My house smells great! Thanksgiving coming up!

[Yooper]

Tonight, I have a pumpkin pie in the oven, and I'm making the crust for fruit pizza tonight after the pie is finished. The turkey has been brining for a day already, and I'm drinking an oatmeal stout.

Bob made a great venison stew in the crockpot for us today, and we just finished dinner.

The rest of our menu includes baked squash, sourdough rye bread, cabbage, bread stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry chutney, pickled beets from the garden, and homemade white wine. For later, oatmeal stout and IPA.

What are YOU having?

 

[Hugh_Jass]

House smells great here, too, Yoop. I've made 8 cal-zones(two with traditional Italian meats/cheeses, two with shredded beef/peppers/onions/cheddar, one buffalo chicken and bacon and one veggie), some shredded potatoes in a heavy whipping cream/half and half reduction, some pizza sauce for the cal-zones, and, of course a starter for Friday's brew day:rockin:

Hope you and your family have a great Thanksgiving.

 

[bob1852]

Brined turkey, wild rice & sausage stuffing, swiss medley vegetables, epic gravy, crescent rolls, and whatever the friends are bringing. Oh, and some homebrew and homewine.

 

[AnOldUR]

What are YOU having?

It's now up to 35 people (counting kids) in our little two bedroom ranch.
Wife's worried about having enough food, I'm worried about having enough beer.
And yeah, the house smells great!

 

[bob1852]

(surprised so few responses as it's been the discussion topic all day in Tap Room )

 

[Yooper]

(surprised so few responses as it's been the discussion topic all day in Tap Room )

I always forget about the Tap Room! I haven't even thought about it lately. I guess since I've gotten "kicked out" of the chat, I forget that we have another play room.

 

[Reelale]

We're having beer and stale pretzels in the Tap Room. And it smells of urinal cakes and cigarette smoke, as always. Happy Thanksgiving.

 

[marubozo]

I just finished up preparing pretty much everything but the turkey so the house smells like a mix of freshly baked bread, stuffing, and deviled eggs. Now my wife is starting to make some chocolate chip cookies.

 

[dataz722]

I am at work so I have no idea what my house smells like.

There, I made an appearance in here. Happy now AZ?

 

[Wrenchman]

I'm at work....it smells of diesel exhaust. Not Thanksgivingish at all

 

[mmb]

I'm pleased as punch. I don't have to do any of the cooking for tomorrow for a change.

Lousy football game and boring parade, HO!

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Roasted dead bird, cheesy hash brown potatoes, homemade stuffing, cranberries, scalloped corn, squash, sour cream and chive mashed potatoes, rolls, pumpkin pie, french silk pie, apple crisp. Oh, yeah, amber ale and Red Baron Bock on tap. And the house smells pretty darned good, too!

 

[Yooper]

I just finished up preparing pretty much everything but the turkey so the house smells like a mix of freshly baked bread, stuffing, and deviled eggs. Now my wife is starting to make some chocolate chip cookies.

Deviled eggs? Oh, man, I never even THOUGHT of deviled eggs. I'll be right back!

 

[marubozo]

Deviled eggs? Oh, man, I never even THOUGHT of deviled eggs. I'll be right back!

Oh yeah. I think that's my wife's favorite part of thanksgiving. I usually have to make at least a dozen more than we really need because the family storms the kitchen as I'm stuffing them and eats a ton.

 

[Kittyfeet]

Our Thanksgiving will be on Friday, so the house doesn't smell awesome yet. But the menu will be brined turkey, herbed stuffing with roasted veggies, homemade Macaroni Grill bread, mashed tatoes 'n gravy, butternut squash, cranberry chutney, and I'm thinking I may slice up some onions and throw them in the slow cooker for a day for some caramelized onion goodness.
Oh, and a pumpkin pie. Trying out a whole wheat crust this year.

On Turkey day, we're going over a friends to watch the game and eat some ribs. I found a recipe for water chestnuts wrapped in bacon, slathered with a ketchup/brown sugar/Worcestershire sauce topping. I'm so excited to start cooking everything up.

 

[Yooper]

Oh yeah. I think that's my wife's favorite part of thanksgiving. I usually have to make at least a dozen more than we really need because the family storms the kitchen as I'm stuffing them and eats a ton.

My eggs are done. We only had 9 I could use, but it's still going to be a nice hors d'oeurves dish. I made them spicy- used dijon mustard, horseradish, a bit of worchestershie, and some habernero pepper sauce. I sprinkled them with a smoked hungarian paprika and put them in the fridge.

Bob and I ate the ugly ones- they are really good! Thanks for the idea.

It's a good thing I have 5 fridges, that's for sure. I have to actually put food in my kegerator tonight!

 

[Yooper]

On Turkey day, we're going over a friends to watch the game and eat some ribs. I found a recipe for water chestnuts wrapped in bacon, slathered with a ketchup/brown sugar/Worcestershire sauce topping. I'm so excited to start cooking everything up.

Henry Hill's wife made the same thing when they came up here for a brewday. Hers had soy sauce in them, in addition. We gobbled those up pretty fast! That's a really nice snack to take.

 

[dataz722]

It's a good thing I have 5 fridges, that's for sure. I have to actually put food in my kegerator tonight!

Thats where my turkey is.

 

[marubozo]

Thats where my turkey is.

I'm glad somebody else admitted it. That's where mine is as well.

Upstairs fridge is full, beer fridge is full of mostly beer and some pies, and the turkey is in the keezer.

Oh wait, actually my turkey is sitting on the counter for at least 8 hours tonight to come up to room temp. How silly of me to forget.

 

[dataz722]

You think 8 hours will be enough?

 

[marubozo]

You think 8 hours will be enough?

I don't know. I took it out of the wrapper and am leaving it directly exposed to the air hoping that will speed things up.

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Oh wait, actually my turkey is sitting on the counter for at least 8 hours tonight to come up to room temp. How silly of me to forget.

Bad. Very bad. Just begging for food poisoning.

 

[bob1852]

Thats where my turkey is.

I'm glad somebody else admitted it. That's where mine is as well.

Mine's sitting outside - again, I need a reminder to bring it in! It's gonna be single digits tonight; I'd hate to wake up to a re-frozen brined bird!

 

[bob1852]

Can't wait for Thanksgiving

 

[dataz722]

I don't know. I took it out of the wrapper and am leaving it directly exposed to the air hoping that will speed things up.

Damn, I should have thought of that. I have had mine sitting out since about 10 this morning but still wrapped. I did let it thaw first for a few days in the fridge though.

 

[marubozo]

Crap. Now my house smells like salmonella

 

[dataz722]

Crap. Now my house smells like salmonella

hahahahaha ok, that actually made me laugh.




Yoop feel free to delete all of what we have said. I think we forgot we were "out in public".

 

[bob1852]

If you use enough rub with paprika, you can leave it out for at least 18 hours. At least that's what I've read.

 

[marubozo]

If you use enough rub with paprika, you can leave it out for at least 18 hours. At least that's what I've read.

No, it's salt. Rubbing it with salt is the same as a brine and it makes it safe.

 

[bob1852]

No, it's salt. Rubbing it with salt is the same as a brine and it makes it safe.

That's right. Alton Brown said that salt is evil to bacteria. Heck, he makes homemade sauerkrat in his pantry. See, salt works!