Dinner 2020

[Duvel]

Brisket (salt & pepper rub, liquid smoke, SV 36h@69 oC), roasted brussel sprouts and Heinz bbq beans (because weekdays I am a lazy cook) ...

 

[Norm Matthews]

I have not felt up to doing much cooking lately but with today coming up and the family having cancelled the big get together a couple months ago, I had been planning for this ever since then.  The two of us won't be complaining about not having enough left-overs this year.  Charlie told me about having some cornbread at his cousin's house made with some yellow cake mix so I gave that a try.  It was good, just barely corn bread and no where near cake.

Edited November 26, 2020 by Norm Matthews (log)

[AlaMoi]

leftovers . . .  now there's a leg o' truth....

 

[Robenco15]

TK’s “Whole Bird” with Turkey for Thanksgiving this year. Confited the legs and made a rillette with them. Piped it over the breast, vac sealed, and SVed. Brushed with mustard and topped with crispy chopped skin. Made a Turkey Jus Gras to go with and then a bunch of sides, including dinner rolls brushed with turkey fat. Vanilla Creme Brulee made with vanilla sugar to finish. Wasn’t going to be a great Thanksgiving away from family, but this was about as good as it could get. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

[Ann_T]

Reading all the Thanksgiving posts on line this morning  had me craving a traditional turkey dinner. I was hoping that the grocery store I pass on the way to work would have a fresh turkey breast.

But no such luck. I knew it was a long shot.

So I bought chicken instead.

Walked in the house at 5:20 and turned the oven on. Got the chicken in the CSO oven at 5:30. Put the potatoes on to cook, and got the brussels sprouts ready to steam.

No time to make homemade stuffing so I decided to use the corn bread I made this morning for breakfast to doctor up a box of stove top stuffing.

While the chicken rested and the brussels sprouts finished cooking, I mashed the potatoes and made the gravy and dinner was ready to serve at 6:30.

[heidih]

31 minutes ago, Ann_T said:

No time to make homemade stuffing so I decided to use the corn bread I made this morning for breakfast to doctor up a box of stove top stuffing.

 

I like that save. I think they make a cornbread one. My other thing with that box used to be nuke diced potatoes and then add as you "cook" stuffing. The stuff is salty so the potatoes balance things out

[Dante]

Roasted brined capon, pan drippings and giblet gravy, sauteed green beans, mashed potatoes, and stuffing.

[CantCookStillTry]

Chicken Patty Burger with "The Works". Chicken mince patty with cheese and onion, Lettuce, Cheese, Beetroot, Coleslaw, Bacon, Egg & Red Onion (no Pineapple because it is wrong). 

 

 

You know when you put an (admittedly not all that great) amount of effort in to making a meal you think someone will love and get a "Thanks but I'm really not that hungry" response and then you clean the kitchen really loudly and silently swear to never cook again? Today was that. 

 

[liuzhou]

Spicy clam and mustard green soup.

 

 

Lemony, steamed sea bass with orzo, tomato, and spicy, pickled garlic.

 

 

[chromedome]

2 hours ago, CantCookStillTry said:

You know when you put an (admittedly not all that great) amount of effort in to making a meal you think someone will love and get a "Thanks but I'm really not that hungry" response and then you clean the kitchen really loudly and silently swear to never cook again? Today was that. 

 

I feel your pain.

My GF has had an uncertain relationship with food since having her gall bladder out, sometimes barely nibbling all day and then sometimes eating roughly her body weight over the course of an hour or two. I've come to accept this as just part of life together, but I will concede that "too flavor-y" was not an objection I'd ever expected to hear.

[BeeZee]

10 hours ago, heidih said:

I like that save. I think they make a cornbread one. My other thing with that box used to be nuke diced potatoes and then add as you "cook" stuffing. The stuff is salty so the potatoes balance things out

I am going to use this hack, I have a box of cornbread stuffing mix in the pantry (DH request) and will add some plain cornbread to it, since the sodium level made me not want to use it.

[Dejah]

Had a massage yesterday and it wiped me out completely. Have had some stress with hubby's health issues needing apptns etc. So I guess the massage must have released some of that stress! I crashed for 2 hours right after I got home, had reheated Scotch Broth for lunch then slept again for about 3 hours! This was all I could manage for supper:

Opened a can of this and cooked 2 salted eggs with the rice, and stir-fried some Shanghai Bok Choy.

