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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / November 2003Checking in before Turkey Day
Well... it may not BE turkey day at my house. Given that there is no temperatures marked on my oven dial and that I have never, ever cooked a turkey before, and that George is working Thanksgiving Day afternoon.... I'm not sure fixing turkey is on the agenda. Nevertheless... I do hope to make some kind of holiday meal, even if it has to be on a strange Thanksgiving Day schedule. Since George needs to sleep during the day mostly, we may eat out somewhere before he goes off to work at 4PM on the holiday. But I am thinking of making a special meal, even if a simple one, for dinner at 1AM Thanksgiving morning. I'll have time to do it while he is at work! Shift work is the pits, but it will surprise him! I have asparagus, a rare treat around here and hope to buy some mushrooms and also make fresh cranberry relish with Splenda. May cook a squash too if I can find a recipe. None of my cookbooks are unpacked yet. The good news is I am back on my own computer, if it continues to work OK. I have a phone number, long distance service and my own internet access again. YAY! Oh, and if I managed to alter it successfully in Agent, Cynthia G will now be posting under Cynthia P to reflect the change of name. Cynthia 262/230.0/225 > Well... it may not BE turkey day at my house. Given that there is no > temperatures marked on my oven dial and that I have never, ever cooked [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > fresh cranberry relish with Splenda. May cook a squash too if I can > find a recipe. None of my cookbooks are unpacked yet. Try www.yumyum.com - it has an incredibly large database of all kinds of recipes. Tonia >> Well... it may not BE turkey day at my house. Given that there is no >> temperatures marked on my oven dial and that I have never, ever cooked [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >Tonia Thanks, I will! I'm hoping to find a couple easy ones tomorrow while he is at the dentist. Then I can go out to the store quick and get more supplies. Cynthia 262/230.0/225 > Well... it may not BE turkey day at my house. Given that there is no > temperatures marked on my oven dial and that I have never, ever cooked [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Cynthia > 262/230.0/225 Glad to see you have your computer up and running. Who says your Thanksgiving celebration has to be traditional. After our mother passed away my sister and I decided to forgo the traditional large family dinner. We sent our kids to their in-laws for the day and she and I went out to eat. We've been doing this for almost twenty years. We've added some stocking stuffer shopping to the day now that a few of the stores are open. Enjoy the holiday. Beverly >Glad to see you have your computer up and running. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Beverly Probably never will be entirely traditional here. And for two people, that huge family dinner just isn't on. I'd rather try and do something a little special, without driving myself crazy. Looking forward to fixing the cranberry relish, I like that stuff... and haven't made it for a couple years now because the Cuisinart was in storage. Cynthia 262/230.0/225 > >Glad to see you have your computer up and running. > > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Cynthia > 262/230.0/225 Cynthia, We have the same thing with only the two of us so I just buy a turkey breast and make that. If I get the boneless/skinless cutlets I can make those on the stove instead of the oven. This year's menu is: turkey breast tossed salad green beans with mustard vinaigrette (from cooking light magazine) instead of the green bean casserole wild rice (fresh not from the box) instead of sausage stuffing baked sweet potato for me, regular baked for DH instead of mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes in syrup sf cranberry sauce, and store-bought rolls for DH Dessert is baked apples w/splenda instead of pie. There won't be much cooking on my part and few leftovers because I'll be making small amounts of food overall. Have a great holiday! Jenn >> >Glad to see you have your computer up and running. >> > [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > >Jenn I might try a turkey breast next year. This year though, with no temp markings on the oven, I was too timid. As it happens, I've just survived a bit of a serious computer crisis and the machine itself is not out of the woods. So I may fix a nice dinner tonight... or I may not. We are planning to go out to eat for our turkey tomorrow. Thank goodness. I am thankful for restaurants open on T-Day. Cynthia 262/230.0/225 > I might try a turkey breast next year. This year though, with no temp > markings on the oven, I was too timid. As it happens, I've just [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Cynthia > 262/230.0/225 Much less stressful and no dishes :) We've always been tempted to go out, but DH likes my holiday cooking and I don't mind doing it. If I was having other stuff going on, then we'd totally be going out to eat. Hope your computer crisis is resolved soon! Jenn > Much less stressful and no dishes :) We've always been tempted to go out, > but DH likes my holiday cooking and I don't mind doing it. If I was having > other stuff going on, then we'd totally be going out to eat. Hope your > computer crisis is resolved soon! > > Jenn We went to my sister's once for Thanksgiving. As he groaned from indigestion all the way home, my husband bargained with me that I could have any or all guests I wanted but please, please would I always cook on turkey day. How could I argue with that? I made a 16 pound turkey today with most of the things we love. It was super. I love cooking. and I walked 6 miles too <g>  SignatureWalking on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 > > Much less stressful and no dishes :) We've always been tempted to go out, > > but DH likes my holiday cooking and I don't mind doing it. If