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Funniest Thanksgiving
In the 90's my mom was wearing an angora sweater for Thanksgiving - you know the ones with little pieces of fur sticking out everywhere? While serving dinner, she leaned a little too close to the candle and lit her sweater on fire. Luckily, it burned quickly around the little tendrils, and not the sweater itself. Of course my uncle jumped up to help "put out the fire" but it really looked like he was copping a feel.
Pumpkin Pie Fudge Recipe?
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I've been looking for a good veggie burger recipe! Do you think you can freeze them?
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Pumpkin: *Way* or *No Way*
Way. Though I don't like pumpking pie, I did just make pumpkin fudge - so good.
Funniest Thanksgiving
In the 90's my mom was wearing an angora sweater for Thanksgiving - you know the ones with little pieces of fur sticking out everywhere? While serving dinner, she leaned a little too close to the candle and lit her sweater on fire. Luckily, it burned quickly around the little tendrils, and not the sweater itself. Of course my uncle jumped up to help "put out the fire" but it really looked like he was copping a feel.
Pumpkin Pie Fudge Recipe?
Sorry for the triple post! I don't know how that happened, I only pressed once. I was not meaning to spam you all :)
Reporting back: very worthy veggie burger recipe
I've been looking for a good veggie burger recipe! Do you think you can freeze them?
What's your food therapy?
Chopping for sure! Okay except when I sliced my thumb last night. . .that required actual therapy, in the form of compression and a large band-aid.
Serious Eater Low Iodine Recipes
@zucchini - I made the chocolate zucchini bread this weekend and it smells awesome! (Didn't have any though - saving it all for mom!). Thanks for the recommendation.
@veggieout - thank you so much for the website! I think my mom will enjoy this site. As your friend mentions in her site, most of the info out there is very clinical, and not very personal, so this will be good.
Thanks again everyone.
Serious Eater Low Iodine Recipes
Thank you everyone! The ThyCa cook book is great. Luckily I only have Morton's kosher salt out in my kitchen (non-iodized), but I'm terrified about accidentally putting in something else unknowingly (I seem to always need to make my own "tweaks" to any recipe I use). I'll stick to the book on this one :)
The Most Unhealthy Thing You've Ever Made
It's a toss up between fat balls and bacon-wrapped sausage. The fat balls are a ball of cream cheese and chives, wrapped in croissant dough, wrapped in bacon and baked. So good. In college we joked it was healthy because it hit almost all the food groups.
Bacon-wrapped sausage is pretty much self explanatory, except it's also rolled in brown sugar and drizzled with maple syrup and baked. It's a once-a-year, Christmas morning treat.
Weekend Lunch for 10 people in November
Essex is cheap and yummy and takes reservations for parties of 10 or more for weekend brunch. 3 drinks included! You could do better on food/atmosphere front, but it's my only idea for you. Good luck!
Cook the Book: 'Dishing Up Vermont'
New york pizza! And bagels
The wildest food you've ever tried and will never try again
Raw scallops. I LOVE cooked scallops, and most other raw seafood so didn't forsee this being a problem. It tasted like I have shoved my face into a pile of seaweed that had been sitting in the sun for days. Both my husband and I could barely get them down.
Compiling recipes for a family cookbook - advice?
I used tastebook.com as a gift for my bridesmaids, my mom and my MIL. I was able to upload my own photos and put stories in so I could "dedicate" a recipe to each of them. It was a HUGE hit and they all loved it.
I did have some issues with it though. I suggest putting all your recipes into word and then copy and pasting it - more than once I'd get done typing a recipe into tastebook and then it wouldn't save. I also couldn't figure out a way to change any recipes I downloaded from epicurious, so I ended up having to retype those. It also seems to encourage plagarism - I adapt a lot of recipes, so when I tried to put in "Adapted from Emeril Lagasse's. . ." (I wanted to give credit!) it would flag it for violating the terms of use, but if I took that line out I was fine.
I do love the finished product though!
Cook the Book: 'What We Eat When We Eat Alone'
Scallops provencal. Or a random assortment of sauteed veggies with a bit of good cheese and red pepper.
'Julie & Julia' (& Nora)
I cannot wait to see this movie! Thank you for the review, it's making me even more excited.
Cook the Book: ''Wichcraft'
Their guyere & carmelized onion sandwich is my favorite sandwich. So can I tell them to just make the portion bigger? Of course with a side of marinated chick peas it's the perfect lunch. Please tell me the book has the recipe for their marinated chick peas - I have been trying to copy that to no avail!
Cook the Book: 'Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating'
No processed foods, less meat & simplier ingredients!
Cook the Book: 'Kneadlessly Simple'
I've only ever made focaccia - and it was to get a good grade in Italian clas (in college no less), and it worked!
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Two Peter Luger Steaks
Filet. Predictable, I know.
