Thanksgiving food

[suzyq]

Are you a "love the feast" or a "give me the leftovers" person?

 

[GlastonTim]

Leftovers rule!

 

[ctchamps]

Both!!!

 

[dsturdy5]

Both. This is my favorite weekend of the year.

 

[HoopsHoppy]

you gotta have day one in order to have day two - sequence of increasing pleasure

 

[hthusky74]

Leftovers are good, but there is something about smelling the aroma of the food cooking all day and then sitting down to eat it. Plus with 4 college aged kids at my table, we don't have too much in the way of leftovers anymore!

 

[joober jones]

Have to go with the day of Thanksgiving because in my house (20+ guests), there usually is not much left over. Pie hoarding has become a skill born out of necessity.

 

[RichZ]

I'm OK with leftovers for one day. After that, I'd really rather just cook another bird.

 

[SallyH]

Turkey Tetrazinni! The best part of Thanksgiving.

 

[August_West]

Neither.
as a family holiday I love thanksgiving. As a culinary holiday, it sucks. All these traditional dishes are meh, and don't get me started on my disdain for turkey. If thanksgiving style turkey was such a gastronomic delight why aren't people ordering it in restaurants all the time? Because it sucks, that's why. I don't care how it's prepared, it's still turkey. There is a reason it is 49 cents a pound.
And the sides? People like the sides because you only have them once a year, but if they were so great why only have them once a year? Because again, they suck!



</ my traditional thanksgiving rant>

 

[Scoe]

I'm OK with leftovers for one day. After that, I'd really rather just cook another bird.

or give the left overs to the dog

 

[Deepster]

Neither.
as a family holiday I love thanksgiving. As a culinary holiday, it sucks. All these traditional dishes are meh, and don't get me started on my disdain for turkey. If thanksgiving style turkey was such a gastronomic delight why aren't people ordering it in restaurants all the time? Because it sucks, that's why. I don't care how it's prepared, it's still turkey. There is a reason it is 49 cents a pound.
And the sides? People like the sides because you only have them once a year, but if they were so great why only have them once a year? Because again, they suck!



</ my traditional thanksgiving rant>

So, so flawed. If your thinking held any water, then cheeseburgers and French fries are high class delights because you order them every day.

You do not want to go toe to toe on this one, Bubie. You will lose.

 

[jleves]

Neither.
as a family holiday I love thanksgiving. As a culinary holiday, it sucks. All these traditional dishes are meh, and don't get me started on my disdain for turkey. If thanksgiving style turkey was such a gastronomic delight why aren't people ordering it in restaurants all the time? Because it sucks, that's why. I don't care how it's prepared, it's still turkey. There is a reason it is 49 cents a pound.
And the sides? People like the sides because you only have them once a year, but if they were so great why only have them once a year? Because again, they suck!



</ my traditional thanksgiving rant>

I have to disagree, although I also understand where you are coming from. First of all, one of the reasons people don't make it more often is that properly prepared turkey takes 24 to 36 hours of prep. If you aren't brining your turkey for at least 24 hours, you're wasting your time. Then you have to get up early to prepare stuffing. Stuffing is one of those sides I think you're referring to that you only make once a year. Well, stuffing is only great if it's roasted in the turkey. Any other stuffing isn't worth eating. After preparing the stuffing you then have to wait 4 to 6 hours depending on the size of the bird for it to cook and another 30+ minutes of rest time after cooking. The reason it's a once a year meal is that is incredibly time consuming. Same reason you can't get it in restaurants. The time involved to do it right would make it more expensive than filet mignon and lobster tail.

Like turkey for thanksgiving, I tend to only make my spaghetti sauce or chicken soup once or maybe twice a year because they are too time consuming. It takes me two days for either, but fortunately they are the only two things I can think of that you can freeze excess and reheat and it's as good or better than the day of serving. Therefore I make huge batches.

The bottom line, a properly prepared turkey is pretty damn good. A thawed bird tossed in a few hours before meal time that isn't stuffed does in fact suck. When people are done eating here, they are miserable for the next couple hours because they always eat way more than they should cause they can't stop. That's the sign of great turkey - miserable people. If you have room for pie within two hours of finishing a turkey dinner, you haven't prepared the bird properly.

