/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.9733681]

>F5
>No thanksgiving thread
/ck/ is slacking
Share tips, tricks, and recipes relating to thanksgiving for all the people who have to cook for a loving family or just by their lonesome.

[Anonymous No.9733684]

>>9733681
there are like 5

[Anonymous No.9733689]

[Anonymous No.9735552]

>>9733681
I'm seeing several Thanksgiving threads, but absolutely nothing useful, or listing any interesting recipes or ideas.
I came here looking for new interesting thanksgiving recipe ideas, but /ck/ is useless.

I guess it's up to google, and adblocker to do the work. Cooking sites are loaded with viruses worse than porn.

[Anonymous No.9735564]

Any cheap and easy vegan side dishes?

[Anonymous No.9737404]

I want to imitate this scene.
Desperately.

Realistically speaking, would it be worth injecting my turkey with cheese prior to deep frying it, and what cheese should i use?

[Anonymous No.9737523]

>>9733681
hot roast beef sandwiches for lunch, turkey for dinner.

low key this year

[Anonymous No.9737545]

[Anonymous No.9737548]

>>9737545

[Anonymous No.9737549]

>>9737404
Cheez whiz

[Anonymous No.9737552]

>>9737404
Try making a mornay sauce. Shake specifies that it's a mix of cheddar and pepperjack, so use those.

[Anonymous No.9737557]

>>9735564
Roasted butternut squash soup of course using vegetable stock instead of chicken, faggot. Add some sage and thank me later with your best on the knees technique.
http://www.geniuskitchen.com/amp/recipe/chiarellos-roasted-butternut-squash-soup-440035

[Anonymous No.9737562]

>>9737545
I know it's easier and results in better-tasting meat to do it this way, but half of the joys (in my opinion) of having turkey for thanksgiving is to see the enormous bird laid out in the middle of the table and carved like in a movie.

[Anonymous No.9737569]

>>9737562
He's making stock out of like half a bird.

[Anonymous No.9737608]

What things hold up to being prepped the day before? For reference this is what I plan to serve: turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, green beans, mac n cheese, rolls.

I thought about cutting the potatoes and letting them sit in water overnight but I figured they would absorb too much water.

[Anonymous No.9737752]

>>9737608
Stuffing and gravy handle advance prep pretty well. Mashed potatoes that have a lot of cheese and cream in them can be prepped, put in a baking dish, and warmed in the oven without too much harm to their texture, but you have to go heavier on the fatty enriching ingredients than you might want.

[Anonymous No.9737763]

I'm just contributing to the family gathering by making a peanut butter pie.
I'll take a photo and post it tomorrow.
>Peanut butter + half and half + pudding mix+ whipped cream
>Oreo crust.

[Anonymous No.9737773]

>>9737608
Make the mac & cheese the day before and finish it in the oven the day of. Also gravy if you're not planning on using the turkey drippings or are ok with just dumping them in after the fact.

[Anonymous No.9737828]

>>9737552
Cheddar's a must, but should I be worried about using the pepper jack just for the risk of clogging the needle. Not that I've tried.

[Anonymous No.9737838]

>>9737828
maybe plain jack cheese for the sauce and season it generously with a jalapeno hot sauce? Either that or use a really wide needle.

[Anonymous No.9737934]

I had a frozen turkey thawing in the fridge for 3 days. I took it out today to pre-prep and I learned that there was a giant chunk of ice in the cavity. I chipped most of it away and out with a chopstick and put it back in the fridge to that until tomorrow morning.

Am I fucked?

[Anonymous No.9737947]

>No thanksgiving thread

[Anonymous No.9737951]

Did that guy who deconstructs the turkey and then then reassembles it in unusual ways ever make a new thread?

[Anonymous No.9738097]

Any tips on convincing the family to prepare the bird in a different way without being offensive? For 30 years my mom's basically put a turkey in a cooking bag on a tray with some flour in it, and boxed stuffing.

There's really no seasoning, no brining, nothing on top of it. The turkey comes out surprisingly moist and well cooked, but I always look at what people are doing and imagine it's bland as all hell compared to others.

[Anonymous No.9738098]

>>9737934
if the innards didn't look freezerburned you should be ok

take a flashlight to it and see if it is though, i'd be considering your options if this is the case

[Anonymous No.9738099]

>ctrl F
>27 instances of 'thanksgiving'

Fuck off, you didn't even check before making this garbage thread

[Anonymous No.9738104]

>>9738097
Tell her she's a fucking pathetic cunt, and a man is here to actually get shit done.

Throw her shit in the trash and walk in with youre own perfectly prepared bird on thanksgiving eve.

[Anonymous No.9738108]

>>9738097

One more question... how do most people carve up the turkey after it's prepared? My family basically takes off and sections the breast, legs, and thighs, but I did a Thanksgiving with friends and got ripped on by a dude who insisted you have to carve off slices of the whole bird instead of breaking it into sections.

We do thigh, leg, or chunks of breast meat as the choice for people at the table.

[Anonymous No.9738112]

>>9738104
This would be all well and good if I actually knew what I was doing any better than her. The two years I prepared a turkey for anyone, I did it her way.

[Anonymous No.9738118]

>>9738112
Fucking pathetic

If you don't have anything to bring to the table, don't step up to the plate

[Anonymous No.9738122]

>>9738108
your a pleb

you take the legs off then cut one slice down the back for a starter (alpha male gets a leg, followed by guest who makes highest salary), then everyone takes a slice

[Anonymous No.9738125]

Dont do this

[Anonymous No.9738153]

>Grandmother is cooking the turkey this year
>Going to be inedibly dry
>Sides will be shitty frozen things reheated and left to dry out for hours
Don't let anyone tell you that elderly Southern woman = good cooking

[Anonymous No.9738197]

>>9738153
same for me but its better than nothing at all for thanks giving

[Anonymous No.9738201]

>>9738098
Looked alright, I'm just worried it won't de-thaw in time.

This is what I get for buying a butterball frozen turkey even though everyone told me to buy fresh

[Anonymous No.9738206]

Various tips for turkey...

Slather butter and herbs inside the skin, stuff with citrus fruit and onions

cook breast side down

roast in cheesecloth for crispy skin

dry brine is best

My aunt dismantles the raw turkey and cooks the different parts for different times. (seems like a royal pain in the ass, but the meat IS cooked to perfection)

You can start prepping 2-3 days in advance. I prep my dressing the night before, and is ready to pop in the oven on T-Day. Make your sauces and gravies 1-2 before. Cook your veggies the night before to firm al dente, so its not mushy when served and a quick prep the next day.

[Anonymous No.9738211]

>>9738118

K. My whole point is that maybe next year we can all approach making the turkey a different way, as a family. I don't want to roll in with a completely separate bird for three to five people and make a power move. I'm not a world class cook, but I try. Still open for ideas.

>>9738122
I always get the leg, but people seem to love white meat. I don't do a lot of big events, but I'm also the 2nd highest salary maker besides my dad in our extended family, probably the highest among my friends. How does slicing down the back even work from there? Just everyone gets breast meat and the thighs are leftovers?

[Anonymous No.9738243]

Been dry brining a 9lb bird since yesterday with kosher salt, black pepper, fresh sage, fresh thyme, and orange peel.

Going to attempt to grill/smoke it on my 22" weber tomorrow.

[Anonymous No.9738251]

Happy Thanksgiving

[Anonymous No.9738266]

I kinda hate thanksgiving
theres so much Id rather eat than thanksgiving food, and I dont want to be around extended family
there's a reason we only talk to each other once a year

I'm supposed to make something but I don't now what to make

[Anonymous No.9738272]

My mom got a free turkey voucher from her job. She almost didn't pick it up because she doesn't really care. I picked it up and it came frozen of course, so I just put it in my freezer when I got home. How long would I need to let this thaw in my fridge? Like 3 or 4 days? She wants to spatchcock it and then cook half of it in a smoker. I guess separating all the parts and putting them on the smoker individually would be the smartest thing to do, but I don't know. Anyone ever do turkey in a smoker? Not wrapping it in bacon or any of that gay shit.

[Anonymous No.9738273]

My mom/wife makes all the good stuff.

[Anonymous No.9738274]

>>9738243
>9 lb

I'm glad ethiopia gets to celebrate thanksgiving too!

[Anonymous No.9738299]

---Gravy---
Pour away fat from drippings
Make sure trivet is black/golden and very soft
Mash up leftovers through siv
Add two heaped tablespoons of plain flour
Top with 2 litres of boiling water
(Optional, add a spoonful of cranberry jam/sauce or blackberry jam/sauce)
Add juices from rested Turkey
Simmer for half an hour
Pour through coarse siv

[Anonymous No.9738321]

>>9733681
who /brine/ bros here?
best turkey
so juicy

[Anonymous No.9738326]

>>9738274
Only 4 people here for dinner this year. Should be plenty.

[Anonymous No.9738337]

>>9738326
AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAH

[Anonymous No.9738338]

>>9738299
>water
>not chicken stock

[Anonymous No.9738346]

>>9737947
To be fair, most if not all of those threads are either about specific Thanksgiving topics rather than Thanksgiving in general. Take a guess how eager I am to post in the thread by some faggot asking how to make something other than bachelor chow.

[Anonymous No.9738371]

>>9733681
I've got a tip

Most Pumpkin Pie recipes are shit.

pumpkin pie filling:

2 cups mashed winter squash ( not from a can if possible)
3 eggs
1 tbsp flour
1c brown sugar
1 cup evaporated milk or half and half
1.5 tsp ground ginger
1.5 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt, more to taste
3/8 tsp ground nutmeg
3/8 tsp black pepper
3/8 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp ground cardamom

It really does make a big difference if you can get a pumpkin or butternut squash, roast it and use the flesh right out of the oven. A small butternut squash is the perfect size for this.

how to cook the pumpkin, butternut etc:

just cut the fucker in half, put the halves flesh-down on a baking sheet lined with foil (juice will come out) bake at 375 until fork tender with a little resistance from the skin. you'll be able to scoop the flesh out with a spoon, and the skin should stay intact unless you've cooked it too long. ( if it starts to deflate, you've gone too long btw )

now take your pumpkin, liquid, eggs, sugar, flour and put in blender to make sure the flesh is nice and pureed. add spices and whisk or blend.

[Anonymous No.9738373]

>>9737947
>>9733684
>>9735552
>WHAT SIDE DISH WHAT SIDE DISH MY FAMILY SUCKS WHAT SIDE DISH MY FAMILY SUCKS Thanksgiving Thread MY FAMILY SUCKS
Yeah, great selection of Thanksgiving threads.

[Anonymous No.9738379]

>>9738371
cont

if you don't like cardamom very much, consider dropping that to 1/8 tsp. i personally think it adds nice bite to the finish

[Anonymous No.9738397]

Guys, I'm making creamed corn for the first time. I'm making it by cutting up bacon into small pieces, removing it, adding in cut pieces of red pepper and yellow pepper and cut up jalapeno and then adding in the sweet corn and heavy cream with S&P.

Is there anything else I should be doing? Should I be finishing this up in the oven?

[Anonymous No.9738417]

>>9738397
That sounds more like that mexi corn stuff with cream added, oven finish is fine but unusual, try a topping that can brown if you're baking this. I can't think of additions myself. I don't plan, I cook whatever I have into whatever I can.

