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Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
My favorite is sweet potato salad - potato salad but with sweet potatoes. It has bacon and jalapenos and is all htings good!
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
Lamb Tandoori. Oh yea!
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Sauerbraten and homemade sides.
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Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
The year we decided to go vegetarian and we completely messed up the tofurkey. Oh well, it was a great idea - we just weren't technically prepared.
Cook the Book: 'Simple Fresh Southern'
My favorite is sweet potato salad - potato salad but with sweet potatoes. It has bacon and jalapenos and is all htings good!
Cook the Book: 'How to Roast a Lamb'
Lamb Tandoori. Oh yea!
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Sauerbraten and homemade sides.
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
Tammy Donroe's Food on the Food
Cook the Book: The Southern Italian Table
Bread, basil and olive oil.
Cook the Book: Pumpkin Baking
I like the lasagna served in a pumpkin featured on top chef.
Cook the Book: 'Japanese Hot Pots'
The soup I make that is meal worthy is gumbo. However I love the soup meals at our local Korean and Vietnamese restaurants. I wouldn't even know where to start to make them myself (plus I'm too cheap to buy the separate ingredients so mine would be substandard anyway).
Cook the Book: 'Gourmet Today'
The Joy of Cooking. I still have it. It's probably a bio-hazard with all the spills and stains but I don't care.
Cook the Book: 'Zingerman's Guide to Better Bacon'
Because we're supposed to eat fat and salt but they're not good for us. This is the perfect guilty pleasure.
Cook the Book: 'Dishing Up Vermont'
Kentucky has the best derby pie! Your cardiologist won't be happy but you will.
Cook the Book: 'What We Eat When We Eat Alone'
I'm bad - probably pizza.
Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking
Ginger Molasses Cookies. I made a gluten free carrot cake for a T-giving party. Fortunately, I had a friend who spotted me some of her 6 blend flour. I was surprised at the tricep workout I got mixing that batter - it was like cement! It turned out OK although I overbaked it.
Cook the Book: '100 Best Vegetarian Recipes'
Vegetarian Black Bean Chili with ancho paste and lots of cilantro. Mmmm, delicious!
Cook the Book: '660 Curries' by Raghavan Iyer
I don't remember my first encounter. It probably would have been a chicken curry. I love saag paneer and cx tikka masala but I couldn't really tell you most about my virgin voyage.
Cook the Book: 'Canal House Cooking, Vol. 1'
Sweet Potato Salad - potato salad with sweet potatoes add jalapenos, bacon and a little brown sugar with lots of cilantro. Mmmmmmm.
Cook the Book: 'Mrs. Rowe's Little Book of Southern Pies'
What can be easier that brie in puff pastry? Idiot proof, right?
Wrong! I was transferring from a baking sheet to a fiesta platter and dropped it (uh, a two pound wheel) onto the floor during the first hour of a party.
I wanted a 'Wow' moment and I got it. The guests quickly improvised with their opinion of what baked brie smells like.
Yea!
Cook the Book: 'The Barcelona Cookbook'
I don't remember the name of it, but it's on Sunrise Ave in Ft. Lauderdale. It was so fun to try little tasters and focus on the company instead of sitting down to chow down on a conversation stopping carb load.
Cook the Book: 'Bobby Flay's Burgers, Fries & Shakes'
Wow. This really depends on my mood and my adherence to health. Let's say I'm in a great mood and also in denial about my heart disease - then let's have a black and bleu burger with roquefort, jalapeno's, applejack bacon, red onion, swiss chard and a perfect slice of tomato finished with cilantro mayonnaise. I feel guilty typing this.
Cook the Book: 'L.A.'s Original Farmers Market Cookbook'
Krause's meats and cheese in Findlay Market Cincinnati.
Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'
Thai and sushi. I never get the nori and sticky rice right.
Cook the Book: 'Rustic Fruit Desserts'
Blackberry compote with fresh whipped cream.
Cook the Book: 'Endangered Recipes' by Lari Robling
Blueberry turnovers with Mrs. Carpenter and pineapple upside cake with grandma. I still love both, BTW.
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
Every other Thanksgiving we visit my grandparent's ranch in south Texas. Eating the traditional dishes that my grandma makes is a great annual activity. We usually end up with lots of extended family over, including a couple that owns a vineyard and brings their wine with them. They always arrive with the air that they've been tasting it already...
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
We have a big family and cook 3 turkeys to feed the crowd. One of them is cooked outdoors since we run out of oven space. The first time I fried a turkey on my own I couldn't seem to get the oil hot enough. After a while, I finally noticed the probe wasn't far enough in the oil. After a frantic attempt to now cool down the pot (setting it on bricks in the grass and hosing the outside with water - not too smart), it finally cooled down enough and when we finally checked the bird, it was perfect.
These days I now cook the bird on my Weber. It's way more predictable!
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
Every year I grab whomever is in my unit at Dland to treat them to a Thanksgiving dinner. The reason being that for about 4 years I had to work on Thanksgiving and Xmas and know what its like trying to find somewhere to eat on that day. So it has become a tradition to invite all the guys who had to work that day and couldn't go home.
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
My story is; I was born on Thanksgiving. No one had dinner that fateful day!
