Thanksgiving Dinner

[gemma_rae]

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My favorite thing is mashed potatoes and gravy.

Is it too late to rent a Gravy Fountain?

 

[RoseRed]

Is it too late to rent a Gravy Fountain?
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Does it come with booger fingers?

 

[gemma_rae]

Not cousin jrt!

Well you'll have to be the ham stuffed cousin then.

 

[gemma_rae]

Does it come with booger fingers?

Nope. A ladle, fondue forks, and a taser for anyone who can't follow direction.

 

[RoseRed]

Nope. A ladle, fondue forks, and a taser for anyone who can't follow direction.

Electrifying!

 

[gemma_rae]

Electrifying!

Kids are pretty resilient. The old folks might need the defibrillator.

Hello, this is Gemmie. Can you bring the shockey thing. Thanks!

 

[Gilligan]

 

[Gilligan]

 

[Sneakers]

 

[Kyle]

I'm gonna have to develop a business model for Aluminum and Pewter packages.

 

[Gilligan]

Bar is ready..country ham is on the burner, slow cooking, turkey is in the brine,....we ready.

 

[Sneakers]

Yup. My bird is brining too, did little things so I don't have to do it all at once tomorrow.

 

[jrt_ms1995]

Well you'll have to be the ham stuffed cousin then.

I've stuffed myself with ham many times!

 

[Gilligan]

Yup. My bird is brining too, did little things so I don't have to do it all at once tomorrow.

What do you use for your brine?

 

[Sneakers]

What do you use for your brine?

Nothing fansy, just chicken stock and Kosher salt. I'll smoke it for an hour, then put butter under the skin, season it with Bells seasoning and grill it on a high rack.

 

[Gilligan]

Nothing fansy, just chicken stock and Kosher salt. I'll smoke it for an hour, then put butter under the skin, season it with Bells seasoning and grill it on a high rack.

I used the canning salt plus brown sugar and some garlic and spices. It's going on my smoker Friday morning early...we are doing our main meal late Friday afternoon.

 

[rio]

Sweet potatoes cut, peeled, par-boiled, seasoned, and sitting in casserole dishes ready to be baked.

2 pumpkin pies (totally from scratch) cooling.

Bread for stuffing torn and laying out to dry.

Celery and onions chopped for stuffing.

Turkey stock started for gravy.

Getting ready to mix dough for rolls then get the kitchen cleaned up so I can mess it up again tomorrow.

 

[Gilligan]

then get the kitchen cleaned up so I can mess it up again tomorrow.

THIS ^ is why I love my outdoor cooking setup...and leave the rest to the rest.

 

[Sneakers]

THIS ^ is why I love my outdoor cooking setup...and leave the rest to the rest.

Garden hose with a car wash soap attachment.

 

[Grumpy]

I used the canning salt plus brown sugar and some garlic and spices. It's going on my smoker Friday morning early...we are doing our main meal late Friday afternoon.

Kosher salt, maple syrup, garlic, the usual suspects of spices..brined for 24 hours, just took is out, patted it dry and now in fridge uncovered (helps the skin become crispy when smoking), prepping some of the stuffing as we speak and will stuff and inject it and rub it at o'dark thirty in the morn, then a low and slow cook on the pellet smoker. Hoping this turns out as expected, otherwise this may be my last post.