Wayne Boatwright wrote:
Oh pshaw, on Fri 10 Nov 2006 07:05:39a, elaine meant to say...

"Wayne Boatwright" wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com wrote in message
28.19...
Oh pshaw, on Fri 10 Nov 2006 05:17:58a, Jude meant to say...

snip..

I love the dark meat on turkey........it's my fav part.

elaine

I love the dark meat on chicken, but I don't really like turkey at
all. I will eat small amounts of white meat on holidays, but that's
it.

Yay! Another non-turkey eater. I always preferred the sides on
Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter, rather than the main dish. But,
whenever I made chicken, I preferred the dark meat as well, Wayne.

Now, I can't eat turkey or chicken at all, so I have a free pass this
year!!!!!!!!

kili
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Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
It looks like it'll be just DH and me this year... no doubt he'll ask
if I want to go out to eat, but we can't afford a Really Nice
Restaurant and cheap places will be overcrowded (and why would I want
to pay good money to eat mass-produced overcooked, oversalted turkey
anyway?)

But I don't think I feel like cooking a turkey just for two people...
what are your suggestions for a special dinner for two? DH likes meat,
and I like veggies, and we can have anything except seafood.


A duck, or a small pork roast, or if you want turkey roast a turkey thigh.

Serve any of these with baked sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, green
salad and/or steamed broccoli, fresh fruit salad, and your favorite pie.

The pork roast would be the easiest. Don't get it too lean.

Best regards,
Bob

Steve Wertz wrote:
On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 02:29:34 -0500, Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:

It looks like it'll be just DH and me this year... no doubt he'll ask
if I want to go out to eat, but we can't afford a Really Nice
Restaurant and cheap places will be overcrowded (and why would I want
to pay good money to eat mass-produced overcooked, oversalted turkey
anyway?)

But I don't think I feel like cooking a turkey just for two people...
what are your suggestions for a special dinner for two? DH likes meat,
and I like veggies, and we can have anything except seafood.

Go to a Cantonese Restaurant and get a red-roasted duck. Ask them
to sing "Deck the halls" for you.

-sw


"Fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra"?

Bob

zxcvbob wrote:
Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:

A duck, or a small pork roast, or if you want turkey roast a turkey
thigh.

Serve any of these with baked sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, green
salad and/or steamed broccoli, fresh fruit salad, and your favorite
pie.

The pork roast would be the easiest. Don't get it too lean.


Speaking of pork, how about a pork tenderloin stuffed with herbs, veggies
and cheese? Butterfly the loin, stuff it, tie it up and bake it. Serve
with traditional T-day sides.

kili
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"kilikini" wrote:

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
Oh pshaw, on Fri 10 Nov 2006 07:05:39a, elaine meant to say...

"Wayne Boatwright" wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com wrote in message
28.19...
Oh pshaw, on Fri 10 Nov 2006 05:17:58a, Jude meant to say...

snip..

I love the dark meat on turkey........it's my fav part.

elaine

I love the dark meat on chicken, but I don't really like turkey at
all. I will eat small amounts of white meat on holidays, but that's
it.

Yay! Another non-turkey eater. I always preferred the sides on
Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter, rather than the main dish. But,
whenever I made chicken, I preferred the dark meat as well, Wayne.

Now, I can't eat turkey or chicken at all, so I have a free pass this
year!!!!!!!!

kili
--
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kilikini

Lobster for Kili at Thanksgiving? ;-)
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Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
It looks like it'll be just DH and me this year... no doubt he'll ask
if I want to go out to eat, but we can't afford a Really Nice
Restaurant and cheap places will be overcrowded (and why would I want
to pay good money to eat mass-produced overcooked, oversalted turkey
anyway?)

But I don't think I feel like cooking a turkey just for two people...
what are your suggestions for a special dinner for two? DH likes meat,
and I like veggies, and we can have anything except seafood.


I would either roast a small turkey or a large chicken. You can always
freeze the leftover turkey meat or make things like pot pie, turkey
burritos, croquettes, and the other usual leftovers.

gloria p

Omelet wrote:
In article ,
"kilikini" wrote:

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
Oh pshaw, on Fri 10 Nov 2006 07:05:39a, elaine meant to say...

"Wayne Boatwright" wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com wrote in message
28.19...

Yay! Another non-turkey eater. I always preferred the sides on
Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter, rather than the main dish. But,
whenever I made chicken, I preferred the dark meat as well, Wayne.

Now, I can't eat turkey or chicken at all, so I have a free pass this
year!!!!!!!!


Lobster for Kili at Thanksgiving? ;-)

I wish! Lobster contains too much iron for me right now. (I already
splurged on crab the other day as a last hurrah.)

I'll probably just have cauliflower or squash - and that's as long as I'm
not in the hospital!

kili
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http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kilikini

jmcquown wrote:
Cornish game hen? I don't care much about turkey but cornish hens are tasty
little critters

That's what I was going to say, but I make a sucky dressing. I know
some people think stove top is vile, but it's a good substitute when
you want a dressing. My mom makes an awesome 'stuffing'.

(Karen*AKA*Kajikit) wrote:
It looks like it'll be just DH and me this
year... no doubt he'll ask if I want to go
out to eat, but we can't afford a Really Nice
Restaurant and cheap places will be overcrowded (and why would
I want to pay good money to eat mass-produced overcooked,
oversalted turkey anyway?)
But I don't think I feel like cooking a turkey
just for two people... what are your suggestions for a
special dinner for two? DH likes meat, and I like
veggies, and we can have anything except seafood.
------------------------------------------------------------ Unless
there is a change in plans just the two of us this year for us too.

I plan on fixing a nice pot roast dinner with the rolls/irish butter
coming from our local yuppy store.

Looking around trying to find a Bakers Square outlet for the pumpkin pie
which we rate the best.

