Daddy's Home by Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein for November 21, 2011

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Potatoes or stuffing?

BOTH!

BOTH!

What’s with this either/or stuff???Holidays are no time for dieting. BOTH, and homemade rolls too. Oh – and gravy, cranberry sauce, braised brussel sprouts, sweet potatoes, turnip mashed with butternut squash, green beans, steamed pudding with brandy sauce, mince pie, and a lot of TUMS.

Yeah, what chefwen, cdward, Grog, Knightman and Ratbrat all said.

sweet potatoes. and not those nasty caned yams krap. with REAL butter.

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Stuffing is the bomb! I remember when I was a kid, though, I was scared to eat it! Same with drinking egg nog. lol

ENTRY “…and we had this pelican around here so we could save money on the turkey this year.” lol Poor guy!

I made great stuffing with sausage, chestnuts and all when I was cooking for all the family. I tasted but never wanted a serving myself; we used to have cranberry jelly back then, but cranberry orange relish is so simple to make. I have a good stash of berries in the freezer and my valencias have just started being really ripe. I prefer to cook my turkey BREAST only and fill cavities with some onion, carrot and branch herbs for flavor (Herbs and butter under the skin) and toss out that filling. I also toss the skin to neighbor’s dogs who are underfed, tho’ skin lovers would like it (crisp). After I carve, I give the bones to the birds in my back yard. I’ll make soup from some when I use up the frozen stock I have.

I will either have my pumpkin soup on Thanksgiving or some sliced yams (I cook only from scratch). This year, since the baking pumpkin is a new recipe, I’ll probably have that and (cooking for just myself) I will only have a few other things each day. I bought a handful of green beans which should be good with soup and turkey (7.8# free range breast).

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Although I wasnn’t raised as a vegetarian, I find that there are so many delicious sides, a turkey is almost an afterthought.