[Anonymous No.9738449]

>>9738125
Thank you, as if there isn't already enough fat on these dino-birds. If you want a bacon-like turkey, smoke it or mail-order a frozen smoked turkey.

[Anonymous No.9738452]

Cook your turkey on a low heat, then turn it up to crisp the skin.


Like 200 degrees for hours until a thermometer reads 155-160 in the thick part, then take it out to rest. Crank the oven up to 500+ and put the turkey in, keeping an eye on it not to burn. Remove when golden.

[Anonymous No.9738496]

>>9738299
>siv

wala!

[Anonymous No.9738497]

>>9738452
oh, also, remove the spine and carcass and make stock. Fuck carving the turkey tableside unless you're in a very old school setting, it's better to have the turkey stock so you can make a god-tier gravy.

[Anonymous No.9738502]

i've been cooking my turkey sous vide since last week.

[Anonymous No.9738506]

>>9738502
How long does it take? Also how big a vessel is it in? And how many circulators are you using or are you using a giant circulator?

[Anonymous No.9738509]

>>9738266
I think a lot of people hate thanksgiving. You cook all fucking day for a bunch of ungrateful assholes and all you get is them bitching about not cleaning up fast enough after the meal is over. Fuck you dad.

Anyways just make something easy like cornbread. You can find a mix in the store add a bit of cheddar cheese to it and it will taste good enough without having to actually put much thought into it.

[Anonymous No.9738528]

>>9738502
How are you gonna finish it off to get crispy skin out of curiosity?

[Anonymous No.9738535]

boasting in ebin bread xD

[Anonymous No.9738543]

y'all getting ready?

[Anonymous No.9738557]

>>9738543
why is this black culture?

[Anonymous No.9738565]

>>9738528

[Anonymous No.9738578]

>>9733681
I dabble in bread baking, and my family has decided on me being in charge of dinner rolls. Any recipe recommendations /ck/?

[Anonymous No.9738580]

>>9738557
Because niggers successfully memed themselves into believing that white people only know how to cook with mayonnaise.

Let them have the delusion. It's all they've got.

[Anonymous No.9738582]

>>9738565
Fucking awesome.

[Anonymous No.9738587]

>>9738580
>Let them have the delusion. It's all they've got.

That's not true, they have thousands of other delusions.

[Anonymous No.9738613]

>>9738543
Ignoring the text that reminds me does anybody know a really good baked mac and cheese recipe?

[Anonymous No.9738621]

>>9738502
What diameter is your buttplug?

[Anonymous No.9738625]

Why wasn't there a thread in October? Thanksgiving was a fucking month ago.

[Anonymous No.9738631]

>>9738613
I use pasta noodles and cheese personally

[Anonymous No.9738633]

>>9738625
Go be Canadian somewhere else.

[Anonymous No.9738636]

>>9738613
Yes. It's just Mornay sauce and macaroni. Here's a good basic recipe: https://youtu.be/coYqrXsDPdU

The nigger variant is just macaroni, Velveeta, and hot sauce.

[Anonymous No.9738649]

>>9738636
Hot sauce with Mac and Cheese is good tho

[Anonymous No.9738655]

>>9738625
fuck you

[Anonymous No.9738666]

>>9738636
Damn that looks good I think I'm gonna try it out.

[Anonymous No.9738738]

You have deboned your turkey, right /ck/? You're not falling for the whole roasted turkey meme are you?

[Anonymous No.9738745]

>ginger snap pie crust for pumpkin pie

[Anonymous No.9738754]

Best pumpkin pie recipe coming through

First off get yourself a real ass nigga pumpkin. If you're gonna use canned pumpkin or some shitty jack o lantern pumpkin from walmart just buy a premade pie instead you filthy degenerate.

2 cups pumpkin
3 eggs (seperated)
1 1/2 cups sweet condensed milk
3 tbs dark rum (bourbon is also fine)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup brown sugar
1 tbs cornstarch
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt

You can roast or stew the pumpkin, but roasting is better so just google how to do that shit, then when it's done scoop out the flesh and puree it.
Add pumpkin puree, beaten egg yolks, brown sugar, cornstarch, salt and spices together and gradually add in the condensed milk and mix thoroughly
Now fold in stiffly beaten egg whites and pour the shit into your pie crust (you made pie crust right?)
Bake at 425 for 10 mins then reduce temp to 350 and cook until the shits done should take 30-45 minutes

[Anonymous No.9738760]

>>9733681
Turkey like a boss PROTIP
>Dry brine overnight
>Roaster oven (40 bones on Amazon)
>High heat of 450 or so for 30 min
>Turn down to 325
>Don't open roaster, use external thermometer, cook white meat to 325
>bastes itself if you don't open the roaster
>???
>Profit!
>>9737557
This shit's porno tits good

[Anonymous No.9738765]

>>9738760
Sorry, correction
>cook white meat to 165

[Anonymous No.9738766]

>>9738754
I forgot to mention to add the rum and vanilla extract in so don't forget that shit

[Anonymous No.9738774]

My sister made this cheesecake from scratch but the egg flavor is too strong.
How to remedy this?

[Anonymous No.9738778]

>>9738774
Use less egg, more cream cheese.

[Anonymous No.9738782]

>>9735564
A bullet

[Anonymous No.9738784]

>>9738578
Make the dough in a bread maker and let it rise twice. Once as a dough and once as rolls. Should be fluffy as balls

[Anonymous No.9738804]

I'm vegan and anti-Trump.

*Exits thread*

[Anonymous No.9738805]

>tfw Grandmother making morok pollaw

[Anonymous No.9738825]

>>9735564
Candied yams
Collard greens or sauteed chard with shallots
Cornbread

[Anonymous No.9738846]

>>9738613
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2015/10/the-food-labs-ultra-gooey-stovetop-mac-cheese.html

really cool mac and cheese, comes out looking like delicious cartoon food.

[Anonymous No.9738848]

>>9738153
I am realizing that all my life my mother has been overcooking literally every meat dish ever. I'm doing the turkey this year and watched a video and saw how damn juicy a turkey done right could be and almost wept for my lost childhood.

[Anonymous No.9738854]

This baby is going in the collard greens right now

[Anonymous No.9738874]

>accidentally get people sick -ONE- time by undercooking something
>just once
>still getting shit for it
>text messages telling me not to cook anything this year

it was ONCE.

[Anonymous No.9738879]

>>9738874
Tell them to back the fuck off????

[Anonymous No.9738880]

>>9738874
>tfw got IBS that lasted a little over a year thanks to food poisoning
FUCK YOU

[Anonymous No.9738890]

Is marshmallows and sweet potatoes a meme or does it actually worth making?

[Anonymous No.9738894]

>>9738890
absolutely

[Anonymous No.9738898]

>>9738890
>if I put sugar on something disgusting is it good!?!?!?!?
no, of course not

[Anonymous No.9738900]

>>9737404
>let's just hope the bowels don't release upon hitting the boiling oil

[Anonymous No.9738907]

>>9737951
bump this, seconded. that guy does some sick and twisted shit to turkey.

[Anonymous No.9738917]

>>9733681
yea great help only have 4 hours to take advice and go to a mobbed grocery and try to make shit. /ck/ fail

[Anonymous No.9738920]

>>9737947
>>9738099
All these retards posting a whole day after the OP.

[Anonymous No.9738921]

>>9738557
why not

[Anonymous No.9738924]

>>9738557
It's 2017. They can claim any culture they want as theirs bro

[Anonymous No.9738932]

>>9738898
>sweet potatoes are disgusting
this is an 18+ website

[Anonymous No.9738936]

>>9738932
Exactly, you should leave.

[Anonymous No.9738967]

>>9738932

I’m 28 and I’m finally coming around to sweet potatoes. I don’t generally like sweet foods. Not a picky eater either. The only other non-unusual foods I can’t stand are most mushrooms and even then I do love morels and chanterelles. Sometimes people just don’t like something.

[Anonymous No.9738977]

>got my brined turkey drying in the fridge
>poached some chicken breasts in some homemade chicken soup awaiting shredding for chicken salad
>smoked turkey leg simmering with some collard greens
>just finished the regular mashed potatoes and the caramelized onion and garlic mashed potatoes
>cornbread stuffing is almost done
>Mac and cheese is next

I’m not even close to blackout drunk yet. Gonna be a good thanksgiving.

[Anonymous No.9738990]

>>9738125
>Dont, do this
Fixed

[Anonymous No.9739012]

>>9738543
>>9738557
This is the epitome of "black cooking" culture
They stealing Mac n cheese now...

[Anonymous No.9739017]

>>9738097
Me and my gf wrapped the turkey in cheesecloth soaked in butter last year, it was pretty damn good

[Anonymous No.9739020]

>>9738874
I got shit on for fucking up one recipe and undercooking it, but since family cannot cook to save themselves I was asked to do it again

[Anonymous No.9739030]

My thanksgiving dinner

Bone apple tee

[Anonymous No.9739035]

>>9738874

My aunt called me a few days ago to discretely shit talk a few of the dishes I made last year. She didn’t like that i added rosemary and thyme to the mashed potatoes and also didn’t like that the dressing I made wasn’t dry as fuck. I just made her some nasty from-the-box stuffing and plain S&P mashed potatoes while I made moist, delicious duck stock stuffing and caramelized onion mashed potatoes for everyone else.

[Anonymous No.9739036]

>>9739030

You can come to my family’s thanksgiving dinner if you want

[Anonymous No.9739040]

>>9739030
cheers

[Anonymous No.9739048]

Prepped

[Anonymous No.9739061]

Anyone here mad enough to do a Turducken?

[Anonymous No.9739063]

I was looking forward to thanksgiving but I had to work last minute. I get double pay though so that's pretty great. Maybe I'll pick up a small turkey after the fact, brine and roast it. Make a tiny thanksgiving for myself.

Anyone else into green bean casserole? I know it's poor food but I've had it almost every year. Probably my favorite part of thanksgiving.

[Anonymous No.9739075]

>>9738153
My grandmother would always make the worst stuffing. It was too dry and too wet in the worst ways. Stuff was like mortar. Once she passed I kinda missed it.

Little things anon. You'll end up missing dry turkey one day.

[Anonymous No.9739087]

>>9739048

Soon

[Anonymous No.9739091]

>>9738977
Is cornbread just super dry naturally? I've had it a handful of times over the years and maybe I just don't like it but every time it's dense, crumbly and just dry overall.

Maybe it's just not my thing?

[Anonymous No.9739098]

>>9739087
I don't think stuffing would be too hard to make from scratch would it? Granted if you're planning on using all those boxes I can understand why you went the premade route.

Also that baklava. My man.

[Anonymous No.9739114]

>>9739098
I'm actually not in charge of dinner this year. Its on my sister's this time.

I am wrangling dessert. Got baklava and other sweets.

[Anonymous No.9739116]

any recommendations for a lonely soul like me? I want to cook something but I don't want to make too much food. I might just get some cup noodles if I can't think of anything.

[Anonymous No.9739125]

>>9739114
nice!
maybe you can add something to make them sick, so they can have something else to bark about!

[Anonymous No.9739130]

>>9738557
cuz blacks steal everything

[Anonymous No.9739132]

>>9738967
>love morels and chanterelles
That's good enough for me man. EZ top 2 mushrooms

[Anonymous No.9739133]

>>9739116
Just make whatever your favorite thanksgiving dish is and then cry as you eat it. It works for me.

