“Cooking” (i.e. reheating) a city ham (i.e. fully cooked , Easter-style ham) sous vide this year. Just me and the partner this year,so a turkey doesn’t make sense, especially since I’m usually underwhelmed with turkey anyway.
Oh just the usual. I’m allergic to poultry so we just find some good pork. Do the stuffing with better than bouillon veggie broth, I just made way too much cranberry last night (you can never have too much cranberry it’ll last three days) I think we only have three kinds of potato this year
Normally I smoke a turkey, duck, or pork roast. But this year we have canceled Thanksgiving and probably will Christmas too. Just not enough funds to justify the cost of a big dinner for 3 people.
Definitely feel that. I just got a little ham steak and some sides I’m doing just for me this year. Not doing anything for Xmas. I’ll be recovering from a surgery, yay!
It’s just my mom and me, and neither of us is big on turkey. I found a recipe for pomegranate rosewater chicken thighs so we’re going to try that this year. Also not making a ton of sides. Salad, bread sticks, green beans and a pear walnut crumble for dessert
the dark meat is great for chicken and dumplings. I’ll usually break it down because it’s about $5/pound here. (verse like $10 for 2 breasts…) so if you’re not needing the full bird for something, you can always re-freeze whatever you’re holding. And the chicken and dumplings are great for family meals. you can make most of it ahead of time, reheat and drop the dumplings when the family is ready to go.
It is a lot. but, the prep is spread out over several days, so there’s that. makes things manageable.
I cook at my own place, but it makes 100% sense to bring your gear with you. This is especially important if maybe they just don’t have something. Can’t really think of anything you’re missing! Eggs, maybe?
Generally speaking, do whatever you can the day before (or several dayd before, even). Most sides will reheat well. Pies and such can be made in advance. If you do something like sous vide turchetta, you only need to brown it/heat it before serving since it’s already cooked.
Oddly enough, they are kind of bland with honey. 😶. Great with butter, though. Still trying to think of something else to try with them, but unfortunately brain is blank. Family won’t help me clean, and am in quite a bit of pain, and being one of the major holiday cooks, I’m kind of stressing a bit, heh. Got so much to clean…I’ll try to think of something to eat with these…I hope, heh.
They’d probably be very good in savory applications. My first thought would be to use them like chapati and scoop up curry with them. Or you could use them like mini wraps.
I do something like this loosely based on a bread from Paula Wolferts ‘Cooking of the Eastern Mediterranean’.
Flour, yogurt, starter, or yeast, and seeds mixed in if I’m baking it, or on top if it’s in a pan. If I have a broiler I stick it in for 30 seconds, if not I dry toast the seeds.
So my pick would be wheat flour, buckwheat, buttermilk, yeast. And I would mix it today for a deeper flavor.
1/2 c. buckwheat
1 c. unbleached flour
6 Tbls. buttermilk powder (It’s what I happen to have, 🤷♂️ ).
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 Tbls. Sugar
1/4 c. Ground pumpkin seeds.
Soften 1 tsp. yeast in 3/4 cup warm water. Mix all ingredients with 1 Tbls. melted butter. Let sit covered for an hour, then place in the fridge over night. Can add more flour the next day if it’s too moist (Can’t remember the liquid to dry ratios, but unimportant for the first part. I can adjust for more/less when necessary).
(update: Ok, that was the perfect amount of liquid. I’ll touch up some more flour when I place it in the fridge…On the other hand. Should have been more pumpkin seeds, or less flours. Meh! Will have to do…maybe I’ll find the will to grind more seeds up before I fry/bake it, heh).
And I would mix it today for a deeper flavor.
Slept pretty horribly last night which makes my pains worse, so I’ll push it back for tomorrow. Which will give me a chance to let it sit.
Sweet Milk : Almond, buckwheat, unbleached flours
Water based : Almond, Rye, Amaranth
youtu.be/hNQaBOHT0EE 🤔 Hmm! A sweet paratha? Pumpkin, sugar, pumpkin seed, nutmeg, and molasses filling. (Using a little almond flour to thicken it up).
youtu.be/0roB5cuotEw Then there’s this 2 ingredient Sweet potato flatbread recipe that I could easily modify.
I’ll plan out cooking it around noon CST tomorrow. So I’ve got plenty of time to figure out what I’ll do, 😃
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