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Turkey Day Recipes

Mumbles

Mumbles

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Warriors,

We are a few days out from America's favorite gastronomic holiday and I am having a few buddies over. I fancy myself a pretty accomplished gourmand, but I was wondering if everyone who felt inclined would like to submit their favorite Thanksgiving fare.
 
LazersGoPEWPEW

LazersGoPEWPEW

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I don't reveal my recipes but I will reveal my ideas. :D

If you're tired of the typical Thanksgiving foods like turkey, ham, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and other things that many of you will actually never grow tired of I encourage you to try what I have done.

For the last few years I've switched up Thanksgiving from tradition to something new. It's still a feast but a different type.

A few years ago me and my mother got together and we cooked up a bunch of shrimp and blackened some grouper as well as making some squash and dirty rice. We also had grilled corn and and we ended the meal with key lime pie instead of the traditional pumpkin or pecan.

This year I plan on having a big sushi feast with other things that I haven't decided on yet.
 
MIDNJAC

MIDNJAC

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OUSOONER

OUSOONER

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We're having fried turkey too..over at the SOONER house...way better than the bland traditional turkey. "Oh no, a nudder heart attaaaaack".
 
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Blutonski816

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C420sailor said:
I've heard that deep frying a turkey instead of the ol' 8 hour baking tastes AWESOME. Can't vouch for it personally, but based on my extensive experience as a fat ass, frying makes just about anything taste good.
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There is much truth in what you speak...


Seriously, though... Deep Fried turkey is most awesome...

I do have a most excellent stuffing recipie somwhere stashed away (I haven't cooked for Thanksgiving since I started college)... but it involves pistachios, corn and raisins (aside from the regular stuffing ingredients)....
 
Mumbles

Mumbles

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I had an FE that had spent Thanksgiving eve drinking all night. He and his buddies thought it would be good to get a head start on the deep frying of a 20+ lb bird at 0500They dipped a giant frozen turkey into 400 degree oil...(note: deep fryer was on AM2's wooden deck) Thank God nobody was killed or maimed, but one of them freaked out from the volcanic eruption of frozen turkey and hot flaming oil and kicked the fryer on its side and they napalmed his yard. The best part of the story was that they salvaged the turkey by wiping it off and putting it in the oven.
 
nzachman

nzachman

Yeah, well. The Dude abides.
We kind of did the same thing Lazers did one Thanksgiving. It was only my parents and I a few years back and didn't want turkey so we got King Crab Legs. It is definitely not an idea to feed 20 people, but if you only have a few people or an appetizer plate, kcl are a great way to go.
 
nzachman

nzachman

Yeah, well. The Dude abides.
Another thought...

My family also made sweet potato casserole like what they have at Boston Market last year. I'm not sure of the exact recipe (not much of a cook) but I googled it and came up with this.

A sweet potato casserole recipe, made with mashed sweet potatoes and a crunchy pecan topping. Scroll down to see more sweet potato recipes. Ingredients:


  • 3 cups mashed sweet potatoes
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup melted butter
  • .
  • Topping:
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • 1/3 cup melted butter
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
Preparation:

Combine first 6 ingredients. Pour into a buttered 1 1/2 to 2-quart casserole dish. Mix remaining ingredients together and sprinkle over top. Bake at 350° for 30 to 40 minutes, until hot and browned.
Serves 6 to 8.


This seems very similar to what we had. Maybe add a marshmallow topping towards the end of the baking stage for even better taste. I don't think ours had pecans, but it was loaded with brown sugar.
 
scoolbubba

scoolbubba

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Noted on Mumbles's deep fryer explosion anecdote. Be sure the turkey is thawed before you toss it in the equivalent of liquid hot magma peanut oil. Nothing says thanksgiving like watching the game in the ER with 3rd degree burns on your body.

Usually, behind new years, Thanksgiving is the second biggest drinking holiday of my year, so if i'm capable of holding food down, its a success. My mother used to make a habit of banging the roaster pans extra loudly at 415 in the morning when she would get started, just to twist the knife in my head a little more.
 
MIDNJAC

MIDNJAC

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scoolbubba said:
Usually, behind new years, Thanksgiving is the second biggest drinking holiday of my year, so if i'm capable of holding food down, its a success. My mother used to make a habit of banging the roaster pans extra loudly at 415 in the morning when she would get started, just to twist the knife in my head a little more.
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Yeah, going home for the holiday and meeting up w/ friends the night before has been a good recipe for a bad hangover on T-day for me. As long as we eat after 2 PM its normally all good though, or maybe even better since I'm extra hungry
 
PropAddict

PropAddict

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Fried turkey is awesome. . .the first few dozen times you have it. I swear they all taste the same now, no matter what has been injected into them.

The best T-day birds I've had were smoked. Sure, it takes forever (I started mine at 0400 last year and it was ready about 3), but it comes out awesome. Everyone loves it.

You also don't have 10 gallons of peanut oil to dispose of afterwards.
 
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eddie

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PropAddict said:
Fried turkey is awesome. . .the first few dozen times you have it. I swear they all taste the same now, no matter what has been injected into them.

The best T-day birds I've had were smoked. Sure, it takes forever (I started mine at 0400 last year and it was ready about 3), but it comes out awesome. Everyone loves it.

You also don't have 10 gallons of peanut oil to dispose of afterwards.
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I remember one year we did BOTH! :eek:
 
Redux

Redux

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I do Big Bird every year, NO bird is complete without oyster stuffing, 16 Oz of Chesapeake or Chincoteague oysters mixed in with partially cooked (3/4) sausage, celery, onions, can of cranberry, egg and corn bread makes killer eats!
 
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