Thanksgiving: Plans, Traditions? Share!

[craigwatanabe]

Re: Thanksgiving: Plans, Traditions? Share!

This year, we plan to roast a chicken instead (a turkey is too much for the two of us), jazz up some basic stuffing with spices, make spoonbread (but with Portuguese sausage instead of chorizo), and we're still debating desserts.

One year, we tried a turkey roast, and it came out so dry and bland - so we wrapped up the leftovers in won-ton wrappers and fried 'em in a wok!

Try marinating your turkey in rock salt water overnight. This will help retain the juices when roasting. Even the white meat comes out succulent.

One year instead of turkey I bought a dozen stuffed cornish game hens from one of those wholesalers in Kakaako. These things come frozen and are about the size of grapefruits. You simply stick them in the oven frozen and all and roast them.

But if you're going to a holiday dinner and have to bring a dish, reserve your Canadian Duck from R. Field's and don't forget that bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau Village. Only available thru R. Fields. You can buy a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau at Safeway but if you want the authentic stuff get the Village where it's made there. The stuff at Safeway is made elsewhere. The labels look identical however look for the word "Village" and you'll know it's authentic.

[Pomai]

Turkey Jook

Making rice soup ~ my style the next day for MAMA, and me! Broke da mouth kine.

Last year was my first attempt at making Jook (also called "chook" or Congee), a Chinese rice porridge-soup that's very popular in Hawaii.

Local style Jook is usually made with the left-over turkey carcass after Thanksgiving and Christmas. The recipe I followed was from an old Hawaii Chamber of Commerce book.

Gotta' admit, my Jook came out so good, we enjoyed that more than the Thanksgiving meal itself.

Definately a key to enjoying Jook is the toppings you add. Such as shredded lettuce, chopped cilantro, green onion, water chestnuts and cashews. The contrast of the soup with the flavor and texture of the toppings really seal the deal.

Broke da' mout' is the word.

I'll share the recipe I followed later.

[Leo Lakio]

Re: Thanksgiving: Plans, Traditions? Share!

But if you're going to a holiday dinner and have to bring a dish, reserve your Canadian Duck from R. Field's and don't forget that bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau Village.

Good reminder, cw --- the latest batch of Beaujolais Nouveau comes out tomorrow (Thu. 11-17.)

Has anyone on HT ever had an opportunity to try a "turducken"? It is a chicken, stuffed inside a duck, stuffed inside a turkey - with stuffing between each layer. Seen 'em on TV, read about them in the recent National Geographic, but never had a chance to try one...

[1stwahine]

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You got my full attention Leo! I'm interested.

I'm a cook but I've never heard of it. I want to try. I want to eat. I want to BUY!!!!!!!

Auntie Lynn

[Tiabla]

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Let me know how it is! Do they have a website/mailing list? I've been meaning to check out one of their events, but it hasn't happened yet...it would be easier if I had access to their upcoming events so I could plan accordingly.

I haven't been able to find much info for Govinda's itself; I found out about it via the Vegetarian Society of Hawaii: http://www.vsh.org/events_calendar.htm

You got my full attention Leo! I'm interested.

I'm a cook but I've never heard of it. I want to try. I want to eat. I want to BUY!!!!!!!

My girl Paula Deen cooked a Turducken on tv the other day and it was most intriguing!
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci..._32327,00.html

[Leo Lakio]

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I'm a cook but I've never heard of it. I want to try. I want to eat. I want to BUY!!!!!!!

Check this out; instructions from the specialists in Louisiana ---
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/n...ultimedia.html
Do some searching for "turducken" - you might find a useful recipe (and then you have to tell us the results, if you try 'em.)
To combine ideas from this board, I wonder if you could deep-fry one of these suckers...

[1stwahine]

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I shall make it sometime for the Holidays. What a delightful recipe!

Mahalo Leo and Tiabla!

Auntie Lynn

Leo, MAMA and I watched the link...

We're both cooks. We like go buy the turkey, duck and chicken already!

This gonna be FUN!

[lurkah]

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I shall make it sometime for the Holidays. What a delightful recipe!

A chicken, stuffed inside a duck, that's stuffed inside a turkey? Eh Auntie, here's your chance to do them two steps better. Inside the chicken, you can stuff a cornish game hen, and inside the cornish game hen you can stuff a balut egg. Are we getting hungry yet?

[Pomai]

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A chicken, stuffed inside a duck, that's stuffed inside a turkey? Eh Auntie, here's your chance to do them two steps better. Inside the chicken, you can stuff a cornish game hen, and inside the cornish game hen you can stuff a balut egg. Are we getting hungry yet?

Take it a step even further and stuff all of that inside a kalua pig then throw the whole buggah in da' imu.

Then what do you get?

KALUA PITURDUCKHENLUT

That sounds like some kind of German sausage.

[1stwahine]

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A chicken, stuffed inside a duck, that's stuffed inside a turkey? Eh Auntie, here's your chance to do them two steps better. Inside the chicken, you can stuff a cornish game hen, and inside the cornish game hen you can stuff a balut egg. Are we getting hungry yet?

No ack. How bout inside da stuffing wrapped in a tiny ball, get one paper dat wen somebody opens it, says ~ WHACK WHACK!

Auntie Lynn

[lurkah]

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No ack. How bout inside da stuffing wrapped in a tiny ball, get one paper dat wen somebody opens it, says ~ WHACK WHACK!

Thanksgiving Love Notes! Instead of a Chinese fortune cookie! What a great idea, Auntie!

[jdub]

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i'll be starting a new thanksgiving tradition this year....working!

[craigwatanabe]

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Good reminder, cw --- the latest batch of Beaujolais Nouveau comes out tomorrow (Thu. 11-17.)

Has anyone on HT ever had an opportunity to try a "turducken"? It is a chicken, stuffed inside a duck, stuffed inside a turkey - with stuffing between each layer. Seen 'em on TV, read about them in the recent National Geographic, but never had a chance to try one...

Turducken...Hmmmm sounds a bit kinky there stuffing your chicken in a duck then doing it to a turkey

I think we just invented a new term for kinky threesomes!! Hey girls let's go to my place and do a little Turducken

I'm trying to imagine who's the chicken, the duck and the turkey!

[tutusue]

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Turducken...Hmmmm sounds a bit kinky there stuffing your chicken in a duck then doing it to a turkey

I think we just invented a new term for kinky threesomes!! Hey girls let's go to my place and do a little Turducken

I'm trying to imagine who's the chicken, the duck and the turkey!

Hmmm...in that case, might the scare of the bird flu soon supercede the scare of AIDS?!

[lavagal]

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i'll be starting a new thanksgiving tradition this year....working!

WORK FOR A REAL MAN, DUDE!