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Three Sisters Dish for Thanksgiving

 Comparative with:
Simply Recipes version

• Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 yellow onion, diced (about 1 cup)
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 pound butternut or kabocha squash as the pumpkin, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes (about 2 cups)  ==or Johnna thinks it's easier to roast the squash in the oven, the scoop out the meat.  I hate peeling winter squash.
• 1 (15-ounce) can diced fire-roasted tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 3/4 cup vegetable broth (such as Better than Boullion)
• 1 cup fresh or frozen corn kernels
• 3 cups Scarlet Runner Beans, already cooked. (or more beans, so it's equal to the pumpkin?)
• 2 cups chopped greens (such as spinach or kale)
• Parsley or Cilantro to decorate the top.
  
  

• Johnna's directions.

• Roast the squash the day before
• Cook the beans the day before.  I can cooked the beans Wednesday night after we arrive.  I'll probably cook a pound which makes 7 cups.  I can put any leftovers into burritos later.
• Saute onions for 5 minutes
• Add garlic and saute a minute more
• Add canned tomatoes, tomato paste, spices and salt, and broth.  Bring to boil and cook 15 minutes to remove the canned taste of the tomato.
• While the tomato sauce is cooking, Remove meat from squash and chop/scoop into bite sized chunks.
  
  Add the Three Sisters: Squash, Beans, and corn. If adding kale, add it now, if spinach add it at the end..  Cook another ten minutes on the stove to make hot through.  
  
  

• Presentation ideas:

• Simple: serve hot Three Sisters in a bowl-type serving dish, topped with cilantro.  This is my preferred way to go.
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  Fancy: Make a cornbread batter, bake Three Sisters in casserole dish topped with cornbread for 20-25 minutes until cornbread is cooked.  But, we already have cornbread stuffing on the table, so this doesn't make sense.
  
  Theatrical.  Serve in a roasted whole pumpkin.  Or in small individual roasted pumpkins.  If serving in pumpkin, reduce or eliminate squash from mixture above.
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Thanksgiving 2021

Monday Night, spatchcocked and dry-brined the turkey, so it would have three days in the fridge.  13.5 pounds, local bird.

The day before Thanksgiving I needed to pick someone up at a train station three hours away.  So, the day before prep was in the hands of the two college aged kids at home. 

• Made cornbread for the stuffing using the NYT browned butter recipe.
• Made traditional raspberry jello with sour cream.
• Much housecleaning to prep for holiday.

Thanksgiving day:

• Made a meat gravy to go with it for the first time, using the neck and backbone.  all Kenzo Lopez recipe, Serious Eats.
• Roasted and peeled Poblano Peppers for Vegetarian Main.
• youngest made pie crusts.  
• Yams cut and boiled for marshmallow yams.
• youngest made Molasses wheat rolls, recipe from Budget Bytes.  Nice for a change, but let's do more plain/traditional next year.
• cooked sausage (both kinds) and sauteed onions, peppers, and celery for dressing.

Turkey went into oven at 11:15am.   While the Turkey roasted, we made:

• Vegetarian Main: Stuffed poblanos with quinoa, vegetarian sausage, salsa, beans, and kalamata olives.  Topped with homemade enchilada sauce and cheese, baked while turkey rested.
• Mashed potatoes
• Cornbread dressings mixed: sausage, sweet purple pepper, celery, onion, sage, broth.  Two versions: pork sausage vs. vegetarian sausage.  
• Cranberry sauce: 12 oz cranberries, 1 cup water, 3/4 cup sugar.  

• This year we added orange zest to the finished sauce.  
• Next year, divide the sauce in half, and so there's a bowl of plain and a bowl of orange-flavored.
• Family member with own place brought baked Brussel Spouts dish and roasted Delicata Squash dish.  yum!
• youngest made 3 recipes worth of vegetarian gravy.

Turkey finished at 12:25 (Meal was planned for 1pm, so this was a little late).  One of us delayed arrival, so turkey rested until after 2pm.  I put a dishcloth over it and then several layers of aluminum foil sealed.  Turkey temp at carving was 135F.

We all sat at the new table for feast!  

After dinner, went for a walk.  

Leftover Turkey: ~6 cups.  Made 10 cups broth in pressure cooker.

Youngest made pie filling and baked pies, which we ate around 8pm.  

Day after Thanksgiving.  Spatchcocked and roasted second turkey!  Organic Butterball, also about 13.5 lbs.  Family members working Black Friday workers finished work in time for dinner, and could enjoy hot Turkey, with leftover sides.  ~16 cups of meat from second Turkey.  13 cups broth made from this carcass.

Fall 2021 Clothes

Interesting jewelry and cashmere-silk scarves. I love the ones with a lurex thread, but those are only in two colors that don't suit me. https://chanluu.com/ 

 Excited by a Mountain Hardware fleece in a blurple color. 

Still look for teal-green pants, coat, dressy tops. Everything will be leprechaun green this year, but I want something slightly bluer and softer.

Quality "designer" bags under $500 list price.

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I like:

• Coach
• Furla
• Yuzefi
• Wandler

Also mentioned:

• Kate Spade Michael Kors Longchamp Strathberry

Interesting dress site.  The dresses are polyester blend easy care.

 https://www.karinadresses.com/pages/size-guide-2020

vermont parcels

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