For the first time in I-can't-remember, I'm not cooking at all. It's just The Beautiful Girl and me, we have lots to do in the gorgeous central Florida weather, and we have leftovers in the 'fridge.

I bought a turkey, stuffing makings and other stuff in case my parents wanted to travel, but they decided to defer. Mom is 84 and dad is 93. I totally get it.

So, Happy Thanksgiving to all! We will be celebrating after things settle down, I imagine.

Smoking turkey using the charcoal snake method. Will post pics later on.

Just the wife and I this year. I'm going to deep fry a 12 lb. butterball. Hawaiian Sweet rolls, deviled eggs, sweet potato casserol, stuffing, pumpkin pie

Just my wife, son, and his girlfriend. Smoked turkey breast from one of our favorite bbq places, along with their gravy and their smoked brisket tamales. I'm making the sides- a family special deep fried stuffed potato dish, sausage/cornbread stuffing, southern green beans, and a chocolate chess pie from our favorite pie place. Will open a riesling and Pinot Noir for the table.

It is just me, my wife, and my mom this year. I am smoking a turkey in my BGE right now at 225 degrees.

Smoked turkey
Cornbread stuffing
Green beans
Sweet potatoes
Deviled eggs
Dinner rolls

Just the two of us this year as our daughter and family couldn't come here for Thanksgiving and as we couldn't go to Canada for Canadian Thanksgiving.

So our meal to give thanks today will be...

Herb stuffed Cornish hen with a bacon poncho, one each
Yorkshire pudding
Mashed potatoes & gravy
Roast parsnips
Roast Brussels sprouts with bacon, dried cherries and with a balsamic reduction drizzle
Roast asparagus in bacon fat and garlic
Bourbon orange whole cranberry sauce
Rose d'Anjou a'plenty

No desert but there are plenty of snacks and other beverages to enjoy.

Lasagna in the slow cooker, baked potato, garlic bread, and Peppermint ice cream for desert.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Ordered a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for pick up as there's only two of us.

It's just me and the cat, so not cooking much.

A small turkey breast, that will only take about 1.5 hours in the oven.

Good ol' Pillsbury crescent rolls

honey-glazed roasted carrots (honey, some garlic powder, thyme, rosemary and gobs of butter)
Honey glazed carrots recipe

sausage stuffing (sausage, cornbread, butter, herb stuffing, chicken broth, cream of chicken soup, salt & pepper)
Sausage stuffing recipe

enough turkey gravy to drown everything

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Thanksgiving pig roast in backyard!

A little early for pictures. Very traditional dinner, although this year, it’s only my wife and I. Turkey breast, mashed potatoes, sage and sausage stuffing, green beans (not casserole). My wife is working on a pumpkin pie right now.

There are some great looking and sounding Thanksgiving dinners planned out there. Best to all my extended family in the Forum. Best to you, para, if you’re lurking!

Brisket on the grill at 8am. Should take about 9 hours.



Tony.

Happy Steaksgiving!!

Just me and my terrific wife this year so...

USDA prime strips from Costco cooked to 129 degrees F in the sous vide w olive oil, fresh ground black pepper and kosher salt, and then seared briefly on the grill.

Roasted Jacket potatoes (baked russet potatoes cooked in the English style) with ~half a stick of butter and some salt pepper and cheddar cheese on them

Nice tossed salad

A bottle of Adler Deutsch cab

Apple streudel with fresh whipped cream for dessert

Buffalo Trace for a night cap!!

I have three racks of nice baby back pork ribs in the smoker as we speak. With that will be baked beans with pieces of beef brisket in it. A cream spinach bake with cheese and balsamic vinegar. Pita bread. For desert will strawberry cheese cake ice cream.

Will be very soon fixing the mandatory HOT Bloody Mary to help watching the smoker do it's thing.

Just me, the husband and the daughter.

Boneless ribeye roast with garlic crust, garlic mashed potatoes with gravy, cornbread and rolls.

I did the roast on the rotisserie on my grill, my husband did everything else in the kitchen.

On the rotisserie:


First slice (center is med rare, ends are med for the other 2):


On the plate:



Recipe:
https://www.dadcooksdinner.com...t-with-garlic-crust/

Roasting a turkey (12#) for 3...with
Green bean casserole
Scalloped potatoes
Sweet potatoes
Roasted carrots
Stuffing
Home made popovers
Salad
Olives and bread and butter pickles (I miss moms purple beets)
Pumpkin pie (thanks Sara Lee)
Home made apple pie

We will be snacking all weekend

Pretty standard Thanksgiving fare for us.
-Stuffing
-Green bean casserole
-Garlic Roasted potatoes
-Carrots
-Sauer Kraut
-Cranberry sauce
-Beet Salad
-Pineapple casserole

I made some mini crab cakes and remoulade for an appetizer.
Getting ready for the oven. I bake my crab cakes not fry as a rule.


The difference this year is I did the Turkey on the Kamado. I used my normal herbs and stuffed with onions/carrots/some apple. I sort of Hybrid roasted/smoked. I wanted a more crispy skin so I cooked at a higher temp around 300 instead of a super low and slow. I used some hickory wood with the charcoal.

Came out pretty amazing for being an experiment and never having done a Turkey on "The Joe". Nice smokey taste but still pretty traditional in skin and what not.

Jesus that Ribeye looks good. Mental note, buy ribeye roast.

It was damned good. I’ll do it again, that’s for sure. The garlic/salt/pepper crust was awesome.

A 6.3 lb. turkey breast, 2.75 hrs. on the BGE.
Mashed potatoes and gravy.
Green bean casserol.
Cauliflower w/ a roux cheese sauce.
Stuffing
Crappy apple pie because I was too lazy to make one and now regret it. There will be homemade pies between now and New Years.