Thanksgiving Dinner - what do you like, and how do you make it

[TxEMTP69]

Turkey: I prefer to deep fry mine, usually injected with marinade but not always.

I do like em smoked and oven roasted also.

I had a bad experience with a smoker and a turkey that was for our company Christmas party, inside was still raw, thank God I fried one also.

Ham (oven or smoked), green bean casserole, mashed taters, gravy, rolls, cranberry sauce and a chocolate pecan pie

 

[Big country]

Ummm! I tell you what there aint no turkey that out does that ham on thanksgiving and Christmas. I like deep fried turkey the best smoked in second and oven roasted in third. and all that other stuff is good to. You didn't say nothing about the stuffing tho man you gotta have the stuffing.

 

[navyguy]

Turkey done on the Weber grill with lump charcoal. And about 1 million side dishes. Followed by a nap.

 

[TxEMTP69]

holy crap I fergot the dressin

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Every bite has to have Turkey, dressing & Cranberry sauce!

 

[Jeff-Tex]

Every bite has to have Turkey, dressing & Cranberry sauce!

+1

Love me some can-berry sauce! Don't forget the green bean casserole.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

+1

Love me some can-berry sauce! Don't forget the green bean casserole.

+1

 

[DCortez]

Wife bakes it upside down, extra juicy. You can never have too many sides!

 

[cowboy45]

I dont want to sound like I am bragging, but, when I pull the turkey off the smoker, I here a chorus of angels singing.

 

[Okierifleman]

I like em smoked quite a bit. But my Mom still does them in the oven with homemade stuffing right in the bird with pecans and onions, WOW!!!!!

 

[MadMo44Mag]

Deep fried pork loin, mashed taters, corn bread dressing, Jim Beam yams, fresh green beans with ham and pearl onions, yeast rolls and for desert Texas pecan pie, and a slice of Texas chocolate sheet cake with a scoop of vanilla blue bell on top!
Then a 2 hour nap to rest cause I'm the guy that does all the dam cooking - LOL!!!!!
On a side note my youngest daughter has already hit me up for xmass candy. She want 2lb of peanut brittle and 1lb of pecan brittle, 2lb fudge and 1 lb of divinity with chopped pecans.
Last year I went through nearly 50lbs of sugar before xmass just in candy.

 

[TrailDust]

Dessert. I usually eat three, sometimes more. If I could consume all my calories via sweets I would.

 

[Texas1911]

Pecan Pie and Pumpkin Pie.

 

[TrailDust]

Pecan Pie and Pumpkin Pie.

FTMFW! Throw in double chocolate brownies and ice cream and I'll call all that dessert...yum...yum!

 

[Greg_TX]

Sometimes we don't do the traditional T-Day dinner. Some years it's brisket, other times enchiladas or fajitas, last year we did a crawdad boil. We're getting together at my nephew's new place this year, so we'll see what he comes up with.

 

[TrailDust]

Sometimes we don't do the traditional T-Day dinner. Some years it's brisket, other times enchiladas or fajitas, last year we did a crawdad boil. We're getting together at my nephew's new place this year, so we'll see what he comes up with.

I can live with that. It's the spirit of the get-together that counts, not the specifics of a turkey, stuffing, whatever.... I'm damn sure the Pilgrims didn't have chocolate chip mint ice cream....

 

[navyguy]

Okay, how many do this?....

 

[TrailDust]

A couple of times, admittedly the family is usually pretty dressed up and more or less traditional about it.

 

[DCortez]

Wife bakes it upside down, extra juicy.

Wanted to add, the turkey will fall apart. So if you like to carve, you are stuck with dry turkey.