pastameshugana

I, for one, think this is an absolutely brilliant idea and it must be pursued!

Does anyone serve their TG meal as separate courses, as opposed to the 'mountain of food on the table smorgasbord'? Just thinking about something different, we've had lots of 'functional' thanksgiving dinners in the last several years (been traveling quite a bit) and might have some old friends visiting. I'm not a big sweet potato fan (wife is), so I was thinking a sweet potato soup (or sweet potato and parsnip) as a starter, then some sort of cold green bean salad, then the 'main' with turkey, potatoes, and dual 'gravies' with one traditional and one cranberry. (I can think of artistic designs to plate with those!) Desserts I'll probably leave to the in-laws (they'll already be offended that I'm cooking, but then they'd complain if we asked them to cook, so lose-lose!) There's lots of options for roasted veggies along the way, depending on what we can find that looks good around here.

I looked and couldn't find a thread yet, sorry if I'm duplicating! I'm looking for inspiration, what are your plans this year?

dCarch - I love it! While not practicing, we've got Jewish heritage and I love your take on the meal. ScottyBoy - the Salad 'garden' is a brilliant idea, now you've got me thinking about new presentations for thanksgiving dinner!

KayB - This is the 2nd time I've seen this idea here on EG - and both times it's made my heart stop. I owe Mrs. Meshugana big time (leaving to Romania next week after just being in Russia), so I think this'll make it on the menu this week to help 'pay' for my absence...

Weird. Where I'm at (New Mexico - faaaar from the coast) I've never seen any decent scallops (let alone w/roe), but I am able to get shrimp & prawns with heads on at the grocery. I know it doesn't apply, but we just were giving our 2nd son crawfish eating lessons on sunday at the chinese buffet (barf) that has (surprisingly) a well stocked vat of boiled craws. Heads and everything.

Amen! I can't stand the cadbury chocolate. We lived in India for a few years, so naturally Cadbury was the only stuff regularly available. You could get some imported Hershey's or Godiva or Lindt on occasion, but it was rare and expensive. Not to mention that many of our close friends are Aussies so they think I'm blaspheming all things good and holy when I talk bad about Cadbury...

Holy crow that sounds amazing! Guess what I'm making next?

Judiu, gloves are the best bet. I was sore for hours afterward! Except plastic gloves make it difficult to peel and seed the roasted chiles. --- - From iPhone using Tapatalk

Today I noticed with great delight that the big cases if hatch chiles are back. They will roast them for you in the big drum roasters outside for free with the purchase of a case (23.99 here). After two hours cleaning and seeding, my hands are on fire (what a dope), but I've got about 15 one pound bags, and can't wait to start cooking with them. Here's some pictures: And this is the 'juice' left in the bottom of the bag from the chiles after roasting, I think it'll be a good lube (in place of water) when I start blending these for green sauce: --- - From iPhone using Tapatalk

So now what? I've used most of one jar, what can I do with these pods? Can I just add more vodka, reuse the pods, or ?? Ideas appreciated! --- - From iPhone using Tapatalk

That looks and sounds amazing - I had to look up melted onion, sounds wonderful! For dinner we grilled some ribeyes that I sliced over fettuccine with a roasted sweet pepper alfredo. Very yummy!

Resurrecting an old thread to ask about Saitama prefecture. My wife and I have been thinking about moving our family to Japan next year, and Saitama is rising to the top of our list of possibilities. It's close to Tokyo so we can hop on the train to get the city experience, but far enough out to have some quiet (and cheaper!) living. Recently looked at some flats in Fujimino. Anyone with experience care to weigh in? Is there a street-food culture in this region? Any other places we should be looking at?

Scott - I don't think I'd ever get inked, but if I did, you're wearing the only tattoo I could ever get. ...and beautiful piggy skin.

Haven't hard-cooked an egg in years, but now I'm going to have to try just so I can try to 'blow' the egg out of the shell!

Ok, considering the Bradley and adding a PID, where do I look for directions/etc for doing this right?

That's a gem!

Bud, we're in Hobbs, NM.

heidih - that pasta (and those shrimp!) looks wonderful!

My grandfather (also a minister) is known to interrupt particularly long-winded prayers with "Amen!" and digging in. And - to the question: free form for our family. It's entertaining to see what the kids come up with, sometimes.

Of course. And our kids take turns doing it, the three older ones each have an 'assigned' meal (breakfast/lunch/dinner) so they don't fight over it (the irony!). I don't know what we'll do now that #4 is getting older and #5 is on the way. I guess we'll just have to eat more meals.

Sylvia - I need a vendor that will ship the meat, as I'm in the Southwest US.

I've been to the (one) local butcher, and there's some decent stuff, but I'm looking to buy something special. Where would you recommend I go online for a reliably excellent pair of steaks to be shipped to me? I just need enough for two people, and I'm not picky about the cut, as long as it's truly excellent. Any recommendations of vendors you've had a good experience with? Any specific products?

We have a friend whose kids are veeery picky, and we have to pull tricks like that when they come over. A few weeks back we had some adults over that refused to eat vegetables. I ended up wrapping asparagus in bacon to get them to eat it!

My pleasure, that soup is a great one to make and freeze in the chest freezer for quick meals.