Ahhh, I like not having to cook today...

[bicentennial_baby]

Well, I did get up at 8 and make a bunch of cranberry sauce, but later on we're driving to my lovely SIL's house for dinnah with the family. Nice relaxing day.... :)

Happy Thanksgiving y'all! :hi:

[JackBeck]

1. This is the only time of the year I cook.

Turkey's in the oven after soaking in brine for 12 hours.

Made a chocolate pecan pie, too! Hope it tastes good.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and sniffa!

:loveya:

[bicentennial_baby]

2. We brined last year...

In fact, we did the whole meal! See here: http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bicentennial_baby/18

Have a great Thanksgiving, to both you and your sweetie :loveya:

[JackBeck]

4. Cider injecting???

Now that's something I must try next year.

:grouphug:

[bicentennial_baby]

6. It was tres yummo...

We took Thanksgiving cooking classes at Williams Sonoma every Sunday for a month before T-Day. 9am, learning how to cook turkey with hangovers...good times. :D

:hug:

[JackBeck]

7. Impressive.

9am on a Sunday does not compute. Does that time actually exist?

:hug:

[bicentennial_baby]

8. They tell me that it does...

:rofl: I have no recollection

I hope your pie is yummo :)

[JackBeck]

9. Oh, so do I.

I'd tell you whose recipe it is, but it would cause a scandal of international proportions.

Safe travels today, darlin'.

[bicentennial_baby]

10. Oh dear....

I probably don't want to know, do I? :P

[JackBeck]

11. I tasted a tiny piece of the pie last night.

It was yummm-oh!

:P

[NMDemDist2]

3. i'm taking turkey and dressing to a pot luck

cooked the bird yesterday and it came out great!

I'm just getting ready to do start the dressing from the corn bread I made yesterday

that was enough work for me :hi:

Happy Thanksgiving to you and sniffa!

[bicentennial_baby]

5. 'Round these parts we call it stuffing

:eyes:



:P


Happy Thanksgiving to you sweetie! :loveya:

Did you brine? :)

[SPKrazy]

12. around your parts you call it

dinnah too

:rofl:

dressing is what I grew up calling it too

[NMDemDist2]

13. IMO you can only call it stuffing if you stuffed the bird

which I didn't :hide:

and yes, i had to brine since the darned thing wasn't defrosted yesterday, it spent a couple hours in the sink so it was easy to add sugar and salt

:rofl:

[bicentennial_baby]

14. Hmmm....good point

Ya got me there x(

So if you stuff the bird, and then have some left over, do you call them by different names when you serve them? :P

I've never cooked a frozen bird...I think it would stress me out. :o

Have a great day!

[NMDemDist2]

15. it was mostly defrosted, but still had some ice in the cavity

so a bath in the sink took care of it

and no, I usually call it stuffing too but found better recipes online under 'dressing'

:evilgrin: