Boy, time flies between postings! How about an open thread for Thanksgiving through the weekend?
We’ve had Tieki Rae home since the 21st and will be taking her back to the airport on the 30th. It is the first Thanksgiving since 2004 that she’s actually been home. Thanksgiving of 2005, we flew her to Denver and spent the holiday together, but it is nice just to all be together at home in Wyoming.
What’s on everyone’s Thanksgiving Dinner menus? Tieki and I have been trying new recipes all week. She actually made the entire week’s menu and grocery list. I’m wondering why I didn’t utilize this obvious gift of hers while we still had her at home in high school? Oh well, better late than never. :) So far this week we have had:
- Sunday: Mushroom Pie — very tasty, though rich. Puff pastry really needs to be limited to the holidays.
- Monday: We went German with some Kaputza. Delicious! Especially if you are a fan of German Cuisine. We served it with potato cakes.
- Tuesday: We picked Ted up after work and went to see Bolt. Cutest movie I’ve seen in a while. Back on topic … prior to picking Ted up, we fixed a Ham and Asparagus Strata and stuck it in the oven and programmed the oven to start baking it at 6:00 pm so it was ready and waiting when we came home from the movie. Loved it!
Wednesday: It’s time for leftovers along with some Spinach and Cheese Swirls: Uh oh, I think puffed pastry is involved in this recipe.
And the big day … Thanksgiving: Prime rib, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, sweet potato salad, 
strawberry pretzel dessert and a pumpkin roll with crunchy peanut butter cream.
So, share about your week and menu! It’ll be fun.
UPDATE: The Sweet Potato Salad is kind of nasty. Well, it’s actually gross. I would not recommend that dish and cannot understand how it could possibly be a blue ribbon recipe. Strange. In the recipe’s defense, it might have been edible without the ginger, but I followed the recipe exactly, and it got a solid thumbsdown.
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We normally do the turkey thing, but we’re having fondue for Thanksgiving this year.
Blessings to you and your family!
Hi Neil!
That sounds fun.
The full fondue spread? Please describe. 
Many times we do the turkey thing too. However, because of Governor Sarah Palin, we now know these poor birds must be executed in order for us to enjoy them for Thanksgiving dinner. Prior to that, we assumed they were born in a plastic bag with a pop up timer. Who knows? Maybe we will be over it by Christmas and once again enjoy a turkey feast.
That Kaputza sounds fabulous. I love sauerkraut, but I think I’d substitute a beef roast for the pork in here, I think I’d prefer it’s flavor. Also, I’d cut the sausage in half possibly.
This will be my first Thanksgiving married, and so I’m benefiting from several of my wife’s specialities: homemade cranberry sauce, broccoli casserole, and pumpkin pie I need to go buy the pumpkin for right now (yes, not Libby’s from the can, real pumpkin).
I’m pretty sure I’m in for some treat.
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It’s 3 in the morning and I’m just starting the smoking of a 15 lb bird. Once you smoke a turkey, you’ll never eat it another way.
Although… looking at that rib roast is making me second guess our entree decision. Mmmmm.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Hi Matthew,
Happy Thanksgiving and congratulations on your first married Thanksgiving!
We loved the Kaputza and your changes sound great too.
Fresh pumpkin is where it’s at! We’re not fixing any pumpkin pie today, but if we were, it would only be made with fresh and not Libbys.
Our pumpkin roll that Tieki made last night looks delicious, and we used canned for it. That thing was an adventure in itself, but she pulled it off. 
Hi Kevin and Happy Thanksgiving! Yummm …. I love smoked turkey. Not saying it compares with prime rib, but it is yummy! What else are you having down in the Bayou?
The problem with a standing rib roast is this: I love to cook (wife does not), but I make mistakes often. Sometimes it’s a masterpiece, other times, it’s dry or burnt. And if you burn prime rib, that’s $80-$100 worth of cow down the tube. I’m WAY too cheap to risk that :).
Hope yours was a great success!
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Kevin,
I was the same way for years regarding the rib roast. However, with a meat thermometer, you cannot fail. Also, many times you can get it on sale for $5 - $6 per pound. The one we had yesterday was on sale for $4.99 per pound and cost about $39, but with our local grocery store, we had a filled turkey card which we could have gotten a free turkey with or $15 off a ham or prime rib. We of course went with the latter. So, that roast yesterday was about $25 and we have plenty of leftovers for the weekend. We seldom, if ever go out to eat steak anymore because it is just less expensive to fix our own, and it’s always cooked the way we like.
Update:
The shopping trip for a pie pumpkin was a bust: all out.
And so we had Libby’s pie anyway.
My wife’s Pecan Pie was delicious, the Broccoli Casserole was such that it tasted deadly it was so good, the fresh Cranberry Sauce was so amazing I rethought my long-time love affair with cranberry jelly from the can.
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