THANKSGIVING 2019 plans / what to cook.

bethk wrote:Thanksgiving Dinner 2019 is done.  For whatever reason I cannot get this stupid computer to agree with me as to what my email password is ~ why it suddenly needs it is beyond me.......

But my dinner was lovely on the table.  It tasted great.







Now for 'True Confessions':

Thank goodness this was NOT the year I invited company for Thanksgiving Dinner.  I THOUGHT I was purchasing an organic chicken ~ it was lovely, nice and plump.  

When I tried to carve it I realized there was a problem.  I couldn't cut through the wing joints or the leg/thigh joints.  It temped out just fine before I let it rest.  What could the problem be????


IT WAS A FRIGGIN' STEWING HEN...............

The price label was pasted over the 'Hen' part ~ all I noticed was 'Organic' when I bought the thing.  But after I couldn't easily carve I rummaged through the trash and found the wrapper and peeled the label off ~ and then I knew what the problem was.

So, if I don't get PO'd completely, tomorrow I'll drop the darn thing in a pot and let it simmer for hours and make stock.  

So, my meal of eating just sides was just fine this year.......

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:It's all over, and all cleaned up! Really?? Nope!
The refrigerators are Packed with leftover containers of whatever food larger than 2 tablespoons full.
There is a large pot of turkey carcass soup cooking. Tina and the kids love turkey soup.
Me? .... read my lips. "NO More Turkey!"      Today was enough!
Anyway, they win, and I Lose......so I guess I can take it on the chin! Or shall I say, Nose?".....The house smells like a turkey farm. ........... Oh Well!

Bugster2 wrote:

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:It's all over, and all cleaned up! Really?? Nope!
The refrigerators are Packed with leftover containers of whatever food larger than 2 tablespoons full.
There is a large pot of turkey carcass soup cooking. Tina and the kids love turkey soup.
Me? .... read my lips. "NO More Turkey!"      Today was enough!
Anyway, they win, and I Lose......so I guess I can take it on the chin! Or shall I say, Nose?".....The house smells like a turkey farm. ........... Oh Well!

HAHAHA! You sound like Joe! He forbids me to cook the turkey carcass in the house. He can't stand the "FUG' and steam that it creates. I have an induction burner I put outside and cook the mess out there. Can't do it until the rain stops. We don't have any overhangs in the backyard to shelter the burner.

Bugster2 wrote:The rain isn't stopping so I said the hell with him and put a pot on the stove. He shut all of the doors in the house and keeps asking me how long? I am sure the next thing will be fans set up all over the place. I am beginning to hate this house. I have to wait until Katie gets up before I start any laundry. Her bedroom backs up to the laundry room. The laundry also is right above Joe's room, so he has to be awake before i can start a load. I hate open concept kitchens. If Joe is watching TV in there, I can't make any noise in the kitchen. He pointedly pauses the TV and stares at me until I get the hint. I told him he should put a TV up on the third floor where no one will bother him. He hasn't taken the hint.

NormM wrote:This was in the paper yesterday, Nov. 28 2019. Look at the date they have in the ad.  Thanksgiving 2017.

Bugster2 wrote:My stock was ruined by a stockpot with a strainer I bought at Target. I don't remember what I bought it for but I dumped everything in it and simmered for hours. When it came time to strain, I lifted out the strainer part and dumped the contenets into a garbage bag. I put the strainer in the sink and started to wash and I smelled something fishy. I took a sniff of the strainerand that is where the smell was coming from. I have not used the pot before and it was thoroughly washed before use. I took a taste of my stock and it was fishy too. Something in the metal. I had to dump everything. The pot is going to charity ASAP. You get what you pay for. I should have used my 16 qt ALL Clad.

Imelda HL wrote:Turkey soup today, Dirk likes it very much, he ate 2 big bowls, I added 1 cup of rice (the way his mom cooked it), cooked in the turkey broth ( I pulled out the meat from the bones ), added half of nutmeg, salt, lots of black pepper, when the rice were almost tender, I added potatoes, carrots and celery, I did not have onion to add in, I added a bit of fried garlic before serving it

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:

NormM wrote:This was in the paper yesterday, Nov. 28 2019. Look at the date they have in the ad.  Thanksgiving 2017.

Thinking about articles in the paper, there was a flash dropdown on the comcast webpage, and it was for a guided tour and visit in the Strawberry Hill area near KCK. I remembered the mention on one of your posts about living there as a younger kid. Am I right, or am I dreaming about that?

cookingirl wrote: