Thanksgiving plans

[FLBentRider]

My apologies to our Canadian members...

What are you doing for (American) Thanksgiving ?

Smoking the bird? Traveling ?

Us ? We're loading up the Motorhome and heading to my brothers home in Charlotte, NC

Yep, we're gonna park in his driveway, put Christmas lights on the RV.. "National Lampoon" style!

I'm going to smoke the Turkey in the BPS. We'll have a small turkey or a breast in the oven for the gravy thing.

I'm going to attempt to make smokey gravy, but I'm not going to give it much hope.

[deb415611]

We are staying home.  We will have about 10 people for dinner , 7 will be here Wed -Friday or Sat, so I have a few meals to cook ;D

I'm not smoking my turkey (ducking to avoid flying objects :D) but will brine and then put an herb paste under the skin. 

I'll do a non-smoked recipe post later I'm prepping a bunch of things today :)  White rolls, Pecan/Cranberry Wheat rolls & Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake.   Also spaghetti sauce for lasagna for Wed night. 

The last couple weeks I have made and frozen stock for gravy & stuffing,  stuffing bread and cornbread.  Made cran-apple sauce & cran-blueberry sauce. 

The next couple days will be chocolate cream pie & a huge apple crisp.  Then the rest on Thursday.

[ArnieM]

We're staying home.  Everyone seems to come here - can you still call daughters in their 30's kids?

I'm practicing on a top round roast today.  Cold smoke and then into the Big Easy.  

Technical note.  I'm doing the bisquettes by hand.  They seem to take 30-35 minutes with no cabinet heat.  I use the stove timer.  50/50 Oak and Mesquite, four pucks.

I'm going out tomorrow to get a fresh bird in the 14-16 pound range.  I'll brine it overnight and then go pretty much the same route as the RB if the RB works out.

My daughter brought over her old artificial pre-lit tree and assembled it for us.  Charlie Brown style.  But, it saves a few bucks and a lot of needles on the floor.

Hope you enjoy your TG FL!

[Ka Honu]

Having already cooked three turkeys in the last couple of weeks (one kalua, one "fried" in TBE, and one smoked and finished in TBE), SWMBO and I are opting to get out of town.  We're flying to San Francisco on Wednesday and will have Thanksgiving dinner at the Marine Memorial Club (great turkey, champagne included, and in the same place we're staying which makes napping easy before Happy Hour).  SWMBO's daughter and a friend plus some old friends of ours from Oregon are coming on on Friday so it looks like a weekend at the Ferry Building, North Beach, Chinatown, and Tadich Grill (assuming I don't freeze to death between venues).

[FLBentRider]

Hope you enjoy your TG FL!

Thanks!

We're leaving Tuesday after school gets out, we'll wally-dock somehere down the road when we get tired. Finish the drive on Wednesday.

I've sent the brine recipe ahead and they will purchase a fresh bird on Tuesday-Wednesday. It will go into the brine Wednesday night.

Smoke in the BPS Thursday.

Its always a little nutty when our two families get together. We will have 6 kids - 17,16,6,5,4,3 underfoot.

I'm trying to get all of my "stuff" together that I need - bisquettes, ET-73, bubba pucks...

[Roadking]

Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone!!!!

May your stuffing  be tasty

May your turkey be  plump,

May your potatoes  and gravy

Have never a lump.   

May your yams be  delicious

And your pies take  the prize,

And may your  Thanksgiving dinner

Stay off your  thighs!   

Happy  Thanksgiving   Everyone!!

Staying home, just the two of us.

[KevinG]

Well, I usually get invited to a friends or my sisters house, but nothing yet. I went ahead and bought a turkey and will try to smoke it this year. Hadn't done one yet so I've got my fingers crossed.

Happy Thanksgiving All!!!

[squirtthecat]

We're staying close to home...   Got a sick critter.

Smoking another 10 pound turkzilla for Thanksgiving.   I might actually start it midnight before, so it'll be done in the AM for some FTC time while we fix the side dishes.

I'm working the day after Thanksgiving.  :P  Almost out of vacation time for the year, so I need to get some hours in for the time off around Christmas.


Kevin - give a shout if you need help!  I'll be around and online.

[Ka Honu]

We will have 6 kids - 17,16,6,5,4,3 underfoot.

Two words for you, FL.......

     Duct

     Tape

[KevinG]

Kevin - give a shout if you need help!  I'll be around and online.

Thanks, I may just do that!

[hal4uk]

Tell Squirt his uncle Hal loves him.

[KevinG]

Not unless I'm trying to get in his pants. Ewe didn't want to go there! :P

[ArnieM]

We're staying close to home...   Got a sick critter and this might be his last week.

Which one squirt?  The old one with the diabetes? 

[Habanero Smoker]

Having Thanksgiving at my sister's house with other relatives. I'm not smoking anything this year. I got my ham in the cure late, and ti won't be fully cured until Tuesday, which doesn't leave much time for to smoke and cook it. I'll smoke it on Friday and freeze it for either Christmas or New Years.

[pensrock]

Not sure yet. I may just stay home and smoke cheese. I may go to my sisters for dinner.  ???