Thanksgiving 2021

[ChuckO]

Way too many of these

Case T's Stuffin' Muffings. Last time not enough fluids, this time too much. Still pretty good thought

The Bride's Smoked Sweet Potato Casserole (this was bomb)

Son made some moinks

Dad's tunes (aka slaps)

I mentioned that the bloody mary's were served in large quantities, and as a result I made some changes in turkey cook. I decided that instead of basting in olive oil, butter would result is crispy skin. I wasn't wrong, skin was crispy to say the least

https://imgur.com/3S4byVn

https://imgur.com/3TUjlKn

https://imgur.com/VjLN5kB

I finally hit 165 internal in the thigh, it's not pretty

It was actually really good. Yeah, the skin was toast, but the turkey it self was really quite good. The lesson learned is that have your plan written in stone prior to having half dozen bloody mary's. I'm confident that had I stayed with the olive oil, things would be a lot more better looking. My bride's smoked sweet taters was over the top, tasted like pumpkin pie

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, I need to figure out how to get the room from spinning, maybe a glass of wine...

 

[Rich G]

That all looks incredible, Chuck! You should take a load off and have another Bloody Mary!

R

 

[T Gabriel]

Good food and drinks there ChuckO
What Bloody Mary mix do you use?

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

Looks pretty good to me Chuck!

 

[Bob Bailey]

Way too many of these

Case T's Stuffin' Muffings. Last time not enough fluids, this time too much. Still pretty good thought

The Bride's Smoked Sweet Potato Casserole (this was bomb)

Son made some moinks

Dad's tunes (aka slaps)

I mentioned that the bloody mary's were served in large quantities, and as a result I made some changes in turkey cook. I decided that instead of basting in olive oil, butter would result is crispy skin. I wasn't wrong, skin was crispy to say the least

https://imgur.com/3S4byVn

https://imgur.com/3TUjlKn

https://imgur.com/VjLN5kB

I finally hit 165 internal in the thigh, it's not pretty

It was actually really good. Yeah, the skin was toast, but the turkey it self was really quite good. The lesson learned is that have your plan written in stone prior to having half dozen bloody mary's. I'm confident that had I stayed with the olive oil, things would be a lot more better looking. My bride's smoked sweet taters was over the top, tasted like pumpkin pie

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, I need to figure out how to get the room from spinning, maybe a glass of wine...

Great looking groceries. And, the Bloody Mary's don't look half bad either.

 

[Joe Anshien]

Turkey skin looked perfect to me....I like 'em crispy. That sweet potato stuff looked awesome. Can you post recipe?

 

[Joe T Gomez]

Wow that looks awesome

 

[Terry - bbqking]

Ok now I have to get a roti next…lovely looking bird there…and all that other food…incredibrew!

 

[ChuckO]

Good food and drinks there ChuckO
What Bloody Mary mix do you use?

The kids like Charleston, I like Spicey V8, speaking of which, hair of the dog is needed

 

[ChuckO]

Turkey skin looked perfect to me....I like 'em crispy. That sweet potato stuff looked awesome. Can you post recipe?

The Sweet Potato Casserole was the crown jewel. Easy & Excellent, by none other that Mr. Malcom Reed

You can’t forget the side dishes this Thanksgiving, and I have a recipe for Sweet Potato Casserole you’re going to love. This Sweet Potato Casserole recipe is one that Chelle makes every year, and it’s always a big hit at our house. You can even prep it the night before which really takes the work out of cooking for the Holidays. Ingredients 4 Large Sweet Potatoes (about 3 cups cooked) ½ cup Melted Butter ½ cup Dark Brown Sugar ½ cup Heavy Cream 2 Large Eggs 1 ½ teaspoons Vanilla 1 teaspoon Salt ½ teaspoon Ground Cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon Ground Cayenne Pepper (optional) Pecan Topping: 1 cup chopped Pecans ½ cup Dark Brown Sugar 4 Tablespoons Melted Butter ¼ cup All Purpose Flour INSTRUCTIONS Prepare Big Green Egg or other smoker for indirect cooking at 400⁰. Place Sweet Potatoes on Big Green Egg and cook for 1:30 hours or until soft. Skewer should go into the potato with no resistance. Remove the sweet potatoes from the smoker and adjust vents so temperature drops to 350⁰. Peel sweet potatoes and place in a large bowl. Add remaining ingredients and stir to combine. Spoon into cast iron skillet. In a separate bowl add the pecans, brown sugar, flour, and melted butter. Stir to combine and sprinkle over potato mixture. Place iron skillet on smoker and cook for 1 hour or until topping browns. Remove from smoker and serve.

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[ChuckO]

Thank you all for the kind comments, it ain't pretty but it is dang tasty. Going to make a Bloody and a Turkey Sammy

 

[T Gabriel]

The kids like Charleston, I like Spicey V8, speaking of which, hair of the dog is needed

I do bounce back between Zing Zang and the Spicy V8
Tried Charleston taste buds didn’t care for it
Thanks