Northwest Fishing Reports

My family is a bit scattered so the holidays are about the only time we all get together at the same time, so dinner is usually grand.

This year we will converge on my sisters house for a traditional turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Green salad, Marinated salad, mashed taters, corn, green beans, brown sugar sweet potatoes with marshmallows toasted on top....

Before, durring, and after the meal... football. A couple people bring pictures, or laptops with digital pics and BS about the last years events and swap stories.

At my house we will be smoking a roast or a ham over the weekend served with, baked baby reds, green salad and asparagus.



What are the holidays at your place like?

MMMMMMMMMMMMM mmmmm.I'm smoking a turkey and possibly doing a turduken(sp) both on the Traeger.I never tried a turduken before but I've eaten some.A turduken is a turkey stuffed with a chicken stuffed with a duck smoked then cooked.Ifin I dont post after TD then it didnt come out right and I'll be sick.Hahaha.Thanksgiving day is my traditinal day to go Steelheading.Hopefully I'll be eating steelie after the turkey.With Weight Watchers and everything I'm gonna be very weight and food concious on T.D.

Ive heard those are good. How long would you smoke something like that?

racfish wrote:MMMMMMMMMMMMM mmmmm.I'm smoking a turkey and possibly doing a turduken(sp) both on the Traeger.I never tried a turduken before but I've eaten some.A turduken is a turkey stuffed with a chicken stuffed with a duck smoked then cooked.Ifin I dont post after TD then it didnt come out right and I'll be sick.Hahaha.Thanksgiving day is my traditinal day to go Steelheading.Hopefully I'll be eating steelie after the turkey.With Weight Watchers and everything I'm gonna be very weight and food concious on T.D.

Our family is from louisiana, so we eat turkdunkens all the time. you will love it.
i am thinking about smoking something also this year. i know my wife won't go for the turkey in the smoker. (no faith in my smoking abilities yet:-" But that doesn't mean i can't put something in there.

=p~ traditionaly football, beer, and not eating the whole day, only to indulge in turkey, beer, stuffin, beer, mashed taters & rolls, beer, tater and fruit salad, beer, cranberries, beer, corn, beer, sweet potato, pumpkin, and blackberry pie's. and topped off with BEER I can't wait =p~

Those who haven't tried deep fried turkey, it is DEELISH! First time I tried it, it was surprisingly moist.

Ifin my figure looked like the one in your avatar I'd be stuffing mysel every year.But unfortunately I used to look like the Goodyear Blimp.So no fried foods for me for a long while.Like Dave I'm working my way down in size.Thanks giving is a toture holiday for me.(Food Wise)

racfish wrote:Ifin my figure looked like the one in your avatar I'd be stuffing mysel every year.But unfortunately I used to look like the Goodyear Blimp.So no fried foods for me for a long while.Like Dave I'm working my way down in size.Thanks giving is a toture holiday for me.(Food Wise)

I quit smoking 2.5 years ago - I gained some poundage. I am not sure on the calorie count on deep fried turkey, but the white part of the meat couldn't be too bad...well maybe it is, since it is fried in peanut oil...

The outside is fried .. inside juices are sealed in by the process. Well that is what the vocies in my head keep telling me.

:chef: we have 18 coming over this year. two turkey breasts on the traeger and a bird in the oven. all the normal tday food to go with them. we did a turdukin one year on the traeger it was ----different but good. have fun all.













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Im curious about the turdurken before I do mine.Different but good is scarey sounding.Hahaha.Does the gameyness of the duck overpower the chicken and turkey?Plus where does all the fat from the duck go.I remember making Peking Duck and had to drain the pan once during cooking.

Yeah John Maddens good ole Turducken. I have heard people doing quail inside pheasant inside a goose! Turkey Duck Chicken

"quail inside pheasant inside a goose" is that called a queefse?

Non-Traditional for us. It's going to be Cornish Game Hens in the dutch oven with cabbage, onions and carrots. Well, maybe a traditional pumpkin pie.

My sis and her family will be coming up for the week. But Tday will be one oven roasted and one deep fried turkey. followed by a big green salad, greenbeans or broc, sweet pots and or Yams what ever looks better when shopping, mashed taters and gravey, creamed onions and my grand fathers special apple stuffing. I will be having my 4 oz of white meat, 0ne cup of sweat pots and a lage helping of greens. Next I'll be passing on the pies and icecream. Life goes on, it'll be nice to visit with my sis and her boys.

racfish wrote: "quail inside pheasant inside a goose" is that called a queefse?

The ingredients sound good but the name just sounds.............

Bisk1tSnGraV wrote:The outside is fried .. inside juices are sealed in by the process. Well that is what the vocies in my head keep telling me.

And oh so delicious too. I like to inject them with hot sauce first. The cooking part is the best!!!!! Ar AR AR Ar Ar Ar Arrrrrrr. large flame, boiling oil, chance of explosion..... What could be better.

All you friers, safety first. Frier away from anything flamable. Kids away. Big gloves and apron. a couple of dry fire extiguishers. Not the hose!!!!!

Our house gets pretty crazy I usually deep fry three turkeys and two ducks, My dad or myself usually smoke about nine slabs of ribs while the women in my family do all the indoor cooking which includes a bunch of stuff. For example homemade mac and cheese 7-layer salads, potatoe salad, yams, fried rice,greens, peach cobbler,chicken and anything else you can think of. If you haven't noticed my family is huge, but we have a great time together when we do it and thats the most important part about thanksgiving besides the food and football.

Be safe and enjoy your dinner everyone.

BF

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Bisk1tSnGraV wrote:The outside is fried .. inside juices are sealed in by the process. Well that is what the vocies in my head keep telling me.

And oh so delicious too. I like to inject them with hot sauce first. The cooking part is the best!!!!! Ar AR AR Ar Ar Ar Arrrrrrr. large flame, boiling oil, chance of explosion..... What could be better.

All you friers, safety first. Frier away from anything flamable. Kids away. Big gloves and apron. a couple of dry fire extiguishers. Not the hose!!!!!

My buddy is from Louisiana. I let him do all the rub, the injection of his secret creole spices. I just make sure he is never w/o his silver bullets!

racfish wrote:Im curious about the turdurken before I do mine.Different but good is scarey sounding.Hahaha.Does the gameyness of the duck overpower the chicken and turkey?Plus where does all the fat from the duck go.I remember making Peking Duck and had to drain the pan once during cooking.

yes i think the duck could defentely be overpowering. i dont like duck (thus the "different" comement). :chef:
funny this came up my ten year old daughter Gabbi asked if " we were have a turduckin again this year" i said no to many people coming over this year. her responce was "cool". i dont think she liked it.
it was a thing i had to do, we got ours from whole foods.
i would'nt poop poop it if offered at someones house but wont do it again at mine.
good luck.



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