Dinner Tonight: Caldo Gallego
Do you think using chicken stock would add to the flavor or does it not need it?
I always have to order...
Breakfast : Corned Beef Hash
Lunch: Rueben
Soup: French Onion
Appetizer: Mussels
Dinner: lamb
Dessert: Creme Brulee
What's the craziest thing you ever ate?
tnword - funny you say that about raw scallops, I hated them! I love scallops so was excited to try them at a raw bar. Both my date and I could barely swallow them. Granted, we're in NYC so maybe they weren't the freshest, but it tasted like I took a bite of seaweed and sand that had been sitting in the sun too long. . .
Who Should Pay at a Birthday Dinner?
Here's my philosophy:
When I cook for friends: I pay for dinner, since I'm inviting them over. If they offer to bring something I ask them to bring wine or beer, or sometimes dessert. If it's just my close friends then i say "BYOB". As someone else said, I usually end up better off with extra beer in the fridge!
Birthday dinners: We usually go out with a group of close friends and slpit evenly, birthday person not paying. But we all have similar pay grades and this is standard for us - I always try to take in account special situations (I organized the last birthday dinner and paid for all the pre-dinner drinks, granted I drank the most!).
We did just have a big group dinner for a friend in from London, at Wolfgangs in NYC. As one of the 2 girls there (along with 14 guys), I was furious when I was told I owed $180 for the dinner we were all splitting (I had 2 slices of steak and a glass of wine). Next time I'll stay home (the kicker is the friend in from London is the cheapest person I know, but someone else was covering him so he did the ordering and ordered all the most expensive stuff!)
Best French Fries in New York According to Restaurant Girl
No love for Rare? Although the sauces are what make it. Sweet potato fries w/ maple dipping sauce = heaven (although I guess that's not technically a "french fry")
Cook the Book: 'Summer on a Plate'
Julia Child for sure. When I was a toddler I had no interest or Seasame Street or Mr. Rogers - all I wanted to watch was Julia Child (and the guy who did the paintings on PBS with the big hair).
Pumpkin: *Way* or *No Way*
A great big WAY! -- Just love the stuff.
Pumpkin: *Way* or *No Way*
Way! I'm eating pumpkin soup right now. Yummy...
Pumpkin: *Way* or *No Way*
NO WAY! Unfortunately, pumpkin pie or any kind of pumpkin recipe has never made it on our table because my family just doesn't like the taste of it.
We prefer sweet potato pie for dessert or a sweet potato casserole during dinner. It tastes MUCH better than pumpkin and my family agrees!
Pumpkin: *Way* or *No Way*
@mollykate678 ~ The deeeelicious pumpkin filled angel food bulllllueberry corn nut cake was my own creation, but obviously based on the sue eeet super simple Kwanzaa cake llllluvingly pullllated by Shamdra. Mmmmust give crrrredit where crrrredit ..... ohhhhhh, I'm lllllaughing too hard to finish. Grrrrreat time of day, it's time for ay Cocktail!!! :-)
Happy Thanksgiving all and if you have some pumpkin recipes you'd be willing to share, I'll just bet some will become traditions in other households.
Pumpkin: *Way* or *No Way*
Oh I also made a pumpkin cheesecake last month too!
Pumpkin: *Way* or *No Way*
Way. This year I have already made pumpkin pie bars, pumpkin scones and pumpkin muffins. And I am making William Sonoma pumpkin cake squares for Thanksgiving.
Pumpkin: *Way* or *No Way*
Perky!!
And, I'm a way, in any and every cantation. (Just made turkey pumpkin chili, actually.) And possibly a bit of a hoarder. My husband is threatening to call A&E if I keeping bringing home my allotted 2 cans of pumpkin each time I go to the grocery. What can I say? I love it. So if your store is short on pumpkin, I might have personally had something to do with it.
Perk - Would you possibly have access to a video presentation on the creation of said cake?
Pumpkin: *Way* or *No Way*
I only like my sweet squashes cooked in such a way that the sweetness is counterbalanced and the overall dish is made more savory. Roasted pumpkin - yes. Pumpkin pie - no.
Pumpkin: *Way* or *No Way*
Like kathyvegas, I also dread the "cold, slippery overspiced pumpkin pie." I do not care for the flavor or the texture. On the other hand, I love just about all other gourd incarnations, sweet or savory.
Pumpkin: *Way* or *No Way*
P-U-M-kin P-U-I
P-U-M-kin Pumpkin Pie!
Pumpkin: *Way* or *No Way*
Way! I love making pumpkin gnocchi in a sage butter sauce - absolutely divine!
