Anyone else cooking?

[Guest guest]

Marcia, we have done our own Turducken about 4- 5 times over the yrs - my

husband has actually deboned all 3 birds & made all 3 dressings/stuffings - it

is

wonderful - we have done it for open houses we have had - cutting into it -

it is kind of like a jelly roll & & & & very tasty !!!!

 

The original recipe is one of Paul Prudhommes & quite spicy - we adjusted the

heat levels & it is GOOD!!

 

I have also seen it frozen at Wal-Mart of all places

 

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So far today, I've made cranberry orange, I've got two pumpkin halves in the

oven, made tart pastery for two pies (one bakewell tart that himself is

going to make and either a lemon meringe with lemons just off the bush or

Pumpkin... I may have to make pumpkin muffins instead, too many lemons).

 

I'm going to have to get up at crack of sparrow fart to cook the turkey

tomorrow. Found the " smallest " one I could in Costco... at least that's what

I tell Himself. I'm sure he's figured out by now that I lie like a RUG! This

little tiny thing weighs 27 pounds UNSTUFFED.

 

We're going to be pretty simple here, Just the Turkey, stuffing, yams, green

beans and Cranberry Orange... Although for football I'm going to make

chicken liver Pate. Can you say GARLIC? It's to balance out the pound of

butter that goes in. LOL!!

 

Soooo Good Lookings... Watchya got Cookings?

 

K

--

Cheers!

Kathleen Petrides

http://www.helium.com/tm/662569/united-states-during-alone

Understanding when to use an MRI for breast Cancer Screening

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I'm making potato salad, getting glaze together for ham. I'm also making a

cranberry pound cake.

 

HUGGS

Vicki

 

 

Kathleen Petrides <WoobeyQueen

Oils_herbs_etc

Wednesday, November 21, 2007 2:19:35 PM

Anyone else cooking?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So far today, I've made cranberry orange, I've got two pumpkin

halves in the

 

oven, made tart pastery for two pies (one bakewell tart that himself is

 

going to make and either a lemon meringe with lemons just off the bush or

 

Pumpkin... I may have to make pumpkin muffins instead, too many lemons).

 

 

 

I'm going to have to get up at crack of sparrow fart to cook the turkey

 

tomorrow. Found the " smallest " one I could in Costco... at least that's what

 

I tell Himself. I'm sure he's figured out by now that I lie like a RUG! This

 

little tiny thing weighs 27 pounds UNSTUFFED.

 

 

 

We're going to be pretty simple here, Just the Turkey, stuffing, yams, green

 

beans and Cranberry Orange... Although for football I'm going to make

 

chicken liver Pate. Can you say GARLIC? It's to balance out the pound of

 

butter that goes in. LOL!!

 

 

 

Soooo Good Lookings... Watchya got Cookings?

 

 

 

K

 

--

 

Cheers!

 

Kathleen Petrides

 

http://www.helium. com/tm/662569/ united-states- during-alone

 

Understanding when to use an MRI for breast Cancer Screening

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

punkin bread, turkey, mashed taters, (I'd make tatoe salad, but I'm the

only one who eats it.) I'd make green bean casserole too but I'm the

only one who eats it.

I'd make cherry cheese pie, but.... I'm the only one who eats it.

 

(I shoulda had a plethora of children so I'd be able to make all that

stuff and not be the only one to eat it.)

 

Jennifer

 

 

 

Vicki P wrote:

>

> I'm making potato salad, getting glaze together for ham. I'm also

> making a cranberry pound cake.

>

> HUGGS

> Vicki

>

>

> Kathleen Petrides <WoobeyQueen

> <WoobeyQueen%40gmail.com>>

> Oils_herbs_etc

> <Oils_herbs_etc%40>

> Wednesday, November 21, 2007 2:19:35 PM

> Anyone else cooking?

>

> So far today, I've made cranberry orange, I've got two pumpkin halves

> in the

>

> oven, made tart pastery for two pies (one bakewell tart that himself is

>

> going to make and either a lemon meringe with lemons just off the bush or

>

> Pumpkin... I may have to make pumpkin muffins instead, too many lemons).

>

> I'm going to have to get up at crack of sparrow fart to cook the turkey

>

> tomorrow. Found the " smallest " one I could in Costco... at least

> that's what

>

> I tell Himself. I'm sure he's figured out by now that I lie like a

> RUG! This

>

> little tiny thing weighs 27 pounds UNSTUFFED.

>

> We're going to be pretty simple here, Just the Turkey, stuffing, yams,

> green

>

> beans and Cranberry Orange... Although for football I'm going to make

>

> chicken liver Pate. Can you say GARLIC? It's to balance out the pound of

>

> butter that goes in. LOL!!

>

> Soooo Good Lookings... Watchya got Cookings?

