Cooking, American Style American Thanksgiving

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Cooking, American Style American Thanksgiving

• Instructor Virginia Guilford

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Cooking, American Style

• Is there an American Cuisine?
• Seasonal Flavors
• Spring
• Summer
• Fall
• Winter
• Fall Holidays - Thanksgiving
• Cooking for Thanksgiving

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Is There an American Cuisine?

• Is American cuisine simply a mix of food from
  other countries?
• Are there any uniquely American dishes?
• Is there a uniquely American style of cooking and
  eating?

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Seasonal Foods Flavors

• Spring
• Chicken, Veal, Ham
• Filet of Sole, Salmon
• Spinach, Asparagus, Peas
• Rhubarb, Strawberries
• Lemon
• White Wine, Iced Tea, Lemonade

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Seasonal Foods Flavors

• Summer
• Hot Dogs Hamburgers, Grilled Steak
• Lobster, Steamed Clams
• Corn, Green Beans, Tomatoes
• Peaches, Apricots
• Raspberries, Blackberries, Marionberries
• Lime
• Gin, Tequila, Beer, Coca Cola

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Seasonal Foods Flavors

• Fall
• Pork, Turkey
• Clam Chowder, Halibut
• Mushrooms, Parsnips, Turnips, Kale, Sweet
  Potatoes, Eggplant
• Apples, Pears, Pomegranates
• Pecans, Brown Sugar, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Cloves
• Bourbon, Rum, Apple Cider

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Seasonal Foods Flavors

• Winter
• Roast Beef, Goose, Cornish Game Hens
• Oysters, Caviar
• Carrots, Potatoes, Turnips,
• Pineapples, Oranges, Grapefuit
• Peppermint, Chocolate, Meringue
• Champagne, Scotch, Cognac

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Fall Foliage
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Autumn Traditions

• Drive to New England or go to a local park to see
  a landscape with colorful leaves.
• Collect and preserve the leaves.
• Visit an apple orchard and pick your own apples
• Visit a cider mill and see apple cider being
  made.
• Visit a farm and pick your own pumpkins
• Visit a corn maze
• Buy pumpkins, squash and colorful Indian corn at
  a farm stand in the country.
• Decorate your doorway or tabletop with colorful
  leaves Indian corn.

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Cook the Fall Harvest

• Foods that are ready to eat in September,
  October, and November
• Apples, Pears, and Apple Cider
• Pumpkins
• Carrots, Brussel Sprouts, Turnips, Parsnips
• Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes
• Farmers Markets
• Brooklyn Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket,
  Saturdays, 8 4
• Manhattan Union Square Monday Greenmarket,
  Mondays, 8 - 6

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Thanksgiving
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American Thanksgiving History

• Thanksgiving is a US national holiday that was
  first celebrated with a feast held in the autumn
  of 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag to
  celebrate the colony's first successful harvest.
  The native Americans brought corn, squash, and
  turkey to the celebration.

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Thanksgiving in Other Countries

• Canada
• A holiday in most Canadian provinces. Celebrated
  on the 2nd Monday in October
• Germany
• The Harvest Thanksgiving Festival (Erntedankfest)
  is an early October, German festival. 
• Granada
• Thanksgiving Day which is celebrated on October
  25. This holiday marks the anniversary of the
  U.S.-led invasion of the island in 1983.
• Japan
• Labor Thanksgiving Day (?????? Kinro Kansha no
  Hi) celebrated on November 23rd. This holiday has
  roots in an ancient harvest ceremony celebrating
  hard work.

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American Thanksgiving Traditions

• Thanksgiving is a holiday
• Most offices and businesses are closed
• Restaurants and retail stores are usually open
• Thanksgiving Parade
• Macys Thanksgiving Parade
• Other Thanksgiving Parades
• Midday or Mid-Afternoon Dinner
• Football Game on TV
• Black Friday

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Thanksgiving Recipes

• Warm Spiced Apple Cider
• Thanksgiving Turkey
• Roasted Turkey
• Sausage Cornbread Pecan Stuffing
• Turkey Gravy
• Pumpkin Pie
• Pie Crust
• Pumpkin Filling
• Whipped Cream

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Warm Spiced Apple Cider

• Directions
• Combine spices cider in a large pot.
• Bring to a simmer over medium heat, and cook
  until fragrant, about 5 minutes. Cider can be
  kept warm over very low heat. Strain before
  serving, reserving some cinnamon sticks for
  garnish if desired. Add a splash of brandy or
  bourbon, if desired.
• Makes 16 1-cup servings.

