It's beginning to smell alot like Thanksgiving..

[oblongmelon]

here is MY dinner menu for tomorrow

Antipasta
Crusty FRESH italian bread with indiviual bowls of olive oil and herbs and course salt for dipping..YUM.
smoked Oysters(for the men-ugh)
Chilled Pumpkin Soup
Stuffed Mushrooms
Tossed Green Salad

Roast Turkey
Spiral Sliced Virginia maple smoked ham (that we picked up in West Virginia)
Lasagna
Sausage/Apple stuffing
Mashed Potatoes (with REAL BUTTER)
Mashed sweet potatoes with REAL NEW YORK MAPLE SYRUP and roasted chopped pecans
Fresh steamed green beans
Broccoli Rice casserole
cranberry/orange/apple relish (ground last week in order to marinate in its own juices-mmmm)
Corn
Fresh assorted rolls(wheat,poppy,potato,sesame and white)
Olives-black,green,cured,and greek
Gravy (no guts)
Fresh Fruit Salad (not that nasty kind with marshmellow)
Pies-pumpkin,pecan,apple/walnut,chocolate french creme,double crust lemon
CHEESECAKE
Ice cream available on request.
Coffee,tea,various soft drinks,Iced tea,beer and Mead (compliments of my best friend who has his own little microbrewery thingy)
Dinner takes about 2-2 1/2 hours to eat! I can't wait..best part..NO DISHES FOR ME..WOOOOHOOOOOOOOO - Now if ya wanna join us..you have to bring bowls to take your leftovers home in.. :)

[BrewMaster]

give me directons. I'll be there!...oh wait, mom is cooking here too. can you FedEx me the leftovers?

oh, with the olive oil for dipping the FRESH italian bread, you might want to add some red wine vinegar to the oil. that makes a killer tasting bread dip.

[oblongmelon]

Originally posted by BrewMaster
give me directons. I'll be there!...oh wait, mom is cooking here too. can you FedEx me the leftovers?

oh, with the olive oil for dipping the FRESH italian bread, you might want to add some red wine vinegar to the oil. that makes a killer tasting bread dip.

VINEGAR? and ruin the perfectly good OLIVE OIL? it's the nectar of the italian gods my friend..If I was gonna add anything it would be straight chianti! no vinegar..no no no...I'll get the vacu-sealer ready so I can send you the turkey neck (I'll share with ya this year-thats my favorite part)..just remember...STRAIGHT oil,course salt,fresh chopped basil and a pinch of oregano! :) oh...and Happy Thanksgiving :)

[leemaj]

i can smell the preparing of the dinner right now..cant belive thanksgiving is tomorrow!

[nomoney]

You are lucky. I am sick. I cant smell anything.

/me goes in to the corner and cries.

[leemaj]

get the vitamin C pills that have 1666% of the daily value. i have those, and it takes me 1-2 days to get better if i take 2 pills a day-one in monring, one at night. its lke $14 for a bottle of 50 or 60 pills, but WELL worth it...go get them..right now!

[BrewMaster]

Originally posted by leemaj
get the vitamin C pills that have 1666% of the daily value. i have those, and it takes me 1-2 days to get better if i take 2 pills a day-one in monring, one at night. its lke $14 for a bottle of 50 or 60 pills, but WELL worth it...go get them..right now!

not really. Vitamin C is a water soluble vitamin so you'll just piss out all of that excess. Don't waste your money.

I use Zinc lozenges. Not supplements, but lozenges. They work really good for me to get me back to health. I swear by them everytime I get sick.

[BrewMaster]

Originally posted by oblongmelon


VINEGAR? and ruin the perfectly good OLIVE OIL? it's the nectar of the italian gods my friend..If I was gonna add anything it would be straight chianti! no vinegar..no no no...I'll get the vacu-sealer ready so I can send you the turkey neck (I'll share with ya this year-thats my favorite part)..just remember...STRAIGHT oil,course salt,fresh chopped basil and a pinch of oregano! :) oh...and Happy Thanksgiving :)

I'll await the neck. Yum. As for the olive oil and vinegar, you ever been to Louise's Italian restaurant? It might just be an LA thing but it is really good and htey serve the oil with herbs and vinegar. If you don't like vineger at all, well you probably won't love this, but I say at least try a little bit before you serve dinner tomorrow. Not regular vinegar, but red wine vinegar. Vinegar or not, I'm sure everything will be delicious tomorrow.

I can't wait to eat rice pie tomorrow. It's a Belgian thing. It really is pie made from rice, milk, cinnamon and sugar. It's yummy!

[oblongmelon]

I do have red wine vinegar..but, who needs to go to sample italian cuisine at Louise's when you were raised with Santo,Biagio,Mario,Franky-also known as "brother",Little Georgie,Conchietta,Mariagaetana,Stephano,Antonio,Rosa,MariaAssunta,Leno,etc etc..lol..but If I'm ever out there..I'll give it a try just to compare :)

[BrewMaster]

just go in, try their bread and dip, and then walk out. hehe.