The Food Thread

rgambs said:

Loujoe said:

rgambs said:

Details please. whachagotthere? I love to can stuff, but on a smaller scale. Beautiful.

Well let's see there... From the bottom up, left to right:

10 whole butternut squash 7gallons cubed frozen butternut squash

7 half-pints of pickled red onions

3q hot chunky salsa

10 half-pints pickled jalapenos

12 half-pints cayenne hot sauce, spoon-thick

11 pints tomato sauce

2 pints green beans

8 quarter-pints, 3 half-pints, and 9 pints of hand-picked, homegrown, organic honest to goodness blueberry preserves

8 half-pints candied jalapenos

1 pint left of dried onions

5.5 gallons frozen peppers

3 quarts dried cayennes for pizza/pasta flakes

1 pint dried blueberries for trail mix

4 gallons frozen blueberries for pies and more preserves if we are running low in the spring

thanks. Fantastic . You are the canning wizard! I have a quart of beets, 1 pickled shishitos and Thai peppers, a few straw rhubarb jams, peach jam and 1 experimental ghost pepper peach jam I have yet to dare try. 

I look forward to hearing about the ghost pepper jam!

I want a steak!

This fat bastard was killed this morning.  
Salted down for the dry brine.  
I'm sure in gonna be all turkeyed out soon but I like a good bird on tg.

Cliffy6745 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

This fat bastard was killed this morning.  
Salted down for the dry brine.  
I'm sure in gonna be all turkeyed out soon but I like a good bird on tg.

Oh goodness! That’s a big guy. You hosting?

Yeah but only for 6, we are sending out some plates to some others who cannot join so we wanted to have extra.
Gluten Free holiday - my wife swears it is as good as a normal one.  (It is not). I do like making it so that she can eat pretty much everything. 
I do make some dinner rolls with real bread as well as some gluten free stuff.
Normal enough spread.   Turkey, stuffing and dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, a bunch of veg, spinach and cheese thingy, cranberry, rolls, apple pie and ice cream.
No frigging green bean casserole.  
Not at this table!
Edit - I'm gonna cook up those innards as well.  Looking forward to liver/onions.  Wife likes the heart best.

What are y'all planning?

Anyone frying a turkey?  I keep saying I'm gonna do it and don't.

Also hosting, 6 people.  Picked up the bird at the farm yesterday.  And yes to green bean casserole.  Very low key otherwise.  Only unique thing I make is something called cranberry horseradish mousse. Basically a pepto bismol colored mold that our family has done every year for over 40 years. Tastes fantastic, looks bizarre and make a great sandwich spread on Friday.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Low key this year. 

Scallops & Bacon to get things going. Hope you all have a great day with friends and family.

Used the liver for a quick lunch of liver/onions.
Liver gets a bad rap, it is really good.

Loujoe said:

Warily cracked my ghost pepper peach jam open. Super delicious and just a little heat. One whole pepper jarred with peaches. Even friend ate some easily. Impressed myself. Would make it again. Happy thanksgiving all.

Awesome!

Looks great, need to try that way