I remember one thanksgiving we ordered pizza from one of the better
outlets here and it suited us fine.

In article ,
"kilikini" wrote:

Omelet wrote:
In article ,
"kilikini" wrote:

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
Oh pshaw, on Fri 10 Nov 2006 07:05:39a, elaine meant to say...

"Wayne Boatwright" wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com wrote in message
28.19...

Yay! Another non-turkey eater. I always preferred the sides on
Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter, rather than the main dish. But,
whenever I made chicken, I preferred the dark meat as well, Wayne.

Now, I can't eat turkey or chicken at all, so I have a free pass this
year!!!!!!!!


Lobster for Kili at Thanksgiving? ;-)

I wish! Lobster contains too much iron for me right now. (I already
splurged on crab the other day as a last hurrah.)

I'll probably just have cauliflower or squash - and that's as long as I'm
not in the hospital!

kili
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http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kilikini

True... :-(
Have they set a surgery date yet?

You can always eat the low iron shrimp.

What about stuffing some squash with shrimp and rice or something like
that? Can you eat mushrooms?
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"denise~*" wrote:

jmcquown wrote:
Cornish game hen? I don't care much about turkey but cornish hens are tasty
little critters

That's what I was going to say, but I make a sucky dressing. I know
some people think stove top is vile, but it's a good substitute when
you want a dressing. My mom makes an awesome 'stuffing'.

I love CGH's too. This Sunday will be my first attempt at spatchcock
grilling of them. If it works out, I may do it again for T-day (since
there are only two of us) and make a stovetop dressing.
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Omelet wrote:
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"kilikini" wrote:


Lobster for Kili at Thanksgiving? ;-)

I wish! Lobster contains too much iron for me right now. (I already
splurged on crab the other day as a last hurrah.)

I'll probably just have cauliflower or squash - and that's as long
as I'm not in the hospital!


True... :-(
Have they set a surgery date yet?

You can always eat the low iron shrimp.

What about stuffing some squash with shrimp and rice or something like
that? Can you eat mushrooms?

They set a surgery date, but neglected to tell me it was yesterday. Isn't
that nice? So, they're rescheduling (after many apologies, JEEZ!) so I'm
waiting.

I can eat mushrooms and I found a store that carries pretty blase',
already-cooked-shrimp, that's low in iron. I've been eating squash, but I
haven't looked up iron in it, yet. I'm just assuming it's low.

T-day, for us, will be pretty much like any other day. Christmas is the
same as well; we don't celebrate.

BUT! One thing I've been craving since I moved to this god-forsaken state
is *real* pizza, so I did an online search and found a place called
Fortunato's way down in St. Pete. Hubby and I are taking the trek and going
to splurge this weekend. Diet be-damned! I'm going to eat and I don't
care! (Heck, I have to get one last hurrah out of all my favorite foods
before they're banned forever!) Besides, they have an Italian market -
we're talking CHEESE & sausage (for the hubby). God, I could go for some
good Italian hard cheese! (quit, sheldon.)

kili
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Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
But I don't think I feel like cooking a turkey just for two people...
what are your suggestions for a special dinner for two? DH likes meat,
and I like veggies, and we can have anything except seafood.

It's usually just my husband and I, too. I ask the butcher for the
smallest turkey he can get. I forget what weight that comes in as.
Anyway, we cook it up like normal and just enjoy it. We both love
sandwiches, and there's seldom any left by Monday when we go back to
work. Then I clean the bones and make a turkey pot pie, or just freeze
it for a few weeks, then make pie.

We used to get just a breast, but found it wasn't enough to get us
through the weekend. After all that cooking Thursday, I don't do
anything for the rest of the holiday.

If you don't think you can eat turkey for three or four days straight,
remember that you can freeze it, tightly wrapped, for several weeks and
use the leftovers for soup or pot pie later.

Alternatively, you might get a duck. Even the ones that look big don't
usually have all that much meat on them, so ther won't be a ton of
leftovers.



Dawn

On 10 Nov 2006 02:00:19 -0800, "kuvasz guy" wrote:


King's Crown wrote:
"Karen AKA Kajikit" wrote in message
...
It looks like it'll be just DH and me this year... no doubt he'll ask
if I want to go out to eat, but we can't afford a Really Nice
Restaurant and cheap places will be overcrowded (and why would I want
to pay good money to eat mass-produced overcooked, oversalted turkey
anyway?)

But I don't think I feel like cooking a turkey just for two people...
what are your suggestions for a special dinner for two? DH likes meat,
and I like veggies, and we can have anything except seafood.

Why not a turkey breast? Although they can be pricey.... turkey legs can be

I second the vote for a turkey breast rather than the whole bird... I
did this a couple years ago when I couldn't make it home to spend the
day with the family. And it's not particulary expensive when you
consider that you're getting solid meat.

Plus, you won't have 18 weeks of left overs...
..fred

My family isn't especially fond of turkey, but I subject them to it on
Thanksgiving because it's the law here in the US (and I want to eat it
at least once a year). One year turkey was on sale for an
unbeliebable price "off season", so I had the meat man cut the turkey
in half with their band saw for me. I had two turkey meals that were
quickly consumed and for once, nobody complained about turkey
leftovers.

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sf wrote:


My family isn't especially fond of turkey, but I subject them to it on
Thanksgiving because it's the law here in the US (and I want to eat it
at least once a year). One year turkey was on sale for an
unbeliebable price "off season", so I had the meat man cut the turkey
in half with their band saw for me. I had two turkey meals that were
quickly consumed and for once, nobody complained about turkey
leftovers.


We do that often through the year mainly because we like turkey. Roasted
half turkey is just right. You get plenty for the meal with a mix of
light and dark meat and no huge amounts of leftovers.