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
Story, story, story, story. I wish I had a good one for you. All I know is that the best food always was done by my Grandmother. Southern cooking and all. She learned from the best. Her dumplings are legendary.
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
My mom made really good gravy. I think I was in second grade. I was so excited about it, I got up in front of my class and told them about it. Not much of a story unless you know my mom and her cooking repertoire.
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
I can't say I have any particularly interesting stories. My parents never did the thanksgiving thing until I was at least in jr high and even now i'm not sure we really have a handle on it. this year i'm doing it, we'll see how it goes.
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
I was transporting a cooked turkey with the fixings to a friend's house. When I got there the gravy had spilled all over the trunk of my car. I had to clean the trunk and run home to see what kind of gravy I had in my freezer, couldn't serve turkey and fixin's without gravy. sharonaquilino(at)hotmail(dot)com
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
I was newly married and it was my first attempt at cooking a turkey. I was completely repulsed by the gizzards and neck. So much so that I really couldn't even eat any turkey. I'm over that now.
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
A couple of years ago, we decided to forgo the turkey and have a roast and Yorkshire pudding, with all the trimmings. My mom popped the pud in the oven and unexpectedly had to leave for a few minutes, putting my sister and me in charge of watching said pudding. Well, it was ready and my sister grabbed it out of the oven and the pudding took flight out of the pan and flew across the kitchen, landing broken on a (thankfully) clean floor mat. I just remember that time stopped and the look of utter shock on both of our faces. We pieced the pudding back into the pan before mom got back.....we were going to keep it secret until she finally commented that she didn't do a good job because of all the cracks. We fessed up and had a good laugh
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
Update on the AB smoked turkey that I have been worshipping and coddling for 5 days. We put it in the smoker and after about an hour the new, fancy smoke box thingie malfunctioned, the wood and the turkey caught fire and I thought all was lost. We wiped the smoke off the bird and realized its bottom really didnt need to see the light of day so we just kept cooking and it is out now and resting. Havent tried it yet but I am hopeful.
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
A couple thanksgivings ago some friends of mine decided to make a turducken. I think they liked the idea of it more than they really wanted to eat one, and none of them were (or are) particularly avid or experienced cooks. Anyway, they approached it sortof casually in terms of avoiding cross contamination and deciding when it was finished cooking. Turns out, that much meat takes longer to cook than you might assume. End result: awful food poisoning.
I am making thanksgiving dinner for the first time for my family this year, and that story helps me to calm down about the whole thing. As long as I don't sicken everyone, I am doing better than my friends did. Hooray for the instant-read thermometer! And non-amalgamated poultry.
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
My favorite thing about Thanksgiving, or any holiday really, is when the extended family leaves and my parents, siblings, and I all come back to the table again to REALLY eat.
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
I was living in France last thanksgiving and it was probably the best thanksgiving I have ever had the pleasure of organizing and attending. We had all the fixings and we made pilgrim hats and indian headdresses and all of our European friends wore them and stuffed their faces!
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
For the first time ever we are going to have an "Alton Brown turkey". Yum yum.
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
One year, the turkey was so inedibly dry; we had to order pizza. As a kid, I was far happier with the pizza.
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
I think this year is going to be the best story so far. Having discovered my culinary chops recently, I got put on point for Thanksgiving dinner. Promises to be a delicious day!
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
I remember most years growing up with the adults eating at the kitchen table and the kids eating at the "little table" - which was a tiny little tikes plastic table
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
All the awkward family get togethers.
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
A word of warning....if your oven goes out right before Thanksgiving, make sure that the fast food poultry chain that offers fully cooked, rotissarie turkeys will have it warm and ready to eat when you pick it up. We picked ours up eager to get it home and carved. We had our side dishes in serving bowls, warm and ready to eat only to realize our turkey was cooked, but cold! We had to cut it up and try to warm it in our toaster oven. Thank goodness we had our oven fixed shortly thereafter.
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
my sister forgetting to remove the bag of giblets...i think everyone does it once. the turkey tasted just fine!
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
The first year I made Thanksgiving dinner for my family (taking over from my Southern grandma), I had everything down pat! Pies were baked, dressing was ready to go - I knew EVERYTHING! The thing I didn't know? Remove the bag of giblets before roasting the turkey! :) Thankfully, the turkey was still fine! Now every year - it's been at least 10 since then - my grandma asks if I remembered to take them out of the turkey!
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
I make the pies. One year I made two plain pies, and one where I went to town on the pastry. I made a whole fall scene on a 9" pie. And then my mother dropped it.
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
The first thanksgiving my wife and I were married was also the first in our house. We had a bunch of people over and I decided to use the leftover turkey carcasses to make broth and have some turkey noodle soup. The house smelled great, and soup was pretty good too. It's been a few years, and we haven't been in a house big enough to host for a while, but I'll have to try again soon, definitely.
Cook the Book: 'Good Eats: The Early Years'
My best story is honestly any year that my drunk uncle Bob came to dinner. It was about 5 times and then he was requested not to come because he would drink and drink and pass out at the table every time! I thought it was hilarious, my family not so much!
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The year we decided to go vegetarian and we completely messed up the tofurkey. Oh well, it was a great idea - we just weren't technically prepared.