Cooking and Dining

[PFiDC]

My fiance bought a ranch packet instead of a dry vegetable soup mix packet so the spinach dip is in jeopardy. Anyone have any substitutes?

[AuthorTony]

Just use the ranch.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/22025 ... inach-dip/

[Shyster]

I wonder how many excess cases of food poisoning there will be tomorrow from people who will be cooking at home for the first time because they can't be with the people who usually handle the cooking.

[DigitalGypsy66]

And fires from frying a still frozen turkey.

[eddy]

Cut up my ciabatta bread on Monday, it's ready to go for tomorrow after dicing all the fixings for it. Also doing my first turkey (breast) in the new oven. I'm guessing I want to use convection roast? I have 5 bottles of champagne and plan to start or still be drinking early so I at least have an excuse when I **** this all up.

Do I still use the same time calculations from the package if I'm using convection roast?

[NTP66]

Made sausage stuffing tonight to ease the workload for tomorrow, and now the kitchen smells amazing. Gonna use some of the stuffing in my artichokes for lunch.

[tifosi77]

Yeah PFIDC I think you're actually in better shape with the ranch. One of those flavorings that's better in myriad other uses than in its original intended capacity.

[tifosi77]

I hate that like 90 percent of their new content requires studio pass.

This is something we've talked to them about. They'd rather invert the free:paid ratio, but they.......... aren't permitted. I get SP for free every year because of my involvement with CWJ, but I understand the frustration.

[mac5155]

I hate that like 90 percent of their new content requires studio pass.

This is something we've talked to them about. They'd rather invert the free:paid ratio, but they.......... aren't permitted. I get SP for free every year because of my involvement with CWJ, but I understand the frustration.

Sorry, but there's so much other content out there that I'm not paying for studio pass. It's not worth it to me. I'll live with sous vide everything, serious eats, etc.

The Kentucky fried turkey is what got me interested but when I saw it took SP... I just figured it's literally the "can't f it up fried chicken" recipe with subbing in turkey.

Not worth paying for. Put ads on your site like the mommy blogs and I'll still use it.

[MWB]

Thinking about getting a wood pellet grill. Traeger is too expensive. Z Grill seems to get good reviews. Any thoughts?

[mac5155]

I have the members mark pellet grill and love it. I paid 199 for it spring of 2019.

[blackjack68]

Cooking pumpkin and caramel apple walnut pies for the feast tomorrow. Will forego pecan until another time since there’s only four of us.

[NTP66]

I’m holding off on chocolate pecan pie until after thanksgiving because it’s just the three of us.

[tifosi77]

I just figured it's literally the "can't f it up fried chicken" recipe with subbing in turkey.

It's about 80% of that method, but there are a few differences. It's a little more of a tempura-style dredge/batter coating, and it's fried at a slightly lower temperature.

[blackjack68]

I’m holding off on chocolate pecan pie until after thanksgiving because it’s just the three of us.

Why you always copying me?!?!



Happy Thanksgiving!

[NTP66]

: Ever try Alton Brown’s butterflied turkey recipe? We’re doing Thanksgiving by ourselves this year, and I really want to give this a go, since I’ve never cooked a turkey before.

And so it begins.

First thing’s first - this was my first solo Thanksgiving cooking extravaganza, and I have no clue how my mom did this for so long mostly by herself. This just made me appreciate her that much more.

The final result:



I have no idea why, but it took a little more than an hour longer to cook the turkey than the recipe, and I used a smaller turkey. That led to the skin just being a little tight for my liking around the dark meat. The flavor was excellent, and most importantly, the meat was nice and juicy. The panzanella salad was also surprisingly good, and I’d definitely cook that again.

My sweet potato casserole was, as always, a perfect 5/7, and I look forward to having some for every meal over the next week.

My wife loved the sausage stuffing I made, but I think I made a mistake by using sweet Italian sausage in it. I don’t know, it just had a slightly odd flavor with everything else.

[blackjack68]

I think you’re supposed to use the Sage sausage.

[mac5155]

Thinking about getting a wood pellet grill. Traeger is too expensive. Z Grill seems to get good reviews. Any thoughts?

https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/ca ... 451:320230

Camp chef 24" pellet grill for $375

[Beveridge]

If you want a Treager, QVC usually does a solid deal come early spring.

[mac5155]

IMO traeger is paying for a name, but to each their own.

[MWB]

That’s kinda what I was thinking, and I can’t afford the name anyway.

[Nuge]

[mac5155]

Lol that's painfully accurate.

[NTP66]

I think you’re supposed to use the Sage sausage.

I think that or regular sausage would have fared better, yes.

[Dickie Dunn]

Lol that's painfully accurate.

He's usually painfully accurate.