• Ingredients
• 32 allspice berries
• 24 cinnamon sticks
• 24 cardamom pods
• 12 whole cloves
• 12 strips of orange peel
• 1 gallon apple cider
• Apple Jack, Captain Morgan Rum, Brandy or Bourbon
  (Optional)

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Ingredients

• Allspice Berries
• Cinnamon Sticks
• Cardamom Pods
• Whole Cloves

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Roasted Turkey

• Turkey is a popular choice for Thanksgiving
  dinner.
• Wild Turkeys are native to North America, and the
  domestic turkey is descended from them.
• Turkey was served at the first Thanksgiving
• The whole family is often invited to dinner, and
  a big turkey will provide enough for a large
  group of people.
• You will want enough turkey to serve for
  Thanksgiving dinner and to have leftover turkey
  for sandwiches
• Allow approximately 1 pound of turkey per guest.

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Alternatives to Turkey

• Turkey Breast
• Roasted Squab or Small Chicken
• Whole Stuffed Fish
• Individual Stuffed Acorn Squashes
• Pumpkin-filled Ravioli.

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Roast Turkey with Gravy and Sausage Cornbread
Stuffing

• Directions
• Thaw the turkey, remove neck and pack of heart
  gizzards from the interior of the bird. (You can
  cook these pieces and add them to your stuffing
  or feed them to your dog or cat, or you can just
  throw them away.)
• Just before you are going to roast your turkey,
  stuff it with your choice of stuffing.
• Set the turkey, breast up, on a rack in a large
  roasting pan. Rub softened butter on the outside
  of the skin of the breast and on other parts of
  the skin.
• Roast at 325F until done (when turkey doneness
  button pops or at 165 on an instant read
  thermometer), basting with more butter every hour
  or so.

• Ingredients
• 1 13-16 lb turkey
• ½ cup Butter for rubbing on the turkey skin
• Stuffing
• You can also roast the turkey with just some
  lemon halves and celery leaves inside the
  carcass, or roast it with nothing at all inside.
  It will cook faster with no stuffing
• Cooking Times for stuffed turkey
• 10-14 lbs 4 hours
• 14- 18 lbs 4½ hours
• Cooking times for unstuffed turkey
• 10-14 lbs 3 hours
• 14- 18 lbs 3½ hours

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Sausage Cornbread Stuffing

• Directions
• Melt 6 Tbl butter in a large skillet, add onions.
  Sauté until tender, about 10 minutes on low to
  medium heat. Put cooked onions in a large mixing
  bowl.
• Cook apples in remaining 6 Tbl butter in the same
  pan, until tender, and add to bowl.
• Cook breakfast sausage until no pink remains,
  about 10 minutes. Add to bowl.
• Add cornbread, wheat bread, white bread, and
  spices salt pepper to the bowl. Stir together
  until well mixed. Cool completely in
  refrigerator.
• Just before stuffing the bird, stir in chopped
  parsley pecans.
• Using a large spoon, put stuffing into turkey
  cavity just before roasting.

• Ingredients
• 12 Tablespoon butter
• 2 cups chopped onion
• 1 apple, cored, but not peeled
• 1 lb breakfast sausage
• 3 cups crumbled cornbread
• 3 cups crumbled wheat bread
• 3 cups crumbled white bread
• 2 teaspoons dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon dried sage
• Salt Pepper
• ½ cup chopped Italian parsley
• 1 ½ cups chopped pecans

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Stuffing a Turkey

• Using a spoon or your hands, place stuffing into
  large opening. Tuck the ends of the legs under
  the strip of skin across the opening, or tie them
  together.
• You can also spoon more stuffing into opening
  under the skin by the neck.
• When turkey is finished cooking, remove stuffing
  from the cooked turkey with a spoon. Place in a
  serving dish keep warm.

