Thanksgiving Cooking: Notes to Self
Nov. 27th, 2009 11:35 pm- The roasting oven is not ... quite ... large enough to hold a 20 lb turkey.
- A 20 lb turkey does, however, have lots of cavity to put stuffing in.
- Pie crusts come two to a pack because one sixteen-ounce can of pumpkin makes two pies. If you want two pies, you still only have to buy one can.
- If you make the pumpkin pies two nights before Thanksgiving, you can eat pumpkin pie while you're cooking. Since one can makes two pies, there'll even still be pie left after dinner.
- The big ten-quart pot only holds five pounds of potatoes. So you probably shouldn't buy ten.
- Eighty ounces of canned yams is about right, though.
- You need milk for mashed potatoes.
- The stuffing needs a whole onion, and the salad needs some, too. So one's not enough.
Pie:
Evaporated milk
Canned pumpkin
Sugar
Eggs
Nutmeg
Cinnamon
Ginger
Ground cloves
Roasted Garlic:
Garlic (minced or cloves)
Olive oil
Mashed Potatoes:
Potatoes
Salt
Pepper
Milk
Butter
Roasted Garlic
Stuffing:
Stuffing mix
Chicken broth
Canned mushrooms
Onion
Three-bean salad:
Kidney beans
Chickpeas
Wax beans
Green beans
Vinegar
Sugar
Onion
Sweet Potatoes:
Sweet potatoes
Butter
Brown Sugar
Flour
Vanilla
Hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving, and has lots of leftovers, too. =)