Cooking experiments gone bad

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Nope, super-easy and prep time is only about 10 minutes. I used raspberry chipotle sauce once, also, and it was really good, too. It doesn’t come out of tablecloths and napkins very well, though…!
 
This was the first year I didn’t cook the entire meal by myself over the course of two days. I also didn’t have to do the dishes, since another relative hosted. There were a couple of bombs on the table (sweet potatoes shouldn’t have uncooked lumps in them, yk? And the plain microwaved frozen green beans didn’t get touched. . .) but I didn’t make them, so I didn’t care 🙂

My only near miss was that I bought such a small turkey, 8lbs, that I only got a cup and a half of drippings and had to thaw some chicken broth to actually get enough for gravy.
 
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
Today I made the Self-Carving Turkey–it fell apart.
Because my oven doesn’t cook evenly (it can’t handle a big roast like a turkey–the ouside gets brown while inside it’s still pink) I’ve been using an electric roaster for the past couple of years with good results. Today, however, I left the turkey in a bit too long. When DH lifted it out, the turkey’s hindquarters separated from its thorax. Not a very nice picture on the serving platter. Luckily it was just my husband and kids today for dinner, so DH carved the turkey in the kitchen and I put the platter of sliced meat on the table. And the kids didn’t care because they don’t like turkey that much, anyway.
 
FickleFreckled said:
I don’t have to cook today. But when I do, I don’t do the traditional turkey and ham for holidays. I’ve got a no-fail recipe that’s super easy and people think you’re a gourmet. Cornish game hens roasted with apples, pears, raisins or currants, & walnuts, stuffed or split. Sometimes I use pomegranates instead of the other fruit with a pomegranate / honey glaze. An hour in the oven and you’re done. No leftovers, it smells as good as turkey, never dry.
A lazy cook-with-gourmet-aspirations’ dream.
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Ditto cheers for the hens. I had to quickly assemble T’giving when DW sprained ankle in 1986 while preparing to go out of town. Too late for turkey & family too small. 2 cornish hens did the trick. I am alone this year & b’becued some drumsticks. I think I’ll try your fruit in the bird for Christmas.
 
Let me know how it turns out, John. I made turkey for years, but never really liked it. Games hens are just so wonderfully tender and savory.
 
Thanksgiving cooking experiments gone bad. I’ve got one of those. This deals with my mom though. This was about 10 years ago, and she was making rice pudding. Only she forgot to put sugar in it, and once we started eating it it was very bland. So she went back in the kitchen and thought she put sugar on it, but it turned out be salt. She felt so bad she made another whole batch. My bros and I got a good laugh out of it though.
 
Cliff_Jumper said:
Thanksgiving cooking experiments gone bad. I’ve got one of those. This deals with my mom though. This was about 10 years ago, and she was making rice pudding. Only she forgot to put sugar in it, and once we started eating it it was very bland. So she went back in the kitchen and thought she put sugar on it, but it turned out be salt. She felt so bad she made another whole batch. My bros and I got a good laugh out of it though.
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Oh no…oh my gosh, bet that was horrible.:ouch:
 
No outright disasters. DH made the Italian herb-onion bread and it was delish, I made a sweet potato gratin and it was also good. Mom made the rest, and all was great except for the jello salad. I didn’t have any last night, so I thought it was just raspberry jello with cranberries and mandarin oranges. I didn’t realize until I spooned up a dish for myself this morning that she’d put diced celery in it. :eek:

I know she likes to have a bit of crunch in her jello salad, and I suppose this is better than the walnut pieces she used to use (since I’m allergic to walnuts), but still- celery?
 
SeekerJen said:
Hmm. I think you went wrong with the cheese. I’ve used both leftover turkey and onions in omelets before, but I have an aversion to American cheese. Nasty stuff. shudder

Of course, to most people, the turkey and onions might be gross. I think it sounds great with, say, havarti or provolone cheese. But then I’ve been known to chop up leftover roasted brussels sprouts and saute them with onions for my omelets so take my advice with a grain of salt. 🤷
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Turkey doesn’t really take any kind of cheese very well. I would have thrown a few cranberries in there, though. 🙂

But then again, I would have put it into a sandwich. What made you want to make an omlette out of it? Were you out of sandwich bread? :confused:
 
jmcrae said:
Turkey doesn’t really take any kind of cheese very well. I would have thrown a few cranberries in there, though. 🙂

But then again, I would have put it into a sandwich. What made you want to make an omlette out of it? Were you out of sandwich bread? :confused:
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I can’t answer for the OP, but I’ll try just about any kind of savory leftover in omelets and would rather have the bread on the side as toast. And turkey does work with cheese, but it depends on the format. I wouldn’t dump cheese on my Thanksgiving turkey dinner, but if I slice up the leftovers for turkey tetrazzini, they work fine with the Parmesan. Or if I use ground turkey for meatballs or burgers, it’s fine with cheese. And turkey lunchmeat also works with cheese.

But American cheese? Blecch. 😛
 
I’m just about the opposite. If you put Parmasean cheese on it, I’ll eat it.
 
LOL–I thought I was alone in my parm cheese ‘fetish.’ 😃 I tell the servers at Olive Garden (because they don’t have a parm cheese shaker ON the table:rolleyes: ) to bring me a side dish with a big pile of it.

Love the stuff!
 
SeekerJen said:
I can’t answer for the OP, but I’ll try just about any kind of savory leftover in omelets and would rather have the bread on the side as toast. And turkey does work with cheese, but it depends on the format. I wouldn’t dump cheese on my Thanksgiving turkey dinner, but if I slice up the leftovers for turkey tetrazzini, they work fine with the Parmesan. Or if I use ground turkey for meatballs or burgers, it’s fine with cheese. And turkey lunchmeat also works with cheese.

But American cheese? Blecch. 😛
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tetrazinni…hmmmm…do you have a nice recipe for this? I haven’t had that in years, and miss it. 🙂 Grazie Jen. :tiphat:
 
whatevergirl said:
LOL–I thought I was alone in my parm cheese ‘fetish.’ 😃 I tell the servers at Olive Garden (because they don’t have a parm cheese shaker ON the table:rolleyes: ) to bring me a side dish with a big pile of it.

Love the stuff!
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exactly the same here 👍
 
whatevergirl said:
tetrazinni…hmmmm…do you have a nice recipe for this? I haven’t had that in years, and miss it. 🙂 Grazie Jen. :tiphat:
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😊 I haven’t made it in a few years, myself. If I can find the recipe, I’ll pass it on. If not, looks like the turkey will go in a pot pie or white chili.
 
SeekerJen said:
😊 I haven’t made it in a few years, myself. If I can find the recipe, I’ll pass it on. If not, looks like the turkey will go in a pot pie or white chili.
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yum–pot pie…jen you are making me hungry tonight.😃 I made a pot pie once…but used a sweet crust that one would use for an apple pie. It was …ok. But, weird.

Add that to my cooking experiments gone awry.😉
 
whatevergirl said:
LOL–I thought I was alone in my parm cheese ‘fetish.’ 😃 I tell the servers at Olive Garden (because they don’t have a parm cheese shaker ON the table:rolleyes: ) to bring me a side dish with a big pile of it.

Love the stuff!
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Yum!! I put parmesan on practically everything! (Which explains why I buy so much every time I go grocery shopping, lol) I like to put it on mushrooms!!
 
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