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Turkey Gravy

• Remove the roasted turkey from the roasting pan.
  Place on a carving board to rest for ½ hour
  before carving.
• Remove roasting rack from roasting pan, and place
  pan with drippings (browned bits and turkey fat)
  over med heat on the stove.
• Add 1/3 cup flour to the pan drippings. Add
  butter if the pan seems too dry. Stir with a
  whisk until smooth. Let cook for 3-5 min..
• Add 2-3 cups of water, and stir in. Let cook
  until thickened.
• If gravy is too thick, add more water.
• If gravy is not thick enough, mix a bit more
  flour with a small amount of water and stir it
  into the gravy.
• If gravy is lumpy, cook longer, stirring with a
  whisk, until smooth.
• Pour into a gravy boat. Place on the table.
• Save extra gravy for use with turkey leftovers.

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Ingredients Techniques Carving the Turkey

• Traditional
• Bring the roasted whole turkey to the table,
  carve in front of guests
• Slice turkey breast vertically, in thin slices
• New
• Carve in the kitchen, present turkey in pieces on
  a platter
• Remove the turkey breast from the carcass, slice
  across the grain, for better taste
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Pumpkin Pie with Whipped Cream

• Pumpkin Pie is the classic Thanksgiving dessert.
• Pumpkins ripen in the early fall, and can be
  stored without refrigeration for several months,
  so they are available in November for
  Thanksgiving dinner.
• Pumpkin pie uses spices like cinnamon and cloves
  which are thought of as fall and winter tastes.
• Other popular pies to serve at Thanksgiving are
  apple pie and mince pie.

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Easy Pie Crust

• Ingredients
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 ¼ cups Crisco
• 5 Tablespoons rum
• 1 egg

• Directions
• Stir the salt into the flour, and combine flour
  and Crisco using a pastry cutter or a fork.
• Beat the egg together with the rum, and add the
  egg rum to the flour mixture. Stir until the
  dough comes together in a ball.
• Divide the ball into 3 parts. Each part makes a
  single pie crust
• Freeze extra dough.

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Mixing the Pie Dough

• Mixing the pie dough - blend the Crisco and
  flour together using a pastry blender

• Form the dough into a ball

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Rolling Out Pie Dough

• Place enough dough for a single crust between 2
  sheets of waxed or parchment paper.
• Using a rolling pin, roll the dough out into a
  thin circle, slightly larger than the pie pan.
• Peel off the top layer of paper. Invert the flat
  circle of dough over the pie pan. Remove other
  layer of paper.
• Crimp the edges of the pie dough to make a
  decorative edge.

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Pumpkin Filling

• Ingredients
• ¾ cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• Dash salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 15-ounce can of Libbys pure pumpkin (not pie
  filling)
• 1 12-ounce can of evaporated milk
• 3 Tablespoons molasses
• Whipped cream for serving, optional

• Directions
• Preheat oven to 450F degrees.
• In a small bowl, mix together, sugar, cinnamon,
  salt, ginger, and cloves. Beat eggs together in a
  large bowl. Add sugar mixture and pumpkin stir
  to combine. Stir in evaporated milk molasses
  until well combined. .
• Pour mixture into uncooked pie shell and bake for
  15 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350F degrees bake
  until filling is set, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Remove pie from oven and let it cool on a wire
  rack for 2 hours.
• Serve with whipped cream, if desired.

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Whipped Cream

• Ingredients
• ½ pint heavy or whipping cream
• 1 Tablespoon sugar (optional)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla (optional)
• Directions
• Pour cream into a medium mixing bowl.
• Beat with an electric mixer, rotary beater, or
  whisk, until thick and stiff. (Dont beat too
  long, or you will turn the cream into butter.)
• Add sugar vanilla, if desired.

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Your Thanksgiving Favorites

• What Thanksgiving foods have you tried?
• What Thanksgiving food do you like best?
• Your Thanksgiving Dinner?
• Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner?
• Vegetarian Thanksgiving Dinner?
• Elegant Thanksgiving Dinner?
• Take-out Thanksgiving Dinner