So, whats for THANKSGIVING dinner?

We will have the traditional thanksgiving dinner...nothing new and exciting in our family.

ladybug

Traditional dinner for us. Turkey, mashed potatos, stuffing,gravy and veggies. Of course a bunch of different desserts.It is my favorite holiday!!!!

I am hosting about 8 people with the following:

Turkey-1 baked and 1 deep fried
Ham with my special homemade glaze
Mashed Potato
Homemade gravy
Stuffing
Green Bean casserole
Macaroni and Cheese
Broccoli, cheese, rice "hot dish" recipe from my mid-western grandmother
Corn
Rolls

Caramel Apple Pie
Banana Foster Bread Pudding
Pumpkin Pie

What time is dinner? I will be there.

We're traveling with Interstate 10 closed cuz of a well blow-out! SIGHS! Gonna be a long trip but we're having fried turkey, turducken, shrimp dressing, all the traditional veggies and like kash, loads of desserts!
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Ang

We are traveling to the inlaws for a huge Thanksgiving dinner. I know there will be 3 turkeys, I provided 2 and my sister in law provided 1.

I ordered a Turducken from cajungrocer website one year....excellent!

I know that guy that owns cajungrocer! Real nice fellow! And YES turducken is excellent.
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Ang
Btw... what do u fry ur turkey in??

When ever I see Paula Dean cook a turduken my mouth starts to water. It looks so good. I never tasted one. Are they as good as they look?

They're actually better than they look! lol Really, they really are the BEST!
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Ang

They are so tasty...rich duck, tender turkey and chicken then the stuffing that is in it good too.

Didnt get to order one in time this year so doing the deep-fried instead with cajun seasoning injected into it.

Can u guys buy Cajun Injector there? Also what do u fry it in? (what kinda oil?)
Just curious,
Ang

Got the injector kit with cajun seasoning and frying, Peanut oil. Got a huge jug of it today portioned for the fryer.

So u can get teh injector there in CA?? That's way cool!
:D
Way back we used to fry turkey's in hog lard! :shock: Now we also use peanut oil.
Ang

Hog lard..wow! Got the injector and seasoning today at WalMart...$2.95! :D

Good ol Wally world eh? Where else can u buy cajun injector and boudreaux's butt paste all in one shopping trip? :lol:
ha ha
Ang

Being a great fan of Anthony Bourdain, I'll be having raw turkey liver salad, and Icelandic shark meat pickled in lye for a year (one of the only things I've seen him gag on). Just kidding, I will be at home and my dinner traditional.

All that sounds so good....I have not yet decided on what will be for dinner on Turkey Day....it depends on where we are eating out at :D

Hey Roxy..you going to eat out at a restaurant? we did that before and kind of nice to not have to cook...but then I missed the leftovers :(

We did Disneyland for thanksgiving one year and that was fun...didnt even have turkey though.

Hubby has to work and there will only be three of us..so it seemed better to eat out...besides my last foray into cooking Thanksgiving dinner was disaserous..to say the least. We have done Disney for Thanksgiving and we have done Christmas several times. It is a blast...we had turkey legs off one of the many kiosks.

The turkey legs at Disney are great ,ant time of the year. Every year when we go in January, I have to have my turkey leg from the stand in Frontier land.. It just isn't Disney without it.
Back to Thanksgiving I don't want to hijack the thread

No hijacking at all....turkey legs at Disney is a fun thanksgiving tradition but then again you are right, they sure are tasty all year round!

Still want to taste a turduken.Not sure if they have hit NY yet.

I googled turducken...becuase I have never heard of this before....It looks really good. I would have to order one. I can't cook a turkey let alone one stuffed with a duck and a chicken and everything else. Do they do them on Christmas?

Yes Rox, they do have them here pretty much year round... But they're big hits for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
And they are out of this world!
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Ang

Anyone have a mail order address for this. My dialing finger is at the ready!!

Here's a place very close to me cajunstuff.com/store/default.php/cPath/1 And there's always cajungrocer... Also, Kash, u have to cook these for a very very very long time! just thought i'd add that in... i'd say about 8 hours or so!
Ang

I have ordered mine from cajungrocer.com with lots of luck and good results.