 

[August_West]

So, so flawed. If your thinking held any water, then cheeseburgers and French fries are high class delights because you order them every day. You do not want to go toe to toe on this one, Bubie. You will lose.

Please. A great cheeseburger would up the thanksgiving food ante, so thank you.

Oh, a properly cooked turkey, 36 hours? No thanks. If I am going to work. I'll take a 12 hour brisket on the smoker, and use the extra 24 hours to relax and drink scotch.
Frickin turkey,
I've brined it
Smoked it
Stuffed it
Fried it

It's still turkey!

Trolling thanksgiving is a hobby of mine. People are passionate about that bird!!

 

[Deepster]

Eh, brisket is only good when done right. And unless you have a pretty serious rig, it usually isn't done right and comes out like a smokey tasting piece of shoe leather.

Besides you don't get my moms stuffing next to a piece of brisket.

 

[tdrink]

Neither.
as a family holiday I love thanksgiving. As a culinary holiday, it sucks. All these traditional dishes are meh, and don't get me started on my disdain for turkey. If thanksgiving style turkey was such a gastronomic delight why aren't people ordering it in restaurants all the time? Because it sucks, that's why. I don't care how it's prepared, it's still turkey. There is a reason it is 49 cents a pound.
And the sides? People like the sides because you only have them once a year, but if they were so great why only have them once a year? Because again, they suck!



</ my traditional thanksgiving rant>

This is one of the lamest attempts at logic I have read. People eat turkey cold cuts/ burgers regularly. When is the last time you cooked a whole side of beef?

The amount of butter that goes into preparing sides for thanksgiving keep many of them to a once a year experience.

I don't brine turkeys but still get lots f compliments. My trick is when the birds have about an hour left- about the time when people put on a foil tent- I put a whole package of raw bacon on top. Keeps the breast super moist.

 

[CTBasketball]

This thread would be a killer in the summertime! So much anticipation!

 

[August_West]

This is one of the lamest attempts at logic I have read. People eat turkey cold cuts/ burgers regularly. When is the last time you cooked a whole side of beef? The amount of butter that goes into preparing sides for thanksgiving keep many of them to a once a year experience. I don't brine turkeys but still get lots f compliments. My trick is when the birds have about an hour left- about the time when people put on a foil tent- I put a whole package of raw bacon on top. Keeps the breast super moist.

How's this logic. As a concession to me and my brother ( who has similar disdain for the poverty bird) my mom cooks up a hotel style prime rib. Guess what gets eaten first? Plenty of the foul fowl leftover but the prime rib is gone.

 

[Deepster]

Mmm. Prime Rib. Sign me up for a big plate of bloody fat.

 

[suzyq]

So, so flawed. If your thinking held any water, then cheeseburgers and French fries are high class delights because you order them every day.

You do not want to go toe to toe on this one, Bubie. You will lose.

You didn't express a preference...

 

[Kitaman]

Depends on the host (i.e. their cooking skills). My wife:both. My father day one, can't stomach 2 days of his food.

 

[Excalibur]

How's this logic. As a concession to me and my brother ( who has similar disdain for the poverty bird) my mom cooks up a hotel style prime rib. Guess what gets eaten first? Plenty of the foul fowl leftover but the prime rib is gone.

1) Unless she's cooking a 13 pound rib roast, it's a matter of volume, not taste.
2) Prime Rib is what people who don't like good meat eat when they eat beef. Taking a cut of meat that requires cooking over an open flame to produce flavor and cooking it in the oven is a terrible sin.

 

[CL82]

Turkey Tetrazinni! The best part of Thanksgiving.

Do you have a recipe that you can PM me? I've been looking for a good one.

 

[SallyH]

Sure, when I get home. Look Tuesday or WednesdayWednesday

 

[August_West]

Great win tonight. Now back to the important stuff. At least 1/2 the people in this thread actually feel the same way about turkey as I do but won't admit it and just have some kind of nostalgia factor for it. The statistics say so. http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/11/27/people_hate_turkey_admit_it.html