[abefroman]

What is everyone making for thanksgiving besides the usual stuff?

[Ishbel]

We don't celebrate Thanksgiving this side of the pond!

[BombayBen]

I do!! and yeah same ol same ol - Turkey, Herb apple stuffing, Giblet and Port gravy, crispy roast potatoes, garlic mashed potatoes, glazed baby carrots with balsamic and honey, sauteed leeks with prunes, chestnut puree, cranberry & port relish, cranberry and orange relish, bread sauce, stir fried brussel sprouts followed by Pumpkin pie chantilly

[DMT]

Room for pie???

[CatheyJ]

My additions are Jalapeno cornbread dressing, Fresh Tomato and Spinach casserole, Chilean squash, and crisp proscuitto wrapped potatoes stuffed with rosemary sprigs, I will also make a buttermilk cake for dessert. My family is pretty large so I try to provide variety with the "standards"

[allie]

It's just the four of us for Thanksgiving and we do the traditional menu for the most part. Turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, vegetable casserole, mashed potatoes, homemade gravy, giblet gravy for the stuffing, sweet potatoes (mashed with marshmallows melted on top), deviled eggs, rolls, and pumpkin pie.

I'm still debating on the stuffing. I want what we called dressing like my grandmother made from biscuits, cornbread, and turkey drippings but last year's attempt wasn't successful. I don't like the stuff in the box! The cranberry sauce is from the can. I don't know how to make it and we didn't like the stuff that was like jello with berries in it....no floaties in gelatin for me.

[chrose]

Originally Posted by abefroman

What is everyone making for thanksgiving besides the usual stuff?

I hate this question because there are so many good choices that I would love to do, but when it comes right down to it I am a creature of habit and I make the same things year in and year out. But we have no family close so it's just the 3 of us, and we're all happy with the meal anyway. So yup, just the usual.

[KYHeirloomer]

Goodness, haven't even thought about it yet.

We'll spend it with friends, so will most likely make my seafood lollipops as a first course, and, probably, pumpkin bread done in the style of Monkey Bread.

There's just the two of us, so if we were staying home I'd likely do either a pheasant or a guinea fowl instead of a turkey.

[BombayBen]

Seafood lollipops sound nice - any chance of your recipe? Would be greatly appreciated!

[nowIamone]

I can do anything, cook anything for my family as long as the stuffing has pinenuts and cranberries in it; the sweet potatos are roasted with garlic, fresh rosemary, cracked black pepper; and I fix the cranberry sauce with oranges and port.

After these staples of our holiday table I can cook anything............ in fact probably don't have to cook, I could send for pizza.

[MikeLM]

We're going to my cousin's, and bringing the family heirloom dressing. Pretty much usual, stale bread, stale cornbread, the usual herbs and spices, lots of butter, turkey broth and... Brazil nuts. Makes a whole 'nother thing.

Mike

[BombayBen]

Originally Posted by DMT

Room for pie???

Oh yeah !!! gotta be done!

[MikeLM]

KYH-
What exactly is a Guinea fowl in KY?

I used to hunt something called a Guinea fowl in West Africa - in Liberia, not too far from French Guinea - and I assumed they were named as coming from there. How did they make it to Kentuckey? It was a little larger than a chicken, but it was so long ago I don't remember much more about them.

They made challenging wing shooting, and were pretty good eating. Much better than the local chickens, in fact.

Mike

[KYHeirloomer]

Same bird, Mike.

They're raised all over the U.S. by folks interested in exotic fowl. My neighbor has them, and does a thriving business in both the birds and their eggs.

And, yeah, they taste better than the local chickens here, too.

[oldschool1982]

Considering last year we were living in a hotel and had Cracker Barrel for our meal on paper plates with plastic sporks.......
Here's what we'll be having pending approval from the menu committee


For the Apps................
Smoked Duck and Brie Cheese Quesadillas with Roasted Hatch Chile Salsa
Boiled SE Coast White shrimp with cocktail sauce
Pigs'n'Blankets (for the kids)
Cheese Puffs (for the kids too)


Dinner.................
Caesar Salad with Garlic croutons and Parmesan Crisps
Roast Turkey-deboned (except for leg and wings) stuffed and trussed.
Stuffing- Roasted Chestnut wild mushroom
Makers Mark Mashed sweet potatoes with pecans and marshmallows
Mashed Yukon gold potatoes
Corn (Fresh cut)
Green Bean Casserole (The standard style but this one is entirely scratch made.)
Fresh baked bread
Cranberry sauce

Dessert..................
Ginger Spiced pumpkin Pie
Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie
Home-made Black Walnut Ice Cream
Home-made Vanilla Bean Ice Cream