More than any other holiday meal, you know what’s on the menu for the Thanksgiving feast. Turkey. It’s what’s for dinner. For those of you with some experience with this kitchen event, you’ll know that cooking a Thanksgiving turkey is not for the faint of heart. It’s a tough meal to nail, not only from the timing of all of those sides, but for cooking the bird itself, and there are as many ways to cook that holiday fowl as…
For home cooks all over the country, the most important meal of the year is just three weeks away. Sure, Mom, Dad, or Grandma can occasionally burn a pizza, undercook some vegetables, or even hammer that fish in the oven from time to time and all will be quickly forgotten – but screw up the Thanksgiving Day turkey? The family will talk about and remember that indiscretion for years to come. That’s a lot of pressure on the host, and…
I sometimes question how we have survived as a species and a society. The stupid things I see attempted on YouTube or Facebook videos make we wonder what some people won’t do to be granted a simple “thumbs up” icon. Another Thanksgiving season is upon us, and if you also want to doubt your faith in humanity, you should read some of the transcripts and texts received by the Butterball Turkey Hotline, a free “help desk” for all things turkey-related….
With just less than three weeks to go until Thanksgiving, you might very well wonder where all of the traditions and trappings we follow here in the United States came from. Well fear not, turkey fans, for I am here to provide you with all of the useless knowledge that will make you the conversation specialist at this year’s holiday table. Thanksgiving – the Date Thanksgiving was actually celebrated on different dates in different states in the early 1800’s. …
Well, Halloween is here and we’re now headlong into the rush towards Thanksgiving (notice I said Thanksgiving, even though all the stores will have their Christmas decorations up by week’s end). What will be on your table for the holiday feast? Well, according to statistics – for 88% of Americans, it will be a turkey. That’s a staggering 46 million birds – around 736 million pounds of cooked poultry – more than at any other time of the year (including…