Foodies BS Thread.

So you use a roux and a slurry???? hummmm.... y not just make a bigger roux? jw...

 

I always use both. Gives room for final adjustment. Plus gives better consistency without being pasty.

 

Got ya... I didn't think of it like that! I will have to give this a try... maybe with left over turkey from t-day!


BTW.... Like I said before this is my first time cooking for t-day... what is everyone else making???

 

I don't think much of anything unusual here. Since I'm doing that whole bachelor thing again and halfway across the country from the family, I'm guessing I'll just make something for me. A pork shoulder in the crock, perhaps, or mayhap steak and sides to enjoy with the footyball and brews.

 

I tried to get away with just buying breast and legs instead of a whole bird. but that didn't fly with her... I was told I had to do a whole bird in the oven! lol

 

either deep fry it, or spatchcock roast it. if you HAVE to do a full round bird in the oven...


Here, look at this list

http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/11/weekend-recap-this-week-on-serious-eats-1.html

and then go here for the bestest full-bird turkey roast

http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/11/...el-no-roasting-pan-crisp-skin-juicy-meat.html

Kenji is a food ninja. He and Alton Brown pretty much are the smartest food guys on the internet.

 

Alton brown is by far my fav. I like how he breaks down and explains what is happening. I had like 4 of his cook books and I lost them (or the x stole them...)

 

Kenji is VERY similar to Alton in that way.

When you have some time, poke around that site there and just look at his username posts in the Food Lab.

Hella fun shit. Like Alton does, in a lot of ways.

I use his 1-min foolproof hollandaise sauce on my eggs pretty much weekly now. It really is as good as you'll get in any restaurant and stupid easy with a stick blender.

 

I posted this a couple weeks ago but I figured I would throw it up again since we are getting close to t-day. A ton of good info in this article.

http://amazingribs.com/recipes/chicken_turkey_duck/ultimate_smoked_turkey.html

 

Xaks. You have a link to his hollandaise?

 

Here's article

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2013/04/foolproof-2-minute-hollandaise-recipe.html


Vid writeup

http://www.seriouseats.com/2013/04/video-foolproof-hollandaise-in-2-minutes.html

You should see his work with hard boiled eggs. EPIC.

 

I will look. Thanks!

 

Here's Kenji's Food Lab listing

http://www.seriouseats.com/the-food-lab/

I spent the better part of a saturday one weekend just perusing his stuff, saving out recipes and sipping beer.

Add in these gems that they do:

http://www.seriouseats.com/all-taste-tests/

and you can blow an entire weekend. I'm not making any money for that site, I just love their content and methods. Flat out just food geeks having fun. Ignore the plugs (which are clearly marked as such) and its really good data.

 

I'm old fashioned, just butter, brown sugar and salt.

 

I'm on duty for Thanksgiving and the day after so my turkey day might have to be that following weekend. I remember one year I cooked an entire turkey just for myself haha.

 

I might be camping over Thanksgiving weekend. I won't be able to do a whole turkey - any ideas for something that can be made at a camp site that gives some type of turkey day meal?

 

I only really like roasted turkey for the leftovers for sammys.

 

My first time at a Burger 21. Awesome place. One of the few burger places where the actual burger is bigger and better looking than the one on the menu.

 

Turkey sammy.