Recipes For Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving features food.  The Pilgrims worked hard to make the new world their home, and this was their celebration.  Every year it's a traditional meal.  The table is jammed with turkey, stuffing and all the trimmings.  History aside, families also like to get everyone together in one room.  Thanksgiving dinner recipes can be quite different, as there are many ways to cook a turkey.

How about this recipe for a delicious appetizer?  Move the pumpkin from dessert to the start of the meal as a savory Pumpkin soup.  Butter and oil simmer over a medium heat. Add three sliced leeks (only the white) and saute until the leeks are soft. Now throw in some pumpkin puree along with cloves, cinnamon, ground ginger and some salt.  Now stir in some vegetable broth. Stir in one quarter cup of brown sugar.  Bring it to a low boil then let it simmer for 10 minutes. If desired pour a tsp or so of cream or half and half into the bowl before adding soup and a dash of cinnamon.  That sounds good.

A turkey can be fried instead of broiled.  It won't get greasy.  The oil is so hot it doesn't flow into the meat.  For this task a big oil pot and propane burner are used.  Turkey fryers can be found in stores like Walmart.  You'll need two thermometers, one for the meat and one for the oil.  Make sure to fry outside in a clear area.  The oil must be between 325F and 350F.  The turkey takes about three minutes per pound to fry to about 170 degrees F in the breast.  Frying a turkey doesn't involve cooking the stuffing inside the bird, but it does include spices directly injected into it.

Pumpkin and sausage soup makes for a good appetizer too.  But there are other good appetizers for the meal.  Try something different like cheese wrapped asparagus.  Both sliced and spread cheese go into this one.  A blue cheese spread over slices of swiss can be good.  Wrap the asparagus with the slices spread with the soft cheese, then bake until tender at 230C.  Sure wrapping cheese around asparagus turns a pretty healthy food into something a little more fattening.  Splurge a little bit.  It's ok to eat on Thanksgiving

Many more delicious Thanksgiving dinner recipes are available on the Internet.

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