[Anonymous No.9739138]

>>9739125
Wat

[Anonymous No.9739151]

>>9739116
You could always get a prepackaged turkey breast. It'll likely leave you leftovers but then make some mashed potatoes and gravy and maybe some corn or beans. Grab a pack of rolls to bake, and a little pumpkin pie.

Pretty much all the stereotypical thankgiving stuff without too much fuss.

[Anonymous No.9739163]

>>9739133
I thought you were >>9738874
my bad

[Anonymous No.9739168]

>>9739163
meant for >>9739138
dammit

[Anonymous No.9739185]

>>9739151
I don't want turkey. I've been eating chicken breast the whole past week. I think of making a small pizza, mashed potatoes and sweet rolls.
with >>9739133 idea, it might turn out okay

[Anonymous No.9739190]

>>9738273

>tfw no mom/wife

[Anonymous No.9739237]

>>9739116
Just make a smaller amount of turkey b

[Anonymous No.9739250]

>>9739116
cornish hen bro

[Anonymous No.9739251]

>>9739116

What kind of recommendations do you really need if you know how to cook ? Just make your favorite food and enjoy it.

[Anonymous No.9739258]

Gonna try and make roast potatos and bake a dessert.

[Anonymous No.9739269]

>>9739012
If stealing means "Made objectively better than in white homes which use it as an actual meal commonly out of a box" then it was stolen decades ago.

[Anonymous No.9739377]

>>9733681
>tfw no Thanksgiving meal because grandpa is sedated in the hospital

[Anonymous No.9739407]

>>9733681
Slow roasting a bird this year again. 13.5lb. 450 for 45 mins then down to ~200 overnight, after wrapping in foil. Will crank back up to 425 before service to re-crisp the skin and baste quick. Always turns out amazing.

[Anonymous No.9739429]

>>9738578
Would biscuits be a reasonable fit for a Thanksgiving dinner? I think they might go well with gravy, cranberry relish, or the like, but then again I can't help but feel like rolls or a good loaf of fresh bread would be a better fit overall.

[Anonymous No.9739437]

So I'm making
>Turkey
>Stuffing
>Turkey gravy
>Mashed Potatoes
>Candied Sweet Potatoes
>Julienne Potatoes
>Green Bean Casserole
>Cranberry sauce
>Deviled Eggs (as appetizers)
>Sweet corn
>Rolls (Pillsbury so sue me)
Am I missing anything? Also a couple dry white wines to go with it and just don't want the BF to feel lacking.

[Anonymous No.9739461]

>>9739437
baked cheese and crackers maybe? I'd say you're pretty solid though, good luck

[Anonymous No.9739466]

Who else watching Alton brown's cooking show for some thanksgiving tips and tricks

[Anonymous No.9739467]

>>9739461
I'm probably overcompensating. It's his first Thanksgiving away from him mother and my first one where she can't be with us so I feel like it has to be perfect.

[Anonymous No.9739472]

>>9739437
Something to wash all those down.

[Anonymous No.9739476]

>>9739472
White wine for the lesser folk. Jameson for the men.

[Anonymous No.9739481]

>>9733681
Has anyone else ever made potatoes anna for a Thanksgiving side dish? It's always goes over well when I bring it to a family holiday gathering.

[Anonymous No.9739483]

>>9739467
You'll do fine, the key to good cooking is to pace yourself, had to slice through my hand before I learned that one

[Anonymous No.9739525]

Right on schedule my mom had a breakdown tonight ensuring tomorrow will be awkward and no one will eat much. Love the holidays.

[Anonymous No.9739528]

>>9739483
>Last thanksgiving was great as always with the whole family
>This summer mother gets what we think is a bas flu
>Goes to hospital, turns out to be pneumonia
>During blood and bone tests discover she actually has leukemia
>Well it's early, let's treat it
>Treatment mostly kills cancer but leaves her weak to infection
>Supposed to be getting better, just getting worse
>Visit every day, keep talking about her plans when she gets out
>Doctors say we have no choice but to take her off support and let nature take it's course
>They say she would likely only live for a few minutes after being taken off support
>Have to sit by for nearly an hour as she slowly dies
>Now have to go to her house and celebrate my Thanks tomorrow
If you still have your mom by thankfully you have her.

[Anonymous No.9739550]

>>9739528
I am sorry for your loss, and hope that you are coping with your grief. I hope that you and the rest of your family have as happy of a Thanksgiving as you can.

Lost my own mom to cancer in early May. I'm trying to think of today as being thankful for having as many years with her as I did, having a good relationship with her and the rest of my family, having a good support network, knowing how many people cared about her and how many people she positively affected in her life, and for her part in getting me to where/who I am today.

[Anonymous No.9739579]

>>9739550
I just... I didn't know it was supposed to be this hard. It wasn’t supposed to be like this, Paulie.

[Anonymous No.9739586]

>>9737404
Make sure you forcefeed it bacon drenched in ranch dressing, or whatever it was shake did for the internals. AND LAP THE OIL OFF THE UDDER.

[Anonymous No.9739595]

so I wanted to make something special for my family's thanksgiving, & my mom recently made a death-by-chocolate trifle that everyone loved, so I thought I'd give it a try

trying to one up that bitch, I'm making everything homemade. instead of brownies, devil's food cake. instead of cool whip, homemade whipped cream with almond & vanilla extract. instead of insta-mix chocolate pudding, chocolate mousse

think my family will be impressed?

[Anonymous No.9739605]

>>9739116
Cook a chicken the same way you would a turkey and treat yourself. Have a small amount of side dishes and don't forget to save plenty of leftovers for later.

[Anonymous No.9739608]

>>9739595
don't make everything homemade to show off, you just look like an ass and if they loved something that had a bunch of pre-made and processed crap in it they likely won't be able to tell the difference or care. make it homemade because you want to. also I thought the point of those cakes was that they had a super rich and dense chocolate flavor, mousse and cake seems kinda contrary to that

[Anonymous No.9739633]

>>9739579
There's no easy way to lose someone you love. I don't like how she suffered for 2.5 years but it gave us all time to prepare ourselves for it, let her get her stuff in order, and reconcile with her sister before she went into hospice care.

Meanwhile, a few months later, a guy I know lost his dad. He sat down at a gathering and died right there and then of a massive heart attack. No suffering, but the loss was so sudden and unexpected, no time to tell his family his much they meant to him, no time for them to prepare for losing him. No matter which way we dice it, it's just plain hard.

It's hard, and it takes a lot of time and introspection to adjust to. The best I figure I can do is keep plugging away day after day, and keep her memory alive through how she raised me, what she taught me, and to carry on her works. Hell, the reason I began cooking was so that I could try and make sure my dad didn't have to resort to premade junk constantly, and to try and make him some of the dishes my mom made him that he really liked to help him cope with his loss.

Again, I hope you continue to get by, and hope that you have a Happy Thanksgiving.

[Anonymous No.9739643]

>>9739633
>I'm so sad that I don't have Kelly. But I'm so grateful that she was with me on that island. And I know what I have to do now. I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?
You just have to keep breathing.

[Anonymous No.9739656]

>>9738636
>The nigger variant is just macaroni, Velveeta, and hot sauce.

Maybe if you're some Northeast nigga, sure, but most of the black people I know (excluding myself of course) do not use Velveeta unless they grew up dirt poor.

[Anonymous No.9739663]

>>9739656
Shit, I meant including. Kill me now.

[Anonymous No.9739669]

a sticky on /ck/?

mods on /ck/?

what timeline is this?

[Anonymous No.9739675]

Toasting in sticky

[Anonymous No.9739695]

>>9738543
>broke ass mac and cheese
>nig nogs claim it as their culture

typical

[Anonymous No.9739700]

>>9739695
t. Canuk who eats macaroni and cheese with ketchup

[Anonymous No.9739702]

>>9733681

[Anonymous No.9739705]

>>9739700
you eat mac and cheese with ketchup? Stay classy, canada

[Anonymous No.9739710]

>>9735564
Just go and eat grass you fuckin faggot

[Anonymous No.9739713]

Add one habenero to 12 oz cranbbery and 1 cup sugar sauce, yes or no?

[Anonymous No.9739716]

>>9739705
I'm calling you Canadian you dork.

[Anonymous No.9739720]

>>9739713
Does your entire family like spicy food? If not, then hell no. At least take the seeds out anon.

[Anonymous No.9739724]

>>9739720
Well shit, I guess >>9739713 isn't just being weird. My mistake anon.

https://www.tootsweet4two.com/pineapple-habanero-cranberry-sauce/

[Anonymous No.9739733]

Protip: If you are pouring something sticky like honey or syrup into a measuring cup or spoon apply some some nonstick spray/oil first and it'll slide off instead of sticking to the surface.

I've had some chicken marinating with salt/pepper, EVOO, garlic, rosemary, and a bit of cinnamon since yesterday that I'm going to roast over a bed of sliced granny smith apples and brussels sprouts. We're also having fresh carrots and peas, sweet potatoes, and buttered rolls.

[Anonymous No.9739740]

>no vanilla extract
>store sold out except for $20 bottle

[Anonymous No.9739750]

I'm making mac n cheese

A couple questions: should I not rinse the pasta? No troll. And if not, do I just cook it a little less?

If I'm using almost a half gallon of milk how much butter?

And if I'm making the white sauce like in >>9738636 but I'm also using cream cheese, when should I add it? At work I think we started with melting the butter and the cream cheese but I can't remember if the guys used flour or not so I'm wondering if I should make the roux and then add it with the other cheeses

I also have heavy cream I can use - y/n?

[Anonymous No.9739761]

>>9739740
I'm sorry Anon. If it's any consolation, as long as it's going into something baked and not something like ice cream, pudding, etc. they say imitation vanilla works will taste the same.
http://sweets.seriouseats.com/2013/12/taste-test-is-better-vanilla-extract-worth-the-price.html
https://www.americastestkitchen.com/taste_tests/455-vanilla-extract

[Anonymous No.9739766]

>>9739761
The imitation vanilla was $1.99 so this is tempting.

[Anonymous No.9739775]

>>9738496
Who else /notmakingturkeyatall/ masterrace here? I'm making carne mechada instead, because actually like beef. No one would eat turkey if it wasn't for "muh tradishuns".

[Anonymous No.9739780]

>>9739766
what are you making

[Anonymous No.9739782]

>>9739466
good idea

[Anonymous No.9739795]

>>9739750
>A couple questions: should I not rinse the pasta?
I'd say not, with the idea that you'd want a layer of starch coating the pasta for the sauce to adhere to.
>If I'm using almost a half gallon of milk how much butter?
Can't help you there. If it's really ~8 cups, I'd say 1/2 or 1 stick?
>And if I'm making the white sauce like in >>9738636 but I'm also using cream cheese, when should I add it? At work I think we started with melting the butter and the cream cheese but I can't remember if the guys used flour or not so I'm wondering if I should make the roux and then add it with the other cheeses
I'd still do a roux first. The only thing is cream cheese typically high moisture compared with block/grating varieties so I'd wrap it in some layers of paper towel and weigh it down with a plate and some canned goods to wick some of it away and concentrate it's flavor first before incorporation.

