For various scheduling reasons, we ended up having the Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve instead. Rather than the traditional roasted turkey, we ended up doing a rib roast and salt dome fish.
The salt dome fish was something we did a few years back for another Christmas dinner with the family in LA. Had a much larger fish back then, but this year it was just as tasty.
Where the spices are
I was watching the Good Eats fruitcake episode last night which features a segment where he visits a spice shop. So it got me thinking: with all the variety of cuisine and the long culinary tradition in Charleston, why isn’t there a decent spice shop around? And if there is, why haven’t I found it yet?
So what’s up? Where, besides the local grocery store, are you supposed to go for good quality spices and people who know what they’re selling?
Happy thanksgiving!
Happy thanksgiving!
Turkey’s roasting away in the oven, cranberry sauce is done and we’re working on the mac and cheese. In a few hours, the house will be stuffed with people and about an hour after that, stuffed people.
Hope everyone else has a good one!
Turkey pickling
Arrived at the in-laws safe and sound, although a little later than expected. Turkey’s in the cooler brining, and I forgot to take pictures again.
Rats.
Well, it’s a good looking bird anyway. I’ll try to remember to take pictures of it tomorrow when we start roasting it.
Tryptophan coma time
Tis the season for travel, family gatherings and tryptophan-induced comas. Later on this afternoon we’ll be bundling up the dogs and our kitchen, packing up the car and heading off to the in-laws for our usual Thanksgiving catering gig. The wife’s parent’s really don’t do whole lot of cooking and don’t have the best equipped kitchen (by our standards anyway, although it is nice and big) so we usually end up packing along a good chunk of our kitchen for these things.
Not sure how many people to expect this year, but I don’t think it will be too many. We only ordered a 20 pound turkey this time. Maybe this year I’ll remember to photo-document the turkey cooking process. This year we’re working on our gravy making technique.