Posted on 11/23/2017 11:44:29 AM PST by usconservative
Ok, what's everyone making today? Besides Turkey, I'm making:
Spiral Cut Smoked Ham
Sweet Potato Casserole
Real Mashed Potato's
Meat Stuffing in the Turkey
Apple Pie (baked yesterday)
Pumpkin Pie (baked yesterday)
Green Beans Almondine
Crescent Rolls
Salad
Cranberry Sauce
I’ve decided to join you and yours ... Yum Yum
Brown Butter Bourbon Pecan Pie with Homemade Bourbon flavored whipped cream. Eating at the VFW.
I’ve got plenty, c’mon over! (Yes, I’m the cook)
Definitely want a piece of that! Love good pecan pie and that sounds awesome.
Yipee!!! An invitation and Thank You !!!
Chucks Chowdah
1 medium acorn squash
1/2 cup navy beans (Dry)*
1 can corn, drained or 1 cup cooked corn kernels
2 medium red potatoes, cubed
6.5 oz (1 can) smoked wild Alaska Sockeye from Tonka Seafoods
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
14 oz (1 can) sweetened condensed milk
1 cup milk
1cup water
1tbsp dill weed
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
Sort and wash the beans and put them in the pressure cooker with enough water to cover with about half an inch. Seal and bring to pressure then remove from heat and set aside. Release pressure, drain and rinse the beans and return the beans to the pressure cooker.
*I didn’t measure after they were cooked but it’s about 1 to 1.5 cups cooked beans.
Poke some holes in the squash and bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until tender. Cut in half and let cool enough to handle then scoop out the seeds and discard. Scoop out the meat. You should have about two cups of squash. Discard the skin.
NOTE: Alternatively, you can peel and cut the raw squash up into cubes with a (Very) sharp knife and add them to the pressure cooker without pre-cooking. If you don’t have a nice big SHARP chefs knife, play it safe and pre-cook the squash in the oven.
(Canned squash and canned white beans would speed things up and might work almost as well.)
Add the other ingredients and stir together. Seal and bring to pressure. Reduce heat to lowest setting. Cook for 40 minutes and remove from heat. Makes a nice thick chowder. Add water if it’s too thick for you
I usually refine the recipe over three or four (At least) batches but this came out so good on the first try I thought I’d share it. Great comfort food! Next time I’ll try some optional ingredients: chopped onion, garlic, green pepper, celery - but this first batch came out really, really good.
No time to eat!
Gotta send $100 to every politician who thinks Thanksgiving is a good time to catch conservatives at home, in search of their e-mail panhandling.
Nothing better than warm bread, butter and strawberry preserves.
Sounds interesting! I’m not sure, I think I saw one of Tonka Seafood’s canneries when I visited your fine state back in 2012. Loved it so much I’m coming back Summer 2018.
Got a place waiting at the table for you and one of them warm loaves of bread .... :-)
I am not cooking anything because my wife is in Canada visiting relatives. So me and my daughter have reservations for Blackhawk. Blackhawk is an expensive place which has fancy desserts and all sorts of drinks and juices. But me and my daughter will have a breakfast now, but we are going out for that as well since I do not really cook and like I said my wife isn’t home but a thousand miles away. I am sort of sad.
(continued) ... actually, are there any breakfast places open? On this holiday? Probably not. I guess our breakfast will be puri bread and tea. Hmmm...
Well, have a happy Thanksgiving. I will be looking for something that is open for me and my daughter. Wish I was in Canada with my wife, but my daughter is a University student so I had to stay home to take care of her because she is also off for the holiday today but she couldn’t go to Canada.
Hmmmm... wish me luck.
I’m alone. Pasta with clams in an olive/oil garlic base, accompanied by a bottle of pinot grigio.
My brother lives near there and we went there together earlier this year. Have fun.
My two sons are here with me, the roasters are going, the turkey and ham are cooking and I'm looking forward to spending time with them today.
This is our second Thanksgiving as a broken family, this one is considerably better than the last one and for that, I am so very, very thankful. :-)
I hope you have a wonderful time with your daughter!
We’re having our family dinner on Sunday because my wife works retail. We are keeping it simple so, we’ll be having:
Cured ham homegrown by us,
Mashed potatoes,
Green Bean & Bacon Casserole,
That Fruit Salad Thing,
Stuffing,
3 layer Pumpkin Spice Cake w/ cream cheese frosting,
Pumpkin, Apple and Pecan Pies
You are not alone, class of ‘97. (’98 here....) I’m there with you in spirit and we are here together on this thread. You have a place at my table too.
Save me a piece! LOL!! Sounds fantastic
Oh yeah, very nice!
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