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Cincydawg

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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
« Reply #42 on: November 21, 2018, 12:46:16 PM »
Heh, the wife seems to like the ATL a LOT, or at least she talks about how much she likes it here frequently.  I grew up here, albeit in the 'burbs, and a long time back.  When I was in college the area we live now was for hippies and addicts and not much else.  I guess now it's for older hippies, and young addicts who have money.

Mebbe.

I was out running this morning and the weather is beautiful.  The leaves are really about midchange, a lot of green still around.  I much prefer these winters obviously.
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
« Reply #43 on: November 21, 2018, 12:51:53 PM »
beautiful fall weather here - 45 degrees, light wind, sunny

I have the day off.  Going to mow the leaves for the last time and winterize the mower.  If I'm ambitious I will clean the gutters and hang Xmas lights on the gutter and a couple trees in the front yard
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
« Reply #44 on: November 21, 2018, 01:15:59 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on November 21, 2018, 11:45:30 AM
Just pulled mine from the brine, it'll dry overnight in the fridge, then I'll throw it on the smoke tomorrow morning.
How long do you smoke yours @ 300,just curious
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utee94

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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
« Reply #45 on: November 21, 2018, 01:28:29 PM »
Depends on the size of the bird obviously, and the consistency of the temperature.  This one is a 15-lber and it'll take somewhere between 3 and 4 hours.
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
« Reply #46 on: November 21, 2018, 01:33:11 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on November 21, 2018, 12:10:51 PM
Their other food items tend to be quite good, in the main.
Restaurant rarely (never?) have pork on the menu, outside Alsace.  The wife says pork is considered to be "cheap".  I don't see chicken that often either.
A typical menu would feature seafood, a lot of types, lamb, a braised beef dish, duck "confit or other", maybe some other bird.
My step son in law has a BIG Thanksgiving dinner every year for about 25 people.  He gets two turkeys.  We were there last year, each bird was over 70 Euros.
He was CIA trained but he goes to enormous effort on this dinner.  I didn't think it was worth it personally, nor did the wife.

Rabbit is quite common in household cooking, but not as common on restaurant menus.  I guess it's considered peasant food?  Anyway, I ate many, many meals at my local coworkers' homes in France, and rabbit stew was commonly served-- it's delicious!
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
« Reply #47 on: November 21, 2018, 01:35:08 PM »
All the things for which to be Thankful at Thanksgiving, including:

1.  This is a nice time of year, usually, with nice weather in much of the country.
2.  The harvest is mostly in, and Krogers are well stocked.
3.  We still have college football afoot, and some other sports.
4.  We're far enough along in the season to have separated out some posers from real teams.
5.  It's a reminder to be more thankful and less grouchy about stuff.
6.  We often get together as families and friends, for better or worse.
7.  It can be cold enough for a nice fire.
8.  It's not so cold we almost die bringing in more wood.
9.  There is an interesting game on Friday night.
10.  The leaves are glorious, at least in the south outside the mountains.
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
« Reply #48 on: November 21, 2018, 01:37:58 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on November 21, 2018, 01:33:11 PM
Rabbit is quite common in household cooking, but not as common on restaurant menus.  I guess it's considered peasant food?  Anyway, I ate many, many meals at my local coworkers' homes in France, and rabbit stew was commonly served-- it's delicious!

I have seen in on menus but rarely, and mostly in country restaurants I think.  We're usually being "feted" when we dine en famille, so perhaps they view rabbit as too paisan for us as guests.
The French word is lapin, and I think I've asked the wife what it was a time or three.
And of course the food in Alsace is more similar to German food than French.  I consider it to be akin to "good German food".
The Swiss have a LOT of cows, and I think they make a lot of cheese, but I have no clue what kind.
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
« Reply #49 on: November 21, 2018, 02:42:47 PM »
Friggin cold in NE Ohio right now in the low 30s with a bit of a wind out of the north.Guess it won't get out of the 20's tomorrow,good to have hearty,warm stick to your ribs Fare
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
« Reply #50 on: November 21, 2018, 03:29:11 PM »
Swiss make great cheese, Grueyere probably being the most famous.  But overall still not as varied nor as delicious as French cheese.

And yes, Alsace is definitely more German.  More pork, and more rabbit, than elsewhere.  I've spent the majority of my time in France, in Nantes, which is in the provinces to the west of Paris in the Loire River valley.  And also in Aix en Provence, which is obviously provincial by its name, though not nearly so much now as 400 years ago I suspect.  So I've eaten a lot more provincial food than fine dining, though I've had plenty of that,too--- always on the company's dime of course.

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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
« Reply #51 on: November 21, 2018, 04:22:16 PM »
Speaking of cheese, we went by the Rogue Creamery yesterday and got some amazing blue, smoked blue, and stout cheeses. 
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
« Reply #52 on: November 21, 2018, 04:45:00 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on November 21, 2018, 03:29:11 PM
Swiss make great cheese, Grueyere probably being the most famous.  
I wouldn't question your culinary background and insight but i'd go with Swiss Cheese being more famous.
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
« Reply #53 on: November 21, 2018, 05:00:46 PM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on November 21, 2018, 04:45:00 PM
I wouldn't question your culinary background and insight but i'd go with Swiss Cheese being more famous.
Ha!

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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
« Reply #54 on: November 21, 2018, 05:33:00 PM »
Man, you fellas are into some peculiar Thanksgiving fixings.
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
« Reply #55 on: November 21, 2018, 05:41:19 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on November 21, 2018, 05:33:00 PM
Man, you fellas are into some peculiar Thanksgiving fixings.
Giblet gravy, cornbread dressing, and sweet potatoes, are peculiar???? :86:
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