[Anonymous No.9739797]

>>9739780
Coconut macaroons and lace cookies so should work fine.

[Anonymous No.9739807]

>>9739795
thanks

all they had at the store last night was greek cream cheese which has less fat, I'm just gonna run with it and see what happens

I gotta go get some herbs and then I'm gonna use the kitchen at work. Happy Thanksgiving gentlemen

[Anonymous No.9739864]

never had fried turkey

If i were to, how would i make it amazing?

[Anonymous No.9739871]

>>9738153
Elderly women are now boomers, so yeah pretty much every elderly woman sucks at cooking now

[Anonymous No.9739882]

>>9739864
super powers and crime fighting

[Anonymous No.9739886]

>>9739724
Did half a chile, we'll see if it's too hot or not enough.

[Anonymous No.9739901]

>>9739882
shit, i heard how dangerous it it, but that bad? geez.

I'll stick to putting it into the oven until it's drier than Death Valley, thank you

[Anonymous No.9739919]

>>9735564
>go vegan because muh poor animals have rights too
>celebrate the rape murder of a nation's native population
How about a nice bleach cocktail, you fucking faggot?

[Anonymous No.9739920]

>>9737828
use a larger gauge needle. I think even an 18 gauge medical grade needle would be fine.
also is anyone not looking forward to today? I want to drink just the right amount, just to be comfortable around family that all hate each other, but sober enough to not be hammered.
>tfw this is the start of all the depressing holidays and it got here way too fast
>tfw going to be a miserable christmas and new years

really looking forward to that Stove Top stuffing and questions from parents and extended family about why im not married or have kids and stupid questions about my job. Can you feel the tension, everyone?

[Anonymous No.9739935]

>>9739040
ive had this exactly Hungry Man for Christmas dinner one year. The year before that it Bamiyan, which was so cash.

[Anonymous No.9739939]

>Living with cousin and another dude in decent sized house
>Just the 3 of us for a myriad of family drama reasons.

Feels pretty good actually. Right now there's a fucking delicious brined turkey slow cooking at 180F.
Other bro is in charge of stuffing and potatoes. I'm doing the green bean casserole and pumpkin pie. There's also going to be a cheese board, with crackers and cheap caviar.
We do have wine, but I'm thinking I want to make a quick trip and buy some martinellis sparkling apple-marionberry.

Its going to be a good 4 day weekend.

[Anonymous No.9739940]

>>9739269
>triggered shitskin detected
Bruh. Any self-respecting white person knows how to make mac & cheese from scratch, and NO ONE brings boxed mac to a Thanksgiving dinner.
Meanwhile, the only people I've ever seen buying pre-made sides on Thanksgiving happen to be a bit darker than the rest of us.

You want REAL black culture? Bring a pot full of rich, delicious mud to the table. Those apes can't resist.

[Anonymous No.9739946]

I made this loaf to bring.

Whole grain oatmeal flax seed beer bread..

Used a nice oatmeal stout as the beer for it.

[Anonymous No.9739976]

>>9737404
>I want to imitate this scene
>Desperately
Anyone else read this in Shake's voice?

[Anonymous No.9739979]

i have a good recepie for chicken noodle soup and an easy dip recipie to make if anyone wants it

[Anonymous No.9739988]

>>9733681
gonna go to my Grandmother's and eat some dry ass turkey.

[Anonymous No.9740022]

>>9739988
so slather it with a liter of gravy you ingrate

[Anonymous No.9740030]

>>9739979
Sure anon

[Anonymous No.9740042]

>>9733681
we don't celebrate that idiocy here

[Anonymous No.9740060]

Just me and the wife this year. Just got the turkey in the smoker. Brined and then patted down with a dry rub. Smoking using charcoal and hickory+apple chunks that were sitting in bourbon. Hopefully this doesn't turn out like shit.

[Anonymous No.9740074]

DEATH TO AMERICA

[Anonymous No.9740076]

>>9740074
T-thanks

[Anonymous No.9740086]

>>9740076
g-giving

[Anonymous No.9740126]

WHY DIDN'T ST MARTIN GET A STICKY?

[Anonymous No.9740144]

>>9738649
I never said it wasn't.

>>9739656
>>9739663
I have never in my life seen a black person cook anything that didn't only involve mixing together ready-made ingredients.

[Anonymous No.9740159]

>>9738543
>it's not collard greens

[Anonymous No.9740178]

>>9738543
All the black people around here make theirs with spaghetti instead of macaroni, I have no idea why.

[Anonymous No.9740203]

>>9738153
The elderly Italian woman meme is real though.

But the ones that actually lived in Italy/Sicily

[Anonymous No.9740206]

>>9740178
Where the fuck do you live?

[Anonymous No.9740208]

>>9739871
Good point anon

[Anonymous No.9740215]

>>9738273
>my mom and wife
>the same woman
>the south

[Anonymous No.9740229]

>>9740206
New Orleans

[Anonymous No.9740239]

>>9737562
I'm doing mine spatchcocked, so it's like the best of both worlds.

[Anonymous No.9740242]

>>9739269
Niggas make M&C with VELVEETA.

[Anonymous No.9740255]

>>9739976
Well now I did.

[Anonymous No.9740259]

I made my apple pie custard. I posted it here weeks ago, but at the time I was too lazy to make a crust. This time I used Chef John's pastry crust. It's so easy to make in a food processor. Turned out great.

[Anonymous No.9740262]

Fuck it, I put the stuffing in the bird. I HOPE we all die of salmonella.

[Anonymous No.9740283]

how do I calculate how long to cook a ham if its not the same size as the ones used in most recipes online

instead of a rounded end, its a slab somewhere in the middle

[Anonymous No.9740317]

I have one crack in my pumpkin cheesecake and it makes me want to end my life.

How should I go about this? (killing myself that is)

[Anonymous No.9740324]

>>9740317
A bullet usually does the trick. I have a crack in my pie and I actually said out loud that I want to die. I can't even look at it.

[Anonymous No.9740325]

>>9740317
That's what the dollop of whipped cream is for

[Anonymous No.9740354]

do Americans really celebrate thanksgiving?

[Anonymous No.9740356]

>>9740317
Listen to >>9740325
Also follow this recipe next time. I made 2 from it for a relative's birthday and they loved them (also no cracks in either).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XKlCA0rPpA
https://kitchenchanted.wordpress.com/tag/cooks-illustrated-pumpkin-cheesecake/

>>9740354
Yes we do.

[Anonymous No.9740361]

20 lb bird brined, going to roast at 450 for about two hours (probably more like 2.5). Got bread baking, potatoes boiling, about to crack the bottle of Wild Turkey. What a comfy holiday.

[Anonymous No.9740364]

>>9740283

pls respond

[Anonymous No.9740365]

>>9740354

>no

[Anonymous No.9740368]

>>9740283

Are you a tard?

Figure out how much it weighs

Obtain instructions from the internet.

[Anonymous No.9740389]

>>9735564
The settlers weren't vegan, they were trying to survive the winter

[Anonymous No.9740391]

>>9738112
I personally love the cooking bags. Just season the turkey, convince her to let you brine it or something. The only thing in your post that really upset me was the boxed stuffing. You need to make that ftom scratch dude.

[Anonymous No.9740399]

>>9740356
are you sure?

[Anonymous No.9740400]

I live across the country so I'm solo this Thanksgiving. Currently eating cold pizza and green tea.

I have some store bought Pecan Pie for later though, that's a thanksgiving thing, right?

[Anonymous No.9740421]

i hate thanksgiving

[Anonymous No.9740427]

>>9740421
Well I love you <3

[Anonymous No.9740449]

i am ambivalent towards thabksgiving

[Anonymous No.9740454]

>First ever time in charge of thanksgiving
>30+ people coming

Wish me luck lads.

[Anonymous No.9740466]

>>9740454
I hope your oven dies and your sister queefs on the pudding.

[Anonymous No.9740478]

>>9740466
thanks muhammad.

[Anonymous No.9740507]

>>9740361
>20 lb bird
>two hours at 450

it's going to be raw on the inside so make sure to drink enough booze to kill the bacteria

[Anonymous No.9740513]

tfw no bf to celebrate denkgiving with

[Anonymous No.9740563]

>>9740354
yes?

[Anonymous No.9740565]

>>9739919
That's a good one imma use it tonight on my stuck up cousin.

[Anonymous No.9740585]

>>9735564
Yeah just fucking leave

[Anonymous No.9740590]

>tfw we're having turkey, ham, and steak this year
God bless my chef uncle.

[Anonymous No.9740595]

Going to my sister's future in-laws today, making mashed potatoes for ~20 when usually my nuclear family of five eats alone.

[Anonymous No.9740626]

>>9739979
hmu

[Anonymous No.9740628]

>>9738153
>Used to go to the old folks home over Thanksgiving when my grandpa was alive
>Depressing as hell because all the old folks were sitting around waiting to die
>Grampa would talk about finances and how much he missed my grandma
>Food was shitty and made by employees who didn't want to be there on Thanksgiving
>We all had to pretend that we liked being there
>Then I have to work retail on Black Friday
>Same with Christmas

Now I can't fucking stand Thanksgiving and Christmas

[Anonymous No.9740643]

>>9739940
I was referring to white people never really making macaroni and cheese for thanksgiving. At least in my experience I rarely if ever see homemade mac on the table in a white home.

Lol. the fact you think fact that you think the fairer skinned are above premade shit is hilarious though. Also, I'd rather eat mud than a Turkey seasoned with oxygen and a teaspoon of salt. Its all banter though. Have a happy thanksgiving m8

[Anonymous No.9740644]

One hour in.

[Anonymous No.9740657]

>>9735564
Cyanide

[Anonymous No.9740666]

FINAL REMINDER TO PUT BUTTER UNDERNEATH THE SKIN OF YOUR TURKEY BEFORE ROASTING

[Anonymous No.9740671]

>>9735564
Some pork ribs and smoked sausage in a nice bleach marinade

[Anonymous No.9740687]

>>9737545
Faster this way? How long?

[Anonymous No.9740691]

>>9740666
y-you too

[Anonymous No.9740696]

>>9740666
okay satan

[Anonymous No.9740700]

>>9739766
desu senpai I can't tell the difference, when I go on discount cruises to mexico I stock up on the real stuff since it's cheap and lasts me a few years.

[Anonymous No.9740745]

>>9740262
you guys wont die from it in 2017 you'll just wish you had.

[Anonymous No.9740754]

>>9740317
Cover it with whipped cream or icing, silly

[Anonymous No.9740762]

>>9735564
Injun semen.

[Anonymous No.9740773]

>>9739030
>>9739040
Get on my level son.

[Anonymous No.9740804]

>>9740643
Just because mac and cheese is at Boston market doesn't mean it's necessarily thanksgiving food. It's Italian ffs.

[Anonymous No.9740826]

>>9738874
microwave your fucking food if it looks too undercooked

also, undercooked food is unlikely to give people food poisoning unless you handled the meat unsafely before cooking

[Anonymous No.9740832]

>>9740644
>i just dumped my lawn clippings on it

[Anonymous No.9740837]

>>9740354
In a sense. Although I'm not sure how many families actually do take the time to consider what they are thankful for for that year and appreciate the sense of family/community togetherness, versus how many of them see it as another commercialized tradition to play out where you make a bunch of food, watch TV, and sit around with family you otherwise don't talk to much.

