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Post by Adam on Nov 28, 2019 19:47:30 GMT
I have a confession. We are not huge turkey fans. It takes a long time to make and, in my opinion, it is pretty dry. I know there are techniques to improve that, but I haven't encountered a bird that doesn't require lots of sauce. Again, only my opinion. In addition, since we moved to Massachusetts 5 years ago, we aren't near extended family so Thanksgiving has always been just the four of us. Our big holiday with family of course is Christmas.
As a result of these two things, we stopped making turkey for Thanksgiving. We usually do something like salmon or porkloin. This year, we decided we are making Piegories. There are few foods that get us as excited as Pierogies.
Anyone else stopped making turkey for Thanksgiving?
I am sure I will get hate mail for starting this thread!!
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Post by ptc on Nov 28, 2019 21:01:26 GMT
No, Adam I am sure you are not alone, but probably in the minority when it comes to Thanksgiving and turkey.
We are about ready to serve our turkey, and Elizabeth makes sure it is moist. Besides, our faithful companions love turkey, actually more than steak.
So, count us in with the traditional Thanksgiving dinner crowd.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2019 21:03:27 GMT
Adam, I ate my annual turkey today at Paula’s brother’s house.
Have you ever had fried turkey? It is fantabulous but requires an effort to do. Best to get 3-4 turkeys and do. Is not dry and we think is excellent. If you can get a fresh killed turkey, it is twice as good.
But we eat there each year so the problem is solved
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Post by Adam on Nov 28, 2019 21:06:14 GMT
We’ve never tried fried. Maybe we will give it a try next year.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2019 21:15:21 GMT
Fried is nothing like the other stuff. I can’t stand Turkey... except fried.
When we have fried one, zero leftovers, another good feature.
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Post by Spice7 on Nov 28, 2019 21:17:06 GMT
We are at my daughter's in laws to have turkey. Since we do not get leftovers, I have to make a turkey on friday. It is once a year then I am turkied out.
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Post by Adam on Nov 28, 2019 21:36:00 GMT
The funny thing is that there is a gaggle of wild turkeys that live up in a tree on our property. We are surrounded by conservation land, basically the forest. I probably could have free wild turkey if I wanted to put the effort into it. A couple of years ago two of them were battling it out on our front lawn. If you have never seen two turkeys fight, it’s an experience! Had to send the dogs out to break it up.
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Post by laz57 on Nov 28, 2019 21:39:07 GMT
We get two, pound and a half turkey breast. I fillet them and do them on the grill then cut up in bite size pieces and put them in crock pot with store bought turkey gravy. Cook for about two hours, em em good. Served with mashed potatoes and stuffing along with cranberry sauce. Then of course pumpkin pie.
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Post by Adam on Nov 28, 2019 21:40:07 GMT
Pumpkin pie is non negotiable.
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Post by ptc on Nov 28, 2019 22:37:44 GMT
Turkey dinner was terrific, one of the best ever. Yum,yum.
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Post by bfi66 on Nov 28, 2019 23:46:57 GMT
We always have Turkey on Thanksgiving......its American as Apple pie....lol! Rumour has it that Benjamin Franklin preferred the noble Turkey over the bald eagle as our national symbol......but it was only a myth.
-Pete
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Post by Traindiesel! on Nov 29, 2019 0:53:25 GMT
Adam, there’s nothing wrong with having other delicacies on Thanksgiving. My grandson is allergic to poultry, so while we had the turkey we made him a steak.
After my grandkids were born we would have thanksgiving at my daughter’s house. The year they were moving we had Thanksgiving at one of our favorite restaurants. They had a really nice turkey dinner planned, but they also had their full menu available. We looked at the menu and we all ended up ordering steaks for dinner!
Today we had a Thanksgiving “lunch” at the memory care facility where my Mother-in-law now resides. We didn’t think it was going to be that good, so we bought a fresh turkey and all the trimmings to make ourselves tomorrow. Well, it turned out to be an outstanding meal! Everything was made from scratch and I couldn’t eat enough of the turkey! So now we’re turkeyed out. All the Thanksgiving goodies we got will have to wait until next weekend, with turkey sandwiches to follow.
Tonight we’ll be having kielbasa for dinner. 
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Post by thebigcrabcake on Nov 29, 2019 4:09:23 GMT
Yes we do! This year's bird: 27 lbs.!  |
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Post by dennym57 on Nov 29, 2019 8:48:30 GMT
I have baked turkey once a year with all the fixings that go with it.
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Post by pebo on Nov 29, 2019 11:20:39 GMT
Since I worked most of the 35 Thanksgivings and one never knew if I was going to make it home, my family started doing bruch on Thanksgiving......2 things were accomplished....if I could join them, I would....and, everyone has what they want/like. Now that I'm off Thanksgiving, we still go to brunch....we go to the Jefferson Hotel in downtown Richmond.....here are a few pictures from yesterday......    Peter |
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