Thanksgiving 2010 - What's on your menu?

Ok, I know it is not even Halloween, but I have been planning my Turkey Day menu and the invitations have gone out.
 
(and besides today my town's utility people put up Christmas lights)
 
CajunKing's 2010 Turkey Day Menu
 
Herb Roasted Turkey
Smoked Turkey
Roasted Garlic & Herb Baked Ham
Smashed Potatoes & Giblet Gravy
Sausage Dressing
Baby Sweet Corn
Green Beans & Mushrooms with Roasted Garlic
Baked Creamed Spinach
Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Onions
Jellied Cranberry Sauce
Cranberry Relish
Devilled Eggs
Homemade Yeast Rolls
 
Desserts
Chocolate Chess Pie
Cherry Pie (Homemade Filling)
Pumpkin Pie Brulee
Cheesecake
3 Berry Crisp

Sounds like a meal I could really enjoy, Don. Keep us posted on the prep schedule, and tell us when to arrive !

Since I'm going to my sisters on the Eastern Shore, nothing smoked on Thanksgiving, a roasted bird, a fried bird, and I think I'll steal the rest of CajunKings menu.

My menu will be just the standard fare at the Waffle House.
 
There you go docupchuck. More fodder for your hate-spew

I'm working, so it'll be (as always) whatever I happen to put together.  Or there's always dinner with the homeless (takes place in the same building and they let us come as long as we make a donation).

Turkey
Sausauge stuffing
Mashed potatoes w/gravy
Spinach bake(recipe courtesy of CajunKing!)
Lima bean casserole
Strawberry jello w/strawberries, walnuts and celery
cran/orange relish
homemade cloverleaf rolls
sweet potato pie
pumpkin pie
mincemeat pie( gotta have it!)
My cousin will be here from N.C., so she is making the sweet potato pie.Bob cant stand traditionally made sweet potatoe, so that will cover that category.I always look forward to cooking Thanksgiving dinner!

annpeeples

Spinach bake(recipe courtesy of CajunKing!) 

 
Is that available somewhere on the site for sharing?  My wife hates green bean casserole and I was thinking of making someting else to replace it this year.

Whether dinner's at my parents' or my in-laws' the meal will be essentially the same:
 
Appetizer tray featuring black olives, cherry peppers, and dill pickles.
Roast turkey with sage & onion stuffing and additional dressing on the side.
Mashed potatoes and gravy.
Green bean casserole.
Packaged dinner rolls.
Probably some cranberry sauce.
Pumpkin pie.
 
The first 5 items are the only ones I eat and are more than enough for me!
 
Brad

hatteras04

annpeeples

Spinach bake(recipe courtesy of CajunKing!) 

Is that available somewhere on the site for sharing?  My wife hates green bean casserole and I was thinking of making someting else to replace it this year.

 
I will send it too you.  It became a staple of my Turkey Day several years bake and everyone seems to like it except for one cousin who complained my whole meal was TOO RICH for her.
 

CajunKing

hatteras04

annpeeples

Spinach bake(recipe courtesy of CajunKing!) 

Is that available somewhere on the site for sharing?  My wife hates green bean casserole and I was thinking of making someting else to replace it this year.

 
I will send it too you.  It became a staple of my Turkey Day several years bake and everyone seems to like it except for one cousin who complained my whole meal was TOO RICH for her.

Thanks!
 
There are certain phrases in the English language that I have never understood.  "Too rich" is at the top of that list.

CajunKing


Ok, I know it is not even Halloween, but I have been planning my Turkey Day menu and the invitations have gone out.

(and besides today my town's utility people put up Christmas lights)

CajunKing's 2010 Turkey Day Menu

Herb Roasted Turkey
Smoked Turkey
Roasted Garlic & Herb Baked Ham
Smashed Potatoes & Giblet Gravy
Sausage Dressing
Baby Sweet Corn
Green Beans & Mushrooms with Roasted Garlic
Baked Creamed Spinach
Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Onions
Jellied Cranberry Sauce
Cranberry Relish
Devilled Eggs
Homemade Yeast Rolls

Desserts
Chocolate Chess Pie
Cherry Pie (Homemade Filling)
Pumpkin Pie Brulee
Cheesecake
3 Berry Crisp

CajunKing, you got a recipe for the green beans?

I haven't thought that far ahead. My family and I don't like turkey very much so it will probably be standing rib roast (beef,)
mashed garlic potatoes, glazed carrots (from the garden,) some kind of dessert, and a bottle of sparkling cider.
 
  We try to invite people from work who don't have any other family around and usually we end up with a houseful.
 
  David O.

Hatteras-the spinach bake is a winner!

Thanksgiving is not an important day for, and I already had mine this month, but I will be eating whatever the prisoners have for thanksgiving.