[Anonymous No.9740850]

Here's what I did: Brined turkey Tuesday night. Last night roasted turkey to 155 f, took all meat off of carcass in sections, sliced breasts and thighs, put wings and legs at either end of hotel pan. Made overnight stock with drippings, fond, carcass, and mirepoix.
Made dressing with turkey stock, so no damn reason to stuff the bird.
Made roux with fat skimmed from stock, thickened stock.
Poured veloute gravy over meat and put in oven to finish cooking in the sauce.

[Anonymous No.9740884]

What do you put on your pumpkin pie?

[Anonymous No.9740889]

>>9740884
whipped semen

[Anonymous No.9740892]

>>9740884
Sweet potatoes.

[Anonymous No.9740940]

>>9740884
Secret ingredients are saffron, toasted cinnamon and beef stock.

[Anonymous No.9740941]

>>9740884
Depression

[Anonymous No.9740946]

We are skipping the turkey and having a roast instead. I am making several Alice Springs Chicken for the senpai because I used to work at Outback and they like that stuff.

[Anonymous No.9740969]

>Nose is blocked up
>Can't taste shit
>No allergy meds working
Out of all the days this could happen, why today?

[Anonymous No.9740986]

>>9740969
That sucks my sinuses are also blocked up today. Nothing has helped.

[Anonymous No.9741014]

I never made gravy before, I just make a roux then toss in broth and heat till it's the right consistency?

[Anonymous No.9741015]

>>9740832
Lawn clippings hour 2

[Anonymous No.9741022]

>>9741014
Same question.

I'm assuming I'll heat the roasting pan on low on top of the stove, whisk in the flour (scraping up the fond), and then pour in some stock until the flour has been cooked off, right?

[Anonymous No.9741030]

>>9741022
Also, it seems like a waste to discard the roasting vegetables. I've always thought of blitzing them with the gravy. Is this a good idea?

[Anonymous No.9741034]

What's the best way to make basic-ass mashed potatoes that are also good?

[Anonymous No.9741038]

>>9739669
There's a Thanksgiving sticky every year.

[Anonymous No.9741045]

>>9741014
>>9741022
If you're working with a roasting pan, I'd say to add in your roux and let it cook for just a bit to develop a little more flavor, then deglaze with some white wine/cider/brandy, THEN add the stock. Make sure to save any juices that may escape the bird while its resting and add those to the gravy too.

[Anonymous No.9741061]

>>9738745
Sounds delicious. I'm going to try this for Christmas. Got a recipe, or am I being left to my own devices here?

[Anonymous No.9741108]

>>9739061
Considering it for Christmas, but I live alone. Any /ck/ anons wanna come over and witness it?

[Anonymous No.9741110]

>>9739063
Made it this year for the first time. It was pretty good.

[Anonymous No.9741116]

Why do americans do this?

[Anonymous No.9741118]

I baked a pie this year, can you guys rate it?

[Anonymous No.9741126]

>>9741118
Note, this is when it was about 30 seconds out of the oven, I'll go get a pic of it cooled.

[Anonymous No.9741129]

I'm grilling a 6lb bone in turkey breast today in my weber kettle. I plan on smoking it for [however long it takes to reach 160 internal]. What temp should I try and maintain? 220 like with beef? Or a little hotter?

[Anonymous No.9741140]

>>9741129
220 minimum. if your grill likes running a little hotter thats ok. Mine is happiest at 250ish. Stay under 300.

[Anonymous No.9741145]

>>9741126
Just the pie.

[Anonymous No.9741148]

>>9741140
Awesome, thanks. I have a hard time holding 220 but it's possible if I baby it.

[Anonymous No.9741153]

>>9740144
Seriously? Then you need to hang around more Jamaicans (most of my family) anon, or a black family that has one of those huge families where everyone brings everything. I just made my turkey (had to make my own herb butter with sage, thyme, and rosemary, didn't come out perfect due to circumstances I couldn't control but it's not dry as a desert) macaroni and cheese with gruyere, cheddar, mozzarella, and shredded parmesan, and it smells fantastic. Mix in a little nutmeg and a touch of cayenne pepper and sprinkle some buttered breadcrumbs before you bake and you're all set.

[Anonymous No.9741156]

>>9740178
>>9740229
One hurricane was not enough.

[Anonymous No.9741163]

>>9741015
can we get a burnt lawn clippings hour three?

I love looking at disaster

[Anonymous No.9741168]

>tfw bad at making gravy
Help please

[Anonymous No.9741172]

>>9741116

[Anonymous No.9741175]

Before

Stuffed with lemons and garlic, covered in lemon rosemary butter inside and outside the skin

[Anonymous No.9741176]

>>9740804
Macaroni and cheese (though obviously not the macaroni itself, but then again tomatoes are from Mexico and South America so who cares) is actually British with heavy French influence, though the Italians were the first to eat pasta and cheese together.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni_and_cheese

>Caribbean people call it macaroni pie

I've never heard a single person call it that before.

[Anonymous No.9741178]

>>9741145
actually looks good

was the crust intentionally made to look "rustic" or were you going for something else

[Anonymous No.9741180]

>>9741175

[Anonymous No.9741182]

After

Just me and the roommates this year but everything turned out great

[Anonymous No.9741188]

>>9741182
Skelly and fat bro.

[Anonymous No.9741189]

>>9741182
its not even 3PM on the east coast yet slow down you animals

[Anonymous No.9741190]

>>9741180
It did the job, turned out moist af

[Anonymous No.9741193]

>>9741116
b/c we are thankful for being the best county on this earth and for the redskin people for kinda saving us only for us to jew them by letting each tribe have guns that killed each other then we clean up the rest

=) learn that one from papa angol

[Anonymous No.9741194]

>>9741189
I'm in the UK throwing Thanksgiving for my bong bros

[Anonymous No.9741202]

>>9741163
heading out there now to take first temp. Got sidetracked peeling and cutting potatoes.

[Anonymous No.9741220]

God, turkey is such a shit tier meat.

[Anonymous No.9741224]

>>9741163
Hour 3. 140 breast, 150 thigh. Maybe one more hour.

[Anonymous No.9741225]

turducken on the right and honey ham on the left

[Anonymous No.9741232]

>>9741168
Can you make a roux?

[Anonymous No.9741235]

>>9741225
>turducken
on a side note tho one of the best non dry meat i have ever had also the stuff stuffing was great with all the fal

and honey ham cant go wrong there

[Anonymous No.9741243]

>>9741178
I’m just bad at it. Here is the other pie.

[Anonymous No.9741248]

>>9741243
I really like the braids

[Anonymous No.9741261]

>Every year aunt demands everyone eats at her house
>Every year because of their dogs my allergies go nuts, can't breathe or taste anything
>I'm the only person this happens to so to them it's a non issue
I can't be doing this much longer

[Anonymous No.9741270]

>girlfriend wants to spend Thanksgiving with my family this year
>had it with hers last year, was fantastic
>ask her multiple times if she's sure
>it can't be that bad, anon
>drive 600 miles back home
>watch the horror on her face as my mom bustles about "cooking"

Shredded turkey deli meat in a crock pot with canned gravy.
Boiled macaroni in a casserole dish, with a cup of milk and three pounds of american cheese and two cups of italian bread crumbs on top.
Canned yams emptied into a casserole dish, undrained, covered in a cup of brown sugar and two pounds of marshmallows.
Three cans of french style green beans with half a cup of salt in a pot on the stove top.
Pre-packaged hawaiian rolls that will be baked before dinner.
Lima beans that will be microwaved in the bag.
Same with carrots.
The only truly cooked food is the pecan pie and blueberry buckle we baked and brought.

I love my family. I really do. But fuck. Her family's Thanksgiving was amazing and I've spent the whole day avoiding talking about it.

[Anonymous No.9741286]

>16oz sour cream
>16oz creamed corn
>4 eggs
>1 cup oil
>2 cups self-rising cornmeal
>combine thoroughly, spill into 13x9 baking term for thing that holds food too it for it at cook in
>400ºF oven
>25 minutes
>edges get a little browned and the center splits, it's done
Half the recipe for an 8x8
The only decent cornbread recipe I've found. Super moist because of all the oil and sour cream, most cornbread I try doesn't have corn at all, also it's very dry because it's crispy fried in a cast iron skillet or something.

[Anonymous No.9741299]

>>9741270
wtf have you ever showed them like what a normal thankgiving is like wtf how can this happen year after year

THEY CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS

[Anonymous No.9741300]

>>9741116
>not coming up with reasons to celebrate
I party every day. Wake up, google "what holiday is it?" and celebrate. last month had cheeseburger day if I remember correctly

[Anonymous No.9741301]

Am I a faggot for bringing brussel sprouts as my side dish?

[Anonymous No.9741304]

>>9741301
>yes!

[Anonymous No.9741307]

I have a problem. After my turkey was completed I have a bunch of fragrant roasted vegetables I want to use but I can't think of anything (parsnips, potatoes, carrots, celery, onion). Any tips?

[Anonymous No.9741310]

>>9741116
it's a worldwide thing with different names

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_festival

[Anonymous No.9741311]

[Anonymous No.9741316]

>>9741301
Hell no. As long as they are cooked right.

[Anonymous No.9741320]

>>9741307
eat them, they're cooked? you use fork and put in bowl and eat, like it is food

[Anonymous No.9741326]

>>9741316
>cooked right
"Slathered in oil with salt" shouldn't be the fucking acceptable way to eat vegetables. They're shit, why do you eat shit that doesn't taste good? Because you can cover it and make it taste like something else? Fucking brussel sprouts

[Anonymous No.9741329]

>>9741311
I would stuff it with my mean if you catch my drift

[Anonymous No.9741331]

>>9741299
My mom doesn't take criticism well and she's stubborn as fuck about "her" mac and cheese. Her and my dad eat out for most of their meals or eat frozen food so we only ever have to deal with her cooking on holidays.

I remember when I was 17, I tried to cook Thanksgiving dinner. Did well enough. Turkey wasn't dry, but I butchered it when I carved. The whole meal she was happy I cooked so she didn't have to but kept making comments about how "her" mac was just a bit better and "her" green beans were tastier.

I gave up a long time ago.

[Anonymous No.9741341]

>decide I'm cooking for the family this year, have them come to me
>entire smoked turkey eaten down to the bone in 20-ish minutes
>entire tray of mac n cheese was gone 5 minutes into the meal
>mashed potatoes went so quickly I had to scrape the bowl to get some for myself
>all the sides were used up
>aunt and a cousin asked to take some home but there wasn't any more

I feel like a proud black grandma you guys

[Anonymous No.9741356]

>>9738924
WE

[Anonymous No.9741362]

>>9741331
kek thats funny next time your GF piss you off make sure she rembers this thanksgiving and there could be a ((other))

[Anonymous No.9741372]

>>9741362
My mom already invited us back for Christmas and New Years.

The look on her face was priceless.

[Anonymous No.9741375]

I finished baking a pumpkin pie, first time ever doing such a thing. Its cooling now, though it has like like water puddles pooling up. How do i avoid this next time?

I figured i wouldve done something wrong but still looking forward to trying it out later.