Thanks. I will check it out. I really want to taste one>

this is my year to host the thankgiving dinner and my parents,sister and brothers, my children and grandchildren and niece and nephews will be here and probably my first husband will be here.(while we were married, we could not get along, but have been best friends after we divorced. we can talk about everything now even the problems we are having with our mates. when his fiance died, i attended the funeral to support him) oh yeah, my live-in bf will be here also. now my menu will consist of:
fried turkey(2)
dressing
ham
turnip and mustard greens
green beans (fresh)
homemade mac & cheese
potato salad
candied yams
fried corn
homemade rolls
colonial chess pies
sweet potato pies (don't like the aftertaste of pumpkin)
homemade apple cake
do you think i have enough?

Fried corn?? I've never had that. Can u tell me what it is plz??
Thanks,
Ang

fried corn is where you mix fresh corn with a little water, flour and seasonings and you pour it in a hot skillet with some oil. it is so good!

:shock: Now that sounds SO yummy granny!
I'm coming over just for the fried corn!
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Ang

Paula Deen did fried corn on her show....did it in bacon drippings...its looks really really good!

Wow Granny, that is quite a spread! :D

yep, paula dean makes it just like i do and it really is delicious. love watching her cook. she cooks real southern foods.

You've got a nice southern table going on Granny! I love seeing the different regional foods that people serve on thanksgiving.

oh, i forgot the devil eggs.

I am having 15 people over and doing ALL of the cooking! :(

volleyballmom - have to say I LOVE your avatar today...gotta love Jack!

My sister is hosting T'giving dinner for us, so we are headed to her house that evening around 6pm. Different for us, because we normally eat around noonish that day. Not sure what we'll do with the rest of the day, since they live in the country, and we've been banned from pulling in the driveway before 6:00 and disturbing their deer hunting! :roll:

I know we're doing all the traditional turkey, dressing, pies, veggies, etc. I'm making homemade apple dumplings.

i will do all the cooking, except the fried turkeys. a friend of my nephew does it and the turkey are so good and moist. we have them every year and nothing is left but the bones. :D

suebee-I am a huge Jack fan myself. I am glad to hear that I am not the only one who normally eats early on Thanksgiving :D ....we are eating around 1:00pm which is normal for us and one of our guests thought that was too early.

Thr turkey frying does take some finesse and need to have safety gear close by!

i know, don't want to burn my house down. when i watch the allstate commercial i wonder if they are talking to me. (i am insured through allstate)

We also have Allstate and we chuckle when we see that commercial.

We will have a fire extinguisher rated for grease fires nearby. The scariest part is when you place the turkey into the oil, grease spouts up through the cavity middle of the turkey. Most people dunk it in and get grease all over which causes the fire, but you have to slowly lower it in there. A DRY turkey helps too! :wink:

not taking any chances, gonna let someone deal with it who knows what they are doing.

It is just the two of us this year so it is going to be toned down and very traditional. The usual roast stuffed turkey, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, some kind of vegetable dish to be determined. I think I heard my wife say she was making cranberry upside down cake.

cranberry upside down cake sound good to me. since it's just the two of you, why don't you put candles on the table and eat by candlelight. very romantic.

Yum!! Turducken in wonderful..And I don't even like duck. When John Madden used to commentate the annual Lions game every Thanksgiving afternoon, he would always cook turducken, and the MVP(s) of the winning team got to eat it. Now that he doesn't do the game anymore they just have a regular turkey. We can get it here in Meijer..It sells for about $60. Worth it.

We will have a traditional dinner..Plus some of our specialties..
Oyster stuffing
7-layer salad
cukes, sour cream, onions
baked brie (my fancy sister-in-law does that one)
oatmeal pie

What is 7 layer salad?
Baked Brie is great with honey mustard. That how we eat it.

Kash, 7-layer salad is one of my favorite things in the world..It is lettuce, onions, peas, cheese, mayo, bacon, and eggs! You make it and let it sit in the fridge overnight..The peas are frozen..This is the only way I can tolerate peas. It is so good!!

Each is its own layer.? Not tossed like a salad?