Any non traditional Thanksgiving dinners this year?

Teefus

For the last 35 years I've done the Thanksgiving bird over charcoal. First on my Weber Kettle and for the last few on my BGE. It was just the two of us this year and I was feeling sickly from some bug I picked up so I tried something different.

I par cooked a batch of wild rice, added sauteed bacon bits, chopped onion, celery, morel mushrooms, and chopped pecans, then dropped it all into a crock pot. I added a 3# boneless turkey roast and about a cup of turkey gravy concentrate (came with the roast). While I was convalescing in my recliner it spent three hours on high, then switched in to warm for another 90 minutes.

Bride of Teefus did her normal green bean and crunchy onion casserole plus some cornbread dressing.

It was damn good! I may try and cold smoke the turkey roast first next time.

Any other non traditional approaches this year, by chance or by choice?

Botch

Just a duck instead of a turkey; your TG crowd was twice as big as mine.  

Foghorn

Our daughter is pescatarian. We partially played along. Scallops and mahi. Also did a turkey breast - mostly for the leftovers after she leaves. 

kl8ton

Foghorn said:

Our daughter is pescatarian. We partially played along. Scallops and mahi. Also did a turkey breast - mostly for the leftovers after she leaves. 

Had to Google pescatarian. 

What is this torture device employed to cook the turkey breast?

zaphod

I used to do an Eggplant Moussaka with Bechemal sauce for [Canadian] Thanksgivings. About 3 hours to do, but worth it.

lkapigian

I had pizza 

fishlessman

zaphod said:

I used to do an Eggplant Moussaka with Bechemal sauce for [Canadian] Thanksgivings. About 3 hours to do, but worth it.

Got a recipe, love moussaka

Corv

Julia Child's Beef Bourguinon, baked potato, broccoli, salad, pumpkin cheesecake. I much prefer that stew to any turkey I've had, and I enjoyed cooking both the main course and the cheesecake. I also made some bread since I had the time.

And you know, this was a very good meal.

Foghorn

@kl8ton, that's just a chicken stand for a beer can chicken wedged in to keep the breast upright.  I was hoping I could just set the breast on it but that wasn't working so I made something up.

SGH

Did some beer/butter braised flounder and shrimp. 

Fried flounder. 

Soft shell crabs. 

Not traditional by any means. But not bad 👍

SGH

lkapigian said:

I had pizza 

Food of the Gods my friend. 

buzd504

SGH said:

Did some beer/butter braised flounder and shrimp. 

Fried flounder. 

Soft shell crabs. 

Not traditional by any means. But not bad 👍

Damn, that's beautiful, @sgh

dbCooper

@SGH - All that seafood looks great, but those crabs, wow!

fishlessman

SGH said:

Did some beer/butter braised flounder and shrimp. 

Fried flounder. 

Soft shell crabs. 

Not traditional by any means. But not bad 👍

that would be a crazy good start to a christmas eve feast of the 7 fishes

RRP

Corv said:

Julia Child's Beef Bourguinon, baked potato, broccoli, salad, pumpkin cheesecake. I much prefer that stew to any turkey I've had, and I enjoyed cooking both the main course and the cheesecake. I also made some bread since I had the time.

And you know, this was a very good meal.

Sounds delicious - I intend to take my first stab at cheesecake this winter. I have a no cook French style stuck to my frig but am open to others. Mind sharing your recipe?

GoldenQ

That would always be GREATLY TRADITIONAL anytime.     

Corv

Pumpkin Cheesecake

Step 2: (Worth mentioning is that since I like crust, I generally increase this portion. The rest is per the recipe).

1.25 c    Graham cracker crumbs        
3/4 c        Ground pecans                
3 tbsp    White sugar                
3 tbsp    Brown sugar                
3/8 c        Butter                   
Step 3:
3/4 c     White sugar                
3/4 c        Canned pumpkin            
3        Egg yolks                    
1.5 tbsp    Ground cinnamon            
1/2 tsp    Ground mace                
1/2 tsp    Ground ginger                
1/4 tsp    Salt                       
Step 4:
3 (8 oz) pkg     Cream cheese            
3/8 c            White sugar            
1            Egg                    
1            Egg yolk                
2 tbsp        Whipping cream            
1 tbsp        Corn starch
1/2 tsp        Vanilla extract            
1/2 tsp        Lemon extract            
1/4 tsp        Key lime extract (new)
Step 1:
Preheat oven to 350, stone out.
Step 2:
Combine the graham cracker crumbs, ground pecans, 2 tbsp white sugar, 2 tbsp brown sugar, and the melted butter and mix well. Firmly press mixture into one 9" spring-form pan.
Step 3:
Combine 3/4 cup of the white sugar, the pumpkin, 3 egg yolks, ground cinnamon, ground mace, ground ginger and salt in a medium bowl. Mix well and set aside.
Step 4:
Beat cream cheese with an electric mixer until light and fluffy; gradually add 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp white sugar and mix well. Ad the whole egg, remaining egg yolk and the whipping cream, beating well. Add cornstarch and vanilla and lemon flavorings, beat batter until smooth. Add pumpkin mixture from step 3 and mix well. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
Step 5:
Bake at 350 for 50 to 55 minutes. Do not over bake. Center may be soft but will firm up when chilled. Let cheesecake cool on a wire rack, then refrigerate.
For the entire cake:
5,792    Calories
   398    grams fat                        That's 205 calories per inch of perimeter or 91 per square inch.
   192    grams saturated fat               
4,021    mg sodium
   504    g carbohydrates
   414    g sugar

     87    g protein

Sorry for the poor formatting!

Corv

Canugghead

Guys, I'm still on AOL.

kl8ton

Canugghead said:

Guys, I'm still on AOL.

I don't understand. Like you have an AOL domain name email address? Or are you still feeding free AOL internet CDs into your Compaq?

Canugghead

kl8ton said:

Canugghead said:

Guys, I'm still on AOL.

I don't understand. Like you have an AOL domain name email address? Or are you still feeding free AOL internet CDs into your Compaq?

Sarcasm my friend  

btw, are you going to christen your Concave board soon? looking forward to see how it works out for you.  

kl8ton

Canugghead said:

kl8ton said:

Canugghead said:

Guys, I'm still on AOL.

I don't understand. Like you have an AOL domain name email address? Or are you still feeding free AOL internet CDs into your Compaq?

Sarcasm my friend  

btw, are you going to christen your Concave board soon? looking forward to see how it works out for you.  

I received it at my work. I have not unboxed it yet. I will post a review once I've used it!  It was a business expense.... Let's just let that settle..,...

Buckwoody Egger

kl8ton said:

Compaq

lol. primo silicon and solder there. definitely a cut above computer shopper

DoubleEgger

Some friends and I spent Thanksgiving at the Cheetah in Atlanta back in college. Does that count? 

Teefus

DoubleEgger said:

Some friends and I spent Thanksgiving at the Cheetah in Atlanta back in college. Does that count? 

I guess it depends on what you ate