[Anonymous No.9741377]

>>9735564
Fuck off, Amber don't you think you ruined enough Thanksgivings this year?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjKRxa7ZyMs

[Anonymous No.9741378]

>>9741356
WUZ

[Anonymous No.9741379]

>>9741341
Nice work man also, 333rd post. Nice digits.

[Anonymous No.9741380]

A good thing to make is composite butter. Around thanksgiving I usually make a composite butter made of pumpkin pie filling, cinnamon and brown sugar, it isn't super sweet, but it is deliscious on hot rolls. I think next time I'll add some vanilla to the butter too.

[Anonymous No.9741381]

Happy Turkey Day, you fu/ck/s.

[Anonymous No.9741401]

>>9741261
Have you tried taking allergy meds before you go?
no patio or picnic table outside?

[Anonymous No.9741417]

>>9741299
Have you ever tried telling your mother how to cook? It doesn't matter how close you are, it's always a fucking disaster.

[Anonymous No.9741418]

>>9741175
wouldn't doing that give you shitt soggy skin?

>>9741182
looks good lads

[Anonymous No.9741419]

>>9733681
Currently counting 24 thanksgiving threads on this board

[Anonymous No.9741425]

>>9741326
>cant into roasted vegetables
>IT'S THE PLANT'S FAULT!

[Anonymous No.9741433]

>>9741030
I just eat them normally. But that just me

[Anonymous No.9741447]

>Father moved away in May to live in the woods
>Mother died in June
>First time with no family Thanksgiving
Well at least I have a boyfriend to cook for...

[Anonymous No.9741467]

Whoah holy fucking shits mates this is an actual prophecy come true! Finally! /ck/ got a sticky

[Anonymous No.9741471]

>>9741270

[Anonymous No.9741472]

How many potatoes is too many? I made mashed, julienne, and sweet potatoes.

[Anonymous No.9741479]

>It's rising
Baking is my favorite part of Thanksgiving.

[Anonymous No.9741481]

My mother is trying to outdo my aunt for table settings.

[Anonymous No.9741482]

>>9741419
>>9741467
wait.... nevermind

[Anonymous No.9741488]

>>9741472
You realize that sweet potatoes are not actually potatoes, right? Although I don't see why you need any more than mashed.

[Anonymous No.9741489]

>>9741479
FL?

[Anonymous No.9741523]

>>9741481
Attempt at appetizers.

I also am the one with the pecan pie above.

[Anonymous No.9741545]

>>9741481
those chairs look uncomfortable

[Anonymous No.9741555]

>>9741224
done. Time for a quick rest while making pan gravy.

[Anonymous No.9741561]

>>9741523
love the cornucopia. Bought or made?

[Anonymous No.9741565]

>>9741489
Nope, not your hot cousin

[Anonymous No.9741566]

>>9741561
Made, my mother made it. It turned out really well.

[Anonymous No.9741573]

rate my bouef

[Anonymous No.9741577]

>>9741565
nah i live in FL and almost ruin my turkey i was smoking but i saved it

wanted to know if anyone ever had to deal with that

[Anonymous No.9741585]

>>9741418
Nope, you crisp it up for like 15 minutes before putting the bacon on, best turkey I've ever had

Cheers

[Anonymous No.9741610]

>>9741481
That is gorgeous.
I prefer my thanksgiving dinners on sagging paper plates though.

[Anonymous No.9741622]

>>9741610
Has your baby daddy gotten out of jail yet?

[Anonymous No.9741626]

>>9741610
hello
56%

[Anonymous No.9741636]

>>9738243
here he is earlier this morning

[Anonymous No.9741640]

>>9740643
>I was referring to white people never really making macaroni and cheese for thanksgiving.

I’m white and my Dad always makes Mac & Cheese for Thanksgiving. This is the first time ever he’s not not cooking so we had Thanksgiving at my aunt’s, but my whole family still requested he make it.

[Anonymous No.9741642]

>>9741636
and here he is 4 1/2 hrs later

[Anonymous No.9741656]

>>9741573
Look good anon
would get excited to eat/10

[Anonymous No.9741676]

Letting turkey sit before slicing.

How is every else's turkey looking?

[Anonymous No.9741684]

>>9741676
That's looking very plump and moist. Nice work!

[Anonymous No.9741700]

>>9740507
Currently reading 150 in the thigh with 30 minutes left to go.

Learn to cook you niggerfaggot

[Anonymous No.9741708]

>hurr I grew food, better make a bird be hot

[Anonymous No.9741711]

>>9741561
I upgraded it with some better fruit selections.

[Anonymous No.9741732]

>>9741656
thanks. I accidentally left the skin on a few of the onions but it shouldn't be a big deal.

[Anonymous No.9741738]

>>9741711
Thats a winner. Would definitely munch. Only of course after much Oh-mying.

[Anonymous No.9741743]

>>9739481
>wants to be pretentious
>uses potatoes instead of apples

[Anonymous No.9741746]

>>9741481
those chairs are pissing me off
everything else is really nice looking except for that

[Anonymous No.9741755]

Is this, dare I say, /ourday/?

[Anonymous No.9741768]

Happy thanksgiving you fags

[Anonymous No.9741774]

>>9741684
Thanks, mother brines it the the night before, then I make a herb rub for it before baking. We just picked at the carcass like scavengers after quartering it to transport to the bigger family gathering. Sign of a successful turkey.

[Anonymous No.9741776]

my dad decided he wants to make hot wings instead of turkey because he is tired of turkey. what do i do? pls help

[Anonymous No.9741782]

>>9741755
no this is /pol/ day when the white man thanks his people who so noble foght off the red skins

[Anonymous No.9741786]

>>9741356
>>9741378
Dead fucking meme and shit. I hope you get salmonella.

[Anonymous̩ No.9741830]

dinner in a few minutes
Mom's cooking, and yelling at everyone for being appropriately appreciative and also reading her mind
that's how you know it's the real deal
happy Thanksgiving

[Anonymous No.9741838]

Happy Thanksgiving, /ck/.

[Anonymous No.9741857]

Creamy chicken dip, best with tortilla chips

For a single batch just get 1 of each
get 2 of each for a larger batch

can of cream of chicken soup
box of philly cream cheese
can of chicken breast
small can of diced green chilis - hot if that's your preference
small can of diced jalepenos

cook it on low or in a crock pot and mix it together good so the chicken breaks up into a stringy texture... this dip is spicy and more addictive than crack so good luck

this is the before pic obviously...

[Anonymous No.9741860]

>>9741738
Further upgrades with more nuts and baked bree.

[Anonymous No.9741866]

>>9741860
Full spread incoming.

(1/8)

[Anonymous No.9741877]

>>9741866
(2/8)

[Anonymous No.9741884]

>>9741877
(3/8)

[Anonymous No.9741895]

>>9741884
(4/8)

[Anonymous No.9741899]

>>9741895
(5/8)

[Anonymous No.9741900]

[Anonymous No.9741904]

>>9741899
(6/8)

[Anonymous No.9741905]

>>9741786
enjoying your KFC tyrone?

[Anonymous No.9741912]

>>9741904
(7/8)

[Anonymous No.9741916]

>>9741912
(8/8)

The table, incoming made plate pic.

[Anonymous No.9741920]

The lack of turkey fryer Webms makes this thread pointless.

[Anonymous No.9741923]

>>9741916
My plate, well first plate at least.

[Anonymous No.9741924]

[Anonymous No.9741926]

>>9733681
Thanksgiving...............the last time America helped unwelcome immigrants

[Anonymous No.9741942]

Having thanksgiving by yourself is great, idk why you boners get so sad about it

[Anonymous No.9741947]

First time making apple pie, pretty happy with it

[Anonymous No.9741949]

>4:30pm
>just now put turkey in
LATEBOYZ

[Anonymous No.9741961]

>>9741947
looks fine, I would like to have a good slice

[Anonymous No.9741970]

[Anonymous No.9741984]

>>9741961
Thanks anon :^)

[Anonymous No.9741987]

I FORGOT TO BUY FOOD BEFOREHAND AND NOW TODAY EVERYWHERE IS FUCKING CLOSED BECAUSE OF THIS DUMBASS HOLIDAY AND I HAVE NOTHING TO EAT.
HELP

[Anonymous No.9741988]

>>9741311
This is a blue board!

[Anonymous No.9741995]

We food now

[Anonymous No.9741996]

[Anonymous No.9742004]

>>9741995

[Anonymous No.9742005]

>>9742004
are those dumplings

[Anonymous No.9742011]

Finished:

Rate my rolls

[Anonymous No.9742012]

>>9742005
Pierogi

[Anonymous No.9742024]

>>9742011
they would have been a perfect golden brown if you left them in for an extra 30 seconds but nice job

[Anonymous No.9742026]

>>9739733
or just use a rubber spatula....

[Anonymous No.9742053]

>>9742024
That's fair. They don't have the golden color I hoped too, but it can't be helped now I guess

[Anonymous No.9742066]

>>9733681
Boom shakalaka. You faggots are officially jealous.

[Anonymous No.9742072]

>>9741700
Let me guess, the thermometer is exposed to the exterior of the turkey.
>if the leg is cooked that means the breast is cooked!
You might be actually retarded...

[Anonymous No.9742082]

O>>9741916
>Outdoor furniture indoors.
Middle class fancy / gaudy as fuck. I don't know whether to be proud of you for being the best you are capable of, or shed a tear for the limits of what your best is.

[Anonymous No.9742139]

HAPPY SPANIKOPITA!

[Anonymous No.9742153]

>>9741642
Looks tasty

[Anonymous No.9742171]

>>9742139
are those Lox?

[Anonymous No.9742184]

>don't want to have people over
>family insists on coming over
>make food for an extra 5 people
>they decide last minute they don't come
FUCK

[Anonymous No.9742187]

she was fucking delicious.

Only disapointment this year was my corn pudding which I tried making for the first time and it wasn't sweet at all.

[Anonymous No.9742191]

>>9742184
excellent, more leftovers for you and next time you can outright tell them to fuck off

[Anonymous No.9742200]

>>9739116
I'm cooking for my family but everyone is sleeping right now. No one to talk to either. Fuck me.

[Anonymous No.9742203]

>>9742191
I don't like thanksgiving food though
here, want some sweet mush? try it with the butter mush, oh and dont forget the bread mush and bean mush
and for dessert some mush pie

this shit is going to the dogs, I Don't want it

[Anonymous No.9742205]

>grandma cooks turkey
>didn't buy any ranch
>couldn't eat anything
Thanks for ruining the holiday

[Anonymous No.9742207]

>>9739775
neck yourself race traitor

[Anonymous No.9742211]

>>9739429
I make biscuits every year, they are a big hit and make breakfast the next day amazing!

[Anonymous No.9742215]

>>9740644
Dry AF desu

[Anonymous No.9742219]

>can't eat turkey without getting sick
>don't know why
>grandma works so hard on it I can't bear to not eat some and make her happy
>actually do enjoy the taste so it's not like I have to choke it down
>wash my plate
>go sit on the crapper for an hour while my asshole is destroyed

[Anonymous No.9742222]

>>9741153
good on you for actually replying to that cuck

[Anonymous No.9742227]

>>9739091
nah moist cornbread is a thing

[Anonymous No.9742238]

>>9742053
nice platter

[Anonymous No.9742242]

Anyone here /du/ck/ this Thanksgiving?

