Happy Tuesday
♥
So excited to start off this week by sharing
with you all some of
our families favorite {and fun} Thanksgiving
traditions
Tradition #1
is our annual
turkey cook off
It started when handsome husband bought a
deep fryer 6 years ago
and because my sister in law almost burnt her house down
that same year deep frying her turkey
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{chinese food for Thanksgiving dinner that year}
We decided it might be wise to cook a traditional turkey in the oven too
just in case
so we ended up with two turkeys
and.....
the turkey cook off was born
Now every year we each cook a turkey
we have two categories for the contest
1. Presentation or overall look of the turkey
and
2. Taste of the turkey
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The deep fried turkey is cooked in peanut oil outside for half the time it takes
to cook a turkey in the oven
The fried turkey can look like road kill when you take it out
because the outside is really crispy but
the inside is amazingly juicy and delicious
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The traditional oven roasted turkey comes out
looking like a Norman Rockwell painting and
makes a great presentation on the dinner table
The Voting takes place after the meal
with a secret ballot
and every year so far
Taste has gone to the deep fried turkey and
Presentation has gone to the traditionally cooked turkey
a tie which means
we have plenty of left overs for the family to enjoy
Tradition# 2
At the dinner table our most cherished tradition takes place
This is when we all hold hands for
Prayer
and then everyone goes around
the table saying what they are grateful for
There is always laughter and tears and wonderful conversation
and every year we realize how truly blessed we all are
and how much we have to be grateful for
Tradition #3
Next is great grandmothers walnut stuffing
which is a tradition that has been passed down
from generation to generation
the key to this stuffing is to use stale bread
otherwise the stuffing is too soft
Walnut dressings recipe
10 oz walnuts chopped
11/2 tsp salt
2 large eggs
1 cup butter
1/2 tsp black pepper
4 med celery stalks chopped
4 med onions chopped
1/2 tsp dried thyme
6 slices stale rye bread
6 slices stale pumpernickel bread
mix together and put into turkey cavity
helpful hint
be sure and roast the walnuts
in a skillet for 4 to 6 minutes stirring before
adding them to the rest of the ingredients
super simple recipe and once you try it
you will not make a boxed stuffing again
also we have added craisins or raisins
and even apples to this recipe and it is always deicous
also we have added craisins or raisins
and even apples to this recipe and it is always deicous
Hope you are all enjoying getting
ready for Thanksgiving too
romantic saying for today
"I Love all of you all the time"
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♥
Pam
oh Pam Thank you for all the suggestions! you know I am still new here....we do not have Thanksgiving in Italy. I love the Walnut dressing recipe and I will pass it to Deano. He cooks two turkeys every year.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving to you my FRIEND.
Traditions are a special part of holidays for me. It's fun to hear about yours. I've never eaten a deep fried turkey. Happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your family recipe. Your kitchen is so beautiful. I love this time of year and gathering with our family and friends. I would so enjoy sitting at your table. ♥
ReplyDelete~ Lisa from Indiana ~
I wish my husband liked walnuts because that dressing sounds amazing! Maybe I can sneakily try it this year. We are going to smoke our turkey this year. Cannot wait to try that. Being in the South, we are LOVING all the smoked meats!
ReplyDeleteWe've never tried deep fried turkey yet. Either one sounds good to me though. We had our thanksgiving in October so I'm all ready for Christmas. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends. Blessings, Pamela
ReplyDeleteYUM, cant wait...I wonder who will win this year!! ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your treasured traditions with us! My husband is from New Orleans, and he knows how to cook a mean fried Cajun injected turkey! Have you ever had a turducken? It's a turkey, stuffed with a duck, stuffed with a chicken. Sometimes we have those when we visit New Orleans....we've had them at The Southern Yacht Club! YUM!
ReplyDeleteYOu know, I had a traditionally cooked-in-the-oven turkey this year that was the best I have ever had, and they said they had "brined" it overnight before roasting? I don't know exactly what this means, but I plan to find out, so I will let you know. It was amazing, even the white meat was soft and juicy and moist, I have never had a turkey so good, and it looked lovely too.
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