My fellow Americans...

[thewayne]

Happy Thanksgiving.

We went to Phoenix, my dad had a surgical procedure last week and is having some problems, so I figured I'd help out and fix dinner for them. I got all the groceries, did some prep last night (including making pomegranate molasses), and this morning I have a cold.

I might be OK to make stuff, as long as I only handle things in the pre-cooking stage, the long cooking times should be enough to destroy virii. I can certainly clean and cube potatoes for the mash. I'm not sneezing, just a mild cough. But I'll probably make my wife work harder. There's two mildly complex dishes to make.

*sigh*

To my non-USAian friends, I hope you have a pleasant day, not having to have much in the way of business dealings today with USAians.


Here's this year's new recipes for me:

Dressing with pancetta, apples, and mushrooms: three different breads!
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/cornbread-dressing-with-pancetta-apples-and-mushrooms-recipe/index.html

Roasted Brussels sprouts with pomegranates and vanilla/pecan butter:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/roasted-brussels-sprouts-with-pomegranates-and-vanilla-pecan-butter-recipe/index.html

Comments

[vaudy.livejournal.com]

New recipes! That sort of thing doesn't happen for holidays around my family. Which isn't too bad, considering holidays are almost the only times we have some of the family dishes. How did the Brussels sprouts come out? I don't normally care for them, but I like to try out different ways of preparing things. Sometimes I find that I don't mind certain dishes even though I don't normally like the main ingredient.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

The Brussels sprouts were pretty good. I screwed up one thing: when applying the vanilla butter, I should have also put some pecans on it. But the universal reception was very good. They're kinda chewy, I don't know if that's the one that I chose or if that's a normal characteristic of sprouts since I've never done them before.

My parents don't mind me experimenting on them, especially when I buy all the groceries and do most of the cooking. :-)

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I meant to mention: I got the recipes from Food Network's Throwdown with Bobby Flay, Thanksgiving Battle, a one hour special that was new this year.