Pumpkin: *Way* or *No Way*
Bring it!!! Pumpkin beer is a major highlight come October. Love the soft pumpkin cookies with buttercream on top!! Wish Starbucks kept Pumpkin lattes all year around
Funniest Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving at Fripp Island, SC, a houseful of friends. We brought the turkeys and left one of them in a soft-side zippered cooler on the screened porch to begin thawing overnight. Were awakened in the wee hours by screeching and caterwauling. A pair of raccoons had entered the porch, unzipped the cooler and had begun tearing into the turkey. One got greedy, and their fighting woke us up. Being exhausted, we simply wrapped the partially shredded turkey in plastic grocery bags and put it in the refrigerator to deal with in the morning. Unfortunately, by the time we woke up, another friend had risen early, seen the bagged turkey, and placed it in the sink to thaw properly. She returned after an hour to check on it, only to find a sink full of pink water and floating shreds of skin. Horrified, she rounded up the rest of the group to speculate on what in the WORLD might have happened to the turkey. They all knew we had been having trouble with my husband's middle-school-aged sons "acting out" in all kinds of unpleasant ways, and until we joined the party to tell the REAL story, my friends were convinced that the kids had finally gone too far. Fortunately, we had perfect little muddy raccoon pawprints on the top of the cooler to support our tale, and we laughed about the "Cujo Turkey" for many years to come!
Funniest Thanksgiving
Well, I am seven months pregnant, live in a trailer and we have a propane tank for the stove. This is also 1984. Go figure. I am home alone and have a large turkey in the oven, but the oven isn't lit. Found this out when, after an hour, the turkey is still that pale color of fresh turkey. Being pregnant, I can't get to the pilot light to turn on the stove. So, I lie down on my back and scoot as close as I can to the stove and the pilot light and light a newspaper and finally get the oven going. To this day I still laugh my self silly at the image of me on the floor with this huge belly lighting the stove so the turkey will roast.
Funniest Thanksgiving
Late to the party on this one, but here goes... about six years ago, my mom's new boyfriend came to our family Thanksgiving for the first time with his nine-year-old son. My family is fairly uptight, so this guy had everyone's eyebrows raised with his motorcycle-ridin', rock'n'rollin' ways. We're at the feast, the grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins are tolerating him, and our quietly formal Thanksgiving meal is proceeding, when all of a sudden during a lull in conversation the nine-year-old goes "Hey, Daddy, remember when I found cocaine on your dresser?" Completely out of the blue. Ensue awkward silence. The boyfriend finally musters a halfhearted, "I don't know what you're talking about, son," to which the kid responds, "Yes, you do! It was in a little baggie and you said it was Uncle Dave's." The boyfriend was speechless. The entire table cracked up, and someone changed the subject, but it was never forgotten.
That was not the last Thanksgiving we had with them, but unfortunately, nobody ever told any more drug stories.
Funniest Thanksgiving
The night before Thanksgiving a few years ago, my husband and I went to visit his best friend and brother, who had come down from New York to visit their family for the holidays. The BF's brother had recently entered a culinary school, so he had been tagged as primary chef during the visit. Amidst numerous drinks, my husband and I went scrounging through the fridge to find munchies; we found a large container of what we were told was french onion soup, so we heated it up. Much to our disappointment, the soup was fairly tasteless, so we threw it out.
The next night, we received a rather irate call from said brother, which was when we found out we'd thrown out his duck stock for the dinner. I'm still partially mortified when he brings up the story.
Funniest Thanksgiving
I had made what seemed like a ton of turkey soup with the turkey carcass (prob 2-3 gallons in actuality). I was so proud of myself because I had started it immediately after dinner so by 9:00 pm it was ready to go into the fridge. The next time we opened the fridge to put something away, the whole stock pot came sliding out onto the floor. Gallons of turkey soup everywhere...especially nice to clean out from under the fridge. So NOT funny at the time, but now is a funny story. I didn't make turkey soup for several years after.
Funniest Thanksgiving
I once (mis-)made a turkey that when pierced with a carving knife the bird literally fell apart. A cloud of gray smoke rose as the halves of the turkey fell exhausted to each side. Only the bare-boned, over-cooked carcass was left standing. I'd only ever seen a turkey do that in the movies. But I had filled it with a deliciously-spicy, Laotian, herbed stuffing. Here's the recipe. http://ow.ly/DsOt
What's your food therapy?
I like to reduce onions to sugar in a skillet of butter. Add mushrooms and I am slap happy.
Reporting back: very worthy veggie burger recipe
I saw him make these on his "Big Bite" show. His sister is vegetarian, and the burgers looked good, indeed. I'm not a big fan of his, but I do admire him for his consideration of her tastes.
Reporting back: very worthy veggie burger recipe
CJMcD: Sorry you had trouble finding this! I did put the link in the comments on the other post, and at the end of the first paragraph above, but it didn't turn blue - so thanks for repeating it here.
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Way. Though I don't like pumpking pie, I did just make pumpkin fudge - so good.