>

> K

>

> --

>

> Cheers!

>

> Kathleen Petrides

>

> http://www.helium. com/tm/662569/ united-states- during-alone

>

> Understanding when to use an MRI for breast Cancer Screening

>

>

[Guest guest]

Well shoot, I'd help you eat Cherry Cheese pie and tatoe salad! YUM!

 

K

 

 

On 11/21/07, Jennifer Janek-Markey <pixieladie wrote:

>

> punkin bread, turkey, mashed taters, (I'd make tatoe salad, but I'm the

> only one who eats it.) I'd make green bean casserole too but I'm the

> only one who eats it.

> I'd make cherry cheese pie, but.... I'm the only one who eats it.

>

> (I shoulda had a plethora of children so I'd be able to make all that

> stuff and not be the only one to eat it.)

>

> Jennifer

>

> Vicki P wrote:

> >

> > I'm making potato salad, getting glaze together for ham. I'm also

> > making a cranberry pound cake.

> >

> > HUGGS

> > Vicki

> >

> >

> > Kathleen Petrides <WoobeyQueen <WoobeyQueen%40gmail.com>

> > <WoobeyQueen%40gmail.com>>

> > Oils_herbs_etc <Oils_herbs_etc%40>

> > <Oils_herbs_etc%40>

> > Wednesday, November 21, 2007 2:19:35 PM

> > Anyone else cooking?

> >

> > So far today, I've made cranberry orange, I've got two pumpkin halves

> > in the

> >

> > oven, made tart pastery for two pies (one bakewell tart that himself is

> >

> > going to make and either a lemon meringe with lemons just off the bush

> or

> >

> > Pumpkin... I may have to make pumpkin muffins instead, too many lemons).

> >

> > I'm going to have to get up at crack of sparrow fart to cook the turkey

> >

> > tomorrow. Found the " smallest " one I could in Costco... at least

> > that's what

> >

> > I tell Himself. I'm sure he's figured out by now that I lie like a

> > RUG! This

> >

> > little tiny thing weighs 27 pounds UNSTUFFED.

> >

> > We're going to be pretty simple here, Just the Turkey, stuffing, yams,

> > green

> >

> > beans and Cranberry Orange... Although for football I'm going to make

> >

> > chicken liver Pate. Can you say GARLIC? It's to balance out the pound of

> >

> > butter that goes in. LOL!!

> >

> > Soooo Good Lookings... Watchya got Cookings?

> >

> > K

> >

> > --

> >

> > Cheers!

> >

> > Kathleen Petrides

> >

> > http://www.helium. com/tm/662569/ united-states- during-alone

> >

> > Understanding when to use an MRI for breast Cancer Screening

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

This year, we will be a small bunch at my house . . . Only 4. My friend

Micki (recovering from breast cancer and feisty as ever with her new curly

hair), Rob, me and my brother Bill. All adults. What a concept. Not so

for Christmas, when it's my turn for the whole gang (I think we will be

about 25 strong then, ages 6 mo. to 67.)

 

So, tomorrow, I'm cooking Cornish game hens instead of the usual mammoth

turkylurky. They will be brined tonight to be fat and plump when they go in

the oven, stuffed with apples and raisins and smothered in a sauce made with

olive oil, capers, balsamic vinegar, red wine, honey, allspice, chili

powder, finely minced white onion, fresh sage, salt and fresh ground black

pepper, a variation on a delicious recipe I got from a friend who grew up in

Buenos Aires. Then, we'll have large Portobello mushrooms (grilled w/ a

little olive oil) stuffed with wild rice and drizzled with a sweet pepper

sauce. Sides of baked acorn squash and steamed brussel sprouts along with

red pepper focaccia bread drizzled with garlic butter finally topple the

table. :-) Dessert is a twist on the traditional pumpkin pie . . . With

good homemade apple butter added (got this one from the Barefoot Contessa),

topped with heavy whipping cream and sprinkled with chopped sugared pecans.

 

 

My favorite holiday snack is clam dip with homemade potato chips. I do this

for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. This is the simplest dip in the world,

1 can of minced (they have to be minced, not chopped) clams hand mixed

(doesn't come out right using a mixer) into 1 pkg cream cheese, adding the

juice as you mix to get the right consistency. Of course later, for the

gang of 25, it will be many cans/pkgs.

 

Rob and I have been following a food combining diet and this is waaaaay off

the mark, so I expect perhaps to have tummy resistance, but it will be worth

it.

 

I saw a fabulous idea this week - I think it's called something like

Turkyducken. It's boned turkey, stuffed with boned duck, stuffed with boned

chicken with stuffing all around so when you slice it you get slices of all

three birds and dressing all in one. You'd have to have your best butcher

do the boning and stuffing for you, and I imagine that this one gets mighty

expensive. Looked awfully good, though.

 

 

 

Be well,

Marcia Elston

Samara Botane/Nature Intelligence, est. 1988

http://www.wingedseed.com Online 3/95

http://www.aromaconnection.org Group Blog 2/07

" Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide and slavery - have

resulted from obedience, not disobedience. "

Howard Zinn

 

 

>

>

> On Behalf Of Kathleen Petrides

> Wednesday, November 21, 2007 12:20 PM

> Oils_herbs_etc

> Anyone else cooking?

>

> So far today, I've made cranberry orange, I've got two

> pumpkin halves in the oven, made tart pastery for two pies

> (one bakewell tart that himself is going to make and either a

> lemon meringe with lemons just off the bush or Pumpkin... I

> may have to make pumpkin muffins instead, too many lemons).

>

> I'm going to have to get up at crack of sparrow fart to cook

> the turkey tomorrow. Found the " smallest " one I could in

> Costco... at least that's what I tell Himself. I'm sure he's

> figured out by now that I lie like a RUG! This little tiny

> thing weighs 27 pounds UNSTUFFED.

>

> We're going to be pretty simple here, Just the Turkey,

> stuffing, yams, green beans and Cranberry Orange... Although

> for football I'm going to make chicken liver Pate. Can you

> say GARLIC? It's to balance out the pound of butter that goes

> in. LOL!!

>

> Soooo Good Lookings... Watchya got Cookings?

>

> K

> --

> Cheers!

> Kathleen Petrides

> http://www.helium.com/tm/662569/united-states-during-alone

> Understanding when to use an MRI for breast Cancer Screening

[Guest guest]

HOLY SCHMOKES Marcia

 

Can I come? You made my taste buds salivate!

 

Off to eat something now.

 

K

 

 

On 11/21/07, Marcia Elston <samara wrote:

>

> .

>

>

>

 

 

 

--

Cheers!

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[Guest guest]

can you share the pan fried green bean & garlic sauce recipe???

Sounds GREAT to me

 

Actually any of the dishes you described - I would take the recipes

 

I love to cook & ALWAYS love new recipes & things to try !!!!

 

 

:)

 

 

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[Guest guest]

My menu's more down home southern.

 

I'm baking cornbread tonight for grandma's porkchop cornbread dressing. And I'm

baking a four layer pumpkin cake with a white home made frosting and a caramel

drizzle, topped with chopped pecans. I think I'm gonna do the peach cobbler

tonight too.

 

The turkey will go in the oven around 5:00 AM. I have a very simple way of

doing turkeys I wash em, salt em, and put butter, garlic, onion and honey

under the skin and in the cavity, and brush butter on top, and add a cup of

water to the pan. It's always moist and the meat is ready to just fall off the

bone:) There's never any left over. Not even enough to make sandwiches with on

Friday!

 

We're having maple glazed carrots, fancy potato salad(which means it just has

sliced black olives, pimentos, garlic, onion, and a little thyme added to it).

I do a pralined sweet potato dish with a crumble top, every year.( I can't get

away with not making it. I tried this year, hehehe, and everyone said he** no,

that's the exact expression!;>)

Corn on the cob.

Pan fried green beans with a garlic sauce.

Mashed potatoes made with turkey stock, green onions, garlic, and cheddar

cheese.(My granddaughter insists on mashed potatoes, LOL)

Deviled eggs

And last but not least a green bean casserole. (This one is the one my son in

law insists on)

 

For appetizers: They're do it yourself this year;) I have two platters of Ritz

crackers and a cheddar/red wine cheese ball and a ranch/ cheddar cheeseball,

some summer sausage, and cut up veggies.

 

That's all I can handle by myself this year. My daughter has to work this

Thanksgiving and Grandma isn't going to be here. Usually we also have a big pot

of collards with ham hocks, and a three bean salad and maybe a pasta salad.

Biscuits and rolls, A ham or a roast, and whatever grandma brings(which is three

or four dishes of whatever she decides to make).

 

So we're a little lean this year, LOL.

 

 

Marcia that's a turdunken. They're selling them in the stores down here, all

ready to put in the oven. They wanted 59.99 for it and I said, no way. LOL. I

can do my own. I've been wanting to try one of those for a couple of years now,

I just haven't gotten around to doing one yet. Maybe I'll do one this

Christmas:)

 

I'm not paying a butcher. I'll find some instructions somewhere, I think

epicurious had some, and do it myself. I know I saw the recipe somewhere on one

of my regular recipe browsing sites. I'll just have to hunt it down.

 

 

 

 

 

-

Marcia Elston

Wednesday, November 21, 2007 3:43 PM

RE: Anyone else cooking?

 

 

This year, we will be a small bunch at my house . . . Only 4. My friend

Micki (recovering from breast cancer and feisty as ever with her new curly

hair), Rob, me and my brother Bill. All adults. What a concept. Not so

for Christmas, when it's my turn for the whole gang (I think we will be

about 25 strong then, ages 6 mo. to 67.)

 

So, tomorrow, I'm cooking Cornish game hens instead of the usual mammoth

turkylurky. They will be brined tonight to be fat and plump when they go in

the oven, stuffed with apples and raisins and smothered in a sauce made with

olive oil, capers, balsamic vinegar, red wine, honey, allspice, chili

powder, finely minced white onion, fresh sage, salt and fresh ground black

pepper, a variation on a delicious recipe I got from a friend who grew up in

Buenos Aires. Then, we'll have large Portobello mushrooms (grilled w/ a

little olive oil) stuffed with wild rice and drizzled with a sweet pepper

sauce. Sides of baked acorn squash and steamed brussel sprouts along with

red pepper focaccia bread drizzled with garlic butter finally topple the

table. :-) Dessert is a twist on the traditional pumpkin pie . . . With

good homemade apple butter added (got this one from the Barefoot Contessa),

topped with heavy whipping cream and sprinkled with chopped sugared pecans.

 

My favorite holiday snack is clam dip with homemade potato chips. I do this

for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. This is the simplest dip in the world,

1 can of minced (they have to be minced, not chopped) clams hand mixed

(doesn't come out right using a mixer) into 1 pkg cream cheese, adding the

juice as you mix to get the right consistency. Of course later, for the

gang of 25, it will be many cans/pkgs.

 

Rob and I have been following a food combining diet and this is waaaaay off

the mark, so I expect perhaps to have tummy resistance, but it will be worth

it.

 

I saw a fabulous idea this week - I think it's called something like

Turkyducken. It's boned turkey, stuffed with boned duck, stuffed with boned

chicken with stuffing all around so when you slice it you get slices of all

three birds and dressing all in one. You'd have to have your best butcher

do the boning and stuffing for you, and I imagine that this one gets mighty

expensive. Looked awfully good, though.

 

Be well,

Marcia Elston

Samara Botane/Nature Intelligence, est. 1988

http://www.wingedseed.com Online 3/95

http://www.aromaconnection.org Group Blog 2/07

" Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide and slavery - have

resulted from obedience, not disobedience. "

Howard Zinn

 

 

>

>

> On Behalf Of Kathleen Petrides

> Wednesday, November 21, 2007 12:20 PM

> Oils_herbs_etc

> Anyone else cooking?

>

> So far today, I've made cranberry orange, I've got two

> pumpkin halves in the oven, made tart pastery for two pies

> (one bakewell tart that himself is going to make and either a

> lemon meringe with lemons just off the bush or Pumpkin... I

> may have to make pumpkin muffins instead, too many lemons).

>

> I'm going to have to get up at crack of sparrow fart to cook

> the turkey tomorrow. Found the " smallest " one I could in

> Costco... at least that's what I tell Himself. I'm sure he's

> figured out by now that I lie like a RUG! This little tiny

> thing weighs 27 pounds UNSTUFFED.

>

> We're going to be pretty simple here, Just the Turkey,

> stuffing, yams, green beans and Cranberry Orange... Although

> for football I'm going to make chicken liver Pate. Can you

> say GARLIC? It's to balance out the pound of butter that goes

> in. LOL!!

>

> Soooo Good Lookings... Watchya got Cookings?

>

> K

> --

> Cheers!

> Kathleen Petrides

> http://www.helium.com/tm/662569/united-states-during-alone

> Understanding when to use an MRI for breast Cancer Screening

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hey Kathleen,

Hope all is well

I got my turkey marinating for tomorrow, the Brown Sugared Ham is also

chillin and ready to pop in the oven I made the cranberry sauce,

macaroni and cheese, cornbread dressing up north we call it stuffing but

here in Tx. most call it dressing, made a pot of beans, corn bread,

broccoli rice casserole, blueberry pie, cool whip pie, rice krispy

bars and muddy buddies

Then tomorrow will make the mashed potatoes, giblet gravy, sweet

potatoes, corn, dinner rolls and maybe some deviled eggs.

I do hope everyone has a great and Happy Thanksgiving

Vickie

 

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[Guest guest]

Sounds yummy Kathleen,

 

I was going to make something like Prime Rib, Boiled Lobsters and

Martinis (for the grown ups of course .. but my 4 year old went

" NO! We have to have turkey mommy! " Plus it was a lot less expensive

to go with the free turkey rather than the prime rib and lobster

{grinz}.. so turkey with all the trimmings traditional trimmings it

is! Oyster stuffing, squash, roasted root veggies, broccoli and

cauliflower (I got the cutest purple, orange and green flowerettes)!

I wasn't able to get the pie crust I like made without shortening, so

I have to make a crust tonight and bake my pie pumpkin that I got from

the pumpkin patch last month

 

Then I'm going to make the leftover turkey into all kinds of things

that I am able to pressure can. Its supposed to get cold here ... in

fact thunder is rolling in and its getting windy right now, and its

supposed to be dreary and in the 40's and 50's all weekend, so its a

perfect weekend to cook up a storm It was 82 this afternoon! *lol*

 

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our US list members and your families!

 

*Smile*

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, " Kathleen Petrides "

<WoobeyQueen wrote:

>

> So far today, I've made cranberry orange, I've got two pumpkin

halves in the

> oven, made tart pastery for two pies (one bakewell tart that himself is

> going to make and either a lemon meringe with lemons just off the

bush or

> Pumpkin... I may have to make pumpkin muffins instead, too many lemons).

>

> I'm going to have to get up at crack of sparrow fart to cook the turkey

> tomorrow. Found the " smallest " one I could in Costco... at least

that's what

> I tell Himself. I'm sure he's figured out by now that I lie like a

RUG! This

> little tiny thing weighs 27 pounds UNSTUFFED.

>

> We're going to be pretty simple here, Just the Turkey, stuffing,

yams, green

> beans and Cranberry Orange... Although for football I'm going to make

> chicken liver Pate. Can you say GARLIC? It's to balance out the pound of

> butter that goes in. LOL!!

>

> Soooo Good Lookings... Watchya got Cookings?

>

> K

> --

> Cheers!

> Kathleen Petrides

> http://www.helium.com/tm/662569/united-states-during-alone

> Understanding when to use an MRI for breast Cancer Screening

[Guest guest]

Yeah, lean, right, Liz! Lord, I am getting' really hungry - pan fried green

beans w/garlic sauce, sounds delisch, as does your twist on the potato salad

and praline sweet potatoes, oo la la. Well, thanks to the all-knowing

google, here's one step-by-step instruction for the turdunken.

http://fp.thesalmons.org/lynn/turducken.html I think I might try my hand

for Christmas, also.

 

Time to go hunker down in the kitchen. Happy Thanksgiving, all.

 

Be well,

Marcia Elston

Samara Botane/Nature Intelligence, est. 1988

http://www.wingedseed.com Online 3/95

http://www.aromaconnection.org Group Blog 2/07

" Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide and slavery - have

resulted from obedience, not disobedience. "

Howard Zinn

 

 

>

>

> On Behalf Of Liz

> Wednesday, November 21, 2007 2:49 PM

>

> Re: Anyone else cooking?

>

> My menu's more down home southern.

>

> I'm baking cornbread tonight for grandma's porkchop cornbread

> dressing. And I'm baking a four layer pumpkin cake with a

> white home made frosting and a caramel drizzle, topped with

> chopped pecans. I think I'm gonna do the peach cobbler tonight too.

>

> The turkey will go in the oven around 5:00 AM. I have a very

> simple way of doing turkeys I wash em, salt em, and put

> butter, garlic, onion and honey under the skin and in the

> cavity, and brush butter on top, and add a cup of water to

> the pan. It's always moist and the meat is ready to just fall

> off the bone:) There's never any left over. Not even enough

> to make sandwiches with on Friday!

>

> We're having maple glazed carrots, fancy potato salad(which

> means it just has sliced black olives, pimentos, garlic,

> onion, and a little thyme added to it).

> I do a pralined sweet potato dish with a crumble top, every

> year.( I can't get away with not making it. I tried this

> year, hehehe, and everyone said he** no, that's the exact

> expression!;>) Corn on the cob.

> Pan fried green beans with a garlic sauce.

> Mashed potatoes made with turkey stock, green onions, garlic,

> and cheddar cheese.(My granddaughter insists on mashed

> potatoes, LOL) Deviled eggs And last but not least a green

> bean casserole. (This one is the one my son in law insists on)

>

> For appetizers: They're do it yourself this year;) I have two

> platters of Ritz crackers and a cheddar/red wine cheese ball

> and a ranch/ cheddar cheeseball, some summer sausage, and cut

> up veggies.

>

> That's all I can handle by myself this year. My daughter has

> to work this Thanksgiving and Grandma isn't going to be here.

> Usually we also have a big pot of collards with ham hocks,

> and a three bean salad and maybe a pasta salad. Biscuits and

> rolls, A ham or a roast, and whatever grandma brings(which is

> three or four dishes of whatever she decides to make).

>

> So we're a little lean this year, LOL.

>

>

> Marcia that's a turdunken. They're selling them in the stores

> down here, all ready to put in the oven. They wanted 59.99

> for it and I said, no way. LOL. I can do my own. I've been

> wanting to try one of those for a couple of years now, I just

> haven't gotten around to doing one yet. Maybe I'll do one

> this Christmas:)

>

> I'm not paying a butcher. I'll find some instructions

> somewhere, I think epicurious had some, and do it myself. I

> know I saw the recipe somewhere on one of my regular recipe

> browsing sites. I'll just have to hunt it down.

>

[Guest guest]

Of course, when I googled, I found Paul Prudhome all over the place. Now

you all have got me excited to try this - another family tradition in the

making!!!

 

And, of course, I'd rather make my own than shop at Wal-mart. Almost rather

eat worms than resort to Wal-Mart. Did you all know that Wal-Mart takes out

life insurance on its employees? Benefits to the corporation, of course . .

.. There is a staff who searches all the social security number deaths to

keep up the collections. Sick. But, on to better thoughts.

 

Hmmm. Wonder if you can do a similar thing with fish???? Fish and

shellfish? Which reminds me of another great recipe. Make a paste of equal

parts of butter and canned shrimp, thickly coat cut up chicken parts and

bake. The shrimp will make a thick crust (moist inside) and the combination

is exquisite. Really rich and filling. And fattening, of course, but we

won't mention that.

 

Have a great one. Yes, I'm really off to the house/kitchen now.

 

 

Be well,

Marcia Elston

Samara Botane/Nature Intelligence, est. 1988

http://www.wingedseed.com Online 3/95

http://www.aromaconnection.org Group Blog 2/07

" Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide and slavery - have

resulted from obedience, not disobedience. "

Howard Zinn

 

 

>

>

> On Behalf Of AlladinG

> Wednesday, November 21, 2007 4:11 PM

>

> Re: Anyone else cooking?

>

> Marcia, we have done our own Turducken about 4- 5 times over

> the yrs - my husband has actually deboned all 3 birds & made

> all 3 dressings/stuffings - it is wonderful - we have done it

> for open houses we have had - cutting into it - it is kind of

> like a jelly roll & & & & very tasty !!!!

>

> The original recipe is one of Paul Prudhommes & quite spicy -

> we adjusted the heat levels & it is GOOD!!

>

> I have also seen it frozen at Wal-Mart of all places

>

> Lesley

[Guest guest]

Vickie,

What is a mud buddy? Sounds seriously chocolate. Recipe???

Hugs,

Jan S

sweetprairie

May your troubles be less,

your blessings be more

and nothing but happiness

come through your door!

[Guest guest]

LOL, yeah lean compared to when we have more cooks!

 

Thank you so much for the link:) I am really considering it. I want to try

something I've never done before. And the turdunken fits the bill nicely:)

 

And the green beans are great! I made them for the first time last year. I had

them at a restaurant, and searched around on the net until I found a recipe that

was as identical as I could get it:) I am addicted to green beans done this

way:) You just use enough sesame oil to keep them from sticking, so they're not

at all greasy. And the garlic sauce is very easy.

 

Yep, I'm hunkering too, I just take a break now and then, and check my email,

LOL.

 

I just bought a convection/microwave oven a month or so ago, so I'd have more

cooking at one time. Yay! Cuts cooking time in half, LOL. It's been a great

little oven.

 

If anyone is interested it's a Half Time oven(That's the name of it, he) I

bought it from Wal-Mart online. They don't have em in the stores. They shipped

it to the local store free and all I had to do was print out my email notice,

and go pick it up! It's a little larger than the average microwave but it still

can hold a turkey. I don't like microwaving anything too much, but it was the

biggest convection oven I could find for the price:) It cost me 198.00 plus tax.

It's got a half time cooking setting too, which I haven't used yet. That's why

they call it a Half Time oven:) It's supposed to take half the time to cook

whatever. So we'll see.

 

 

 

-

Marcia Elston

Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:00 PM

RE: Anyone else cooking?

 

 

Yeah, lean, right, Liz! Lord, I am getting' really hungry - pan fried green

beans w/garlic sauce, sounds delisch, as does your twist on the potato salad

and praline sweet potatoes, oo la la. Well, thanks to the all-knowing

google, here's one step-by-step instruction for the turdunken.

http://fp.thesalmons.org/lynn/turducken.html I think I might try my hand

for Christmas, also.

 

Time to go hunker down in the kitchen. Happy Thanksgiving, all.

 

Be well,

Marcia Elston

Samara Botane/Nature Intelligence, est. 1988

http://www.wingedseed.com Online 3/95

http://www.aromaconnection.org Group Blog 2/07

" Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide and slavery - have

resulted from obedience, not disobedience. "

Howard Zinn

 

 

>

>

> On Behalf Of Liz

> Wednesday, November 21, 2007 2:49 PM

>

> Re: Anyone else cooking?

>

> My menu's more down home southern.

>

> I'm baking cornbread tonight for grandma's porkchop cornbread

> dressing. And I'm baking a four layer pumpkin cake with a

> white home made frosting and a caramel drizzle, topped with

> chopped pecans. I think I'm gonna do the peach cobbler tonight too.

>

> The turkey will go in the oven around 5:00 AM. I have a very

> simple way of doing turkeys I wash em, salt em, and put

> butter, garlic, onion and honey under the skin and in the

> cavity, and brush butter on top, and add a cup of water to

> the pan. It's always moist and the meat is ready to just fall

> off the bone:) There's never any left over. Not even enough

> to make sandwiches with on Friday!

>

> We're having maple glazed carrots, fancy potato salad(which

> means it just has sliced black olives, pimentos, garlic,

> onion, and a little thyme added to it).

> I do a pralined sweet potato dish with a crumble top, every

> year.( I can't get away with not making it. I tried this

> year, hehehe, and everyone said he** no, that's the exact

> expression!;>) Corn on the cob.

> Pan fried green beans with a garlic sauce.

> Mashed potatoes made with turkey stock, green onions, garlic,

> and cheddar cheese.(My granddaughter insists on mashed

> potatoes, LOL) Deviled eggs And last but not least a green

> bean casserole. (This one is the one my son in law insists on)

>

> For appetizers: They're do it yourself this year;) I have two

> platters of Ritz crackers and a cheddar/red wine cheese ball

> and a ranch/ cheddar cheeseball, some summer sausage, and cut

> up veggies.

>

> That's all I can handle by myself this year. My daughter has

> to work this Thanksgiving and Grandma isn't going to be here.

> Usually we also have a big pot of collards with ham hocks,

> and a three bean salad and maybe a pasta salad. Biscuits and

> rolls, A ham or a roast, and whatever grandma brings(which is

> three or four dishes of whatever she decides to make).

>

> So we're a little lean this year, LOL.

>

>

> Marcia that's a turdunken. They're selling them in the stores

> down here, all ready to put in the oven. They wanted 59.99

> for it and I said, no way. LOL. I can do my own. I've been

> wanting to try one of those for a couple of years now, I just

> haven't gotten around to doing one yet. Maybe I'll do one

> this Christmas:)

>

> I'm not paying a butcher. I'll find some instructions

> somewhere, I think epicurious had some, and do it myself. I

> know I saw the recipe somewhere on one of my regular recipe

> browsing sites. I'll just have to hunt it down.

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Here ya go:)

 

Pan-Fried Green Beans

 

1 pound fresh green beans, trimmed

3 tablespoons light soy sauce

1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

1 teaspoon white sugar

2 tablespoons sesame oil

2 teaspoons minced garlic

 

Place the green beans in a large saucepan or pot with one inch of water. You may

place them in a steamer insert if you have one. Bring to a boil, cover and cook

for 5 minutes, they should still be firm and bright green.

 

In a small bowl, stir together the soy sauce, balsamic vinegar and *sugar; set

aside.

 

Heat the sesame oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and cook

until it starts to brown. Add the green beans and stir around to coat them

lightly with the oil. Stir in the soy sauce mixture and simmer for a couple of

minutes uncovered to reduce the sauce. Transfer the beans to a serving dish and

pour the sauce over them.

 

*You can use Stevia in place of the sugar if you prefer.

 

 

 

Praline Sweet Potatoes

 

4 cups mashed sweet potatoes

1/2 cup white sugar

2 tablespoons vanilla extract

4 eggs, beaten

1/2 pint heavy cream

1/4 pound butter

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1 1/4 cups chopped pecans

 

 

Butter one 2 quart casserole dish. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees

C).

 

In a mixing bowl, combine the sweet potatoes, sugar, vanilla extract, eggs and

cream. Blend well, and spread evenly in casserole dish.

 

Prepare the topping by combining the butter, brown sugar, flour and pecans. Mix

until crumbly, and sprinkle over sweet potato mixture.

 

Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven.

 

This is very rich and sweet. It makes 6 servings. I don't always use heavy

cream. I've used skim milk and it turned out very well. You can play with the

ingredients a bit if you're experienced in cooking, LOL. Just hold back your

milk or whatever for the potato mixture and add it last as you mix, so it

doesn't get too soupy. You can cut the sugar back if you like or use Stevia

instead like I do. But you'll have to make up for the lack of the sugar volume

extra flour I guess. But it's the brown sugar in the topping that gives it the

praline flavor along with the pecans. Though I have used Walnuts and even

almonds in a pinch. There's just about no way this one can't turn out well

unless it's too soupy when it goes in the oven:)

 

Make sure your topping is crumbly, it shouldn't be tacky at all, it'll look like

white gravel of different sizes. If it's at all sticky or tacky add some flour

just a tiny bit at the time until it's crumbly and soft, but not sticky or

tacky. If you've done crumble top pies or any kind of fruit crisps you know what

I'm talking about:) That's all it is really, a crumble topping made with brown

sugar instead of white and added nuts.

 

 

-

AlladinG

Wednesday, November 21, 2007 9:07 PM

Re: Anyone else cooking?

 

 

can you share the pan fried green bean & garlic sauce recipe???

Sounds GREAT to me

 

Actually any of the dishes you described - I would take the recipes

 

I love to cook & ALWAYS love new recipes & things to try !!!!

 

:)

 

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[Guest guest]

I got the lucky part--I have to be at two dinners, one being at MY

house, but I only have to make dinner rolls, mashed potatoes and gravy

and devilled eggs.

 

Doggone good thing too--I wrecked my back last night when I had to

pull my boyfriend's dad from between his bed and commode! He's 90 and

on oxygen, so he's mostly bedbound with someone standing by when he

gets up, but he got cocky last night and got up by himself ...and went

down by himself, THEN yelled for help.

 

I'll be making friends with a good MSM lotion today--thanks, Vickie!

 

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving,

Serra

 

 

 

On Nov 21, 2007 2:19 PM, Kathleen Petrides <WoobeyQueen wrote:

>

>

> So far today, I've made cranberry orange, I've got two pumpkin halves in the

> oven, made tart pastery for two pies (one bakewell tart that himself is

> going to make and either a lemon meringe with lemons just off the bush or

> Pumpkin... I may have to make pumpkin muffins instead, too many lemons).

>

> I'm going to have to get up at crack of sparrow fart to cook the turkey

> tomorrow. Found the " smallest " one I could in Costco... at least that's

> what

> I tell Himself. I'm sure he's figured out by now that I lie like a RUG!

> This

> little tiny thing weighs 27 pounds UNSTUFFED.

>

> We're going to be pretty simple here, Just the Turkey, stuffing, yams,

> green

> beans and Cranberry Orange... Although for football I'm going to make

> chicken liver Pate. Can you say GARLIC? It's to balance out the pound of

> butter that goes in. LOL!!

>

> Soooo Good Lookings... Watchya got Cookings?

>

> K

[Guest guest]

I'm made jello with cranberries-apples-oranges and walnuts.......candied

sweet potatoes and green bean casserole. We're going to my sister's home a few

miles away.

We got wonderful news yesterday.....my Mom's CT scan showed her lung cancer

has NOT spread and has shrunk from a 5 cm mass to a 1 cm!

We have lots to be thankful for :~)

Hugs all,

Deb

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[Guest guest]

, " Kathleen Petrides "

<WoobeyQueen wrote:

>

> So far today, I've made cranberry orange, I've got two pumpkin

halves in the

> oven, made tart pastery for two pies (one bakewell tart that

himself is

> going to make and either a lemon meringe with lemons just off the

bush or

> Pumpkin... I may have to make pumpkin muffins instead, too many

lemons).

>

>

> Soooo Good Lookings... Watchya got Cookings?

>

> K

> --

> Cheers!

> Kathleen Petrides

 

Hi All,

I'm only responsible for the bread today...

Made Mary Dee's Dixie Biscuits last night, so watching the Local

Thanksgiving Day parade on TV....Some of my students are

participating. 2 days ago it was 70 this morning it's 20, they look

chilly.

I will make a Turkey Day dinner for my children on Sunday, they hate

going somewhere else and not having any of the leftovers. We start

making cookies that day too, for our big Cookie Decorating party on

the 8th!

 

Happy day of Thanks & Giving to you all

Lynn

[Guest guest]

Deb,

Wonderful news on your mom! What protocol is she using?

Sandi

[Guest guest]

Deb. This is the best kind of Thanksgiving news one can have, ever!! Happy

thoughts for your family.

 

Be well,

Marcia Elston

Samara Botane/Nature Intelligence, est. 1988

http://www.wingedseed.com Online 3/95

http://www.aromaconnection.org Group Blog 2/07

" Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide and slavery - have

resulted from obedience, not disobedience. "

Howard Zinn

 

 

>

>

> On Behalf Of

> dking12924

> Thursday, November 22, 2007 8:10 AM

>

> Re: Anyone else cooking?

>

> I'm made jello with cranberries-apples-oranges and

> walnuts.......candied sweet potatoes and green bean

> casserole. We're going to my sister's home a few miles away.

> We got wonderful news yesterday.....my Mom's CT scan showed

> her lung cancer has NOT spread and has shrunk from a 5 cm

> mass to a 1 cm!

> We have lots to be thankful for :~)

> Hugs all,

> Deb

> _www.cottagehillsoaps.com_ (http://www.cottagehillsoaps.com/)