 

                                                                           

 

                                                     

                                                    

I was back on the couch trying to watch a bit of TV, but kept falling asleep! Finally crawled to bed at 11 and slept thru' until 7 am. Feeling refreshed! It's a new day, but too bad not a new body!

                                                                  

[Steve Irby]

Here are a few pics from our party for three.  A quick appetizer of homemade longaniza sausage and kashmiri curry cured salmon served with  Forkish's overnight white bread. Followed with a salad of mixed greens, bluecheese, pear and toasted pecans.  The main coarse was bacon wrapped turkey tenderloin, stuffed porkchops, garlic mashed potatoes and wilted spinach.  The meats were prepared SV and finished with a quick fry.  Dessert was white chocolate and amaretto cheesecake.  

 

[alwaysdrawing]

My first year hosting Thanksgiving...very traditional, and a small group (6 adults and 3 kids, only folks who live in town). Happy with the way it turned out, and learned some things for the future. 

 

sweet potatoes with brown sugar and butter

 

mashed potatoes with loads more butter

 

my mother’s chestnut stuffing recipe

 

Brussels Sprouts, with the bacon leftover from the morning’s bacon and eggs

 

giblet gravy

 

my grandmother’s cranberry/orange/apple “relish”

[heidih]

@alwaysdrawing Congrats on hosting. The relish looks interesting. Rough outline?

[alwaysdrawing]

4 minutes ago, heidih said:

@alwaysdrawing Congrats on hosting. The relish looks interesting. Rough outline?

 

Very easy:

 

12oz bag of cranberries, chopped in Cuisinart

2 Granny Smith apples - cored (but not peeled), chopped in Cuisinart

2 Naval Oranges (with peel), chopped in Cuisinart

Combine chopped fruit with 1.5 cups sugar

 

Best when prepared a day early so the fruit has time to absorb the sugar.

 

Compared to traditional cranberry sauce, it's much more refreshing and less cloyingly sweet.

[AlaMoi]

our version -

 

1 bag of cranberries

1 navel orange, with rind

1 can  crushed pineapple

sugar to  taste

 

grind cranberries and orange in old fashion hand  cranked grinder

add pineapple

mix

add sugar

 

being the in the Covid-2 state.... we cut back drastically on the number of size of sides this year.

DW said she "missed the cranberries" so today we made them to go with leftovers...

 

[mgaretz]

Wood grilled whole turkey breast, served with baked sweet potato and butter with steamed Brussel's sprouts.  Glass of Lodi Zin and crustless cherry pie for dessert.

 

 

 

[Duvel]

8 hours ago, CantCookStillTry said:

You know when you put an (admittedly not all that great) amount of effort in to making a meal you think someone will love and get a "Thanks but I'm really not that hungry" response and then you clean the kitchen really loudly and silently swear to never cook again? Today was that. 

Frequently, yet now that my little one turned 7 he gets more sensible 😉 ...

[BeeZee]

Similarly, when you make something time and labor intensive, and someone says “next time you make this maybe you could change X, Y, and Z” (ie, completely different flavor profile).

[JoNorvelleWalker]

@Wolfert's chicken with caramelized quinces and toasted walnuts...

 

 

 

Marrakech tagine bread...

 

 

 

As with any @Wolfert repast I sat down to dine at 3:00 in the morning.  And that's without the cubeb.

 

 

 

[Anna N]

25 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

And that's without the cubeb.

It’s just not the same without the cubeb. 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

41 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

@Wolfert's chicken with caramelized quinces and toasted walnuts...

 

....

 

As with any @Wolfert repast

 

Except for a few condiments, like her stupid easy preserved lemons, I find Wolfert a more satisfactory cultural read than kitchen guide.    But then we don't do well at 3 a.m. holiday dinners.    kudos to you!

[Anna N]

1 hour ago, Anna N said:

It’s just not the same without the cubeb. 

I was just teasing you. And I thought you knew that. I admire your willingness to attempt these complex recipes especially in the wee hours of the morning. 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

16 minutes ago, Anna N said:

I was just teasing you. And I thought you knew that. I admire your willingness to attempt these complex recipes especially in the wee hours of the morning. 

 

I started in the afternoon.