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The Secret to Adam Perry Lang's Amazing Sweet Potatoes: Bananas

My mom always made sweet potatoes with pulpy orange juice but I tried the banana approach this year and am a huge fan. It adds a little sweetness without being part of the lollipop-sweet sweet potato family. Sorry oranges, but I'm totally on Team Banana now.

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The Secret to Adam Perry Lang's Amazing Sweet Potatoes: Bananas

My mom always made sweet potatoes with pulpy orange juice but I tried the banana approach this year and am a huge fan. It adds a little sweetness without being part of the lollipop-sweet sweet potato family. Sorry oranges, but I'm totally on Team Banana now.

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@mdeatherage: Ha! Never heard of that spice either. All fixed now.

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Video: Brad Pitt and Quentin Tarantino on Japanese Cooking Show

@Emily Koh: Ah, thank you for the Japanese television wisdom. Updated the post!

@gastronomeg: Though I have to say, Brad did a pretty good job eating without getting shrimp stuck in his beard. He must have read these eating-with-facial-hair tips.

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Are You an Oyster Stuffing Fan?

@Onepot: Eeek. Well if you change your mind and want to try Paula's oyster stuffing, here's the recipe: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/oyster-dressing-recipe/index.html (it contains a sleeve of saltines!)

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Fette Sau in Williamsburg for some piggy! They have communal tables so for all anyone knows, you could be sitting with a huge entourage. And after eating too many ribs, you can conveniently roll home.

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Marzipan turkeys!! Do the dark pieces taste better?

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@Tombolo: Dressing schmessing. We're with Elise on this one. It's a free country! You should be able to call it stuffing no matter how it's cooked!

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Ed, as someone who has lost a lot of weight the nartual way and kept it that way for 6 years, I dread big eating holidays except to cook for others, and go light myself. This one, the menu was all veggie, but that doesn't mean light in calories. Put myself to the same scale test today. Dead on my same weight too. So I can join in on the SEDD celebrations.

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The Secret to Adam Perry Lang's Amazing Sweet Potatoes: Bananas

As a longtime opponent of the brown sugar and marshmallow candy approach, I did the banana thing some years back and it just tasted like bananas to me. Maybe this recipe is better, but so far, the only things I've done to make sweet potatoes more grownup that I really liked were (no surprise) curry powder or, bake the potatoes with orange slices in between, then discard the orange slices and puree. The hint of burnt orange really works well.

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Ed Levine's Serious Diet, Week 95: Weighing In The Day After Thankgiving

I'd like to support you on this one, but I think a couple more slices of the pie in the lower right corner of your collage are well worth an extra pound or two.

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As an American expat living in the Netherlands, I've had a serious jones for English muffins these past years - but you can't get them here! You can't imagine how much I've missed Eggs Benedict all this time. I already make a mean Hollandaise, and now I have the English muffin recipe I've been waiting for!

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Ed Levine's Serious Diet, Week 95: Weighing In The Day After Thankgiving

Congrats! I lost a pound over Thanksgiving. I've found that I just can't eat as much as I used to.

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You know, I lost a pound over Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada last month - and I don't feel like I missed out on anything - it really can be done!

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Happy T-giving and congrats on Serious Eating in a scaled down(no pun intended) but serious way!

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Are You an Oyster Stuffing Fan?

I am Penn Dutch and oyster stuffing is a family favorite of ours.. Our oyster stuffing is made from oyster crackers, oysters, oysters, clam juice, cream, and nutmeg.. Crumble the crackers, put a layer of oysters, a little cream, a little butter and continue this all the way up the pan... So simple and yet addictive..

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Are You an Oyster Stuffing Fan?

Oyster dressing is my favorite part of thanksgiving. My mother always made it, and when I was doing thanksgiving it was always served. Unfortunately, my current family doesn't care for it, so it has fallen by the wayside :-((((

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Thanks for posting this, it's my favorite show and haven't seen it for years!

@Emily Koh- completely agree with you that they should not sing.
But they are all good actors and their cooking improved a lot since the start of this show (they are probably getting pro lessons from Hattori school's teachers).

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Thanksgiving Talk: Elise Bauer of Simply Recipes

I'm so glad to see Elise get recognition for her great site; I'm also a big fan. Her artichoke soup, enchiladas, carbonnade and pulled pork are fabulous. I hope she'll get a cookbook published like other popular food bloggers, like The Pioneer Woman and Orangette.

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Are You an Oyster Stuffing Fan?

I've been attending a 20+ guest thanksgiving for the past several years, and it's where I was first introduced to it. I love it. There are usually at least 3 kinds of stuffing on the table, so it's not replacing anything and the crazy anti-oyster people aren't put out.

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Are You an Oyster Stuffing Fan?

I am a fan of oyster stuffing. It doesn't do so well in the bird, but baked separately, it is quite the treat for those who enjoy cooked oysters. The trick is to use oyster crackers instead of bread cubes. A little celery, onion, mushroom, and butter, and its wonderful, wonderful stuff. I've seen it much more with my Northern family than down here in NC or AL, and in my opinion, the smaller, colder water oysters make for better eating in general, but I suppose you could use the big, slimy Gulf Coast oysters if you had to.

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haha i used to watch this show all the time and my cousin, in her mid twenties, are in love with SMAP. they're...still pretty good.

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Are You an Oyster Stuffing Fan?

I love oysters and I love stuffing, but cannot stand them together. Everyone else in my family seems to enjoy it, though.

I find that meat of any sort interferes with the flavor and/or texture of stuffing. I prefer what amounts to a from-scratch version of Stove Top - southern (i.e. not sweet) corn bread or stale bread, stock, onions, herbs & spices.

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Are You an Oyster Stuffing Fan?

I've never heard of "oyster" stuffing; cool.

I like "stuffing" oysters;

but I prefer the little suckers' fresh-raw with horseradish.........

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Are You an Oyster Stuffing Fan?

I'm ogling those raw oysters up there. Not really a fan of cooked oysters...

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Are You an Oyster Stuffing Fan?

Not a fan of oysters beyond the fried ones I have encountered here in the South. So, I don't do any kind of oyster dressing for Thanksgiving. I am a
bread, herbs, celery, onions type cook. Don't really like meat in my dressing. Will tweak the recipe this year with cornbread, rice, apricots and cranberries added to the stock and veggies. I guess there are more oysters for those of you who really want them.

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