Early Turkey Planning

Here is a preliminary menu for the big day...

Starters:

• Assorted Cheeses from World Harvest
• Bubble & Squeak (because Ashley's dying to try it - vegetarian)

Dinner:

• Cornbread dressing (not vegetarian)
• Smoked turkey (not vegetarian)
• Sweet potato casserole (non-marshmallow variety)
• Spanish smashed potatoes with kale (veg)
• Vegetarian dressing
• Vegetarian gravy
• Collard / mustard greens (cooked with vegetarian Vietnamese broth, ghee, and Ethiopian spices)
• Roast root vegetables
• Groundnut harvest stew

Dessert:

• Sweet potato pie with spicy dark chocolate
• Possibly some other pies, cakes, etc.

Drinks:

• Single malt scotch (Lagavulin?)
• Bourbon (Maker's Mark, Woodford Reserve?)
• Żubrówka with apple juice (as always)
• Achel Trappist Extra
• Schlafly Reserve Imperial Stout
• Schlafly Reserve Barley Wine Style Ale
• +Some seasonal stuff and IPA's
• Wine? (It depends on what everyone brings. We may go here for some supplies as well.)

Did I miss anything? I may start a wiki and then everyone can contribute without searching their Gmail for the discussion.

Update: I have now created the wiki. If I missed anyone or if any regular DV posters want in on the recipe action, let me know. You will need to respond to the invite in order to access the wiki. Again, if you want in on the action, send me an email at my Gmail account. (My blogger username is the same as my Gmail account.)

Genocide Celebration Pictures

Here are a few pics from our Genocide Celebration...
Scenes from the Waffle House...
R made a phone call to J to make our meal at the WH feel "traditional".
The only thing we smoked was the turkey...and some short ribs...and a neck or two.
Here's the spread. Besides the turkey and short ribs, we enjoyed sweet potatoes, roasted root vegetables, mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls (not throwed), goat cheese and squash turnovers, butter-pecan Brussels sprouts, and a delicious squash soup. (Plus some beer.)Here was my attempt to eat with Jack. It's hard to tell, but Jack discovered that the starch from mashed potatoes makes an excellent styling jell.Finally, there were no more than four options for dessert! There was the apple pie, sweet potato pie (Bodhi's favorite) with bourbon whipped cream, cheese pie, and chocolate ice cream. It was more than I could handle. We pretty much wore pajamas the rest of the weekend.
Of course, none of this meal would have been possible without the many contributions by our friends J & J (R's colleagues in Rhet/Comp) who brought the beer, rolls, soup, turnovers, ice cream, and their best creation, Vered. S & J brought Jack, green bean casserole, pies, some cheese, and mashed potatoes.

It was strange not having many of you with us for this edition of the Genocide Celebration, but the company and food we did have helped make this a successful fourth Thursday of November.