turkducken dinner

[sabg]

i will making (buying) a turkducken for my upcoming gourmet club. i need some snazzy sides. i know the bird is a lot on its own but want to add something interesting that i make on my own. also any wine suggestions?

[fifi]

How about a sweet potato gratin of some sort that has ginger in it. Ginger is good for the digestion.

[Al_Dente]

How bout a whole theme-- rice stuffed potatoes wrapped in pastry?

[Dave the Cook]

How bout a whole theme--

Small eggplants, crammed with chopped zucchini, encased in delicata squash.

[Janedujour]

How bout a whole theme-- rice stuffed potatoes wrapped in pastry?

Or a casserole containing a layer each of pureed turnip, sweet potato, idaho potato, and parsnip.

And of course cranberries!! Stewed with orange and lemon zest and use orange juice instead of water.

A lite salad of baby greens with walnut oil and tarragon vinegar.

[Toliver]

i will making (buying) a turkducken for my upcoming gourmet club.  i need some snazzy sides. 

Alka-Seltzer.

[mixmaster b]

I like southern/Louisiana style sides with a Turducken:

Long cooked collards

Corn pudding

Sweet potatoes

Pecan pie for dessert

Stuff like that.

BTW, if the store-bought critters are anything like homemade, be prepered for a huge quantity of fat/drippings. (MMM, gravy...) The recipe I used called for 2 roasting pans--a small one, almost fitted to beast, and a lagre one, to catch all the drippings. We still had to bail the big pan to keep it from overflowing!

[foodie52]

And while you're at it, don't forget to poke holes in the smaller pan so that it can drain into the larger one!!

[sabg]

And while you're at it, don't forget to poke holes in the smaller pan so that it can drain into the larger one!!

thanks, i never would have thought of that until the flames started shooting from the oven and setting the cabinets on fire

[NeroW]

Yeah! Turducken!