Your Thanksgiving menu...have we done this yet?

[hellokitty]

That's so funny! I could eat an entire casserole dish of that green
bean casserole. I LOVE it!

Lol, I can see that if we ate lunch together we'd be polar opposites, lol. BTW, DH said that if he gets those cheryl's cookies again, they're yours.

[Corie]

BTW, DH said that if he gets those cheryl's cookies again, they're yours.

Nice!! I guess I should buy a pair of elastic waist pants.

[turtle12]

if anyone can post their favorite traditional stuffing recipes, i would love it! thank you!

[kijip]

I just bought the cranberries and persimmons today!

We are doing a variation on pretty much what we do every year. homemade goodness.

Roast turkey
Rustic bread and sausage stuffing
Homemade cranberry orange relish
Mashed potatoes, carrots and sunchokes with roasted garlic
Brussel sprouts quartered with a little chicken sausage.
Glazed roasted parsnips, turnips and carrots
Green beans
Pomegranate salad
Stuffed mushrooms

My dad will make chocolate, butterscotch and lemon pies. We have decided to make a pumpkin pie for the boys (pre roasted and froze the pumpkin last week) and a persimmon pie.

We host another family and often just some random people. We like leftovers.

[alien_host]

Here you go ... for Alien_host too!


Chocolate Chunk Bread Pudding

Grease a 2 - 2 1/2 quart baking dish. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

1 small loaf of quality white bread (e.g. Orowheat or Pepperidge Farm)
2 1/2 cups of Half & Half
1 1/2 cups of sugar (plus 2 tablespoons to sprinkle on top toward the end of baking)
7 eggs
3 tablespoons of Brandy (optional, I never use it)
2 teaspoons of Vanilla Extract
1 12 ounce package of chocolate chunks

Beat eggs, sugar, Half & Half, Brandy and Vanilla Extract together. Pour over bread crumpled in a large bowl. Mix with spatula carefully until bread is wet and covered. Let soak for 15 minutes. Fold in 12 ounce bag of chocolate chunks and pour into the greased casserole. Bake for a 1/2 hour, remove from heat for a second to sprinkle additional 2 tablespoons of sugar over it. Continue baking for an additional 20-25 minutes or until puffed and golden. Serve warm in a puddle of heavy whipping cream. Enjoy!

~Tondi

Thank you! I might have to try this soon...maybe tonight!

[Corie]

My dad will make chocolate, butterscotch and lemon pies.

I love that your Dad makes the Thanksgiving pies!!

Would he share his Lemon Pie recipe??

[kijip]

I love that your Dad makes the Thanksgiving pies!!

Would he share his Lemon Pie recipe??

My dad made most of the food I ate as a child. My mother was perhaps the world's worst cook. Or close.

The filling for lemon pies is:

Over low heat, Mix 1.25 cups of sugar with 1/2 cup of cornstarch and 2.5 cups of water. Whisk continuously for about 5 to 6 minutes. The mixture will be thick and smooth.

Mix a little bit of the above with 8 egg YOLKS and then mix it all. Whisk all the time. Remove pan from heat and then add:

Pinch of salt
Half cup lemon juice
1.5 teaspoons of lemon zest
3 tablespoons of butter

Whisk until smooth. Lay out all ingredients and never stop stiring, ever.

Pour into pre baked pie crust.

Make meringue in a mixer or use a hand mixer.

Mix 3 to 4 egg whites
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar in a clean and dry bowl. No yolk can be in the whites at all or it will not work.

When a little thicken, add a bit more than half a cup of sugar like 5/8 of a cup, pour in slowly as you beat the eggs. 4 to 5 minutes for stiff peaks. If it does not stiffen there was yolk or an oil of some kind in your bowl.

Put meringue onto filled pie shell and bake for 5 minutes at 350' then turn to broil and brown some of the meringue for a couple of minutes tops.

This is for a lemon pie. For custard pie, replace some of the water with whole milk. For super sweet cream pie replace part of the water with sweetened condensed milk. For vivid yellow pie, add a little yellow Wilton coloring to the pie filling,

[kijip]

I typed out our pie crust recipe but it vanished in cyber space. I will add it again later.

[Corie]

Thank you so much, Katie!!!

[infomama]

I'm going to try PW's turkey brine this year. I've never brined a turkey before and I think I am missing out on something.
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2...-turkey-brine/

Stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry orange relish, sweet potatoes, gravy, fresh rolls, some green veggie I haven't decided on yet, pumpkin pie of course. The usual.