This year I am in charge of baking the pies. Dessert number 1 is Blueberry-Maple Pie (recipe) using ultra dark maple syrup from Vermont. Pie number 2 is a NYC favorite, made & sold at Petee's Pie Shop in Manhattan, and now available to home cooks thanks to Petee's cookbook. The pie is named Salty Chocolate Chess Pie and, believe it or not, they sell each pie for USD 35.00 at the shop. Wow. NYC is a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there.
Petee is a real person: Petra Paradez, and her cookbook "Pie for Everyone" is wonderful.
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Petee is a real person: Petra Paradez, and her cookbook "Pie for Everyone" is wonderful.
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4 hours is just about right for a 11 pound bird,
then cooked on the grill to crisp up the skin about 15-20 minutes.
Before that, it sat in a brine overnight.
I have my immersion circulator in a cooler that can hold up to a 15 pound bird.
then cooked on the grill to crisp up the skin about 15-20 minutes.
Before that, it sat in a brine overnight.
I have my immersion circulator in a cooler that can hold up to a 15 pound bird.
There's a "Turkey Trot" that runs past our place every year. A fellow jogging a baby carriage, along with wife and two quite youngsters told me it was 3 miles. That's one way to offset the mass consumption to follow!
At least today's, nevermind tomorrow's. WhO's GoInG ShOpPiNg?
At least today's, nevermind tomorrow's. WhO's GoInG ShOpPiNg?
Anybody tried turkey in a Tandoor oven?
It is an earth lined clay oven, opened from top, and traditionally coal fired.
New ones are made by clay lining 44 gallon steel drums. Portable, if needed, most are fixed. Fixed ones are made with bricks, and coated with earth, or heat resistant mortar.
Stays warm for 3 days after putting out the fire.
The marinated meat is put on skewers, and placed in the oven, the heat sears the meat, the moisture is sealed inside, and so it cooks in its own juices. Little drips out.
Different from BBQ I think.
It is an earth lined clay oven, opened from top, and traditionally coal fired.
New ones are made by clay lining 44 gallon steel drums. Portable, if needed, most are fixed. Fixed ones are made with bricks, and coated with earth, or heat resistant mortar.
Stays warm for 3 days after putting out the fire.
The marinated meat is put on skewers, and placed in the oven, the heat sears the meat, the moisture is sealed inside, and so it cooks in its own juices. Little drips out.
Different from BBQ I think.
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I've tried Tandoori chicken. Good stuff! Whenever I see a video of baking bread in it, I wonder if it ever falls off the vertical surface and lands on the ash. 
The bread can fall off if the cook leaves it stuck too long. The burning smell will tell the cook.
How did you find Tandoori chicken compared to BBQ in terms of taste and texture, I means crisp from outside, moister than BBQ, better taste retention?
How did you find Tandoori chicken compared to BBQ in terms of taste and texture, I means crisp from outside, moister than BBQ, better taste retention?
Lions played the fourth quarter not to lose...pathetic.
We had dinner for 40 at the in-laws with 17 children under the age of 8. It was 4 hours of pandemonium!
Love tandoori; used to make it fairly frequently for chicken and shrimp. Just bought a new pack of spice powder to mix with oil, lemon juice and maybe yogurt. Haven’t tried it yet.
Since you visit that area often, I assume that you have been to the Christmas Story house. Sherri and I went a few years back and now there is an ugly lamp in one of the front facing windows of our house.
Here there were only 9 people and one 110 pound dog stuffed into a small house. They don't have live TV, so we didn't have to watch the Lions and Cowboys lose. 4 of those people were grandkids and each one had some sort of streaming device or video game going the whole time.
We now have enough leftovers in our fridge to keep us fully stuffed for a couple more days.
Ever since we adopted Black Friday up here, we've tried to find ways to make it our own. We start well before today so the line-ups and crowds are small. When we first tried it, it was a nightmare. It was pitting neighbour against neighbour. The one store I do go to is Canadian Tire (large variety store for both men and women). They have Red Thursday so my cart was full by 9 yesterday morning.