I was [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > and I walked 6 miles too <g> I love cooking too! I made a 5-pound turkey breast for us (and the pets) with plenty of leftovers. This was the first year I didn't burn or undercook anything and it was all timed perfectly. I'm finally used to my oven I think. DH also had very few dishes to do because I somehow got the hang of it and was able to keep up with the mess as I went along. He wants his green bean casserole back next year though. Jenn (who enjoyed the dijon vinaigrette green beans) >> I might try a turkey breast next year. This year though, with no temp >> markings on the oven, I was too timid. As it happens, I've just [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Jenn Machine is running better today, but I think a new one will be needed soon. Did fix a nice dinner last night and we both enjoyed it. It was sort of therapy after the bad computer day. We also went out today and enjoyed that. But I ate too much. OTOH... I'm not hungry and won't be for a good while. Cynthia 262/230.0/225 Cooking turkey is very easy. i > Well... it may not BE turkey day at my house. Given that there is no > temperatures marked on my oven dial and that I have never, ever cooked [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Cynthia > 262/230.0/225 >Cooking turkey is very easy. > >i Not convinced here... that oven has run away on temps with me before. It's very hard to set it right, it's all guesswork. Cynthia 262/230.0/225 >>Cooking turkey is very easy. > Not convinced here... that oven has run away on temps with me before. > It's very hard to set it right, it's all guesswork. Oh, I see. Buy a cheap $2 analog meat thermometer. Prepare the turkey (meaning thaw it, wash it, put in stuffing according to numerous recipes), then cover with foil, and stick in the thermometer permanently. Place in oven. Wait until thermometer shows a safe temperature inside the turkey (it should have a "poultry" mark), about 180 degrees if my memory serves me right. Maybe remove foil as the turkey approaches doneness. The whole thing will take maybe 10 minutes of your personal time. i > >Cooking turkey is very easy. > > > >i > > Not convinced here... that oven has run away on temps with me before. > It's very hard to set it right, it's all guesswork. I'll give you some real help. Get yourself an oven thermometer. They're not cheap, but not terribly expensive. In fact, all cooks should have them, as ovens vary and are not necessarily at the exact temperature. You can test the temp. of the oven with the thermometer each half hour if you like. Also, check out: www.epicurious.com for recipe information. And get yourself a good, basic cookbook like Joy of Cooking. Martha You can replace the oven dial if the numbers have been rubbed off. If there's not an appliance repair store in your town you can order a new dial over the web. Try www.repairclinic.com and if you do a google on "appliance repair" you'll find lots of other sites. It might cost $30 but I would certainly think it would be worth it if it was my oven. Tonia > >Cooking turkey is very easy. > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Cynthia > 262/230.0/225 > Well... it may not BE turkey day at my house. Given that there is > no > temperatures marked on my oven dial and that I have never, ever > cooked > a turkey before, and that George is working Thanksgiving Day > afternoon.... I'm not sure fixing turkey is on the agenda. snip > Cynthia > 262/230.0/225 Hi Cynthia, Just an idea, but how about marinated, grilled turkey breasts instead of the traditional bird. That would go nicely with your asparagus, mushrooms, and squash sides. You could even add brown rice instead of stuffing, just to keep the dishes "healthier." Have a happy Turkey Day! Amy (stuck cooking the traditional meal--would rather have the one above...) In article <ar18nospam-A8A73D.07555326112003@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>, A Ross <ar18nospam@cornell.edu> wrote: > > Well... it may not BE turkey day at my house. Given that there is > > no [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > afternoon.... I'm not sure fixing turkey is on the agenda. > snip I get garden turkey burgers ready to broil at Whole Foods. They have minced red and green pepper in them and that is all. SignatureDiva ***** The Best Man for the Job May Be A Woman >> Well... it may not BE turkey day at my house. Given that there is >> no [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >Amy (stuck cooking the traditional meal--would rather have the >one above...) Looked for them, but didn't see any at the market. It's hard enough to find chicken breasts. They did have HUGE smoked turkey breasts... but they were just bigger than our needs. Gonna go out tomorrow. Tonight is up in the air. I did just put chicken breasts to marinate. The grill has yet to be cleaned from yesterday. Today, meant to get out to store for mushrooms, but was having computer crisis, serious one. Resolved for the moment, but may have to buy new machine. Cynthia 262/230.0/225 Glad to see you back!... how's married life treating you? One thing I've done for those quite turkey/christmas dinners is to buy just a turkey breast or a ham. Then do the sweet potatoes (baked and add butter and brownsugar or cinnimon/splenda) as well as something like green bean cassorole. Simple, yet traditional and easy to fix. not many leftovers either. > Well... it may not BE turkey day at my house. Given that there is no > temperatures marked on my oven dial and that I have never, ever cooked [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Cynthia > 262/230.0/225 >Glad to see you back!... how's married life treating you? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >cassorole. Simple, yet traditional and easy to fix. not many leftovers >either. Married life is good. And my mesquite grilled chicken with fresh cranberry relish beat the pants off the turkey and cranberry sauce we had today. Cynthia 262/230.0/225 |
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