"Too rich" is in the same category as "left over wine." I've heard it exists but have never personally experienced it.

Stuffed Celery! Blue cheese, pimento cheese, peanut butter. There are 100s of combo stuffing recipes on the net so who know what other stuffing we might come up with?
 
Maybe a Sunday House smoked turkey? I love those.
Joe

I look forward to Thanksgiving day for the parade, football and the food.  I sorta hate Christmas Day as it is sorta depressing.  My daughter does the Thanksgiving thing with way too much food.  A very special day.
 
Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

I have a Turkey Day reservation at the Roadfood-reviewed Strongbow Inn, located in Valparaiso Indiana. Last Thanksgiving was my first time there, and I enjoyed a delicious turkey dinner with all the traditional trimmings. 

annpeeples


Hatteras-the spinach bake is a winner!

 
I now have the recipe and definitely plan on making it this year.  Thanks for the tip!

CajunKing, what a great menu! Just curious, but how large a crowd are you expecting?
I'll be going to my brother's who will have turkey, dressing, rice and gravy, green peas, cauliflower with cheese sauce, sweet potatoes, and his mother-in-law will either make an asparagus casserole, or a hot pineapple and cheese dish.  Last year my niece made roasted root vegetables in place of the sweet potatoes, which I hope she'll do again.  
I ususally bring two choices of desserts, one will be a banana pudding and a private stash of peanut butter cookies for my brother.  I'm leaning towards a lemon doberge cake I would order from the bakery. 

Better Half and I do Turkey 3-4 times a year. Holidays we do other things.
RibEye
Shrimp Stuffed Twice  Baked Potato
Spinach
 

We pretty much do the same menu every year.
Butter and garlic basted turkey
Sometimes a glazed ham
Homemade mashed potatoes and gravy
Herb dressing/stuffing
Squash of some sort
Spinach (with cider vinegar for me!)
Baby onions in cheddar cheese sauce (my favorite)
Green bean casserole
Fresh rolls
Green salad with the works
Apple and cherry pies

BelleReve
 
It really depends on the year, I sent out 28 Invitations, I have 4 RSVP so far.
 
Last year we had 13 for sit down dinner and another 11 stop by for leftovers and dessert.
 
I can sit 18 (2 8ft folding tables)  comfortably in the great room any more and they have to eat in the kitchen or front porch (or collapsed on the couches)
 
Al
 
The door is always open it is only a 95 minutes drive up river.

I tend to stick to our tradtional Thanksgiving dinner and have changed only a few things over the years.  Instead of roasting the whole turkey we now smoke two turkey breasts and also do a spiral sliced ham.  Then there's the mashed potatoes, dressing, gravy, green beans with onions and mushrooms, and corn pudding.  Last year we also did some roasted root vegetables that all really liked.
 
Even though we're down here in the South we're not fans of sweet potatoes or pumpkin so dessert is Italian Cream Cake. 
After all of that the leftover turkey goes to make gumbo and the ham for sandwiches - the hambone goes for a pot of pinto beans. 
It's all good.
 

Michael Hoffman


My menu will be just the standard fare at the Waffle House.

 
If I had a Waffle House closer I wouldn't mind some Burt's Chili for dinner

I still wonder why people like giblet gravy...yuck!

CajunKing

hatteras04

annpeeples

Spinach bake(recipe courtesy of CajunKing!) 

Is that available somewhere on the site for sharing?  My wife hates green bean casserole and I was thinking of making someting else to replace it this year.

I will send it too you.  It became a staple of my Turkey Day several years bake and everyone seems to like it except for one cousin who complained my whole meal was TOO RICH for her.

Can I have the recipe too, please? We love spinach!

I'm having a total knee replacement on the 18th. My 70th Birthday is on the 23rd. I'll either be in the hospital or a rehab center on my Birthday & Thanksgiving. I'll probably get Sterilized turkey, Aseptic mashed potatoes, Disinfected stuffing and Anesthetized green beans!  I'll have my bride sneak in a piece of Pumpkin Pie!

Foodbme
Good luck on the knee replacement, I hope she can sneak you in that pumpkin pie
 
Stricken
 
CajunKing's Spinach Bake
 
1 lb frozen spinach
1 lb small curd cottage cheese
1/4 cup butter
3 large eggs
1 cup sliced mushrooms
3 TBSP ap flour
4-6 oz sharp cheddar grated
1/4 minced onions
salt & pepper to taste
durkee's french fried onion chips
 
mix all (except durkees) ingredients in a bowl combine well
pour into pammed 9x12 baking dish
bake covered in a 350 degree oven for 50
uncover sprinkle durkees over top
bake 10-15 minutes more
remove from oven & let sit 5 minutes
serve
 

Groceries are all bought and the turkey is thawing in the fridge
 
Wednesday is dessert making day