I'm on a super strict doctor's diet 
, but I went to a party yesterday and had a few bites of turkey with Brussel's Sprouts. No potatoes, no pie, but I did have a couple glasses of rum and a glass of wine. It was nice; friends, neighbors, and colleagues. I will confess my transgressions to the doctor on Monday.
I can only hope that everyone here had a nice holiday.
, but I went to a party yesterday and had a few bites of turkey with Brussel's Sprouts. No potatoes, no pie, but I did have a couple glasses of rum and a glass of wine. It was nice; friends, neighbors, and colleagues. I will confess my transgressions to the doctor on Monday.I can only hope that everyone here had a nice holiday.
I attended a Thanksgiving "Turkey Trot" some thirty years ago after my uncle served a "smoked" turkey at dinner. No jogging then, but lots of jiggling the handle. He's since perfected his game, though it took me at least 25 years to summon the courage to sample the goods once more. 😀
Pretty quiet here, just four adults and a hyperactive cat. We're about an hour and a half to your south near Morgantown. Instead of indulging in screen time we went walking this morning in the hills above the house to take in the light snow. It seems to be tapering off now, but it was nice while it lasted.
I admire the "spread it out" approach, but we've always thought BF here in the US was one of those "events" that tend to bring out the worst in people. I love a good deal as much as anybody, but I always thought it a bit daft to trade a good chunk of my life to waiting in line to buy something like a television or a socket set.
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I have to go to Home Depot for a piece of electrical conduit; it remains to be seen if I come out with anything “superfluous”.😀
My Thanksgivings and Christmas gatherings usually had around 6 or 7 people, a decent gathering and I always made plenty of food.
I'd put out notice a good month beforehand, and reminders, so others could plan their visit, being the considerate person that I am.
However, one thing that I made clear in the invitation and in prior vocal conversations was that in my house I didn't want anybody gluing themselves to some cellphone, texting, apps, playing games, etc. - I firmly expected my guests to respect my simple rule about this in my home, which I don't think should be an issue.
After all, some people have a rule about not smoking in their homes, don't they?
You respect others if you want to stay friends.
My old school thinking is that holiday gatherings are a time for friends etc to get together and socialize, and enjoy each other's company.
I did mention that I'd allow the use of the camera for holiday photo shots that are naturally a traditional thing.
It's stressful enough that making plans and scheduling friends, the time, how much food, etc., is involved in these holiday gatherings.
One friend, a widower, brought his 25 year old son, who I knew was "one of those" always addicted to the tiny cellphone screen, and I made it clear to respect my wish of not ignoring everyone, being anti-social, and staring at a phone - that's not what my gatherings are about.
Nevertheless, this kid ignored my wish, and even slyly used his cellphone down on his lap under my dinner table, thinking I wouldn't notice.
This ticked me off, and when I asked him to please put the phone away at my dinner table, he laughed at me, like it was no big deal.
You don't come to my home, eat my food, and disrespect me..... period.
If insisting on being antisocial addicted phone-goon, do it on your own time.
So the following year's holiday gathering, after this ignorant kid's denial of my simple rule, I chose not to invite him.
This now caused an issue among some of the other guests, and one by one, almost all of them, except for a couple, declined my invitation.
I then, pizzed off, just decided to not hold any more holiday gatherings with these guests.
Going to all the trouble to prepare dinner, the shopping involved, decorating, etc.... why bother?
You extend yourself, open up your home, spend money, and have others disrespect you?
On top of it, your guests side with the person disrespecting you?
It ain't happening... nope, not in my home.
When I'm at gatherings, there's always younger people who are glued to their pocket dictators. As long as they don't disrupt the festivities, I don't mind.
I do find it annoying to have a conversation with someone whose life is dictated by the digital dictator, though. Unless it's necessary, there doesn't seem to be a point.
I hate the TV more than any digital dictator. Even when I could see it I hated it. The soundtrack from TV makes we want to take a drill to my eardrums. It is so idiotic, so nonsensical, so annoying....
I do find it annoying to have a conversation with someone whose life is dictated by the digital dictator, though. Unless it's necessary, there doesn't seem to be a point.
I hate the TV more than any digital dictator. Even when I could see it I hated it. The soundtrack from TV makes we want to take a drill to my eardrums. It is so idiotic, so nonsensical, so annoying....