First, we start with 2 ducks. Quarter up an onion, apple, and an orange and stuff them inside. Put on a nice paprika rub.

[Anonymous No.9742243]

>>9742187
looks delicious m8

[Anonymous No.9742244]

>>9740644
Ignore the hater. I think it's looking okay. I'd ditch the green shit (that will surely burn) as well as truss the legs and tuck the wings but other than that it's fine.

[Anonymous No.9742246]

Spatchcocked and cooked for 80 minutes at 425 in a convection oven. 165 internal great temp, 190 thigh. Seasoned the night before with salt and a Cajun blend of herbs and spices. Fucking perfectly cooked with crispy skin.

[Anonymous No.9742247]

>>9742242
are you making cannard au sang?

[Anonymous No.9742251]

>family at house
>it's like 7:30 now
>want to jerk off
FUCKING LEAVE

[Anonymous No.9742263]

>threw some shredded coconut in the cheese cake
wew,this is some good shit

[Anonymous No.9742264]

>>9742247
Lol I'm nowhwere near that level, but maybe someday. Just making a nice and simple, but delicious, duck l'orange

>>9742242
Let's start making some quick stock for our gravy, because the duck will drop just mostly fat. Pic related boiling the giblets (minus the livers)
Let's

[Anonymous No.9742265]

>>9742215
Nah. Cook to temp. Turkey is really pretty easy. It's the sides that are the ass busters. And the timing, but the running reminds me of my time on the line.

[Anonymous No.9742266]

>>9738613
Someone posted this on /ck/ once and I like it http://www.bbqbydan.com/recipes/macaroni_cheese.html

[Anonymous No.9742270]

>>9741923
Looks heavenly, Anon. Bon appetit and happy Thanksgiving!

[Anonymous No.9742277]

>>9742246
Is it harder to carve a spatchcocked bird? I've been wanting to try this and likely will next year. Are the benefits just a more even roast?

[Anonymous No.9742282]

>>9742264
Soaking raisins in Brandy for the dressing

[Anonymous No.9742295]

>>9742251
>not doing the no nut november
step up nigga

[Anonymous No.9742313]

>>9742246
how do you what do you do with the oysters when you do it this way? I think I might have accidentally cut mine off along with the backbone.

[Anonymous No.9742317]

ALL BOARDS: REPORT IN. How goes your dankgiving?

[Anonymous No.9742331]

>>9742317
/tv/ reporting in. Ducks turned out wonderful. The key is to make sure each piece has meat as well as fat and skin in it. You can have your turkey. For me, it's duck.

[Anonymous No.9742336]

>>9742317
Food coma rn. Host brined the turkey for 20 hours and shit came out so tender I didn't even need a knife.
>tfw no cranberry sauce

[Anonymous No.9742339]

>>9742066
>>9742053
fuck these look amazing, how do you get them so fluffy?

[Anonymous No.9742343]

>>9742317
/k/ reporting, the venison went nicely sliced into sausages on crackers with cheese.
Turkey in 5, 4, 3, 2...

[Anonymous No.9742352]

>tfw eat more out of the leftovers hours later than at Thanksgiving dinner

[Anonymous No.9742363]

>>9742171
Greek spinich feta pie

[Anonymous No.9742365]

>>9742277
If anything it's easier to handle when breaking it down. Less like a hot bowling ball.

[Anonymous No.9742392]

>>9742066
what are these rolls called specifically?

[Anonymous No.9742394]

My grandmother always makes the turkey. It comes out decent but they shred it all up into piles of dark and white meat, which I hate. I understand why they do it though because we often have 25+ or so people at the table.

I didn't get to go because I had to work all day today, so my Mom didn't want to go without me and we decided that we are going to do a small affair tomorrow. I'm making turkey breast, filled with cranberries and whatnot, sort of like a rouladen. an apple and walnut stuffing, mashed potatoes, a corn pudding, garlic rolls and a pumpkin pie.

[Anonymous No.9742403]

>>9742392
My family makes exactly the same thing in that picture and we've always just called them "Dinner Rolls". This video is a decent recipe.

http://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2012/12/rosemary-honey-pull-apart-dinner-rolls.html

I was actually disappointed that Chef John didn't post his Thanksgiving Day spread this year. There's usually some good ideas in there.

[Anonymous No.9742417]

>>9742066
THICC

[Anonymous No.9742421]

>>9737557
>Roasted butternut squash soup of course using vegetable stock instead of chicken
>uses butter, cream, and milk

it's not vegan but it looks good (not the guy asking and not a vegan, just a pedant)

[Anonymous No.9742426]

>>9742317
/g/ reporting in. spatchcock turkey best turkey. burned myself with gravy like a retard

[Anonymous No.9742430]

Plate pic. Duck, mashed potatoes with duck gravy, scalloped corn, Indian paneer (actually went very well with everything else), dressing, and

[Anonymous No.9742432]

>>9742072
Nope, densest part of the thigh just by the breast. Perfectly tender.

[Anonymous No.9742438]

>>9742430
Of course, homemade pumpkin pie for dessert.

[Anonymous No.9742446]

>>9742438
Uh you dropped some shit on top of it.

[Anonymous No.9742447]

>>9742403
thanks anon, i had those rolls in my child hood at a buffet place, always wondered about em

[Anonymous No.9742455]

>>9742430
>scalloped corn
What is that?

[Anonymous No.9742460]

>>9740283
>purchase a probe thermometer
>never have to worry about that bullshit again

oh wow it's so difficult!

[Anonymous No.9742461]

>>9742446
That's decorations Anon. Made out of crust.

Also yams with crunchy pecan topping

[Anonymous No.9742463]

>>9742438
>a fucking leaf

[Anonymous No.9742467]

>>9738557
They bought it with foodstamps so its black.

[Anonymous No.9742468]

>>9742461
What's on the right? Are those liquefied marshal mallows?

[Anonymous No.9742487]

>>9742455
Like a corn casserole. This one was whole corn, corn meal, butter, and cream.

>>9742468
You know it brother

[Anonymous No.9742501]

I made beef wellington with garlic mashed potatoes and roasted asparagus. Bread was purchased. Wellington turned out all right, not as good as I was hoping but it's pretty hard to fuck up a cut of meat this nice.

[Anonymous No.9742506]

>>9742487
I've never had the yams with marshmallows before but I've seen it a lot. I like how you did one did with two different topping though. It's a good idea. A few years ago my mom made dinner rolls that were topped with different things, like garlic, a spicy rub, sesame seeds, poppy seeds and something else.

[Anonymous No.9742508]

>>9742506
I think the marshmallows are a bit too much. But candying them with butter and brown sugar is fantastic.

[Anonymous No.9742512]

>>9742501
Looks awesome. I've never made Beef Wellington before but I've heard it's easier than you might think. The pastry looks especially nice.

[Anonymous No.9742523]

>>9742512
Yep, there's a bunch to do but none of it is particularly difficult, and the really nice part is that you can prepare the entire thing the day before and leave it in the fridge overnight, which made today's cooking pretty relaxing.

[Anonymous No.9742531]

>>9742523
Is it difficult to time the pastry being browned enough with the tenderloin being correctly done?

[Anonymous No.9742557]

>>9742531
nah, I don't think so. I brushed the outside with egg yoke which helps with that brown color, but other than that, I just cooked it till the center was just under 130F. I wanted to go a little lower but my dad is a soyboy who doesn't like his meat too red, although this temperature kept the middle very red with the outside a bit more done. Only thing I wish I'd done was season it a bit more before searing. This was a 3lb roast, you can't season it like you'd season an 8oz steak.

[Anonymous No.9742558]

Why is the butter not sticking to my turkey?

[Anonymous No.9742572]

>>9742558
Did you use enough glue?

[Anonymous No.9742575]

>>9738848
which video did you watch?

[Anonymous No.9742594]

>>9741949
2 and a half hours later and I'm done

[Anonymous No.9742611]

>>9742317
/ck/ here
For me it is the McChicken, the best thanksgiving day sandwich.

[Anonymous No.9742612]

When cooking a whole bird, is there a method to cook both the dark meat and breast meat evenly?
I took the bird out, the breast meat was at 160, thigh meat at 140. I figured it was alright. we only ate breast meat, but when i took apart the bird later to store in the fridge, i noticed the thigh meat was much pinker.

[Anonymous No.9742616]

>>9742558
under or over the skin?

[Anonymous No.9742626]

>>9742317
/pol/ here
kept my power level in check. food was wholesome and delicious.

[Anonymous No.9742629]

>>9742394
>j-just you and m-me, mom
>No, it's not a date, haha w-why would you ask that

[Anonymous No.9742630]

>>9740643
mac and cheese for thanksgiving is a primarily southern thing. however, like watermelon and fried chicken, southern things became black things (to northerners) after the african american exodus of the south during the jim crow era

[Anonymous No.9742633]

>>9742616
Over

[Anonymous No.9742634]

>>9742630
>salad as a side

[Anonymous No.9742635]

>>9742629
I love my mom more than anything in this world. Since I've gotten older, we go on mother/son "dates" all the time. I'd rather spend time with her than half my friends.

[Anonymous No.9742641]

A combination of work and part of my family being out of the country kept me from flying home for Thanksgiving, so I cooked Thanksgiving for one.

Dutch oven turkey breast and gravy, cranberry triple sec sauce, lazy stuffing, cranberry apple pie, and raw green beans because that's just how I like green beans.

[Anonymous No.9742642]

>>9742635
Keep going. Tell us more...

[Anonymous No.9742644]

RATE YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER

>OVERALL
>SELECTION
>FAMILY BULLSHIT
>PAYOFF

[Anonymous No.9742648]

>>9742633
Why would you put butter on top of the skin? What are you attempting to accomplish?

[Anonymous No.9742666]

>>9742506
>>9742508
Yeah, it's nice to give different options I guess. I went for the candied pecans, myself

[Anonymous No.9742670]

picked a wonderful week to begin a calorie deficit

[Anonymous No.9742713]

>>9741176
>>9741176
I call it that.

[Anonymous No.9742721]

>>9742277
Its easier to carve and roasts faster and more evenly. I have a thermo probe that tells me when I hit 165 exactly. This was fastest and juciest bird I've ever cooked.

[Anonymous No.9742754]

>>9742630
>not having all of these
come on people, this is basic shit.
>>9742634
the "salad" may refer to stuff like macaroni salad, potato salad, tuna salad and what have you.

[Anonymous No.9742769]

>>9742641
Looks like you'll have plenty of leftovers Anon. Looks good

[Anonymous No.9742770]

>>9742642
She's just a good, simple, honest woman. I wasn't always kind or appreciative of her when I was younger so now I try to go out my way whenever I can to spend time with just her and I. Most people tell my my mom is pretty attractive for an older lady so I get a lot of approving looks from other men who think I've got sugar-mommy cougar. Plus, it allows me to get into the kinoplex without being banished to the popcorn mines for violating their no-singles policy.

[Anonymous No.9742780]

>>9742612
If you are new, you might want to start with a roasting bag. Otherwise, about 1/2 to 3/4 of the way through you can cover the breasts with foil

[Anonymous No.9742792]

>>9742633
checked, but, normally butter in cubes goes under to increase fat and moisture content, outside you would need a glaze sort of thing going, so you would need it thicker (mixed with something else) and normally butter isn't used plainly on the outside. Are you following a recipe? Also, normally if its just butter on the outside for browning, its melted and painted on in phases throughout cooking.

