Thanksgiving help

[JLH]

http://cuisineroutine.savvyzabby.com/wp ... Dayof1.pdf


http://cuisineroutine.savvyzabby.com/wp ... ecipes.pdf



http://cuisineroutine.savvyzabby.com/wp ... tDecor.pdf

[coryhub]

Thank you for these printable grocery lists. I will take them to the market with me. I plan on baking a turkey with all the fixings and I see by your list I still have a lot of wonderful options for a healthy, gluten-free Thanksgiving. My mouth is watering just dreaming about it!

[Robin]

Hi JLH,
Thank you so much for the great websites. Now I dont have to think to hard. I wish this brain fog would go far far away!

Robin

[sarkin]

I'm excited about Thanksgiving! I can't decide whether I should serve the butternut squash 'pappardelle' dish, or a cauliflower 'couscous' my husband and I invented last week. (The basic idea is out there on the Web, we just adapted & seasoned and tweaked.) So all signs point to... both! I figure I can let the other GF people handle dessert - a friend has been doing tons of research and baking, I hear.

Has anyone ever done anything with the turkey liver, other than put it in stuffing? I made a duck-liver pate that I've been eating on apple slices, I want to do something like that again.

Can't wait to hear what folks are cooking up,
Sara

[Gloria]

Thanks, Joan.

Here are a some links for determining GF turkeys:

http://www.harriswholehealth.com/1233/turkey

http://glutenfreecooking.about.com/od/e ... brands.htm

http://www.norbest.com/uploads/public/d ... nList1.pdf

Gloria

[Robin]

Gloria,

There are turkeys with gluten in them? OMG! I just realized it what they feed on! DAH, how stupid am I! OK so now I have a question....I have a friend who goes hunting and kills my turkey and cleans it for me how do I tell what that turkey has been eating? I feel like a turkey for asking. LOL

Hugs
Robin

[sarkin]

Robin,

Worse than what the turkey eats are those self-basting solutions and 'flavor enhancers' that get injected into the meat. I think you're lucky to have a wild turkey on your menu. I get my turkey from a local farmer - we buy from them frequently, so I feel safe.

Wild turkey, wow!

[Robin]

Hi Sara,

My friend has been giving me these turkeys for a long time in the beginning I was giving them away (just like all the venison he would give me)or throwing them out. I felt like I was killing it and I just couldn't bring myself to eat it. Then he invited us over for dinner one night and we had deep fried turkey and venison sausage, it was amazing and my stomach didn't bother me after I ate. So now for the past 5-6 years I have made his turkey and they are very good. He also sends me a video of him catching them...now that is hysterical to watch. He doesn't shoot them with a gun he uses a bow and arrow. He just gave me some venison and I have been trying to think of what to do with it, I know its easy on the digestion but I still don't know if I could eat "Bambi". My sons want me to make jerky out of it. I just don't know! So would you say that my turkey will be safe for me to eat?


Hugs
Robin

[Gloria]

Robin,

I agree with Sara - the additives are the problem. I've never worried about what the turkeys eat. I have had problems with Jennie O and Butterball turkeys, but not with Honeysuckle or Norbest.

Gloria

[tex]

Robin,

Wild turkeys are perfectly safe. Even if they were to somehow find some wheat to eat, it would be in their craw, gizzard, and intestines, and you're not going to eat those, anyway. As Sara and Gloria mentioned, it's the "injected" turkeys that are "dangerous" to eat.

Tex