What's on the menu for Turkey Day?

[steele mama]

...I didn't know you were such a cook! Hey whitey...you know what? You are now the only original funn that has not spent the night in my guest room!

Okay...this is serious ! I have a vegetarian guest coming for Thanksgiving and I am starting to stress even though I have been told not to. Can anyone tell me how I serve protein w/o using tofu? Even my dressing has turkey neck meat and stock in it. I was thinking of making some of the dressing with vegetable stock w/o the meat.

One year we made a vegan choice of many items. Sweet potatoes with no real butter or milk. It works. Dressing with vegetable broth/boullion. Mashed potatoes with no milk or butter either. No eggs either. It can taste good with the right seasonings. I have faith in you!

 

[Beach Runner]

what's a mirliton?

Mirliton: a vegetable or its vine, also known as the chayote. Can't buy them where I live. Love what Paul Prudhomme does with them at K-Paul's.

My Daughter?s Lemon-Garlic Beans

1 head elephant garlic
1-2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
? teaspoon freshly ground pepper (or to taste)
1 teaspoon kosher salt (or to taste)
4 lemons, sliced thickly
2 packages fresh French-cut green beans

Sprinkle garlic with olive oil, pepper, and kosher salt, wrap in aluminum foil, and roast at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Cook lemons at 400 degrees for 5 minutes. Microwave beans for 8 minutes or to taste.

Squeeze half of the lemons on the beans and reserve the rest. Smash the garlic (as much as your taste buds like), and toss the beans with the garlic, olive oil, and kosher salt. Garnish with remaining lemon slices.

 

[Beachbummette]

Mirliton: a vegetable or its vine, also known as the chayote. Can't buy them where I live. Love what Paul Prudhomme does with them at K-Paul's.

My Daughter?s Lemon-Garlic Beans

1 head elephant garlic
1-2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
? teaspoon freshly ground pepper (or to taste)
1 teaspoon kosher salt (or to taste)
4 lemons, sliced thickly
2 packages fresh French-cut green beans

Sprinkle garlic with olive oil, pepper, and kosher salt, wrap in aluminum foil, and roast at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Cook lemons at 400 degrees for 5 minutes. Microwave beans for 8 minutes or to taste.

Squeeze half of the lemons on the beans and reserve the rest. Smash the garlic (as much as your taste buds like), and toss the beans with the garlic, olive oil, and kosher salt. Garnish with remaining lemon slices.

Thanks BR! Sounds great.....I will try it. I think I can do that. Do you put anything on the lemons when they are in the foil baking? Remember who you are talking to. I need explicit instructions.

 

[dbuck]

...I didn't know you were such a cook! Hey whitey...you know what? You are now the only original funn that has not spent the night in my guest room!

Okay...this is serious ! I have a vegetarian guest coming for Thanksgiving and I am starting to stress even though I have been told not to. Can anyone tell me how I serve protein w/o using tofu? Even my dressing has turkey neck meat and stock in it. I was thinking of making some of the dressing with vegetable stock w/o the meat.

What the hail are you going to do?
I have faith in you too, call a caterer.

 

[DD]

Did anyone see Paula Deen's Thanksgiving? I was drooling the entire time!

Love Paula!

I am making the Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cakes, and Not 'Yo Mama's Banana pudding (her recipe as well, it is WONDERFUL!!!!!)

Those pumpkin gooey butter cakes look so fabulous!

I am going to make her Baked Garlic Cheese Grits for T-giving breakfast and maybe some Chicken Empanadas for appetizers. And maybe cheese straws...

Whitey honey!! I am impressed!! Who knew?

Beans. Put him in a guest room on another wing of the house or put him up in a hotel immediately following dinner. Beans actually have more protein than tofu.

Don't light a roaring fire!

Other ideas- nuts and berries, a plate of carrot sticks, and maybe you can shape a blob of tofu into something resembling a turkey. Grab some dirty bird feather out of the yard, stick it in the tofu turkey's bum, drizzle a little chocolate over to resemble gravy, and Wa La!

Since vegetarian sausage is soysage, Bdarg says vegetarian turkey is To-fukkey.

You two should take this on the road!!

 

[Mermaid]

Okay...this is serious ! I have a vegetarian guest coming for Thanksgiving and I am starting to stress even though I have been told not to. Can anyone tell me how I serve protein w/o using tofu? Even my dressing has turkey neck meat and stock in it. I was thinking of making some of the dressing with vegetable stock w/o the meat.

Can I send Philippa down to you for Thanksgiving? She and your guest could sit together and keep each other company while the rest of the table stuffs themselves on wonderful traditional Thanksgiving food. Philippa announced that she does not especially care for turkey and acoutrements, "...could we please have Chinese instead, please Mama, please??" Pass the tofu.

 

[DD]

Can I send Philippa down to you for Thanksgiving? She and your guest could sit together and keep each other company while the rest of the table stuffs themselves on wonderful traditional Thanksgiving food. Philippa announced that she does not especially care for turkey and acoutrements, "...could we please have Chinese instead, please Mama, please??" Pass the tofu.

WTF?

 

[Mermaid]

WTF?

It's my fault, really. I opened up a kettle of worms last year when we had Chinese for Christmas. You know the TV movie with Ralphie and the BB gun and the leg lamp? I can't think of the name right now but it's based on the Jean Shepard story from the 1960s (50s?).

In the movie the neighborhood dogs steal the turkey that's been cooling in the kitchen and the only place the family can eat is at the Chinese restaurant, the only restaurant in town that's open. Well, ever since I saw that I wanted to do the same, and last year I finally got up enough gumption to do it. And it went over really well. Too well, I think. Someone wants to toss the turkey permanently!!

 

[DD]

It's my fault, really. I opened up a kettle of worms last year when we had Chinese for Christmas. You know the TV movie with Ralphie and the BB gun and the leg lamp? I can't think of the name right now but it's based on the Jean Shepard story from the 1960s (50s?).

In the movie the neighborhood dogs steal the turkey that's been cooling in the kitchen and the only place the family can eat is at the Chinese restaurant, the only restaurant in town that's open. Well, ever since I saw that I wanted to do the same, and last year I finally got up enough gumption to do it. And it went over really well. Too well, I think. Someone wants to toss the turkey permanently!!

I remember you had Chinese! Just like in The Christmas Story!

 

[Mermaid]

I remember you had Chinese! Just like in The Christmas Story!

That was it. Well you know Philippa. Give her an inch and she's off with the whole yard stick. I'm going to have to threaten to send her to Tofu Land with Miss Kitty.