Are you making everything? Just a few things? Anything special?

We are eating with friends tomorrow and I've agreed to make Brussel sprouts, mac and cheese, cranberry tart, and a pumpkin pie. Because I like a little bit of chaos, the pumpkin pie recipe is from 1670.


I thought about making sourdough rolls in the shape of turkeys, but I didn't get a sourdough starter going in time so I am SOL.

Pic of the "Pumpion pie" recipe

I'm making my way over to my parent's golf clubhouse where we will pay money for someone else to make it and clean it all!

I have been directed to make sweet potato casserole, something I haven't done before. I found a couple of online recipes that seem easy enough.

Lasagna
Garlic bread
Peas
Salad
Broccoli and cheese with mushrooms
Maybe some snacky foods

nai06 said:

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Pic of the "Pumpion pie" recipe

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butter it and serve it in...what?

Indoors
In a sense of thanksgiving
In due time

Smoking a brisket and chickens
Smoked gouda mac & cheese

This guy specializes in old recipes and was able to expand it based on other recipes and cooking techniques
https://www.tastinghistory.com/recipes/pumpionpie

Basically after its cooked you cube some butter and allow it to melt into the pie. before cutting it up and serving. The herbs are a bit of a guess but I'm using sweet marjoram, parsley, rosemary, and thyme.

Whatever my friends are cooking.

Inappropriate jokes

Turkey (Spatchcocked)
Mac & Cheese
Mashed Potatoes
Homemade Rolls
Homemade Tiramisu

Wife is in charge of the healthy stuff like salad and green beans. SIL is bringing some sort of casserole.

do you use a flour roux for mac and cheese or egg? I always make a roux and was unaware people use egg instead.

Heading to my son and DIL's house. They will do a roasted and smoked or fried turkeys. Bringing my much requested southern cornbread dressing. Will bring home some turkey and gravy for Friday along with a small container of reserved dressing I reserved to bake on Friday.

I made pecan bars yesterday and then stood in line at Honey Baked Ham for 45 minutes to pick up turkey and ham. YOURE WELCOME FAMILY.

Fried oysters, Dos XX, Key Lime Pie, grapefruit salad

EOT. Winner.

I'm making blue cheese encrusted ribeye, Brussels sprouts glazed with honey and balsamic, and baked potatoes.

Done:
Turkey
Giblet gravy
Candied sweet potatoes
Mashed potatoes (store bought! Simply Potatoes FTW)
Pecan pies
Dinner rolls (home made)
Cornbread dressing
Green bean casserole

Carrots and celery

Just have to heat everything up tomorrow.

My wife and daughter worked all day today and will finish tomorrow. I helped with a few things.

Turkey
Sweet potatoes
Mashed potatoes
homemade rolls
pumpkin pies
pumpkin cream cheese tarts with candied pecans
Cranberry sauce
Corn pudding
spinach maria
homemade 4 bread dressing
Mac and 5 different Cheese
Modelo and Guiness
I will pull some wines out, probably the Milier stuff
Massive bottle of Knob Creek pulled out as well


20 people coming over and they will bring stuff as well. Gonna be a freaking zoo.

I'm in charge of the stuffing.

Roasted chicken, whole wheat rolls slathered in butter, homemade dressing, green beans (sans casserole), and roasted sweet potatoes. Homemade sangria. No clue about dessert (they don't do pies here in España).

Wife made pies and cranberry sauce today. Tomorrow is my cooking day.

Started brining the turkey at 5 am today.
Will start smoking it tomorrow at 6 am.
Pureed potatoes French style
Candied yams with Graham cracker crust
Dinner rolls
Stuffing from a box because there has to be something I don't make from scratch.
Bone in ham
Green bean casserole
Salad with homemade dressing

knoxtom said:

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My wife and daughter worked all day today and will finish tomorrow. I helped with a few things.

Turkey
Sweet potatoes
Mashed potatoes
homemade rolls
pumpkin pies
pumpkin cream cheese tarts with candied pecans
Cranberry sauce
Corn pudding
spinach maria
homemade 4 bread dressing
Mac and 5 different Cheese
Modelo and Guiness
I will pull some wines out, probably the Milier stuff
Massive bottle of Knob Creek pulled out as well


20 people coming over and they will bring stuff as well. Gonna be a freaking zoo.

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Man, I'm jealous

My wife and I are decent at hosting, but when things are with her side, no one brings crap and it makes us not want to put much effort in either. It's a real damper

Yours sounds way better

Working on the ambulance. Having tamales, charro beans, rice. I don't think anyone is bringing dessert. Any volunteers to drop off for some medics and fire fighters?

nai06 said:

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do you use a flour roux for mac and cheese or egg? I always make a roux and was unaware people use egg instead.

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Always used roux. Curious about the egg though

ac04 said:

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a reservation at capital grille

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This. Wife and I are solo this year. Screw cooking. Stoked!

StinkyPinky said:

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nai06 said:

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do you use a flour roux for mac and cheese or egg? I always make a roux and was unaware people use egg instead.

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Always used roux. Curious about the egg though

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Avoid any Mac and Cheese recipe calling for an egg. It makes for a spakle like consistency and dries it out. Turrible

FIDO*98* said:

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StinkyPinky said:

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nai06 said:

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do you use a flour roux for mac and cheese or egg? I always make a roux and was unaware people use egg instead.

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Always used roux. Curious about the egg though

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Avoid any Mac and Cheese recipe calling for an egg. It makes for a spakle like consistency and dries it out. Turrible

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Yea. Just not seeing it. Taste and texture seem incompatible.

Not making but ordering Goode Co and man it is great.

I'm making:
Turkey Porchetta
Smoked Turkey
Fried Turkey Leg Quarters
Cornbread Dressing
Grean Beans with mushroom gruyere sauce
Homemade jellied cranberry sauce

Family adding:
Yeast rolls
Honey ham
Mashed Potatoes
Sweet Potato casserole
Pink stuff (bleh)
Pecan, Buttermilk, and Pumpkin pie

There's absolutely zero excuse for store bought mashed potatoes.

Mashed potatoes are simple to make and delicious when made right.

Potatoes of your choice, milk, chicken bouillon, and butter.

Nothing more and nothing less.

I hate boiling potatoes and am making 99% of the food for 12 ppl so I bought the potatoes. Not a bit sorry this year.

Goode Company meal with the smoked turkey breast, jalapeno creamed corn and mac n cheese from pappas bar b q, plus a large ham from Honey Baked Ham, vanilla cheesecake.

Spatchcocked Grilled Turkey
Fried Turkey
Fried Ribs
Dressing
Gruyre Potato Cake
Green Bean Casserole
Rolls
Pumpkin Pie
Cheesecake