What I'm having for Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving Grand Harvest Buffet

Yum! Their wild mushroom Risotto is to die for!

So’s the Salad of Frisée with figs, orange fillets, prosciutto crisps, with rosemary-thyme vinaigrette!

I’m looking forward to trying their Penne Pasta with oyster mushrooms, shredded duck, & rosemary cream.

Their Pan-Seared Georges Bank Sea Scallops with lemon and caper aïoli was quite flavorful last year, but a touch gritty. <<sigh>>

I’m thinking the Sour Cream Raisin Pie will be worth a try too.

Along with everything else.

Home cooking is great, but it’s just the 3 of us this year, and the variety and quality of this buffet is unbelievable.

They lay on a nice spread for Mother’s Day, too!

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What? No Bovril gravy? No 6-year cheddar mashed potatoes? No Vegimite dressing?

You disappoint me, sir!

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They do have neutronium-and-marmite stuffing, right?

Oh, and linky no worky.

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It’s a PDF, though it doesn’t show in the link.

Shame, really, that’s one hell of a menu. Had I seen it a few hours earlier, I’d be on my way!

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I’ll probably be having soup or something equally as dull. I hate that our Thanksgiving is a month earlier than yours. You guys get on here and talk about delicious turkey and get me all jealous, and I want to have Thanksgiving dinner all over again.

Well, when I move to the States, I’m doing both Thanksgivings. So there!

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Heh. That’s exactly what I’ll do when I move north. Though the U.S. Thanksgiving once I’m in Canada may only consist of a nice steak or something.

One of my co-workers is trying to figure out how to snag Mexican citizenship for me, so I can get all the holidays on the calendar.

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No, if you want *all * the holidays, living in three countries won’t be enough. You’ll need to convert to ChrisJewMuslimity. I figure if you cover those bases, you’ve got, what, maybe 30 working days left per year? :smiley:

My boyfriend was just telling me about how he’s looking forward to the big Thanksgiving dinner at his Mom’s tomorrow. Bastard. He’s flying up on Friday, though… do you think the customs people will object to him bringing me a Tupperware full of turkey and stuffing?

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I had my muffin with aged cheddar, marmite, summersausage, poached egg, and chipotle tabasco already this morning. With neutronium drippings. Now some light exercise, a little fiber supplement, and I’ll be ready to dig in.

For those who can’t open the pdf file, here are the entrees. I intent to sample a bit of them all!

Entrées:
Apple Cider-Glazed Pork Loin
wild mushroom risotto, Madeira sauce

Herb-Seared Atlantic Salmon
green beans Provençale, leek cream

House-Baked Bread and Sausage Stuffing

Mashed Sweet Potatoes
spiced pecan topping

Roasted Shallot Whipped Potatoes

Carving Stations:
Slow-Roasted Turkey
giblet pan gravy, cranberry orange relish

Horseradish-Crusted Sirloin of Beef
telicherry peppercorn jus

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I am having french fries, tomatoes with home made not-quite-ranch dressing and a glass of honey wine. Probably the family I share a compound with will give me some beignets (fritters), cous-cous de riz (uhhh…pounded rice balls), or bouille (a sweet porridge). But they have no idea it’s Thanksgiving because they only speak Fulfulde, which I speak ten words of.

sigh

Enjoy your turkeys!

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Damn straight, baby. Canadian Thanksgiving is done in Hanover at lauramary’s place. Twice the holiday, half the work!

Hey QTM: No wadding?

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The restaurant is too high falutin’ to call it that. They just called it “stuffing”! How mundane! “Pops” would still have eaten it, tho! :wink:

(I will too)

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Wadding? Now see, I’ve heard it called stuffing, dressing, and bread sauce, but wadding? That’s a new one.

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That’s what “Pops” Mercotan always called it. Altho the way he said it, it was more like waddin’.

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I’m having airline snacks and a diet coke. I’m taking my daughter to a soccer tournament in Las Vegas.

Maybe they’ll have something at the hotel.

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The link won’t open for me in Firefox. With IE it opens a pdf file within the browser window.

This direct link to the pdf worked for me in Firefox:

http://www.destinationkohler.com/MungoBlobs/62/191/2006%20THANKSGIVING%20GRAND%20HARVEST%20BUFFET.pdf

For what you’re getting, it’s a very good price, too.

http://www.destinationkohler.com/calendar/calendar.html

I’m a traditional Tday person, myself - gotta have turkey and candied yams - but this is extremely tempting.

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<<urp!>>

The Salad of Frisee was amazing! The mixed grain salad was nice, too. The tapas were tasty, with a nice mix of pate en croute, bufalo mozzarella, sun-dried tomatos with caperberries, and other stuff I can’t think of now.

Smoked sturgeon was tasty, as was the smoked chub. The shrimp cocktail, was pedestrian, however. The seared scallops were to die for, the lox on rye a nice taste treat, the smoked salmon nice but not extra-ordinary. Smoked mussels were nice, smoked clams the same.

The 5 year old cheddar was nice for its age, the pecorino cheese was quite tasty, and the stravecchio parmesan quite good with lahvosh and the artisan rolls. Gorgonzola added a nice counterpoint.

The pasta with oyster mushrooms, shredded duck, and rosemary cream was a nice new taste. The pasta with fresh Mozzarella, arugula, & roasted garlic marinara sauce was a nice familiar comfort food.

The pork loin was wonderful, but as usual the mushroom risotto accompaniment with madeira sauce was truly the highlight! I had seconds of that! The stuffing, the shallot whipped potatos, the pecan crusted sweet potatos, and the gravy all were quite serviceable.

The Turkey was okay, but not stellar. The horseradish-encrusted sirloin au jus was stellar, however.

Somehow I missed out on the herb-seared salmon with leek cream, but the littlest Mercotan reported it to be quite good.

Pumpkin pie was tasty but unmemorable. The sour cream raisin pie however, was surprisingly light, and quite the treat! As was the buttermilk spice torte! The pumpkin white chocolate cheesecake was a truly new and exciting flavor, but by that point, my samples were limited to bites rather than pieces. In that capacity, the death by chocolate passed muster (dark, dark, dark!!) as did the pecan pie. The apple-almond tarte suffered for having rather tough apples in it.

I also ate some other stuff whose exact descriptions escape me at the moment. One was little and lemony.

Tomorrow for breakfast it’s Fiber One and unsweetened iced tea. For lunch too. Maybe also dinner, we’ll see.

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We always do Thanksgiving and Christmas at my in-laws’ place. Now, they’re very nice people. HOWEVER:

Stove-top stuffing
Instant mashed potatoes
Canned green beans
Turkey (it wasn’t overdone, just kinda blah)
Canned jellied cranberry sauce

I didn’t eat much. I made pies and the gravy.