Thursday, November 26, 2009
Open Thread Break Out the Aerosol Whipped Cream! It's Our Weekly Open Thread for Thanksgiving Weekend
Posted by Nicki Wood on Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Open Thread comments usually stick close to our favorite topics: restaurants. But in honor of Thanksgiving, the least commercial of American holidays (well, besides Columbus Day and Arbor Day), we'll take on home cooking, in-laws and travel arrangements.
I'll start. This was the first Thanksgiving ever that I was assigned a dish. And it was deviled eggs. I have a near-Hitchcockian loathing for boiled eggs. Loathsome, stinky, slippery, rubbery. We boiled 18 of them and the house smelled like the diaper pail. The whole effort was saved by a recipe from Being Dead is No Excuse: mix the yolks with homemade mayo, anchovy paste, minced onion, freshly ground mustard seed and dill mustard, plus capers for the top.
Thank you. That's all for me.
You probably have a Thanksgiving story, maybe better than boiled eggs. Certainly better than the reader who called last night with a desperate request for ideas on where to eat local on Thanksgiving.
What's your Thanksgiving story?
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Beet salads are everywhere but I had one of the best I've ever had two nights ago at Silly Goose - this place is a great, cheap dinner option and you can bring your own wine with no corkage fee.
Separately - does anyone know a local source for sourwood honey?
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This may be too late for your desperate reader seeking to eat local today, but it's worth checking with the Capitol Grille at the Hermitage Hotel. I believe they serve brunch until 4 p.m. and dinner 5-8 p.m. I'm guessing some local ingredients would be on the menu. Reservations are required: 345-7116.
No mac and cheese for me yesterday...I had a very orange day: Erin's butternut squash couscous, sweet potato casserole and pumpkin pecan pie. Though a cousin did make a vegetarian asparagus casserole that was very good (and appreciated). But if I look like I broke out a vintage bottle of QT, y'all will know why.
Silly Goose is on my radar! I've heard it's really fresh and reasonably priced plus a great staff!
Butternut squash is becoming one of my favorite veggies. We buy the containers of pre-cubed squash at Trader Joe's and roast the squash in some olive oil until the outside caramelizes. Better than candy.
My other new addiction: brussels sprouts on the stalk. Has anyone here actually tried cooking the stalk marrow?
The food at Thanksgiving this year was epic. My mother-in-law is a great cook, but the squash casserole and the home-made honey ham stood out this year in a field crowded with contenders. The only missing element was her fantastic blackberry jam cake. Is that a tradition in anyone else's family?
I made a delicious walnut pumpkin pie, recipe courtesy of one of my blog readers. Hubby doesn't even like pumpkin pie and he loved this one! I'll be posting the recipe this week.
My family Thanksgiving is ridiculous! First meal of the day is lunch at my parents' house with my dad's side of the family. There are about 45 of us and everyone brings a dish, so of course I am completely overstuffed. But it doesn't end there- we then go to my aunt's house to have dinner with my mom's side of the family. Of course I'm not the least bit hungry, but I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings by not eating, so I eat again. It's Saturday and I'm still full.
My mother-in-law, who doesn't cook, bought a prepared turkey and ham from Honeybaked Ham. She then baked the (already baked) turkey for a couple hours. It was...crispy.
