Turkey for beginners, gravy, mashed potatoes, dressing, bacterial hazards of stuffing~turkey thighs~sweet potatoes~cranberries~lamb neck~white port from Georgia~kitchen disasters
I didn't realize that moonshine was something you could buy in a store! Wish I had all this interesting info before going to a wedding in TN. last summer.
What a great roundup of Thanksgiving recipes and ideas--thanks! As someone who has made turkey 3 times, I will be reading Jenny Rosenstrach's recipe carefully, along with the Sam Sifton one in Bon Appetit for "A Simple Turkey" (dry brined). It's great that you admit some of your kitchen fails so we can learn from them (I would have thought more cheese is better in a grilled cheese sandwich).
So, sorry. Please tell me exactly how you feel about baby lambs and their older siblings and why and when you started feeling that way and who among your family and old friends started you along the road to feeling that way.
I usually dry brine our bird, but this year I'm not cooking. Yeah! I, too, like sausage in the stuffing. Glad you are keeping the "glug". Happy Thanksgiving!
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I didn't realize that moonshine was something you could buy in a store! Wish I had all this interesting info before going to a wedding in TN. last summer.
Great read! Thank you! Happy Holiday!
You are kind, well, maybe too kind!
What a great roundup of Thanksgiving recipes and ideas--thanks! As someone who has made turkey 3 times, I will be reading Jenny Rosenstrach's recipe carefully, along with the Sam Sifton one in Bon Appetit for "A Simple Turkey" (dry brined). It's great that you admit some of your kitchen fails so we can learn from them (I would have thought more cheese is better in a grilled cheese sandwich).
You are too kind! Many thanks . . . .
I was happily churning along until I reached the lamb neck. Baaaaaaaaaad Wayne!
So, sorry. Please tell me exactly how you feel about baby lambs and their older siblings and why and when you started feeling that way and who among your family and old friends started you along the road to feeling that way.
Let me get comfy on this couch. Aaaahhhh. OK, it all began when….
. . . . and then what happened?
I usually dry brine our bird, but this year I'm not cooking. Yeah! I, too, like sausage in the stuffing. Glad you are keeping the "glug". Happy Thanksgiving!