MetsFan5

What do I know? I don’t have kids and barely have a husband.

A bottle of Malbec, 5 bottles of water and two fruit mentos.

@Ann_T I am desperately thinking of how I can make a very inadequate version of Moe’s breakfast!

@Kim Shook I could have sworn in your blog you tried one of their chicken wraps? I’ll re-read it, it’s one of my favorites (your blog not the wrap)!

Hell no! I’d happily spend the money elsewhere.

Yes

So my calming non medical concept is watching AWE which is a “wealth network”. 99.9% of the time I am thanksgiving I am home. But this channel is my crack. they endlessly show commercials for this Brava cooking “system”. It uses light. It’s a grand. I can’t fathom how it works properly.

I also have puff pastry that should be used. Can I use it to make. Beef Wellington? With a mushroom duxelle (I will need advice)?

That’s rough. But at least you asked so you should NOT feel poorly as you asked him. My inlaws know I don’t like turkey. I’m fine with it in a sandwich or only on Thanksgiving but I don’t like it, and didn’t grow up with it. We do steak when my inlaws are here or when they aren’t. My father is allergic to poultry. But yes, in normal years I have to eat Turkey for at least a few meals regardless of the holiday. I usually drop a few lbs during those holidays. Edit: I recognize this sounds extreme rude. But I won’t apologize for disliking turkey. It’s boring to me and not part of my childhood experience.

Meh. Homemade lasagna.

What do you think “whole cloves” mean here? I’ve had this recipe bookmarked for months and just got high quality stew beef to do this with.

Nair? seriously though that scared me too!

I may not be making much for Christmas but I draw a line at Taco Bell. That would be seriously depressing.

Yes, on Christmas Eve, it is traditional for Italians to do the feast of seven fishes. It’s pretty freaking awesome. Calamari, smelts, shrimp, octopus, flounder, seafood salad, clams and mussels and more. I miss it. Half the time we are with my inlaws for xmas so I haven’t been able to participate in a while. Freshly made pasta... the Italian side of my family can cook well and prepare huge feasts for holiday.

It’s just my husband and I. So I think I may order stone crabs from local 130 in NJ for xmas eve. I really am apathetic about this holiday. I miss my parents and inlaws. I already gave my husband a big gift— the new Apple 6 series Hermes watch. He has afib and the newer model takes your blood oxygen levels and does an EGK. I won’t go to a grocery store so I’ll have to rely on Insta cart. Maybe we will do fondue. next year I really either need to use my Instant Pot and Anova or get rid of them.

Now I really want a hot dog.

I use Pat La Frieda mostly as gifts and I do purchase it occasionally, I live in northern Nj. I use Local 130 for seafood 99% of the time: https://www.local130seafood.com the other one percent I buy little necks from Kings. Green Village butcher is where we buy our meats. Really great items.

@Paul Bacino personally I don’t recommend jumbos. But Local 130 ships nationally and has stone crabs along with tons of great products. https://www.local130seafood.com

@patti those zucchini fries look delicious!

Those TJ latkas are really good. I wish I had the balls to go to a grocery store.

Don’t get wrong, I would have eaten one or at least split one, it was decent. But I am not giving up my McNuggets and fries for anything!

One, 100 calorie Cape Code chips bag. A ton of furikake tossed in.

The McRib is back. I had my first bite of one, ever. The bite I had didn’t have pickles or onions and it wasn’t bad for fast food. I just don’t like McDonalds’s BBQ sauce. My husband ordered it (and had the rest) and felt the onions were a bit much. I thought they’d be chopped and they were larger slices. I can cross that off my bucket list 🥴

I’m in awe of all the work you guys are doing! I never really ate turkey much growing up— we had it but my dad is allergic to all forms of poultry so I’d either eat Prime Rib or later split lobsters with him. Eventually we took to going out for thanksgiving. My parents are too scared of COVID and rightfully so (my husband goes to PT twice a week) so we are alone this Thanksgiving. St. Louis style ribs will be smoked on the BGE. Sides tbd. I will make a charcuterie platter for watching football while the ribs smoke.

@liamsaunt what a bummer. I had the opposite experience today— my Instacart delivery had everything I asked for with two proper substitutions. I scheduled it for the first delivery time possible and made sure to communicate with my shopper but I was still shocked I got what I wanted. I’ve found it varies depending on the grocery store. I ordered mine from a smallish higher end store, Kings.