Thanksgiving_Turkey_Cake_Stuffing

Thanksgiving_Turkey_Cake_Stuffing, originally uploaded by KakeBakery2009.

I couldn't resist posting this photo. Great!

Photo note:

"Turkey cake made for Thanksgiving. www.KakeBakery.com"

How Do You Like To Cook Your Turkey?

Well, here we are. It's less than 24 hrs. before the big day. Do you have your turkey yet?

It's an away-day for us tomorrow. We're heading to my sister-in-law's place for Thanksgiving, and are now making plans for what to bring. They provide the turkey, and it is always good. Sometimes, feeling deprived by not having turkey left-overs here at home, I will make another dinner a day or two after the fact. And when I do, I have to think about what I'm going to do with it.

My usual method is to bake the turkey breast-side-down. Something I learned many years ago from a friend who cooks her chicken that way. During the last 30 minutes or so, turn the bird again, breast-side-up this time, to brown. This method, while far from looking like the cover of Saturday Evening Post, ensures moist white meat, for those like me who love that best. Throughout, I'll baste with a combo of butter and olive oil.

So, I'm curious - what is your favorite tried-and-true method for cooking your Thanksgiving turkey? Let me know, and I'll share it here~

Thank you for visiting, and enjoy your day!

4 Thanksgiving Turkeys by Mother and Son!

4 Thanksgiving Turkeys by Mother and Son!, originally uploaded by cobalt123.

Photo note:

"This was a total thrill for me. I cooked this turkey (bottom left corner) per my son's directions. He cooked the other three at his mother-in-law's home where we all met for Thanksgiving dinner this year. Since my oldest son is a gourmet chef (and an executive manager as well) I was happy to have this opportunity to to have HIS guidance, ha ha!

I used to be a "brown paper bag" person for roasting my turkeys, since I wanted to make sure they stayed juicy. But I'm sold on his method. He slathers his turkey with a mix of softened butter mixed with mayonaise and you roast it uncovered. The picture at the top left is his smoked turkey, freshly drained from the brine. The turkey at the top right is being checked for a perfect temperature before he decided this one and the one below it were done.

If you really like to see cooking photos, you may enjoy seeing the original size version uploaded. There are notes added to this image, for those who really want details. And yes, it was a very happy Thanksgiving for our family this year!"

Wild Turkey

Wild Turkey, originally uploaded by amkhosla.

Photo note:

"Bill and I spent a fruitless day yesterday taking bad pictures of great birds (black-headed grosbeak, pacific slope flycatcher, missing wilsons warbler). So this turkey and his one female mate gave us a respite from chasing birds that were 100 feet directly above moving every 3 seconds.

Got to love turkeys. They just sit there and look magnificent."

sweet potato balls

sweet potato balls, originally uploaded by boo_licious.

Fried sweet potato balls

Fried sweet potato balls, originally uploaded by Zali is not a chef.

"Taste like getuk ubi but crunchy on the outside. i sprinkled with oat to add crunchiness."

sweet potato balls

sweet potato balls, originally uploaded by celestialkiddy.

Yum!

Twilight Cake

Twilight Cake, originally uploaded by ❀ℓєтιzια❀.

Just one more!

Twilight Cake

Vampire & Werewolf cupcakes

Vampire & Werewolf cupcakes, originally uploaded by Sevenmarie.

Photo note

"Made for snacks for tonight's bible study because a couple of us are ridiculously excited for New Moon. We don't really understand why we are, we just ARE!

24 white and chocolate cupcakes (white for vampire, chocolate for werewolf) made from a white cake mix--box of chocolate pudding mix was added to make the chocolate ones.

Vampire cupcakes have pureed cherry pie filling and butter cream frosting. Idea is from bakingbites.com/2007/10/vampire-cupcakes

Werewolves have butter cream filling and milk chocolate frosting (canned) and marshmallows for snouts. Idea is from the book "Hello Cupcake!"

New Moon Trailer - Bella´s Cake

New Moon Trailer - Bella´s Cake, originally uploaded by pao25.

Twilight Cake - Cullen Crest

Twilight Cake, originally uploaded by leightorres.

Note:

"The Cullen Crest, as featured in New Moon. All edible! In honor of Twilight the movie, and New Moon. Check out my other cakes at melissacakeytime.blogspot.com."

Moon Cake with a slice out

Moon Cake with a slice out, originally uploaded by madhatrk.

Ooh, this looks very good!

Photo note:

"It's time for Mid Autumn Festival and moon cakes abound! From a Western point of view -- they are neither moon like nor cake like.
The traditional Moon Cakes, they are not sweet and have two whole eggs (yolks in tact) in them as shown above in the slice. Each time I'm served a moon cake I try a piece...but I have yet to develope a taste for it.

The "New" Moon Cakes, which come in flavors like Green Tea and Mango, these, although still very Eastern in texture and flavor, are easier for me to snack upon.

September 23, 2007
At the factory.
Dongguan, China"

New Moon Cake

New Moon Cake, originally uploaded by leightorres.

Photo note:

"In honor of Stephenie Meyer's New Moon and the awesome movie coming out in November, yay! Vanilla cake with chocolate cinnamon buttercream. Check out my other cakes at melissacakeytime.blogspot.com!"

Roast Duck @ New Moon Restaurant - WOW!

Roast Duck @ New Moon Restaurant - WOW!, originally uploaded by Yutai *.

This is because of the New Moon movie coming out. Am I seeing it? I haven't even read the books.

Photo note:

"Holy crap, this was an incredible roast duck. I am not srue it can get better then this.

You know how sometimes you think you love duck, and in your mind it tastes so damn good, but once you actually get some duck, it tastes a lot less good in reality?

The duck here tastes as good as it has ever tasted in my mind.

Big ups to Pierre for welcoming me into the city by giving me an awesome awesome meal my third day here.

New Moon Restaurant - 1247 Stockton, San Francisco"

New From Cookus Interruptus - Brown Sugar Apple Pie

http://www.cookusinterruptus.com/index.php?video_id=152

Nothing hits the spot like a freshly-made homemade

Brown Sugar Apple Pie
(Cynthia considers gas)

Listen to Steve groan with pleasure as he takes a bite. Get with the program and pledge to eat local for Thanksgiving. See our new Cookus/Amazon Store where we have about 50 carefully selected books and cookware items. Maybe early gift-shopping?

Folks have been leaving us some kind and supportive comments. We eat them up like apple pie. Keep interrupting us with more!