

2. Here you go!

And thank you :)

http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/brining.html

[auntAgonist]

3. thanks! I'm cooking tomorrow ..

I just might try that :) :hug:

aA
kesha

[NMDemDist2]

5. you need to start the brining tonight then so it'll be ready to cook tomorrow

:hi:

[NMDemDist2]

4. gorgeous BB!! what a feast! thanks for the pics and be sure to post

this link in C&B for all the foodies who (like me most days) avoid the Lounge like the plague!

:bounce: :toast: :yourock:

[bicentennial_baby]

6. Thank you sooo much!

:hug:

Actually, I reposted the whole thing there, so y'all wouldn't have to venture waaaaay up here :P

:)

[Haole Girl]

7. It looks very good!

And, with all that food, you didn't even need that squash! :hug:

[bicentennial_baby]

8. Too true....

We have leftovers to last a millenium... :D

:hug:

[mike_c]

9. sweet!

Great pics!

[bicentennial_baby]

10. Thanks man!!

It was worth the prolonged effort :D

I hope yours was wonderful as well :pals:

[bridgit]

11. yummy pics, true food porn...

thanks for posting them in sequence too :bounce:

[bicentennial_baby]

14. Thank you love!!!

Now I am satiated, you're here!!! :bounce:

Heehee, I like the in-sequence effect! :D

:loveya:

:hug:

[bridgit]

17. oh i know, it was like watching a movie kind of...

plus you were cute being all domestic = good to see ;) :hug: :loveya:

[bicentennial_baby]

18. Eeeeek! Awwwww.....You have no idea...

Before these two, the most I ever cooked was daily pasta and a yearly lasagna...Since May I have learned to cook: Homemade Pasta Sauce, Beef Stew, Eggplant Parm, every kind of Beef and Pork Roast, many many vegetables sides, edible rice, chicken a brazillion ways...and on, and on...I'm a lucky girl :)

:hug: :loveya: :)

[bridgit]

25. somehow...i think we both lucked out, sweets...

:bounce:

[LostinVA]

12. The guest who bailed on you missed a treat, eh?

And, the first time I cooked butternut squash.... well, let's not talk about it.

[bicentennial_baby]

15. Haha! You know it!

Thank you for reminding me about that...makes it even sweeter. :D

Hehe....damn squash.... :mad:

:loveya:

[YDogg]

13. Thanks for sharing - and for including the newspaper headline behind you on the fridge.

:-)

[bicentennial_baby]

16. We can't bring ourselves to take it down yet...

:D

:hi:

[YDogg]

19. We have a thing or two on our fridge that has/have been there for up to 22 yrs.

Not the same fridge, but just favorite stuff like that. The 'rents have a small poster that has been on their succession of fridges since the mid '70s.

:-)

[flamingyouth]

20. Wow - you all look like old pros!

Congrats on a successful and very tasty looking first Thanksgiving dinner together! :woohoo::hug:

[bicentennial_baby]

22. Thank you sweetie! I was hoping you'd see this!

I did promise you and all... :)

Thank you so much....It was lovely. :) :) :)

:loveya:

:hug:

[flamingyouth]

24. I'm so glad!

Happy Thanksgiving, sweetie! :loveya:

[wain]

21. Did you use a cage for the stuffing?

I first heard of it this year. Supposed to eliminate the task of scrapping out the stuffing from the cavity after cooking. My aunt tried it today. The stuffing in the cage didn't cook completely, while the turkey was already done. Had to remove the cage and finish cooking the stuffing separately.

I used to use an electric knife, but I find a quality, sharp chefs knife wonderful to use. There's an aesthetic sense to carving without mechanical assistance - like flying a bi-plane vs. a corporate jet. (Sorry got a little carried away with the analogy).

The turkey looks delicious!

:)

[bicentennial_baby]

23. No, I scooped it out and finished it in the oven with the excess

While the turkey was resting and the green beans were roasting :)

If I could afford a nice Chef's knife right now, I'd have it, believe me...But, as I don't, the electric is preferable to the dull knives I do have...y'know? :)

and thank you!!! :pals:

[u4ic]

26. That looks positively yummy!

Being up north, we already celebrated it a month ago. I'm jealous (and hungry)!:9

Isn't it fun when everyone shares the load? I love cooking with others. :bounce:

[bicentennial_baby]

27. Yes, the Mr and I cooked, and the Mrs

Cleaned it all up :D :D :D

thank you!!! :pals:

[VespertineIconoclast]

28. Everything looks delicious!

I bet everyone in your home is stuffed right now. ;) I enjoyed the pic story. And you do not look like a dork -- you can't be expected to look like your absolute best while sticking your hand in the business end of a turkey. :P

[bicentennial_baby]

29. Hahahaha!

Too true!!! :rofl:

Thank you....yes, we're quite full :)

:)

[SeattleGirl]

30. Looks very yummy, bibaby!

Congrats on a job well done! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Madrone]

31. You are some very lucky peeps.

Good food, good people, plenty of love to go around.

Was the Mrs. there or was it just the 2 of you?

[sniffa]

38. she was there too

i suggested taking an actuaL eating dinner shot, but by that point we were Like savages and onLy cared about digging in. :P

[RetroLounge]

32. Wow! That looks great!

Next year I'm crashing at your place for Thanksgiving!

:hi:

RL

[Nicole]

33. Looks yummy.

Now I'm hungry.

[sniffa]

36. i just had seconds

mmmm, midnight Leftovers. :9

[Nicole]

39. Leftovers are the best!

:9

[RevolutionaryActs]

34. You are just soooo adorkable.

:loveya:



Dear sniffa looks so intense. :rofl:

[sniffa]

37. isn't she though

:loveya:

i'm an intense guy - i don't mess around with my meat.

[Left Is Write]

35. Looks like a terrific dinner!

[Redstone]

40. Handsome stuffing you did, there. And all the rest, too.

Redstone

[bicentennial_baby]

41. Thank you sir

'twas bettah than Stovetop :D

[buddhamama]

42. it is all looks so Yummy!

the potatoes and green beans especially.

I am happy it went well for you guys! and you had fun while doing it. it is the togetherness and the love, that you'll remember for the rest of your lives. Congrats! :woohoo: :toast: :hi: :hug:

[bicentennial_baby]

43. Sniffa says he loves you...

and so do i, sister girl :loveya: :loveya:

[buddhamama]

44. the love is returned

:hug: :loveya: :hug: