What Are You Cooking Today? (Share your special recipes, tips, anecdotes)

Conservatrix

[Conservatrix]

Happy Thanksgiving Freepers! What are you cooking today? Anybody got a special recipie they would like to share? A cooking tip? A special Thanksgiving anecdote?

I will share my awsome Chunky Stuffing recipie:

BREAD (can be old corn bread or other wheat bread), cut into small chunks (can be toasted in oven beforehand if you like it less mushy)

FRESH CRANBERRIES

CELERY, chopped in curves

ONION, chopped

GARLIC, crushed (I like a lot of garlic)

DARK RED APPLES, chopped in small chunks, skin on, cored

WALNUTS, broken up or pieces

BUTTER, some interdespersed with the mix

FRESH SAGE LEAVES, ripped or chopped (any other form of sage will do)

DASH OF RED WINE

DASH OF SUGAR

SALT AND PEPPER

Make the proportions look pretty in the bowl. What I like to do is mix everything together and stir with my hands. Then stuff the bird. I am not particular about tying it shut. I think the stuffing pouring out of it looks cool. The juices of the bird soften the mixture. I'll eat this for a week straight afterward!

Please share yours! God bless your day!

[don-o]

How long does it take to grill a 24 pound bird?

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

Okay. I'll share my Easy Refrigerator Rolls recipe. And I promise, you still have time to make them before lunch! I'm about to make them myself :-) You'll need a big bowl, and this recipe makes 5 - 6 dozen. They are called Refrigerator Rolls because you can keep the mixture in the fridge for up to a week until you're ready to make them out, but I always just go ahead and make them the day I put them together.

Easy Refrigerator Rolls

2 cups water

1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks)

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 t. salt

2 envelopes or 2 T. yeast

2 beaten eggs

6 cups unbleached unsifted all purpose flour

Bring water to a boil, pour over butter, sugar and salt, stir until butter melted. Cool to 115 degrees (lukewarm.) Stir yeast in gently. Add beaten eggs, stir. Add flour two cups at a time, mix after each addition. Cover and let rise about an hour. Roll out dough, about a third at a time, on floured surface. Cut into small rectangles, or other desired shape, dip in melted butter, and place in buttered pan to rise about an hour. Bake at 350 for 15 - 25 minutes.

[I got the rope]

6 hours on 325 F

[AmericanMade1776]

This is one of the most special Holidays of the year for me, it is the day of the year my Husband cooks. He always takes care of the Big Bird for me, and he stuffs the Turkey, with herb dressing , onions, celery, salt pepper, and sutures the turkey with the skill of a neurosurgeon.

Side dishes already prepared..Sweet potato casserole, Jellomold with pineapple, and madarian oranges, cranberry sauce, Pumpkin pie.

Later I will take care of the peas and rolls and make a fresh pot of Coffee.

However Next year..i might consider the Swanson Turkey dinner..recommended by WhirlwindAttack

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

Yes, that's right -- I couldn't remember if that's what she did, but now that you say that, she did pour the juice from the oysters in with the cream. Thanks!!!

[Popman]

I live in a blue state so I'm going sit in the dark balled up like a weeping child and not celebrate Thanksgiving.

John Kerry had the election stolen from him and the smart American people who did vote for Kerry should stage a symbolic protest by not eating.

When mass starvation occurs across the blue states we can point the finger at the simple minded, ignorant Rovian robots who selected Chimpy to another four years and blame them.

THEN MAYBE SOMEONE WILL LISTEN

(Please ignore previous post. Suffering from "Bush Derangement Syndrome")

Enjoy your Thanksgiving

[geege]

Hey no problem...that's what us chef's are for:-)

[senorita]

Awesome Yams

2 large cans Yams (mashed up)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup coconut
2 sticks margarine (melted)
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla
Bake for 20 minutes at 350. (covered)
Then add topping
Topping:

1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup melted margarine

Mix up topping and sprinkle onto the yams.
Bake for 30 minutes more (uncovered).

Then get ready for some compliments!! These are absolutely delicious. Also saw a similar recipe on Emeril the other day. (But he spiked his yams with some Bourban Whiskey) Bet its good too!!

[The Red Zone]

Where is the refrigerator involved?

[cajun-jack]

go here www.jfolse.com he is a famous cajun chef and has a great search engine on his site for free receipes for almost everything imaginable..........cause we eat almost everything imaginable!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all....May GOD bless you and yours.

[senorita]

MMMMM....
Gravy is the best food group!!!

[bad company]

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup butter, melted
1/2 (16 ounce) package saltine crackers, crushed
2 (8 ounce) cans oysters
1 1/2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
2 (14.75 ounce) cans cream-style corn

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DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch casserole dish. Drain the oysters, reserving juice.
In a small mixing bowl combine margarine and crushed saltine crackers. Cut the oysters into small pieces, set aside. In a small mixing bowl combine cream, oyster juice and Worcestershire sauce.
Spread one can of corn onto the bottom of the casserole dish. Layer 1/2 of the oysters over the corn, 1/2 of the cracker mixture. Repeat layering with remaining ingredients. Pour the oyster juice mixture over the top of the entire casserole. Cover the casserole dish with aluminum foil.
Bake casserole for 20 minutes. Remove foil and bake an additional 30 minutes

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This might be it, thanks.

[GRRRRR]

Make stuffing, any recipe you like except sausage.

Get at least two of those flat cans of smoked oysters, open & drain.
Lightly chop, in halves, the oysters and mix into stuffing.

Put into casserole dish and bake for a little while 325F or so, until top is crusty brown.

Yum...

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

It's possible to store this dough in the fridge for up to a week, covered, and use it as your need it. (I never do this, so I gave directions as if they are made and used the same day -- which is what I need to go do!)

I'm also making a "painkiller cake" named after a drink, The Painkiller.

[alloysteel]

Start with chopped cole slaw (carrots, red cabbage, green cabbage), for dressing use Thousand Island and cottage cheese, add bacon bits, roasted sunflower kernels, shredded cheese, and minced garlic, add two eggs (poached or hard-boiled), well mashed, and stir in. Vitamins, protein, fiber, color and flavor. Might not even get to the turkey and stuffing.

[bad company]

Oh man that sounds good.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

If you're a chef, I have SO many questions, (how do you make creamy risotto (sp?) -- but I've got to hit the kitchen now, or I'll be late!

[cloud8]

No turkey. We are having our 10th annual Lobster Festival, in two installments, actually. Barbeque shrimp today, lobster and chowder Saturday while no. 1 son is on leave from the Navy (he has to work through Friday).

[Gingersnap]

"Where is the refrigerator involved?"

All these recipes (rolls, cookies, etc.) are called "refrigerator" either because they have sit in the refrigerator to stiffen up or because you CAN leave them in the refrigerator for several days.

It's not a law, though. Roll-wise, we still have a certain amount of freedom.

[woofer]

Ahhhh, Jell-O casserole. Mmmm-mmm. Green with celery chunks. My all time "pass along", non-favorite dish. But I would partake of the Cherry Jell-O with Cool Whip and mini marshmallows.

And there must be raisins in my dressing!