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Posted on 11/17/2016 4:35:04 PM PST by Jamestown1630

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1 posted on 11/17/2016 4:35:04 PM PST by Jamestown1630
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To: 2nd amendment mama; 4everontheRight; ADemocratNoMore; afraidfortherepublic; Aliska; Andy'smom; ...

This week: Appetizers (including make-ahead ones), and Turkey!

(If you would like to be on or off of this weekly cooking thread ping-list, please send a private message.)

Happy Thanksgiving!

-JT


2 posted on 11/17/2016 4:37:16 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

Trying to add some interesting stuff to the family dinner other than traditional - ideas?


3 posted on 11/17/2016 4:39:48 PM PST by SkyDancer (Ambtion Without Talent Is Sad - Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
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Yes! Hot Curried Fruit! There are many versions, with different kinds of fruit, but here is Paula Deen’s:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/hot-curried-fruit-recipe.html


4 posted on 11/17/2016 4:42:32 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

We have been dry brining our bird for at last the last 15 years. Besides the salt hubby takes fresh poultry herbs and chops them up and mixes in with the salt. Probably have the same LA times recipe. We also get a fresh bird from a local turkey farm.


5 posted on 11/17/2016 4:48:46 PM PST by MomwithHope (Missing you /johnny (JRandomFreeper). THE LIBERAL BUBBLE HAS BURST!!!)
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To: Jamestown1630

PS- I’ve been hooked on the Almazan cooking videos. I just might try the pumpkin dessert one, just do it in the oven.


6 posted on 11/17/2016 4:50:26 PM PST by MomwithHope (Missing you /johnny (JRandomFreeper). THE LIBERAL BUBBLE HAS BURST!!!)
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To: MomwithHope

We’re probably going to get a ‘turkeycicle’, as usual; but this is really the best method we’ve found for Turkey. (We wet-brined many times, and those turkeys were good; but not like the dry-brined one.)


7 posted on 11/17/2016 4:51:09 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: MomwithHope

The Almazan videos are wonderful. I so envy the environment that he appears to live in - and I love Mr. Ramsay ;-)


8 posted on 11/17/2016 4:53:26 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

These are very quick & easy Cheese Crisps...using rice crispy cereal...

Cheese Crisps
Yield: 2 dozen
Ingredients:
7 tbsp butter, at room temperature
8 oz gruyere or cheddar cheese, shredded
3.5 oz all purpose flour (about 2/3 cup)
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup crispy rice cereal
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Beat together the butter and cheese until combined. Add the flour, cayenne, and salt and beat until you get a crumbly dough. Add the rice cereal and beat briefly just to combine (don’t overbeat or you might break up the rice crisps).
Use a disher to portion out 1 tbsp amounts of dough, and place onto a sheet pan (it will look like a pile of rubble). Use a fork to hash and compact it down. Bake for about 15 minutes, until lightly browned. Let them cool, and enjoy!


9 posted on 11/17/2016 4:54:30 PM PST by Twotone (Truth is hate to those who hate truth.)
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To: Jamestown1630

We’ve never tried the wet version. The dry is just so good, meat is so moist and you barely have to chew it, it is so tender. The turkey farm birds are not organic but natural. We’re picking it up Saturday. The Monday of Thanksgiving week they’ll have a long line out the door and they always give a free turkey to the 1000th customer.


10 posted on 11/17/2016 4:54:55 PM PST by MomwithHope (Missing you /johnny (JRandomFreeper). THE LIBERAL BUBBLE HAS BURST!!!)
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To: Jamestown1630

That is a European eagle owl. And a young one. What a nice pet! Plus he is beautiful.


11 posted on 11/17/2016 4:57:12 PM PST by MomwithHope (Missing you /johnny (JRandomFreeper). THE LIBERAL BUBBLE HAS BURST!!!)
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To: StarFan

bookmark


12 posted on 11/17/2016 5:01:42 PM PST by StarFan
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To: Twotone

That’s very clever. Do you tamp them down so they come out sort of like crackers, or wafers?


13 posted on 11/17/2016 5:06:03 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

These are also great finger food & easy to modify...

Roll-Ups

Cranberry & Feta, Onion & cheese, Blue cheese and nuts, and cream cheese and lox. All use flour tortillas. Burrito size are quicker and make bigger rolls, but any size will do.

Cranberry & Feta:
8oz cream cheese (room temperature)
4-6oz crumbled feta (room temp)
6oz bag dried cranberries(chopped)
Cream the cheeses in a mixer or food processor and mix in cranberries. spread on tortillas and roll tight. wrap in saran and refrigerate or freeze (will keep for 3 months in freezer.) 15 minutes before serving unwrap and slice.

Blue Cheese & nuts
8oz cream cheese (room temp)
4oz crumbled blue cheese (room temp)
4 oz chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans)
Chopped apple (optional)
Same as above

Cream Cheese & Lox
8oz cream cheese (room temp)
3-4tbs sour cream
3-4oz smoked salmon/lox (chopped)
1-2 TBS of capers (drained & chopped if large)
chopped scallion(optional)
1-2tsp lemon juice
Same as above

Cheese and onion
3 large onions - chopped
1 stick butter
8oz cream cheese - cut in pieces
6-8oz shredded swiss cheese
Put onions and butter in frying pan and saute for about 20 minutes until they are limp, but not burned. Stir in cheeses until melted. Spread on tortillas and roll tightly. Wrap in saran and refrigerate overnight.

To serve: Preheat oven to 375. Grease baking sheet. Cut rolls into 1 inch slices. Place upright on baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes or until lightly browned.

Ham Roll Up
diced ham (use either leftover cooked ham or luncheon slices)
diced onions
cream cheese, room temperature
flour tortillas
Stir first three ingredients together. Spread onto tortillas and roll up. Refrigerate. Slice into pinwheels.


14 posted on 11/17/2016 5:08:53 PM PST by Twotone (Truth is hate to those who hate truth.)
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To: Jamestown1630

The recipe says tamp them down, so they look more like a cracker. I don’t think I’ve tried leaving them more round, but I would think it would be about the same.


15 posted on 11/17/2016 5:11:42 PM PST by Twotone (Truth is hate to those who hate truth.)
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To: MomwithHope

In some European countries you can keep an owl. But not in the US, and that’s probably a good idea. They’re difficult birds to keep properly.


16 posted on 11/17/2016 5:12:16 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: StarFan

me too bkmk


17 posted on 11/17/2016 5:17:25 PM PST by smartymarty (How a mountain girl can love.)
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To: Twotone

Those look great, especially the Cranberry and Feta; and nice that you can freeze them.


18 posted on 11/17/2016 5:17:45 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

That dry-brining idea comes from the Zuni Café——so it has to be delicious.

I have several of Zuni’s recipes........each one a gem.


19 posted on 11/17/2016 5:21:12 PM PST by Liz (Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: All
For an exceptional wine offering try Chateau Montelena---
California wine actually beat French wines in a Paris-based tasting.

Chateau Montelena's Napa winery


20 posted on 11/17/2016 5:31:13 PM PST by Liz (Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other. Benjamin Franklin)
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