Comments on: Thanksgiving: the food parts

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:34:27 +0000

Oh my god, you just reminded me… at the risk of publicly embarrassing her, I have to tell you, my 14 year old sister (a proud product of local public schools) seriously asked:

“Do Jewish people have Thanksgiving?”

[shakes head sadly]

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:24:11 +0000

We bought a kosher turkey from Trader Joe’s that CAME brined. It was awesome. Next time just don’t tell them what it is…I do that with my kid all the time.

p.s. I concur: yukon golds are da bomb.

By: Terry B

Terry B — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:09:15 +0000

Kristen—Your dinner sounds lovely! And Thanksgiving isn’t exactly the best time to mess with traditions. Especially when it comes to your crew, apparently. Regarding the potatoes, a huge revelation for me was that mashed potatoes COULD be made slightly ahead and then reheated. Can’t even begin to tell you how much side dish-related stress that has relieved.

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:44:05 +0000

I love it! “I like… stuff… on meat.” That would be classic.

Now, my Mom… When she was alive and I was a kid, conversations about dinner went something like this:

Me: What’s for dinner?
Mom: Food.

Don’t get me wrong, my Mom was a great cook; being a kid, the problem was that dinner was just as likely to be sweetbreads as chicken… Or whatever struck her fancy from whatever new cookbook or Gourmet magazine that she had just picked up. But I think that’s where my silly outrage over the whole ridiculous steak issue has it’s base:

Dinner is what I’m fixing, how I’m fixing it.

Hope everyone likes sea urchin with tomato foam as an amuse-bouche…

Now that, even I might complain about…

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:08:20 +0000

HA! From my MIL I get, “Oh. I’ve never made it like that before and I’ve been making it for years.”

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:01:42 +0000

Heh. My mom would never be quite that up front about it. I think she would just say, “No no no! It’s good! I like… stuff… on meat. Really! It’s good!”

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:22:34 +0000

“Slow to embrace change.” Yep. I know what you mean.

Brief excerpt from a convo last week…

Jay: Does steak sound good for tonight? (The in-laws were still with us, and the turkey was gone!)

F.I.L: Don’t put any of that stuff on mine.

Jay: Stuff? You mean the marinade?

M.I.L.: Yeah. Not on mine either. Meat’s just fine as is.

Yep. ‘Cuz I apparently run a diner.

Oh, fyi, since they’re my wife’s parents, I let them have their steaks “their way.”

On another note: Yukon Golds are amazing!