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Stuffing.
Every Thanksgiving I eat stuffing and remember:
- This stuff is great
- There is nothing stopping me from making this year round
and then i immediately forget
I love other people’s stuffing. I made stuffing and gave myself food poisoning.
By putting it inside a turkey or just somehow with stuffing?
Yeah, I put it inside the turkey. I used a friend’s recipe, but it must have been a bigger bird and took too long to cook or something.
Okay, I just Googled it:
When you place stuffing inside a turkey, it comes into contact with raw meat and juices that may contain harmful bacteria such as salmonella.
Try microwaving it on high for several minutes (until it’s basically too hot to handle) before stuffing the bird.
It also helps if you don’t pack it in. It should get to 165°F to be considered safe.
Pick up a box on sale and put it in the cupboard. It’s a useful base for some chicken pieces, or to make some vegetables into a casserole. Excellent with mushrooms. (Take into account the liquid that will be released by the cooking veggies, or else saute them first, before mixing with the stuffing)
This year, instead of a whole bird, I made Turkey Balls using 2 lbs ground turkey, 2 raw eggs, stuffing mix, then sauteed onion, celery, apple, mushrooms, (let cool before adding) Chardonnay, and cool broth. I added the usual spices, keeping in mind there’s already some in the stuffing. I piled them in a lidded casserole, but you can also bake them on a sheet pan and serve with dips.
Perhaps a bit of a tangent: I’m pegnant and have been craving something all day but couldn’t work out what I wanted. I tried pico de gallo, bacon, mango. No luck. Eventually I realised: it was tap water with ice. That’s all I’ve wanted all day
pregante
It’s an absolute classic.
Cottage cheese. It just looks wrong, and there’s all different qualities of it like - no, I don’t want any . . . Oh well I’ll just have a small, tiny bite. Mmh. Not bad. Probably just a little salt here and . . Mmh. Mm hmm. Yeah. Oh. Oh! now I get the whole ‘cottage cheese’ thing . . Ooh pineapple you say . . Oh man okay yes. Yes, absolutely this is awesome. Must remember to get some more next time.
(Spoiler: does not remember to get more next time.)
Not a big fan of it myself, but the best snack ever is some kettle chips and cottage cheese as the dip. It looks weird/gross, yet every one who has tried it has loved it. I usually sprinkle some black pepper on it prior.
Huge fan of chilli cheese fritos with cottage cheese as a dip.
Indian food mostly, but only because the best places are a drive away.
Idk what it’s called but my wife makes this chicken and pasta that uses parm garlic sauce and its 10/10. I know my issue is we make it then I over eat it which results in me hating it for a while and then the cycle repeats
Sounds like chicken alfredo
Red cabbage!
Falafel
From the House of Anárion? (Jk, I had never heard of this food and sounds like either a warrior or a place in Middle Earth)
It’s like fried chickpea patties or nuggets. Sort of like if you made fried hummus bread. Super good with tzatsiki (yogurt/cucumber) or tahini (sesame) sauce. Sometimes it’s served in a pita with lettuce, tomatoes and sprouts.
Green olives. None of my cooking use them as an ingredient, so once in a blue moon I remember that I like them, so I eat an entire jar with a toothpick.
Disappointed I didn’t find the “30 to 40 olives” meme in the comments.
I guess I’ll have to link to it myself.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hungry-but-too-tired-to-cook-try-30-to-40-olives
I throw them in my salads
My “salads” are technically that due to having cucumber in them. But other than that it’s mostly just cheese which I don’t like with olives.
Pulled pork. And then I wonder why I don’t do it more often, and then remember that I prefer homemade one, and then I realise
ain't nobody got time for that :(
Instapot, just as good, 90 minutes
Spaghetti with minced meat.
I don’t strictly forget about them, but I never think to buy them myself. Brussels sprouts.
Thai yellow curry. It BANGS. I’ll always forget when our family next orders Thai, and one particular person will always get yellow curry, and I always think “I remember thinking that was okay” and so I try a bit of theirs and it always tastes 10x better than I remembered it. Amazing every time.
@IonAddis honeydew melon.
Unfrosted Blueberry pop tarts
This… Toasted and slathered in butter
Strawberry or gtfo aha. You ever try freezing first, glass of milk to dip optional but recommended
My stepson does that
