thanks
So, in following a trend across the blogoverse (wow, I can't believe I just said blogoverse), a list of things I am thankful for:
- Good friends and my family and their love and support
- the fact that after a half-day tomorrow I get to go to my favorite vacation city, Las Vegas.
- this blog and how is has helped me express myself more.
- new friends I've made (you know who you are)
- old friends I've kept (you definitely should know who you are)
- the roof over my head
That's it for now, if I think of more I'll add them on. These seem pretty generic and not"this year" specific. I should be thankful for all of these things everyday and every year not just today and this year. So to all my friends and family, if I haven't said it often or enough, I love you all and thanks for putting up with me.
Now here's what you've all been waiting for, Thanksgiving Dinner:
The Turducken: Bought frozen from Andronicos's. I roasted it for about 3.5 hours covered over large mirepoix. I then put in a probe thermometer and roasted it uncover to an internal temp of 160 deg. Farenheit. It was pretty good. A little dry, but then again, it is turkey. Note the holes on the left and right side my the base of the legs. The turducken split there and spilled stuffing.
The Sides (in order: left to right, top to bottom)
Stuffin' Muffins: Got the idea from Rachael Ray. Baked the stuffing in muffin cups so there were "individual" cups of stuffing. Makes for more crispy "edges" for everyone.
Creamed Spinach: Followed recipe and got very little cream to spinach ratio. Next time will double "cream" quantity. Otherwise it was tasty.
Corn Pudding: Hard to explain. close to spoon bread, looser than cornbread, described as being similar to the tomalito you get with your meal at Chevy's. Best explanation is that it's like a savory/sweet corn "flan." Easy as heck. Just measured out all ingredients in food processor, processed until almost smooth and poured into buttered dish to bake. Many requests for repeats, will do again.
Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes: Good recipe. Probably should have made a paste out of the roasted garlic cloves instead of just mixing in whole. Would probably do again.
Well, I hope your Thanksgiving was as good if not better than mine. Now off to that packing I've been procrastinating about...
- Good friends and my family and their love and support
- the fact that after a half-day tomorrow I get to go to my favorite vacation city, Las Vegas.
- this blog and how is has helped me express myself more.
- new friends I've made (you know who you are)
- old friends I've kept (you definitely should know who you are)
- the roof over my head
That's it for now, if I think of more I'll add them on. These seem pretty generic and not"this year" specific. I should be thankful for all of these things everyday and every year not just today and this year. So to all my friends and family, if I haven't said it often or enough, I love you all and thanks for putting up with me.
Now here's what you've all been waiting for, Thanksgiving Dinner:
The Turducken: Bought frozen from Andronicos's. I roasted it for about 3.5 hours covered over large mirepoix. I then put in a probe thermometer and roasted it uncover to an internal temp of 160 deg. Farenheit. It was pretty good. A little dry, but then again, it is turkey. Note the holes on the left and right side my the base of the legs. The turducken split there and spilled stuffing.
The Sides (in order: left to right, top to bottom)
Stuffin' Muffins: Got the idea from Rachael Ray. Baked the stuffing in muffin cups so there were "individual" cups of stuffing. Makes for more crispy "edges" for everyone.
Creamed Spinach: Followed recipe and got very little cream to spinach ratio. Next time will double "cream" quantity. Otherwise it was tasty.
Corn Pudding: Hard to explain. close to spoon bread, looser than cornbread, described as being similar to the tomalito you get with your meal at Chevy's. Best explanation is that it's like a savory/sweet corn "flan." Easy as heck. Just measured out all ingredients in food processor, processed until almost smooth and poured into buttered dish to bake. Many requests for repeats, will do again.
Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes: Good recipe. Probably should have made a paste out of the roasted garlic cloves instead of just mixing in whole. Would probably do again.
Well, I hope your Thanksgiving was as good if not better than mine. Now off to that packing I've been procrastinating about...
posted by Sherman @ 8:55 PM
2 Comments:
At November 26, 2005 12:51 PM,
Anonymous said…
Happy post-Thanksgiving! I'm still recovering from the food-fest we had at our Los Angeles apartment. We baked a 12 pound turkey which turned out very moist and tender due to Brett's turkey baking skills (and constant basting). I would love to get a copy of your corn pudding recipe--it looks yummy!
Dorothy
At November 27, 2005 10:51 AM,
rekkidbraka said…
OK, next Thanksgiving I'm eating at YOUR place, Sherman. Seriously. It's all I can do not to lick the PowerBook screen right now, which just sounds wrong six ways to Sunday. :-)
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