[Anonymous No.9742793]

Here's how mine turned out. Smoked for 4 hours

[Anonymous No.9742804]

I fucked up the mashed potatoes. Weren't quite cooked long enough, so I had lumps. Toasted garlic in butter, but didn't leave it on long enough to get the garlic to calm down appropriately. Way too much chives. Worst mashed potatoes I've ever made.

[Anonymous No.9742814]

>>9742804
there there anon, any way you can cover it and cook it a bit longer to further soften it up?

[Anonymous No.9742834]

>>9742804
Boil more potatoes and add that plain mash to what you already have. Stretching it out will make the garlic and chives less noticeable and lumps are that big a deal, at least to me. The point is though, that you tried and that's good enough. People should just be happy that you've cooked something for them rather than being one of those freeloaders who bring canned cranberry sauce or some other pre-prepared lazy shit.

[Anonymous No.9742851]

>>9741331
Sorry about your parents future heart disease.

[Anonymous No.9742898]

turkey is fucking gross and i doubt thats what the native americans had for this bullshit holiday. they probably had deer and berries and some corn.

if it werent for the savages america would have never survived the first winter.


anyway, i made a brisket.

[Anonymous No.9742906]

>>9742898
If the natives were so much better how come we killed them all?

[Anonymous No.9742916]

>set oven to preheat to 500 as I prepare my brined turkey with butter and aromatics
>half hour later, the oven is barely warm
>eventually determine that my main oven element burned out at some point in the last week without me noticing
>no way to get a replacement immediately

I spatchcocked the turkey and put it on the grill instead. My pie plans are shot though.

[Anonymous No.9742920]

>>9742906
>how come we killed them all?

did you forget mexicans are also native americans?

[Anonymous No.9742921]

>>9742916
grill the pie.

[Anonymous No.9742922]

>>9742906
because the Europeans came from densely-populated areas and were "selected" for disease reistance so when the New and Old world exchanged diseases the New was disproportionately effected?

[Anonymous No.9742924]

>>9741904
mashed b-red potatoes with the skin - I like your style

[Anonymous No.9742936]

>>9738782
>>9739710
>>9739919
>>9740585
>>9740657
>>9740671
>>9740762
lmfao this board is so useless

[Anonymous No.9742952]

>>9742916
I feel you.
We always rotisserie our turkey on the grill, and today, when we went out to put it on, the grill wasn't heating up. My uncle went to town on it, and finally got it working properly after about 2 hours, but it threw off the whole damn dinner. We're still waiting to eat, but whatever, it will be delicious once it's finally ready. :/

[Anonymous No.9742961]

Took a few pics earlier this afternoon before I took a nap for a few hours after stuffing my face like a complete glutton.

First is the turkey. De-boned the whole bird, made a compound butter with lots of garlic, sage, rosemary, thyme, parsley, orange and lemon zest, smoked paprika, salt and pepper. Rubbed the butter on the meat under the skin on the top side, then all over the meat inside, rolled it up and tied it and then more butter on the outside of the skin before I roasted it in the smoker.

It was my first time making a turkey this way but I think it came out pretty damn well. Cooked relatively quickly and evenly, very moist and delicious. I was also able to use the carcass to make stock yesterday to use for the dressing and gravy.

[Anonymous No.9742967]

>>9742936
>go to a board about cooking food
>categorically refuse to eat 50% of food
>get laughed at
oh yeh this board sure is useless, couldn't be any other explanation

[Anonymous No.9742978]

>>9742961
Here's the green bean casserole. A few bags of french cut beans, sauteed bacon (leftover scraps from when i cured and smoked some a few weeks ago) and mushrooms, lots of garlic, thyme, home made mornay sauce with sharp cheddar, topped with buttered panko and some parmesan.

[Anonymous No.9742989]

>>9742978
Ham. Nothing fancy, just a spiral sliced hickory smoked ham from Costco.

[Anonymous No.9742997]

>>9742989
Dessing. Made from a couple loaves of country white bread I cut up and dried out, sage sausage, onion, celery, carrots, apple, toasted pecans, dried cranberries, butter, more sage, rosemary and thyme, some cayenne, butter, some of the stock I made yesterday and some eggs to bind it together some more. More melted butter poured on top to help it get nice and crispy.

[Anonymous No.9743006]

>>9740884
beef curtains

[Anonymous No.9743010]

Now that you have all gorged yourselves silly, who wants dessert?!

[Anonymous No.9743012]

>>9742997
And the last pic, all the shit piled up on my plate. Gravy made from the pan drippings and stock, some mashed potatoes, home made cranberry sauce. Not pictured is some corn and crescent rolls since i ran out of room on my plate. Also not pictured is dessert: pumpkin chiffon pie and strawberry cherry pie.

[Anonymous No.9743027]

>>9741776
eat hot wings

[Anonymous No.9743035]

>>9738557
absolutely no vegetables to be seen for the 3 mile radius that is their side of town

[Anonymous No.9743036]

>>9742438
I thought your fake thanksgiving was last week?

[Anonymous No.9743060]

>>9742635
okay but while you're getting jerked off by your mom we're all jerking it by ourselves over here. So slow down with talking about that

[Anonymous No.9743064]

>>9741642
cute!

[Anonymous No.9743090]

>>9742961

nice work, looks highly delicious

[Anonymous No.9743101]

>>9743060
>his mommy doesn't give him a special thanksgiving handie if he's a good boy and finishes all the food on his plate
how sad for you

[Anonymous No.9743134]

>>9742670
it pays to be /fit/

[Anonymous No.9743138]

Here's my food, out of all of that stuff I cooked the turkey, macaroni and cheese ( gruyere, parmesan, mozarella, cheddar), mashed potatoes, and gravy. Everyone else bought mostly Jamaican food (guess why), but my aunt made this stuffing out of challah bread that looks weird but tastes good.

As for the turkey I made, I can't be any more disappointed. When I took it out of the oven, it was juicy with crispy skin. But as time went on, the juices somehow pooled on the bottom of the plate, leaving the bird dryer than I would like. I would have dry brined it, but I didn't have enough time. Please don't bully my food too much.

[Anonymous No.9743147]

>>9742967
take a cyanide capsule and end yourself please

[Anonymous No.9743149]

>>9743138
Forgot to mention, the food came out pretty good.

[Anonymous No.9743163]

Spatchcocked my bird and dry brined for 3 days. Will never do another way. I can't believe how great it turned out...the most flavor I've ever had in a turkey. The skin was fucking amazing too. Everyone loved it.

Everyone brings something but I did the turkey and a couple sides. I did some roasted root veggies (beets, acorn squash, parsnips and fingerlings w/thyme/rosemary) and a panzanella recipe I saw in a mag my gf got.

Sides were good but the turkey was the star. Had a great day with the senpai too.

[Anonymous No.9743167]

>>9742898
he fell for this bullshit story

[Anonymous No.9743205]

Other than being exponentially more expensive, what's the quick rundown on heritage turkeys? Worth the $?

[Anonymous No.9743224]

I think we can all agree that stuffing > dressing. Dab on the haterz, all y'all suck ass, and I'm a spaceman. Peace.

[Anonymous No.9743228]

>>9742575
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nJLpx0Qx1o

[Anonymous No.9743267]

>>9735564
non-GMO ice

[Anonymous No.9743295]

>>9741610
i see you are a man of culture as well

[Anonymous No.9743297]

>>9742916
Oh no! That sucks so bad. Same thing happened to us a few years ago. Luckily we just used our neighbors oven since they were out if town. Nice living in the midwest

[Anonymous No.9743328]

>>9742997
>>9743012
>>9742989
>>9742961

This wins the thread for me. Awesome job anon. That dressing looks to die for

[Anonymous No.9743351]

Make way for the best Thanksgiving dinner!

[Anonymous No.9743366]

>>9741481
HOLY FUCK. Do you live in a Williams-Sonoma catalog Anon?

[Anonymous No.9743382]

>>9739098
Not him but I always use Stovetop or something similar for the breading in stuffing. I don't just mix it with water or anything crappy like that though.

[Anonymous No.9743415]

>>9741640
Should tell him to spread to word, Mac & Cheese should be on the table for thanksgiving and Christmas too.

[Anonymous No.9743523]

My rib roast :)

[Anonymous No.9743537]

>>9743415
Mac and cheese is a fine dish, but totally NOT ACCEPTABLE for a holiday dinner. It's fucking too heavy, it should be a main, and the heavy cheese flavor overwhelms anything around it.

[Anonymous No.9743563]

Smoked my first turkey today. Went pretty well.

[Anonymous No.9743588]

>tfw honey ham with extra brown sugar on the skin, basted with apple cider

fuck you fags and your faggot ass faggy turkeys

[Anonymous No.9743590]

>>9743588
>""extra"" brown sugar
>t. bona fide chef

[Anonymous No.9743639]

>>9741481

She did a great job. Tell her that even though I don't say it enough, I'm proud of her.

[Anonymous No.9743686]

>>9743328
Thank you. Everything came out really nicely, the turkey especially. The dressing was great as well.

>>9743523
Looks pretty good. I'm planning to smoke either a prime rib or a strip loin roast for Christmas.

[Anonymous No.9743701]

>>9743228
thank you anon!

[Anonymous No.9743720]

>>9739750 here
it came out fucking amazing
>scientifically come up with seasoning ratio
>make my roux
>add thyme and cayenne
>"oh fuck"
>accidentally added them in measurements as if they were salt and mustard
>"we're doing it live"
>luckily had bought heavy cream just in case I felt like using it, if not then I'd use it for alfredo
>add the heavy cream
>add other seasonings I didn't plan on using, and increase salt
>also add cream cheese I didn't plan on using
>for the first time in my life I used the pasta water

it was a fucking hit and was probably the only dish at dinner that got fully eaten, and I made a LOT

the thyme was kind of strong but it wasn't bad at all, kind of gave it a holiday taste imo, and the cayenne gave it this bite that doesn't hit you until right as you're swallowing... so I'll probably be making that every year now, which is cool with me

glad I watched that thomas jefferson video too cause that panko tip was perfect and easy

and I have like a bucket full of cheese sauce left to fuck with this weekend

[Anonymous No.9743726]

>>9743720
oh yeah and I didn't rinse my noodles either

life is looking up, bros

we're all gonna make it

[Anonymous No.9743878]

yeah, as I thought the bird was burnt, kinda

[Anonymous No.9743880]

>>9743878
doesn't look too bad actually, I've seen worse. It looks like it burnt-carmelized rather than just no-moisture burnt. How's it taste?

[Anonymous No.9743901]

>>9738754
this nigga gets it!

[Anonymous No.9743903]

>>9738765
no no no, 325...gotta make sure ya dont get them salmon-vanillas going around lately...

[Anonymous No.9743910]

>>9740773
what a strange looking turkey you have there, is it one of those organics?

[Anonymous No.9743920]

>>9741225
very nice meat choices, truly your meat is making my mouth watering thinking about the taste of your meat mmm

[Anonymous No.9744273]

>>9741916
Your Thanksgiving looks great anon

[Anonymous No.9745195]

>>9738890
Put pecans on instead of marshmallows. So much better.

[Anonymous No.9745943]

>>9742331
god that looks good